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South Korea demands 24.2% tax rate from bitcoin exchanges
South Korea has announced taxation requirements for cryptocurrency exchanges but markets fail to react to the news.
January 22, 2018
Ripple price XRPUSD facing crucial resistance
Ripple price started an upside correction from the $0.8570 swing low against the US dollar. However, XRPUSD is currently facing a strong resistance near $1.73, and the 50 period simple moving average (50 SMA) on the 4 hour XRPUSD chart is also representing a significant resistance level.
January 22, 2018
Selling shovels in a gold rush: Ledger raises $75 million
Demand for Ledger's hardware wallets jumped 33-fold in 2017 to over a million orders. Investors are banking that will climb higher in 2018.
January 22, 2018
Major hiring taking place at cryptocurrency exchanges
Sky high demand is overrunning cryptocurrency exchanges. This record demand has dramatically slowed, and sometimes completely restricted, cryptocurrency exchange’s ability to provide services to users. Several exchanges have had to temporarily close their doors as they search for solutions. Others,...
January 21, 2018
The first purchase via Bitcoin's Lightning Network has just happened
A user on Reddit has just announced that he successfully used the Lightning Network to buy an AR300 VPN Router from TorGuard. The user, btc_throwaway1337, presented proof of the LN transaction in his post on Reddit.
January 21, 2018
Over 200k South Koreans petition against cryptocurrency regulation
A national petition against cryptocurrency regulation has already received over 215,000 signatures and is currently awaiting an official response from the government.
January 21, 2018
South Korea has no authority to close cryptocurrency exchanges
The South Korean Fair Trade Commission chairman says regulation for cryptocurrency exchanges is impossible to enforce within the current legal framework of the country. With many governmental officials openly working towards regulating the industry, many are wondering how this will be done.
January 21, 2018
India accounts for 10% of total international bitcoin transactions
Despite bitcoin's obvious popularity in India, the government's regulation prohibits businesses and retailers from introducing bitcoin to the country's mainstream economic sector.
January 19, 2018
Blockchain eyes Coinbase competition as it launches bitcoin selling
Blockchain.info has launched limited Bitcoin selling Thursday, with its CEO confirming buying and selling in various cryptocurrencies will appear "in a few weeks."
January 19, 2018
Venture capital firm launches platform to facilitate token ICOs
SPiCE VC is banking that token ICOs will only get bigger, but wants to provide guidance making sure new tokens can be safe with regulations
January 18, 2018
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