Lightning service provider Sparkswap now features a desktop application with a first-of-its-kind killer feature: USD-to-bitcoin purchases that deposit sats directly into a user’s Lightning wallet. Dubbed “Sparkswap Desktop,” the new product “allows consumers for the first time ever to buy bitcoin directly into their Lightning wallets using USD,” according to a press release shared with…
A group of Russian lawyers claims that it has found a path to financial remuneration for victims who lost bitcoin in the historic 2014 Mt. Gox hack. But one blockchain lawyer, as well as other creditors, are cautioning that the deal being offered is more sour than sweet. The news comes after a dizzying saga…
Amid an otherwise uneventful market structure, bitcoin seems to be making a consolidation pattern known as a “head and shoulders bottom.” The pattern is still forming and is not yet actionable, but if it manages to break to the upside, it could push the market to retest its $12,500 high. The bulls really want to…
A U.K. Premier League football club (sorry, U.S. readers — the original football) will now be sporting the Bitcoin logo out on the pitch. Watford F.C., a professional football team from Watford, Hertfordshire, announced today, September 12, 2019, that it has added the Bitcoin logo to the left sleeves of its players’ uniforms. According to…
After a decade of impressive development and adoption, Bitcoin has demonstrated its robustness and staying power. At this point, it’s clear that hyperbitcoinization isn’t a matter of “if” but a matter of “when.” While the fiat world struggles with perpetual crises, an ever-increasing number of individuals choose to buy their own share of disinflationary, sound…
This article was originally published by 8btc and written by Lylian Teng. Zhao Dong, one of China’s most influential bitcoin billionaires and a well-known over-the-counter (OTC) trader, said that he thinks the cryptocurrency market is poised to take off within the next three months. Known as a shareholder of cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and the founder…
Ricardo Perez-Marco is a Spanish university professor who teaches mathematics at the Paris Diderot University in France. Since discovering Bitcoin sometime in 2011 and realizing that the cryptography and math were unassailable, he has dedicated a significant amount of time to researching Satoshi Nakamoto’s creation. At one point in 2013, he attempted to create a…
Bruno Le Maire, the French minister for the economy, has revealed that the government will not be imposing taxes on crypto-to-crypto trades. The policymaker made his statement in an interview with Bloomberg on September 12, 2019, stating that they will only be taxing cryptocurrency gains when they are converted into fiat. As for the country’s…
In this episode, the guys talk about the latest Bitcoin headlines (including responses to the FATF recommended crypto “travel rule,” Bitmain’s latest Antminer 17 getting SOLD OUT in minutes and the NFL left tackle who’s trying to get paid in Bitcoin) then interview Robert Allen, executive producer of the animated adult web series, “Bitcoin &…
With institutional interest in crypto assets growing, crypto-specific projects and traditional finance companies alike have been ramping up their institutional offerings to cater to the needs of this specific client base. Though a lot of effort has been put into building secure infrastructure and solutions for financial institutions to enter the cryptocurrency field, unclear regulations…