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The essence of Bitcoin is instantaneous payments with next to nothing fees. While this is usually the banner of the Bitcoin community, when one delves deeper into the community, it can be seen that payments through Bitcoin are not actually free and are never processed instantly.

An anonymous reporter uses Benford's Law to determine whether tether is affecting or manipulating the bitcoin price.

After awarding bitcoin a C+ rating, Weiss was targeted by a DDoS attack. Weiss ratings is a group that formally rates various investment assets, currencies, and financial institutions. The group had rated cryptocurrencies for the first time before being the target of the attack..

Investors of the now defunct BitConnect are demanding compensation for their losses. The plaintiffs are claiming that they were promised profits but BitConnect failed to meet its promises. BitConnect shut down on January 17th, but it seems like its troubles are yet to be over.

Venezuela offers inexpensive electricity, which makes mining bitcoin very profitable. However, government crack downs have threatened the bitcoin mining community in the country.

After WaveCrest discontinued its debit card for Bitcoin and altcoins, users can choose from alternatives. These options include epayments, Wagecan, and Worldcore. Epayments is the least expensive and provides the most extensive services.

Coincheck, the biggest cryptocurrency exchange in Japan, was hacked. In the attack, $534 million worth of NEM coins were stolen in what is considered the biggest cryptcurrency exchange cyberattack since the Mt. Gox's incident.

Cointelligence and Cryptoracle.io are hosting a conference call with Moshe Hogeg, Founder and Co-CEO of Sirin Labs. Here, we will talk about what it takes to launch such a successful ICO, the writing of white papers, and the development of next generation technology.

Zhao Dong, the Chinese early bitcoin adopter, has just confirmed that Bitfinex and Tether have around $3 billion in their bank accounts, based in Tokyo. While this stands to debunk all the recent rumors that has been questioning the integrity and transparency of USDT, rumors of Dong's conflicts of interest...

The US CFTC has started an investigation against My Big Coin and frozen the assets of its owners. The department has pointed out in its investigation that the owners and misrepresented the facts and misused the funds raised from the investors. The owners used the funds of the investors to cover their...