Bank warns investors against Bitcoin trading platform
The People’s Bank of China’s Shanghai head office has warned investors in Bitcoin, a virtual currency, against using one of China’s major Bitcoin trading platforms. The bank said that the Shanghai-based platform BTBC has allegedly been operating businesses outside of…
One country dominates the global bitcoin market
One country dominates the global bitcoin market Buz Investors global bitcoin market Almost all bitcoin trading is done in China. The share of the cryptocurrency that’s traded via China’s mainland currency escalated over the past few years, overtaking the US…
Santa Delivered a 120 BTC Gift to a BetChain Player That Keeps on Giving!
Bitcoin Press Release: BetChain’s lucky player recently won a huge 120 BTC jackpot that grew by more than 50 percent when Bitcoin price surged close to $1200. January 19, 2017, Commonwealth of Dominica – Santa came early last year for…
Putin Defends Trump’s Virtue — And Trump Serves Putin’s Interests
Here’s a thought exercise: What do you suppose would happen if Russian strongman Vladimir Putin decided to clarify remarks he reportedly made about Donald Trump during the election campaign? “I never said Trump was ‘brilliant,’” he might say. “That was…
US prosecutors finalize 7.2-bln-dollar settlement with Deutsche Bank
The US Justice Department announced a 7.2-billion-dollar settlement Tuesday with Deutsche Bank over allegations that the German-based financial institution misled investors who bought mortgage-backed securities in 2006-07. Since the 2008 economic crisis, which was triggered by the collapse of the…
Myth Trivia: Surprising and interesting Inaugural Day facts
CHARLOTTE, N.C., January 18, 2017 – Between the parties and the protests and throngs of people, Washington is going to be bursting at the seams come Friday. Donald John Trump will become the 45th President of the United States, and…
Protecting Your Digital Life in 7 Easy Steps
In a recent Medium post, Quincy Larson, the founder of Free Code Camp, an open-source community for learning to code, detailed the reasons it might be useful for people to make their personal data more difficult for attackers to obtain….
Whistleblowers – Heroes or traitors?
Snowden, Assange, Manning. A piece of art in Berlin representing the three famous whistleblowers is meant to encourage citizens to speak out. For some people these whistleblowers are heroes. For others, especially the US administration, they are traitors. Chelsea Manning…
Civil Forfeiture and Bitcoin
Why do we need a global, decentralized, deflationary money without the need of a bank or government? The problem of government is not that, as Ronald Reagan had us believe, that government was the problem, but rather that it makes…
Bitcoin and Ethereum Exchange Coinbase Granted New York BitLicense
Bitcoin and Ethereum Exchange Coinbase Granted New York BitLicense Coinbase, the San Francisco headquartered Bitcoin and Ethereum cryptocurrency exchange and wallet provider, has been granted a New York virtual currency license – commonly known as a BitLicense. The regulators say…