Category : Bitcoinist

Latin America’s Biggest Investment Bank Launches Security Token

Banks once refused to work with blockchain companies in Brazil. Now, BTG Pactual, Latin America’s largest standalone investment bank, is launching a security token of its own. A Wave of Change in Brazil There seems to be a wave of change happenin...

Ethereum Price Analysis: Ether Takes a Breather Before Constantinople

Ethereum price (ETH) appears to be taking a breather before attempting to tackle $150 and step up a level as the Constantinople hardfork upgrade looms. Ethereum Price: Market Overview Ethereum price is going through a phase of consolidation afte...

Another New Survey Suggests Millennials Trust Bitcoin Over the Stock Market

Another fresh survey has concluded that millennials and younger generations are continually gaining interest in Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrencies while there is a growing distrust towards the post-2008 global financial structure. According to a...

This 9-Year Old Sells His Drawings Via Bitcoin’s Lightning Network

On a quest to raise enough money to buy himself a Nintendo Switch, 9-year old Dennis takes advantage of the Lightning Network to sell his art masterpieces. 9-Year Old Sells Sketches for Satoshis A simple, WordPress-powered website called Lightni...

Bitcoin Transactions Per Second Approaching All-Time High

Bitcoin transaction rate is currently at its highest level since December 2017 despite the 14-month long bear market. With transaction per second on the rise, the top-ranked cryptocurrency is also experiencing a resurgence in both actual use, esp...

Elon Musk: Bitcoin HODLers ‘Deserve A Nobel Prize’

Tesla founder Elon Musk became the center of attention for the Bitcoin community again February 21 after revealing he still only owned 0.25 BTC. Musk: I Still Have 0.25 BTC, No Altcoins Following coverage of his describing Bitcoin as “brilliant”...

Korean Cryptocurrency Market Hinges on US Bitcoin ETF Decision

According to the Korea Herald, the U.S. Bitcoin ETF decision will shape the mood of the cryptocurrency market in the country. The All-Important Bitcoin ETF Decision It isn’t only the likes of SolidX, VanEck, and the flurry of other Bitcoin ETF pr...

Miners Disagree With JPMorgan Over Bitcoin’s $2400 ‘Fair Value’

JPMorgan has caused a stir amongst cryptocurrency miners, after last month’s report estimating Bitcoin’s ‘fair value’ at $2400. This assessment derives from the marginal cost of producing Bitcoin, but some disagree with Chinese miners’ production...

Samsung Galaxy S10 Has a Built-In Bitcoin Hardware Wallet

Samsung’s newest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S10, will include a dedicated secure storage solution for storing private keys. That was confirmed following the company’s annual Unpacked event yesterday in Seoul. Rumors Confirmed In January Bitc...

You Can Now Tip Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Using Bitcoin’s Lightning Network

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has installed and publicly praised a consumer-grade tool for receiving tips via Bitcoin and the Lightning Network (LN). Dorsey Embraces Bitcoin In tweets February 20, Dorsey, who has come out highly bullish on both Bitcoin...

Facebook May Be Eying ‘FaceCoin’ as It Expands Its Blockchain Team

Social media giant Facebook is looking to expand its blockchain team. Could ‘FaceCoin’ follow JPMorgan’s recently unveiled JPM Coin as companies vie for the prized online payments market. Facebook’s Hiring: Blockchain Experts According to Facebo...

NEO Founder: Blockchain Will Develop in Layers Like The Internet

Bitcoinist spoke with NEO founder Da Hongfei at NEO DevCon in Seattle, who gave a detailed vision of the road ahead. Blockchain technology is still ahead of its time. Despite NEO’s evolution mirroring that of the wider Crypto market over the past...

5 Biggest Crypto Exchanges Combined Comprise Less Than 1% of JPMorgan

New research from Hacken System’s Crypto Exchange Ranks (CER) shows that traditional banks like JPMorgan and Bank of America dwarf the nascent cryptocurrency exchange industry. Uptown Top Ranking Cryptocurrency exchanges are like the banks of the...

Google Registers Bitcoin.dev as New Domain TLD Goes Public

Bitcoin.dev is no longer available on the Google .dev domain registry. This news comes amid the public rollout of the .dev top-level domain (TLD). $12,500 for Bitcoin.dev If you were eyeing ownership of bitcoin.dev while waiting for Google to rel...

Bitcoin Price Analysis: Market Conditions Suggest a Bigger Move is Brewing

Bitcoin price has had a blistering start to the week up 10.6%, hitting highs on Tuesday of $4,000, stirring some distant memories of the 2017 bull runs. We take a pause mid-week to consider what might be next now we have already hit the target di...