Man Amasses World’s Largest Collection of Crypto White Papers
Legal professional John van Rijck has built the biggest white paper database currently available for potential investors to search through around 1,600 projects for free via his website All Crypto Whitepapers. Van Rijck told Bitcoin News why he single-handedly put in the time and work developing the website, who he thinks is actually reading all […]
Japan Latest to Push International Blockchain Voting
In news from Japan, the city of Tsukuba in the south of the country is using a tested blockchain voting system in order to let local residents of the city vote on local programs. Tsukuba becomes one of Japan’s first cities to utilize blockchain technology in this way. The city is known to Japanese for […]
Japanese Regulators Introduce New Crypto Exchange Screening Rules
Japan is to tighten some of its screening procedures for government approval for cryptocurrency exchanges. A Japan Times report suggests that the Financial Services Agency (FSA) has “tightened its registration screening for cryptocurrency exchanges to see whether they are properly conducting risk management”, although the report hasn’t been confirmed by Japanese authorities. According to sources, […]
Coinbase Continues Expansion with Eyes on Irish Republic
San Francisco-based cryptocurrency giant Coinbase has revealed that it is considering the Irish Republic as its next push to expand local markets around the globe. Dublin has been cited as the exchange’s next target and to that end has already begun an employment drive in the city taking on customer support analysts, a compliance officer […]
Japan’s Largest Financial Group Trials Own Cryptocurrency
One of the world’s largest financial groups, Japanese company Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, has been trialing its own cryptocurrency. The company has made its own Mufg coin available for payments by employees at its headquarters own convenience store in its Tokyo HQ. The experiment is said to be going well according to the company and […]
Masternodes as an Alternative Cryptocurrency Protocol
Over 400 cryptocurrencies use the Masternode protocol, the most famous of which perhaps is Dash. Masternodes are a variation on Proof-of-Stake (PoS) mining. PoS is when a user keeps coins in their wallet, staking them to help secure the network and generate new coins, accruing long-term interest. With Masternodes, a user must stake a large amount […]
More Satoshi Controversy with Phil Wilson Claims
New Zealand programmer Phil Wilson has claimed to be part of the team comprising Satoshi Nakamoto, alongside Craig Wright and Dave Kleinman. Despite Wilson writing a detailed origin story of Bitcoin, former Bitcoin developer Wright has publicly denounced these claims as a fraud. Wright has already come out publicly and claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto, […]
Will Lowered Block Rewards Cause Ethereum to Split?
Ethereum’s developers have decided to lower mining block rewards to 2 Ether, from the current reward of 3 Ether or a 33% reduction. This was decided during a 31 August developer meeting and will be implemented when the Constantinople hard fork takes effect. The hard fork is designed to smooth the transition from proof of work […]
Fibonacci Retracements for Crypto Trading
Fibonacci retracements are a common mathematical tool used when trading to predict resistance and support levels. They operate under the principle that markets retrace a predictable amount before continuing in the direction of the long-term trend. Easy to use and built into many trading chart analysis apps, like Bitcoinwisdom, understanding and using Fibonacci retracements can […]
Dogecoin Rally Finally Breaks After 187% Increase in a Week
Dogecoin has broken the general bearish trend of the crypto markets, with a sudden and rapid rally beginning on 29 August 2018. On 26 August, Dogecoin was stable near USD 0.0023 and by 1 September it hit USD 0.0066. This represents a 187% increase for Dogecoin’s price in less than a week. Daily trading volumes […]
