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Now you can get BTCs for purchases in Postmates

Now you can get BTCs for purchases in Postmates

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There’s great news for bitcoin rewards platform Lolli users, food delivery is going to give you a lot more pleasure. Lolli proclaimed on August 21 that it started a partnership with a delivery company Postmates, and it became the newest partner od the reward application. According to Crunchbase,...

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@Bitcoin Twitter account again supports Bitcoin (BTC)

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The notorious Twitter account @Bitcoin, to the surprise of many members of the community, again “changed its orientation” and instead of the project supported by Roger Ver, Bitcoin Cash now again points to bitcoin.org. Earlier, the description of @Bitcoin for a long time contained a link to...

Jeff Garzik is sceptical of the latest Satoshi Nakamoto

Jeff Garzik is sceptical of the latest Satoshi Nakamoto

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Jeff Garzik, a Bitcoin pioneer, had a correspondence with a Satoshi Nakamoto, before the founder of Bitcoin disappeared years ago. Garzik doubts Satoshi has appeared again. When an internet posting Sunday claimed to come from Satoshi and promised to reveal his or her true identity on Tuesday,...

Bitcoin has the biggest weekly decline since November

Bitcoin has the biggest weekly decline since November

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This week was the most damaging in 2019 for Bitcoin. Actually, it’s not the best period for the rest of the coins too. The world’s leading cryptocurrency lost about 15% this week and now the price of BTC is around $10,145. This's the greatest 5-day slide of the coin since November 2018. Matt...

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The court in Walter Scott poems refused Craig Wright

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A federal court in the Southern District of Florida rejected the petition of Craig Wright (man who claims he is the creator of first cryptocurrency) to terminate the proceedings against him regarding the appropriation of 1.1 million BTC allegedly belonging to his former business partner Dave...

Bitcoin loses refuge appeal as investors flee riskier assets

Bitcoin loses refuge appeal as investors flee riskier assets

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In recent weeks Bitcoin got refuge designation, but it started losing it rapidly as the largest crypto joins the global slide in riskier assets. After rallying while U.S. investments fell earlier in the month, Bitcoin has followed stocks lower, with the digital asset plunging about 14% this week...

Bitmex ad The Times

Regulator accused BitMEX of publishing an incorrect BTC ad

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The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), which is a self-regulatory organization, has notified HDR Global Trading Ltd (BitMEX operator) that the first cryptocurrency ad, posted on January 3 this year in The Times, is misleading and also contains exaggerations. So, the ASA emphasized that on...

BTC takes a premium in Hong Kong and Argentina amid sell-off

BTC takes a premium in Hong Kong and Argentina amid sell-off

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The riot in Hong Kong and Argentina made local investors give a premium for Bitcoin. Elections uncertainty brought to a peso plunge in Argentina and lately, BTC was selling for $12000 on a P2P platform LocalBitcoins, this is 10% greater than on the bulk of crypto exchanges all over the world....

Lenta hack $500k btc

Extortionists want $500k in BTC not to poison Lenta's goods

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The Russian trading network "Lenta" wrote a statement to the police because of a video message in which unidentified people demand to pay bitcoins in the amount of $500 thousand under the threat of food poisoning in stores. It is reported by Fontanka. The ransomware’s video message was...

CEO of Circle: Correlation between BTC and yuan

CEO of Circle: Correlation between BTC and yuan

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Circle cryptocurrency's company CEO Jeremy Allaire has joined other prominent industry representatives who believe that Bitcoin has become a defensive asset with which investors can hedge risks associated with global instability. He is convinced that the rampant nationalism, as well as currency and...

Bitcoin price

Bitcoin price reached a three-week high

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Today, August 5, the price of BTC jumped to the levels above $11,600, the last time observed in the second half of July. As you can see, the pulse growth was accompanied by a surge in trading volumes. “According to the old tradition,” Bitcoin pulled along with the rest of the market. ...

Cryptocurrency platform Bitwala raised €13 million

Cryptocurrency platform Bitwala raised €13 million

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The Japanese corporation Sony, through its venture division Sony Financial Ventures and the investment firm NKB Group, led a round of financing of Series A for €13 million (about $14.5 million) of the Bitcoin-banking platform Bitwala. According to representatives of the company based in Berlin,...

Bearish signs are showing Bitcoin is near to turning point

Bearish signs are showing Bitcoin is near to turning point

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It’s suggested that Bitcoin is coming to a turning point as cryptos conflict with larger inspection and bearish symbols pile up. BTC is really close to further losses, this is obvious cause some technical factors are pointing on this. A queue of negative modifications brought cryptocurrencies to...

The US sues Bitcoin theft suspect from Russia

The US sues Bitcoin theft suspect from Russia

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One of BTC-e currency exchange owners, Alexander Vinnik whose extradition from Greece the US is inquiring to face illegal charges, presently face a formal lawsuit in California. Previously, Vinnik was blamed for stealing Bitcoins from various virtual currency exchanges and now the US makes attempts...

Government of Venezuela is accused of using cryptocurrencies to bypass US sanctions

Government of Venezuela is accused of using cryptocurrencies to bypass US sanctions

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Venezuelan United Socialist party has been accused of avoiding economic barriers inflicted by the authorities of USA. According to locals, Venezuela avoided penalties by using cryptocurrencies via an airline app known as Jetman Pay. This application receives charges from travellers who buy tickets...

As Congress analyzes Libra, Bitcoin drops under $10000

As Congress analyzes Libra, Bitcoin drops under $10000

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When the US legislators showed deep suspicion about the viability of cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin fall in price below $10000. The rate was rising for three last weeks and even passed the highest price form the last year. The most popular digital coin dropped as much as 12%, bringing its three-week...

Few people care about the continuing growth of BTC prices

Few people care about the continuing growth of BTC prices

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Google searches measured the statistics of Bitcoin price growth and people’s interest in it and there’s a big difference between them. Not so long ago, the level of correlation between the price and interest was really high. There may be some reasons for these new...

Bitcoin correlation with cryptocoins

Binance: Bitcoin correlation with other cryptocurrencies has significantly decreased

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Binance's research division published a quarterly report, in which it estimated the correlation of digital assets among themselves. Thus, according to it, the correlation between Bitcoin and the rest of the market has significantly decreased in comparison with the figures for the first quarter of...