Over the past few months, the U.S. government and its special agencies have been ramping up their efforts to try to regulate bitcoin and digital currencies. This week the Justice Department's Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein spoke about crypt
There has been a lot of talk recently about the missing representation of women in the male-dominated cryptocurrency ecosystem. While Las Vegas strippers are not the representation some hoped for, they are an example of how bitcoin can help working w
Many believe deficit spending will kill the US dollar as a reserve currency and the yuan will take over. They are wrong.
Economist Daniel Lacalle asks Can China Really Kill The US Dollar Supremacy?
Instant cryptocurrency exchange specialist Shapeshift has quietly launched a new service. Bitfract, which is still in beta, allows users to swap from one cryptocurrency for multiple cryptos in an instant. For example, you can swap from bitcoin to a b
In the span of just a few years, Blockchain and cryptocurrencies have taken financial markets by storm. Blockchain technology has already created new ways of financing companies. Bitcoin is gradually changing the rules of the game in the financial ma
Having neared $12,000 last week, Bitcoin prices have dipped back into the red for February, accelerating below $10,000 this weekend as news that the US' largest cryto-exchange, Coinbase, will be turning over 13,000 customers' information to The IRS.
Czechs are more inclined to store value in cryptos than in euros, according to a new poll gauging attitudes toward currencies other than the koruna. When asked about their intentions to acquire foreign cash, twice as many respondents said they were i
Starting in late 2017 Venezuela's President Nikolas Maduro began expanding heavily into media space in an attempt to promote a new payment instrument– the government-issued cryptocurrency Petro.
The Russian Ministry of Finance is not against a national cryptocurrency, provided the state does not participate in it. The creation of a centralized coin, like the cryptoruble, seems impossible, as cryptocurrencies are based on decentralized ledger
Next week the ethereum classic (ETC) community is expecting to receive coins from a 'snapshot' fork called 'callisto' (CLO). The clone will be an exact copy of the ETC chain up until block 5,500,000 and ETC holders will receive a 1:1 ratio of
Venezuela's president Nicolas Maduro has authorized all savings banks in the country to mine and use the recently launched national cryptocurrency, the petro. Union leaders are outraged by the suggestion, calling the petro a scam, accusing Maduro o
The Islamic Republic of Iran has apparently changed course on cryptocurrency, or perhaps it has clarified its real position previously mischaracterized by the press. It's increasingly difficult to get a real handle on the official status of crypto
Ethereum chief warns cryptocurrencies could 'drop to near-zero at any time'
Ever a voice of caution in the crypto craziness, Vitalik Buterin tells people not to bet the farm on digital currencies as they are "hyper-volatile", saying "tradi
In this video, Luke Rudkowski of WeAreChange gives you the latest breaking news on cyrpto currencies and bitcoin with a special show that not only goes over all the latest news about the block chain but also the 500 billion dollar cyrpto market cap w
Venezuela has announced that the pre-sale of its oil-backed cryptocurrency, the petro, has attracted $735 million on the first day. The government has also published a buyer's manual and confirmed that buyers can use "hard currencies and cryptocu
Elon Musk might be able to send his personal Tesla car into space, he might change the way humanity produces and stores energy, and he might even build a colony on Mars one day. However, even this real-life Iron Man apparently can't escape the reac
Jolted by the global investment craze over bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, U.S. lawmakers are moving to consider new rules that could impose stricter federal oversight on the emerging asset class, several top lawmakers told Reuters.
A proposal was presented at the Russian Expert Council for Non-Bank Credit Organizations to allow rural businesses in the country to receive crypto loans to attract funds from abroad. The chairman of the council, a State Duma member, is asking rural
South Korea has been a leading market for bitcoin over the last year or so in terms of adoption, trading volumes, and regulatory response. Now one of the top figures in the government associated with regulating cryptocurrency has passed away, with st
Recent testimony from US regulators at the SEC and CFTC comes under scrutiny from Max and Stacy in this episode, suggesting a 'do no harm' approach to the cryptocurrency sector. Max also interviews Patrick Byrne about the regulatory landscape as
According to Autonomous Next, the London-based fintech practice of Autonomous Research, the number of hedge funds focused on trading cryptocurrencies more than doubled in the past four months.