- Kim Đong Un on FBI Agent Admits to Stealing Silk Road Bitcoins Seized by U.S. Marshals: “This is exactly why governments have zero chance to ban bitcoins and succeed.” Aug 16, 10:32
- on BTC-e’s Haircut Plan: Half the Balances and Free ‘In-House Token’ Trades: “this is a clear FBI job, dont trust it at all, smoke mirrors and three lettered agencies” Aug 16, 10:18
- on Three Ukrainian Lawmakers Declare Bitcoin Holdings Worth $47 Million: “Very insightful.... But can you please bring me up to speed on WHY exactly was the mining farms…” Aug 16, 10:15
- on Three Ukrainian Lawmakers Declare Bitcoin Holdings Worth $47 Million: “I think it's a new way of loundering money. Now if someone ask them where they have their gain their…” Aug 16, 09:49
- on Australian Trader Loses $430K at BTC-e: ‘Nothing Illegal Tied to My Funds’: “The USA and fracking can be done to get oil or natural gas, "The process involves the high-pressure…” Aug 16, 09:37
17 hours ago
The Atlantic has reported that Venezuelan bitcoin mining continues despite government efforts to crack down on miners. Venezuela has long suffered from extreme hyperinflation, inspiring many Venezuelans to mine cryptocurrency to supplement their incomes.
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Bitcoin Mining Is Gaining Popularity in Venezuela in Part Due to an Abundance of Cheap Electricity
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18 hours ago
Bitcoin protocol firm Blockstream just announced their plan to transmit bitcoin from space across the world using satellite technology. They have leased these satellites for the purposes of downloading a working bitcoin node, which would harbor all of the blockchain's transaction data. These satellites will potentially give people who are disconnected from the internet access to bitcoin.
Also read: Goldman Sachs Technical Analyst Predicts Bitcoin's 'Top' Is $4800
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20 hours ago
During the overnight of August 14, the price of bitcoin hit an all-time high of $4,400 across global exchanges. Two months ago, Sheba Jafari, a lead technical strategist at Goldman Sachs told her clients that bitcoin's price would rally to $3,900, and now that her forecast came true this week the analyst has set a new target at $4,800.
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1 day ago
Investment management firm Vaneck has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to list and trade a bitcoin ETF. However, the "Vaneck Vectors Bitcoin Strategy ETF" will not hold actual bitcoin. Instead, it will invest up to 25% of its value in U.S. exchange-traded bitcoin derivative instruments.
Also read: Russia Discusses Starting Cryptocurrency Mining With Its 20+ Gigawatt Surplus
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1 day ago
Last week, news.Bitcoin.com reported on the cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e announcing how the organization plans to repay customers who lost funds during the trading platform’s recent dealings with the FBI. Since then the exchange has revealed new arrangements which will introduce new tokens called BTCT and offer free trading for that specific market.
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Russia Discusses Starting Cryptocurrency Mining With Its 20+ G...Russia Discusses Starting Cryptocurrency Mining With Its 20+ Gigawatt Surplus. Check out full article: https://news.bitcoin.com/russia-discusses-starting-cryptocurrency-mining-with-its-20-gigawatt-surplus/
Posted by Bitcoin on Tuesday, August 15, 2017
