Month: April 2019

Bahrain’s Regulatory Sandbox Teeming With Crypto Companies

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Bahrain’s regulatory sandbox has become increasingly crypto-friendly as half of the companies approved are now either crypto exchanges or other crypto businesses including ATMs. There are currently 30 companies approved for the regulatory sandbox by the central bank. Also read: Indian Supreme Court Postpones Crypto Case at Government’s Request Regulatory Sandbox Thirty companies are currently approved by the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) for its regulatory sandbox, half of which are crypto service providers including exchanges. Four companies have been approved this year and three of them (AT Payments Llc,…

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Bitcoin At $6,000: Key Level to Watch, Analyst Says

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A Houston-based economic analyst outlined that it’s very important to watch how Bitcoin behaves at the major resistance level at $6,000. Meanwhile, Fundstrat’s Thomas Lee has said that the cryptocurrency is “likely” to reach new all-time highs “around” 2020.  Bitcoin at $6,000: Important Level to Watch Houston-based economic analyst Jesse Colombo, popular for his warning about the U.S. housing and credit bubble back in 2008, has shared his take on the current performance of Bitcoin. According to him, Bitcoin’s performance throughout 2019 has shaken the bears and has started to…

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PR: CoinAll Lists Ravencoin With 10 BTC Giveaway

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This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material. Bitcoin.com is not responsible for or liable for any content, accuracy or quality within the press release. On April 2019, CoinAll, one of the fastest-growth cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, announced the listing of RVN and offered a 15-day fee-free RVN trading promotion. In the last months, RVN has attracted attention thanks to its price meteoric rise. From April 26th, 2019 to to May 3rd, a 7-day RVN listing celebration was…

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Elon Musk Asks For Ethereum Development Ideas In Apparent Plug While Price Stalls

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Tesla founder and self-confessed cryptocurrency lover Elon Musk surprised the industry once again this week, tweeting content about altcoin Ethereum (ETH). Ethereum Markets Fail To React To Musk In several tweets on April 29, Musk, who has become something of a mythical figure in cryptocurrency, set social media commentators guessing with just two words: “Ethereum” and “jk.” The tweets, which remain without an official explanation, come just weeks after Musk similarly appeared to plug meme-based altcoin Dogecoin (DOGE). While those tweets contained more obvious compliments, their appearance one day after…

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Dozens of Crypto Trademarks Filed in the US This Year

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General interest in cryptocurrencies is not what it used to be during the all-time highs of 2017 and established companies in the industry have been rethinking their priorities. Entrepreneurship in the crypto space, characterized by ingenuity and optimism, remains strong however. This is shown by the fact that dozens of businesses and individuals in the U.S. have filed for crypto-related trademarks this year. Also read: Russia Prepares to Test Cryptocurrencies in Four of Its Regions Giants Fascinated by Crypto Again? For a while it seemed the times when large corporations…

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SEC Deals Another Blow, Temporarily Suspends Trading at Bitcoin Generation

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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) took another step backward from Bitcoin this morning by suspending all trading in securities of Bitcoin Generation (BTGN), the first publically traded cryptocurrency exchange.  The suspension will take place from 9:30 AM EDT to 11:59 PM May 10. The SEC announced that this will be a temporary suspension of trading in the securities of Bitcoin Generation, a publically traded cryptocurrency exchange from Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Purportedly behind the suspension are key concerns about the accuracy and validity of information BTGN has put in the…

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Bitcoin History Part 11: The First Major Loss of Coins

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Since the very start, people have lost bitcoins due to human error. Mislaid wallets, forgotten passwords, broken hard drives, hacks, and scams have conspired to remove over 20% of all BTC from circulation by some estimates. The dubious accolade for the first major bitcoin loss goes to forum member Stone Man, who, on August 10, 2010, managed to permanently erase his access to almost 9,000 BTC. Also read: Bitcoin History Part 10: The 184 Billion BTC Bug A Stone Cold Lesson on the Need to Back up Your Keys In…

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Former Bitcoin Advocate and CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton Has Died

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The former US Securities and Futures Trading Commissioner and blockchain supporter Bart Chilton has died.  Chilton was also known for his tight stance on swaps and derivatives, as well as being a critic of high-frequency traders. Chilton will also be remembered as an advocate of Bitcoin and the application of blockchain technology in general. As a Forbes contributor, Chilton wrote a couple of pieces for the publication highlighting the strengths and areas of improvements that the blockchain could take. Chilton’s most popular article on the blockchain was a piece for…

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‘Japan’s Warren Buffet’ Loses $130 Million in Bitcoin

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One of Japan’s most infamous entrepreneurs, Masayoshi Son, lost USD $130 million during the Bitcoin correction that occurred in 2017.  Masayoshi Son was dubbed “Japan’s Warren Buffet” in an opinion piece posted by Nikkei Asian Review. His company, Softbank, has invested over $100 billion into companies such as Uber, WeWork and other companies based in Silicon Valley. Son’s investment experience apparently didn’t prepare him for the massive whipsaw coming his way when the Bitcoin market overheated in 2017. According to The Wall Street Journal, Son bought into BTC as it…

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A Bitcoin Cash Fork of Decentralized Exchange Bisq Is on the Horizon

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Two Bitcoin Cash (BCH) community members recently offered up a bounty for someone to fork the decentralized trading platform Bisq using BCH as the native currency. Now it seems a programmer has started the project in order to port Bisq over to BCH with help from BCH developer Pokkst’s Bitcoincashj implementation. The project is still in the midst of development but the platform works on Intellij and the programmer says Bitcoin Cash is very close to getting its own decentralized exchange. Also read: Bitmain Aims to Leapfrog Competition With Its…

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