Bitcoin News

Over Easter weekend, there was a debate raging on Bitcoin Twitter over the use of the @Bitcoin account. Over the past year or two, the account has been used by its owner (or whoever is currently controlling the account) to promote the…

Image credit: Bitcoin network by Oez, via Shutterstock.com. One of the panels at the recent 2019 MIT Bitcoin Expo was focused on the future adoption of Bitcoin and the Lightning Network. This panel featured Zap wallet creator Jack…

It’s a bullish day in the cryptosphere. Paypal makes a blockchain investment and Bitcoin jumps above $5,079 USD. Bitcoin Jump: April Fool’s Joke? Bitcoin gained 21% in early trade and has now slightly corrected back down to $4,712…

Bitcoin-Core developer Matt Corallo has recently proposed a series of changes to the Bitcoin consensus code, dubbed “The Great Consensus Cleanup” in a new BIP, and submitted an associated pull request which implements the requisite code…

The level of centralization in mining is one of the more credible problems with Bitcoin today. While there has not been much activity in terms of actual attacks made possible through mining centralization (although some would refer to…

The Latvia-based Hodl Hodl team behind the non-custodial p2p exchange and the Bitcoin-maximalist friendly Baltic Honeybadger conference, have recently outlined their plans for a Bitcoin-focused prediction market, similar to the Augur…

Image: Crypto coins, by QuoteInspector.com, Flickr The cryptocurrency frenzy of these past years has created a new generation of investors in Asia, according to new data released by investing platform eToro. 73% of new investors that…

Image: Cryptocurrencies, GoodFreePhotos Nearly half of millennial online traders have more trust in cryptocurrencies and crypto-assets than the US stock market, according to a new survey from eToro, an investment platform. Even among…

The main selling point of systems like Ethereum and EOS is their ability to execute smart contracts, at least according to the supporters of those projects. To them, Bitcoin is simply too limited and conservative, and new approaches are…

Digital wallet and exchange service Abra has today announced the launch of the world’s first global investment app. The opportunity means that investors in more than 155 countries can invest in traditional stocks and ETFs, in addition to…