New cases of Bitcoin fraud are back circulating the media. Back in May, the NYPD warned the public about Bitcoin scams, but that hasn’t stopped incidences of fraud from occurring. In the news this week, we have learned of two new Bitcoin fraud cases: one involves a Pennsylvania resident, and the other, interestingly enough, involves
Month: September 2019
In the first half of the year, Bitcoin (BTC) went on a remarkable rally that raised hopes of a similar rally like the one in 2017 that took the token’s price to $20,000. However, things have not gone as many had hoped, and since the month of July, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency has lost its
“Profit is a bug.” That’s according to Lightning Network co-creator and Lightning Labs co-founder Tadge Dryja, who spoke earlier this month at Scaling Bitcoin in Tel Aviv. However, 18 months after the namesake startup released the beta version of LND, Dryja’s sentiment is not stopping nearly a dozen lightning-related firms from pushing toward monetization. Such
On Tuesday, crypto markets slumped, but since then, various altcoins have staged a recovery. However, Bitcoin extended its decline and has now dropped 6% in the past 24 hours. Altcoins Show Signs of Recovery This slowed down the massive losses witnessed the previous day when the world’s most traded digital asset plunged 17%. Other coins
The lightning-friendly Fold App, which allows users to spend bitcoin on goods like clothes and pizza and then earn bitcoin-back rewards, just added fiat capability after raising its first round as an independent startup. Fold product lead Will Reeves told CoinDesk the startup spun out of Thesis with a $2.5 million raise led by Craft
In May, South Korean tech giant Samsung (OTC:SSNLF) filed for a patent titled “Programmable Blockchain Solid State Drive and Switch.” Although details about the recently designed system are scanty, a lot of people in the sector are already pointing out the significance of this technology. It appears like most corporations are also following the trend,
2019 has been a remarkable year for Bitcoin and Litecoin after the disappointment of 2018. For the first six months of the year, the biggest cryptocurrency in the world went on a remarkable rally, and although it has lost its momentum since then, it is still up by a hefty percentage. This week was an
Over the years, cryptocurrency has developed at a remarkable pace, and an investment instrument like Bitcoin options would have been unthinkable even a few years ago. However, the march of Bitcoin, blockchain, and cryptocurrencies has been relentless. Hence, it is not really a surprise that options are at last going to be launched for the
Over the past few years, the Bitcoin futures ecosystem has grown at a remarkable pace, and it is something that is surely going to stay for years to come. Initially, these futures contracts had been launched by a handful of exchanges, but over the past year or so, the number has increased considerably. Futures Trade
A pair of researchers have released the results of a formal verification of bitcoin’s lightning network. Lightning is new(ish), experimental, and bugs that could lead to loss of user funds are still being discovered. But even so, the paper – released last month by researchers Aggelos Kiayias and Orfeas Litos from The University of Edinburgh. Kiayias
When hundreds of entrepreneurs, investors and technologists descended on Tel Aviv Blockchain Week (TLVBW), few could have expected a better backdrop for exploring the lofty ideals and greedy impulses that drive today’s cryptocurrency industry. Duality is something Israelis know well. More than 430 people attended the D&DD Summit on Sept. 10, several dozen came to
Even a couple of years ago, something called a Bitcoin mutual fund would have been regarded as a fanciful notion by most people and perhaps rightly so. However, during this period, a lot of advancements have taken place in the crypto world, and a genuinely strong ecosystem has emerged. That has now made it possible
Square Crypto, the division of the publicly traded payments company that focuses exclusively on bitcoin, just announced three new hires to work on open source projects. Among them is Facebook and BitGo alum Arik Sosman, most recently a member of the social media giant’s Calibra subsidiary. He told CoinDesk: “My personal areas of interest are
Wallet developer Jack Mallers, the founder of Zap Solutions, wants to improve the Lightning Network’s user experience. To achieve that goal, Zap is launching a dollar-denominated bitcoin buying feature inside its lightning-friendly mobile and desktop wallet. Zap is kicking off the feature with an invitation-only beta release in late September. “We’ve architected the [wallet] codebase
One of the biggest events in the news cycle this year was the return of Bitcoin and the rally that went on in the first half of the year was quite remarkable. It helped in a surge of sorts in the wider crypto space as well, but many believed that the Bitcoin rally was going
One of the most remarkable cryptocurrency rallies was witnessed back in 2017 when Bitcoin managed to hit a price of almost $20,000 per coin. 2018 proved to be a poor year as the price crashed, but in the first half of 2019, the biggest cryptocurrency by market capitalization made a roaring comeback and scaled new
Out of 1,650 Iranian bitcoiners surveyed in Persian Telegram groups, 25 percent earned $500 to $3,000 a month from working with cryptocurrency, according to a survey conducted by the analytics firm Gate Trade. This data offers an exclusive peek inside the evolution of the Iranian bitcoin community, and so far it looks like the classic
Payments startup Breez has unveiled a new feature allowing lightning-based bitcoin purchases directly from its mobile app. The feature, made possible thanks to a partnership with fiat-to-crypto broker MoonPay, is available to users in 35 countries. According to the company, it simplifies the currently long-winded procedure for lightning payments. A “Layer 2” payment protocol that
One of bitcoin’s most experimental startups has grown dramatically over the past year, highlighting both the opportunities and pitfalls of open source development. Now Adam Ficsor, co-founder of zkSNACKs – the firm behind the privacy-centric Wasabi Wallet – is stepping down from his role as CTO to focus on research as the company matures. “I was
Wanted to share some thoughts that I’ve had on my mind this week about “Making money investing and trading cryptocurrencies.” I know it’s a bit of a long video but I hope you guys enjoy it! #bitcoin #crypto #investing
