DNB’s Vipps App Makes Buying Bitcoin In Norway Inadvertently Easier
It is good to hear that buying Bitcoin has become significantly easier in Norway. Contrary to what people may expect, this is made possible thanks to DNB launching their …
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Cryptocurrency Scam Site Warning – Ether Miners
In the cryptocurrency world, it is not overly difficult to spot scam sites. The vast majority of fake projects revolve around cloud mining and do so by targeting communities …
Bitfury Signaling SegWit Activation Brings Network Hashrate Support To 28%
With Segregated Witness signaling underway on the Bitcoin network, it appears that support for this solution is growing. Bitfury is the latest mining pool to support signaling, adding another …
Switzerland To Ease Up On Fintech Regulation Is Good News For Bitcoin
Switzerland is positioning itself as a region where both Bitcoin and fintech will thrive over the coming years. The government is looking to ease off on fintech regulation, although …
Stripe’s Series D Funding Values The Company At Over US$9bn
Bitcoin and cryptocurrency users are all too familiar with the name Stripe, as this company has been focusing on digital payments for quite some time now. News broke earlier …
Over 16 Million Bitcoins Mined as Blockchain.info Surpasses 10 Million Wallets Milestone
Bitcoin has been reaching several important milestones in quick succession as of late. Not only was the 16 millionth BTC mined yesterday, but Blockchain.info has surpassed the 10 million …
The Bitcoin Mempool Clogs Up Yet Again, Bigger Blocks Are An Absolute Must Right Now
For the umpteenth time in the past year, the Bitcoin transaction memory pool contains far too many unconfirmed transfers. A few hours ago, over 33,000 transactions were waiting to …
Online Outlet Play-Asia Starts Accepting Bitcoin Payments
A new exciting development has taken place in the Bitcoin space. Asian merchants are growing keen on using cryptocurrency, and Play-Asia announced that they are now accepting Bitcoin payments …
The American Tax Agency Is Asking Bitcoin Startup Coinbase To Hand Out User’s Data
Today the Bitcoin community saw something unprecedented, the American Internal Revenue Service (IRS, Tax Agency) sent a request to Coinbase, the most popular Bitcoin exchange in the US, demanding customer’s information …