Vietnamesische Zentralbank verbietet Kryptowährungen

Die vietnamesische Zentralbank, State Bank of Vietnam, hat bekannt gegeben, dass digitale Währungen verboten werden. So soll der Gebrauch von Kryptowährungen ab dem 1. Januar 2018 als illegal gelten. Die Zentralbank betont dabei, dass nur die von der Zentralbank selbst herausgegebenen Zahlungsmittel legal bzw. autorisiert sind. Sollte sich dem widersetzt werden,  drohen Geldstrafen von bis…

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Samsung builds its own Bitcoin mining rig out of 8 Galaxy’s S5.

Holding on old Samsung smartphones may have been a good choice for many users as Samsung just built a Bitcoin mining rig out of 40 Samsung’s old smartphones. Although as you may have been expected, this mining rig isn’t powerful enough to mine Bitcoin with profits, it is more efficient than a normal desktop.  Nowadays…

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Airbitz Rebrands to Edge Wallet and Raises the bar for all Bitcoin Wallets

Interesting developments are never far away in the world of cryptocurrency. Airbitz, one of the popular Bitcoin wallets, is rebranding to edge. This rebrand is also part of the major wallet overhaul which has been prepared behind the scenes. This is an interesting development, although it raises some questions. After all, people are concerned the…

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IOTA: Coordinator Down, Price Up

Because of a bug, the IOTA developers shut down the coordinator of the cryptocurrency. As a result, the official wallet of IOTA was not able to accept transaction confirmations for a few days. Today the situation seems to be ok; the price was not adversely affected by the drama. IOTA is a relatively new cryptocurrency…

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Central Bank of Lebanon Hints at State-Backed Cryptocurrency

H.E. Mr. Riad Salamé, the governor of Lebanon’s central bank, Banque Du Liban (BDL), told a gathering in Beirut the country’s government is examining a possible state-backed cryptocurrency. Mr. Salamé also commented about bitcoin and the future of digital currencies in Lebanon.  Also read: Saudi Central Bank Says Cryptocurrency Industry is “Not Mature Enough” to Warrant Regulation…

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$6,300: Bitcoin Price Hits Record High

The price of bitcoin has set a new all-time high. Just over a week after pushing past the $6,000-mark for the first time, the world’s first cryptocurrency rose to a high of $6,306.58 on the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index at 20:30 UTC today. The previous all-time high of $6,183 was set on October 21st and…

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Bitcoin Price Headed for $6500 in Bullish Cryptocurrency Market

Bitcoin’s price is currently sitting well above $5000, over a month after it first hit that record high milestone back in September of this year. Since then it has moved somewhat predictably, though often still surprisingly, to reach its current market trading price of around $6000. The simple truth is that there have been many…

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How Money Got Free: Bitcoin and the Fight for the Future of Finance

Brian Patrick Eha’s definitive history, How Money Got Free: Bitcoin and the Fight for the Future of Finance (Oneworld, 2017), goes a long way in answering questions on what Bitcoin is, explaining its origins and detailing how this all happened.  Also read: Introduction To “The Satoshi Revolution” – New Book by Wendy McElroy Exclusively on Bitcoin.com…

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