Archive for October, 2016

The future outlook for Bitcoin remains promising. In the coming year, Bitcoin price is expected to reach $1000. Read more… Bitcoin, the world’s favorite cryptocurrency has surged from $640 to $720 in the past one week. The digital currency has been exhibiting some promising trends this year, in spite of facing drastic setbacks following multiple […]

Swiss banks have decided to turn down U. S citizens who want to open up offshore bank accounts in Switzerland. This is due to the U. S’s new foreign account regulations for banks to disclose the information of american accounts. This could be an opportunity for Americans to switch over to Bitcoin. Privacy concerns According […]

The loss due to internet shutdowns last year is estimated to be $2.4 bln. While internet access is taken for granted in today’s connected world, various governments across the world have imposed internet shutdowns. Costly Government Intervention According to research by The Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings, shutdown of the internet, primarily short-term, by […]

As Bitcoin price continues to enjoy an upward thrust, Ethereum, Ethereum Classic and Monero continue to struggle. Read more… Bitcoin is heading towards clear blue skies. A 12.5 percent appreciation of the digital asset over a period of one week is no joke. While it is good news for Bitcoin, the same can’t be said […]

The deal promises data on intraday pricing for more that 50 digital currencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum and Ripple’s XRP. Tullett Prebon Information, the data division of the global interdealer group, will distribute cryptocurrency data across financial markets, having signed a deal with Australian company, Brave New Coin(BNC). The deal promises data on intraday pricing for […]

Here’s a look at what we are focusing on in the bitcoin price this morning. Before the weekend kicked off, we highlighted the potential for the breaking of the 700 level to the upside in the bitcoin price as being likely if action continued to move in the way it had done so throughout the […]

UFOMiners, a Las Vegas-based manufacturer of cryptocurrency mining equipment, has introduced four miners for bitcoin and Litecoin mining. The hardware – MesaMiner, NekrosMiner, OberonMiner and OberonMiner Prime – are available at a price range of $3,200 and $4,900. Both MesaMiner and NekrosMiner provide a hashing speed of 60 TH/s and 85 TH/s, respectively, for bitcoin […]

The following video was published by theb on October 30th, 2016 Stephanie and Adam continue the conversation about Scaling Bitcoin/Lightning Network/Sidechains. The question is, does it matter how we scale? Note: New Let’s Talk Bitcoin! episodes will be released on Sundays instead of Saturdays! Content for episode 313 show was provided by Stephanie and Adam. […]

Call it bitcoin’s broken record. First heating up in 2015, a debate about how best to scale the digital currency’s underlying blockchain remains the dominating disagreement. Despite the best efforts of developers to bring what they say is more nuance to the discussion, a single metric remains the biggest sticking point. One year later, some […]

The falling Chinese yuan has yet again led to a rise in the demand for Bitcoin among Chinese investors. Read more… Bitcoin price has picked up yet again. The price of the popular digital currency has crossed the $700 mark. Like always, even this time the increase in price is driven by rising demand among […]