Amid the hype around the cryptocurrency market, an iced tea company has managed to triple its value after adding the word "Blockchain" to its name. The Long Island Iced Tea Corp., which is a beverage company, changed its name to the Long Blockchain Corp. and expressed their hope to get around partner companies that invest…
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One of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Coinbase, launched Bitcoin Cash on their platform, and just hours after the announcement, they halted the trading of the newly added product on their exchange. Just before Coinbase launched Bitcoin Cash, the price of the digital currency was rising and this rise happened just hours before the launch on…
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Right after CBOE launched bitcoin futures on 10th December, 2017, CME launched their bitcoin-related derivative on the 17th December, just a week after CBOE did. With that, Bitcoin eclipsed the $20,000 mark, trading shortly for around $20,089. Now, the price has slipped a little, but the positive outlook on the crypto market continues and the…
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A British refuse and recycling company has become the first in the world to accept Bitcoin. National company BusinessWaste.co.uk, which is based in York, England are now accepting payment in virtual currencies for its commercial waste contracts. With Bitcoin now moving into the mainstream, it's logical that British companies should move into the 21st Century…
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While Bitcoin’s price is rising swiftly as 2017 draws to an end, many are now talking about the possibility of Bitcoin going to $100,000 in the future. However, as such prediction may be too far to consider, there are some major issues associated with the potentiality of the digital currency going “through the roof” in…
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As many countries and businesses have used blockchain and bitcoin to improve the economy of their own, the real estate market is taking full advantage of what seems to be the most popular topic and currency of the year: Bitcoin. Mirror, a UK online newspaper, confirmed that a four-bedroom home in Essex is the first…
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After bitcoin futures launched on December 10th, Bitcoin's price has skyrocketed to new levels of almost $18,000. Now, probably the most influential and well-respected investment bank in the world, Goldman Sachs, is trying to set a 100% margin on some bitcoin futures. As the CEO of Goldman, Lloyd Blankfein has said many times that he…
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Brittany Roston from Slash Gear reported that one of Starbucks stores in Buenos Aires was caught mining digital currencies through the use of customers' laptops that essentially used the store's WiFi. The Starbucks store did not know of the mining, until notified by a customer, Noah Dunkin through a tweet. According to his tweet, the…
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After reaching a new all-time high of $17,600 on Tuesday, Bitcoin is down 7% today and slumping below the $16,000 level. While this correction may be normal in value after a steep rise, the decline caused a freeze on the futures trading and contracts on CBOE, which launched bitcoin futures this week on Sunday, December…
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Bitcoin is now of one the modern "wonders" and has escalated to a price of almost $18,000 on international exchanges. Blockchain, the technology behind bitcoin, is disrupting major markets and industries, and education is not behind. For the very first time, a university in Bulgaria will offer scholarships to incoming students in the form of…
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