Coinbase integrates Lightning Network for Bitcoin transactions

Since 2010, inflation has turned $1 into 84 cents while $1 invested in Bitcoin would be worth $274,000. Bad news — the increase in the Bitcoin (BTC) price over the past decade may have been overstated because of the accompanying fiat inflation. Since Bitcoin is typically denominated in fiat — United States dollars usually —…

Blockchain can reportedly return billions of dollars back to Kenya’s budget. 401 Total views 10 Total shares Blockchain technology can help countries like Kenya from losing billions of dollars to corruption, according to an official at the United Nations’ drugs and crime agency.David Robinson, the regional anti-corruption advisor at the UN’s Office on Drugs and…

Another good week for Bitcoin last week. The dollar price rose more than 5 percent, taking it to around $11,700. That rise wasn’t smooth. A flash crash took $1,500 off the price at one point, although investors remain bullish and the VIX volatility index, which is based on the S&P 500, is “extremely bullish.” Other…

If the new proposal is approved, implementing the crypto gains tax in the country will be delayed by nearly seven years from its original schedule.

As of today, the newly launched Boerse Stuttgart Digital Exchange (BSDEX) is available to select users in Germany.Fully regulated under the German Banking ActIn a Sept. 23 press release, the Boerse Stuttgart Group — Germany’s second-largest stock exchange — announced that trading has started on its newly launched digital asset exchange platform, Boerse Stuttgart Digital…

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The Russian Supreme Court has included the illicit use of cryptocurrencies in the list of criminal offences related to money laundering, local legal news site Pravo reported on Tuesday, Feb. 26.The court has introduced new amendments to the anti-money laundering (AML) decree issued in July 2015. These clarifications relate to Russian criminal code articles dedicated…