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3,000 Metric Tons of Wheat Traded for Bitcoin

Last month, Bitcoin was used in a freight deal sent from Rostov, Russia to Samsun, Turkey, according to a firm called Prime Shipping Foundation (PSF). Possibly, this is the first freight deal done in a cryptocurrency, per Bloomberg.PSF is trying to develop “a cross-border payment system...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Bitcoin and Altcoins Recovery Seems to be Limited

Bitcoin, Ethereum and other major cryptocurrencies traded with a positive bias during the past three sessions. Bitcoin price broke the USD 11,000 level to set the pace for more gains, whereas ETH traded above the USD 1,050 level.There were a few threats from regulators around the world, igniting...

, by Aayush Jindal

Internet Fury: Don’t Claim Bitcoin is Not the Best

After an American independent financial ratings agency Weiss published their long-awaited ratings of cryptocurrencies, many people were disappointed and thus taken to various forums to vent their frustration.The reviews online are overwhelmingly negative; however, it must not be forgotten that the...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

How Will Bitcoin Futures Affect the Price of Bitcoin?

On December 10, 2017, the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) was the first U.S.-based derivatives exchange to launch the trading of bitcoin futures contracts. A week later, on December 17, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) followed suit and launched its own bitcoin futures contracts after...

, by Alex Lielacher

Morning news: crackdown, ratings, rage, and 70-year-old investors

Catch up on the most essential cryptocurrency and blockchain news stories breaking in Asia and the Americas while the rest of the world was asleep.Standard Chartered Chief: More China-style Cryptocurrency Crackdowns to Follow Bill Winters, CEO of financial giant Standard Chartered, says he thinks...

, by Tim Alper

Imagine: Bill Gates Forbids Use of the Internet

Imagine that Microsoft’s employees are forbidden by Bill Gates to use the Internet. This is a suggestion by Christoffer De Geer, Vice President at BTCX, the first Swedish bitcoin company, reacting to Nordea Bitcoin ban. “Year after year banks like Nordea have been seated comfortably in...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Bitcoin and Ethereum Recovers, More Gains Likely?

Bitcoin and Ethereum started the past two sessions on a positive note and were seen trading with bullish moves. It seems like both top cryptocurrencies are forming a short-term base and are preparing for an upside move.There was a lot of negativity formed during the past few sessions, but traders...

, by Aayush Jindal

Student Who Won Bitcoin: “I Will Probably Cash It Out”

Sander Wuyts, a PhD student from the University of Antwerp, has won the DNA Storage Bitcoin Challenge, issued by Nick Goldman of the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) in 2015, the Institute reports.However, Wuyts is skeptical as to the value of Bitcoin. “I didn’t win...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

How People Are Using Bitcoin in Africa

People just want access to Bitcoin Remittance companies are main customers Bitcoin for businesses operating across AfricaOn a recent episode of Epicenter, BitPesa CEO Elizabeth Rossiello discussed how her company uses bitcoin to enable new payment flows in and around Africa.BitPesa is an online...

, by Kyle Torpey

Your Morning News Update

South Korea Asks to Report “Suspicious” Crypto Transactions Stripe to Phase out Bitcoin Payments Huobi Global Resurfaces with its Own Cryptocurrency South Korea’s New Crypto Guidelines Could Be Hard to Implement Paxful Completes Bitcoin-funded SchoolCatch up on the most...

, by Tim Alper

Nassim Taleb On Bitcoin: It’s an Excellent Idea

Bitcoin is an excellent idea that fulfills the needs of the complex system, not because it is a cryptocurrency, but precisely because it has no owner, no authority that can decide on its fate, writes the famous essayist, scholar, and risk analyst Nassim Nicholas Taleb in his foreword to the book by...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Bitcoin Tumbles as South Korea Bans Anonymous Cryptocurrency Trading

Bitcoin and other major digital currencies came under renewed selling pressure after South Korea’s decision to ban anonymous cryptocurrency trading.The Financial Services Commission in South Korea took a major step and introduced a new rule for cryptocurrency transactions and trading. They...

, by Aayush Jindal

How blockchain Helps To Combat Illegal Fishing

Candice Visser, University of Wollongong and Quentin Hanich, University of WollongongIn a significant development for global fisheries, blockchain technology is now being used to improve tuna traceability to help stop illegal and unsustainable fishing practices in the Pacific Islands tuna...

, by Candice Visser

Bitcoin, Ethereum and Ripple Back in Red, Facing Negative Sentiment

Cryptocurrencies lost the bullish momentum today and were seen trading in the red. Bitcoin started a slow and steady decline below USD 12,000 and faced an increase in selling pressure.The largest digital currency was down roughly 7% to trade close to the USD 11,200 level. Similarly, other major...

, by Aayush Jindal

Meet Leon and Marcus, Owners of Half Bitcoin ATMs in Malta

Leon Siegmund (left) and Marcus Westhagen. Photo by Daiva RepečkaitėWhen Ivaja, a bitcoin startup in Malta, which promises “happy bitcoin ATMs”, started fundraising for their first machine, they were faced with bad press bitcoin was getting after the earlier failed bitcoin...

, by Daiva Repečkaitė

Bitcoin May Have Bigger Problem Than Scalability

Miner Centralization Issue Bitcoin Needs Privacy Before Going Mainstream Privacy and Scalability are RelatedOver the past couple of years, scalability (or lack thereof) has been by far the biggest topic of conversation in the Bitcoin community. There have been disagreements over how the system...

, by Kyle Torpey

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