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⁠Digital Currencies vs. Cryptocurrencies, Explained Is there a difference, after all?

⁠App Stores of Future Will Be Based on Blockchain, Promote Transparency For years, Google and Apple have enjoyed an effective duopoly on apps, earning huge fees and implementing opaque policies. Blockchain is poised to c…

⁠Brokerage Firm to Allow Negative Bets Against Bitcoin Interactive Brokers will allow its traders to begin betting against Bitcoin, according to CEO Thomas Peterffy. The firm’s clients will be allowed to short Bitcoin fu…

⁠Former PayPal and Facebook Executive David Marcus Joins Coinbase Board High profile hires continue at Coinbase as user numbers explode.

⁠Bitcoin Feeding Frenzy Sees People Put Their House on It The rush of Bitcoin fever has seen some people taking mortgages on their houses in order to buy into the digital currency.

⁠Blockchain Radically Changes the State-Individual Relationship, Says UK Think Tank Reform think tank recommends that the UK government use Blockchain to give citizens more control over their personal data.

Bulgarian students will have an option of taking the scholarship in either euros or Bitcoin. Which scholarship would you choose? Bitcoin – 1K 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 92% Euros – 89 👍 8% 👥 1100 people voted so far.

⁠Bitcoin Price Will Hit $1 Million, Says Social Capital Founder Chamath Palihapitiya, the founder of Social Capital and co-owner of the Golden State Warriors, predicts that Bitcoin will hit $1mln in 20 years --- he sugge…

⁠Investors Not Leaving Gold For Bitcoin, Says Goldman Sachs’ Jeffrey Currie In an interview with the Financial Times, Goldman Sachs’ Jeffrey Currie stated that investors buying into Bitcoin and gold are actually two diff…

⁠Bitcoin Bursary in Bulgarian University A Bulgarian University is offering bursaries in Bitcoin in 2018.

⁠IOTA Clarifies Misleading Microsoft Quote: No Official Partnership IOTA clarifies: no official partnership with Microsoft, but the two companies are collaborating on several technology exercises.

The Five Things You Must Know Before Investing in Bitcoin! Check out our detailed and informative introduction to the up and down roller coaster ride of emotion that is investing in cryptocurrencies. You'll laugh, you'll…

Decentralized Currency. Decentralized Internet. Decentralized Everything. | Brock Pierce takes complex ideas and boils them down in this interview with Cointelegraph: money, jobs, and moving the world in the right direct…

⁠Bancor Releases Six Month Update Bancor has released its six month update which includes substantial information regarding adoption of the Bancor protocol, along with statistics for how many tokens are now tradable thro…

⁠Apple Removes Fake MyEtherWallet Which Hit No. 3 on App Store A fraudulent MyEtherWallet app rose to number 3 on the App Store’s Finance section before Apple removed it.

⁠Bitcoin.com to Launch Bitcoin Cash Visa Debit Card Roger Ver, the most vocal advocate of Bitcoin Cash, has shared that Bitcoin.com will come out with a Bitcoin Cash Visa debit card very soon.

⁠Bitcoin, Altcoins Combined Reach Market Capitalization of Half Trillion Dollars If this is a bubble, it’s an epic one, but it’s possible the crash may never happen. Cryptocurrency market cap surges above half a trillion…

⁠Starbucks Buenos Aires Accused of Cryptocurrency Mining Using Customer's Laptop A customer of Starbucks Buenos Aires accused the popular café company of illegally mining Bitcoin using his personal laptop.

⁠BlockShow Asia: Everything You Missed Just a couple weeks ago 1,500 Blockchain entrepreneurs, experts, investors, and enthusiasts gathered in Singapore for Cointelegraph’s second global BlockShow event of the year. Here…

⁠Ethereum Surges Past $600 on UBS Announcement of Ethereum-based Initiative UBS and a consortium of banks announced a new Ethereum-based Blockchain initiative, pushing the currency to new heights of over $600.

⁠Price Analysis, Dec. 12: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, IOTA, Litecoin, Dash. Ho-ho-high! New highs for the crypto market!

⁠Ethereum Surges Past $600 on UBS Announcement of Ethereum-based Initiative UBS and a consortium of banks announced a new Ethereum-based Blockchain initiative, pushing the currency to new heights of over $600.

⁠EU Commission Prepares Draft Tax Legislation on Digital Economy: Expert Blog What do Bitcoin and tulips’ bulbs have in common? The EU Council endorsed draft conclusions on the taxation of the digital economy to better e…

⁠ICOs Can Be Effective Fundraising Tools, SEC Chairman Says The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman issued a statement regarding cryptocurrencies and ICOs that includes warnings to investors and practica…

⁠Bulgaria Seizes Enough Bitcoin to Pay Off 1/5 of National Debt Bulgaria has seized enough Bitcoin to pay off ⅕ of their national debt.

⁠Bitcoin Regulations Inevitable - Economics Professor The rising popularity and value of Bitcoin will lead to inevitable regulation.

⁠$1, $1,000, $1 mln; Bitcoin’s Price Doesn’t Matter, its Existence Does “A boy asked his dad for 1 Bitcoin for his birthday. Dad: What? $15,554??? $14,354 is a lot of money! What do you need $16,782 for anyway?” It’s not…