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⁠Bitcoin Classic Shuts Down As Staff Claim Bitcoin Cash Will Rule ‘In 6 Months’ Bitcoin Core only has 6 months left as ‘Bitcoin’ at the most, says Bitcoin Classic as it shuts down.

Do you think Bitcoin Cash will become the official 'Bitcoin'? No – 2K 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 86% Yes – 315 👍 14% 👥 2260 people voted so far.

⁠Max Keiser: Saudi Arabia’s Bin Talal is Bitcoin ‘Poster Boy’ Saudi Arabia’s Prince Alwaleed bin Talal $33 bln seized assets make him a decent Bitcoin “poster boy.”

⁠Charlie Shrem "Among The First" To Apologize Over SegWit2x Bitcoin Fork The botched attempt to upgrade the Bitcoin network via SegWit2x is settling quickly.

⁠Bitcoin Leads Digitalization of Global Monetary System, Finance Industry CME chairman Leo Melamed describes Bitcoin as a “new asset class.”

⁠Parity Wallet ‘Continues Investigating’ $300 Mln Lock as Ambisafe Reports No Losses Parity is still attempting to find a solution to the $300 mln in ETH locked up by accident.

⁠It is Highly Inaccurate to Describe Bitcoin as a Bubble, Here’s Why Analysts are quick to claim that anything is a bubble, given its rapid increase in value and exponential growth rate. But was it true with Amazon, Tesl…

⁠Thai Bank, IBM Complete Joint Blockchain Pilot to Augment Contract Management Process After months of collaboration, both the bank and IBM are satisfied with the results. They agreed that the pilot has resulted in impro…

⁠Canada’s York Regional Police Warn Against Bitcoin Tax Scam The perpetrators, who claimed to be employees of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), allegedly issued threats of possible arrest to the victims for unpaid taxes i…

⁠Blockchain Enabling Users to Benefit from Unused Assets, Excess Capacity Kim Dotcom is working on a new version of the Internet that would use Blockchain for security. This and other innovative uses of Blockchain are be…

⁠Tomatoes are Next Product to Experience Blockchain Revolution A dedicated tomato tracking Blockchain implementation is gaining traction, founded by ex-finance players.

⁠Building Simple Solution for Smart Contracts and Ðapps to Receive Data Oracle creation for smart contracts can be tedious and time consuming. Zap platform makes this much easier.

⁠Blockchain Platform That Makes Every Participant Stakeholder in Video Games Marketplace The Blockchain industry is developing very quickly and one of the beauties that it has brought to the technological ecosystem as a…

⁠Maximizing Altcoin Investing: Three Strategies There are now hundreds of altcoins on the market all with the potential to explode or implode, but with a few strategies you can maximize profits.

⁠Hedging Bitcoins With Options on the World Wide Web: Expert Blog The author describes several virtual currency-based financial alternatives that may satisfy both the Bitcoin bulls and the bears.

⁠Bitcoin Over Stocks: Millennials Moving With Times, Study Shows A study has found that a third of millennials are turning to cryptocurrencies as an investment, moving away from stocks.

⁠ICOs Immature, Regular Stock Exchanges Best Method to Raise Money: Nasdaq Vice Chairman Blockchain technology-based ICOs are still in their “infancy,” and the stock exchange is still the best bet for raising company cap…

⁠Sharp Contradictions As Hard Fork Fail Makes CEOs Relieved, Users Suspicious Cointelegraph readers disagree with SegWit2x dump, could reappear.

⁠New Blockchain-Based Startups Create New Opportunities for Healthcare Medical Blockchain-based startups that could have a major impact on healthcare today.

⁠BitTorrent Creator’s Chia Could ‘Fix’ Bitcoin With Own Altcoin By Late 2018 Employing a concept called proof-of-time (as opposed to proof-of-work), Chia relies on a two-step block authentication method.

⁠Could Bitcoin Futures Rein in the Big Price Swings? Special price fluctuation limits could quell Bitcoin price volatility.

⁠Deloitte Reports More Than 26,000 Blockchain Projects Launched in 2016 Deloitte: 92% of Blockchain-related projects on the code repository GitHub become inactive.

⁠Decentralized Electricity Could be Blockchain’s Trojan Horse A new spin-off from Blockchain technology experts at ConsenSys called Grid will decentralize wholesale electricity, while at the same time providing Blockchai…

The case takes an interesting turn. Is the fork canceled or postponed? Who knows? 🤔 postponed – 688 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 71% canceled – 275 👍👍👍 29% 👥 963 people voted so far.

⁠SegWit ‘Death’ Challenge: BitPico Vows To Fork As Bitcoin.com Goes 100% Bitcoin Cash Not everyone is happy about the end of SegWit2x, threatening to continue with it “regardless.”

⁠Cryptocurrencies Face No Future Due to Their Anonymity, Says French Banking Exec I can't see a future of this: French banking executive on the virtual currencies.

The economist who predicted the 2008 financial crisis said Bitcoin “will find its end.” Is he Dr. Doom or Mr. Realist? anonymous poll Dr. Doom – 727 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 83% Mr. Realist – 148 👍 17% 👥 875 people voted so far.

⁠China Struggles to Lay Killing Blow to Bitcoin, Currency Thrives China’s clampdown on cryptocurrencies does not seem to be going to planned; Chinese investors are still trading Bitcoin and buying into ICOs.

⁠Fiat Currency Will be Laughable in Five Years Says Billionaire Tim Draper Bitcoin bull and tech investor Tim Draper does not hold much hope for fiat, saying it’s on the way out. Don’t want to be laughed at in five years…

⁠Ten Tax Tips for Cryptocurrency: Expert Blog Be careful out there--US tax law is a lot more complex than you might think, and the IRS is watching Bitcoin.