Visa to Change PoS Fees to Merchants to Adjust to New Business CategoriesPayments behemoth Visa is reportedly planning to change point-of-sale fees to merchants in the U.S. as part of a major update of its system.Feb 4, 2020Ana Alexandre
BitPay Restores Service to All Bitcoin Wallets to Drive Mainstream AdoptionBitPay restores service to all Bitcoin wallets upon the request of merchants looking to drive mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies.Feb 4, 2020Rachel Wolfson
Twitter Co-Founder-Backed Fintech Startup Rolls Out Bitcoin Banking AppFinancial services firm Mode, which is backed by Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, has rolled out its Bitcoin banking app on iOS devices.Feb 4, 2020Ana Alexandre
Bitspark Shuts Down Amid Restructuring, Coronavirus and ProtestsHong Kong-based blockchain remittance startup Bitspark has abruptly announced its closure, citing internal restructuring issues.Feb 4, 2020Helen Partz
Bitcoin SV Genesis Upgrade Results in Chain SplitBitcoin SV underwent a network upgrade that raised or removed almost all existing limits, but the old chain continued to exist as it added one block.Feb 4, 2020Andrey Shevchenko
Zcash Is Now on Binance Futures With New Perpetual ContractBinance’s futures platform is launching a Zcash–Tether perpetual contract with maximum leverage of up to 50x.Feb 4, 2020Marie Huillet
‘Dogs---? Who Cares’ — XRP Price Flags as BitMEX Debuts Perpetual SwapsNews that BitMEX will launch a new XRP product fails to boost price performance as the platform’s CEO appears to mock the decision.Feb 4, 2020William Suberg
Study: Smart Contracts Limit Data Availability, But Improve Its QualityThe latest analysis by research firm Gartner has painted a mixed picture of the benefits that blockchain-based smart contracts can offer enterprises.Feb 4, 2020Marie Huillet
Tesla Stock Now Looks Exactly Like Bitcoin at $20K in 2017Despite outperforming Bitcoin in January, $TSLA may be in line for a fall similar to what BTC/USD saw in late 2017.Feb 4, 2020William Suberg
Top Graphics Cards That Will Turn a Crypto Mining ProfitAs crypto prices rise, mines should step up their game: Here are the top graphic cards to pay attention to in 2020.Feb 4, 2020Elena Perez
BitPay CEO: Platform Will Support More Cryptocurrencies and Possibly Lightning NetworkBitPay CEO says platform will add support for more cryptocurrencies, along with possible integration of the Lightning Network – will BitPay become the next PayPal?Feb 4, 2020Rachel Wolfson
Tech Like Blockchain Will Transform Chinese Economy, Bank Chair SaysThe chairman of Minsheng Bank predicts that blockchain technology will transform the Chinese economy in the next decade.Feb 3, 2020Ting Peng
Hackers Stole and Encrypted Data of 5 U.S. Law Firms, Demand 2 Crypto RansomsHackers compromised five United States law firms this week, demanding two $933,000 ransoms for restoring and not publishing data.Feb 3, 2020Adrian Zmudzinski
US Marshals to Auction $37M in Confiscated Bitcoin in FebruaryThe United States Marshals Service, a federal law enforcement agency within the U.S. Department of Justice, will auction off 4,040 bitcoins.Feb 3, 2020Helen Partz
Some Coinbase Users Can’t Withdraw More Than $10 in Bitcoin a DayMajor United States-based crypto exchange and wallet service Coinbase is allegedly not letting some users withdraw more than $10 per day.Feb 3, 2020Helen Partz
French Payment Giants Worldline and Ingenico Merge in $8.6 Billion DealFrench payments giants Ingenico and Worldline are set to merge in a massive deal, with both companies having a previous history with cryptocurrencies.Feb 3, 2020Andrey Shevchenko
Why I’m Joining Cointelegraph Magazine as Managing EditorThe Magazine will be a new long-form publication for blockchain veterans and crypto newcomers alike.Feb 3, 2020Jon Rice
Price Analysis Feb 3: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, BSV, LTC, EOS, BNB, ADA, XTZAs the sentiment in the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency markets has turned positive, this dip should be viewed as a buying opportunity.Feb 3, 2020Rakesh Upadhyay
Liechtenstein-Based Startup to Issue Tokens Pegged to Value of Collectible CarsInvestment platform CurioInvest and Seychelles-based digital asset exchange MERJ Exchange Ltd. will jointly begin offering a token backed by collector luxury cars.Feb 3, 2020Ana Alexandre
Mastercard CEO Reveals Why the Company Left LibraMastercard’s CEO Ajay Banga revealed why the company left the Libra association, while sharing his thoughts on national payment networks such as CBDCs.Feb 3, 2020Andrey Shevchenko
MIT ‘Spider’ Routing Scheme Could Speed Up Cryptocurrency TransactionsResearchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a new crypto-routing scheme to speed up blockchain-based transactions.Feb 3, 2020Ana Alexandre
IBM Offers Blockchain Solution for Casual Labor ContractsTech giant IBM is developing a new blockchain product that will automate the reconciliation of casual employment contracts.Feb 3, 2020Marie Huillet
Privacy on Ethereum: Aztec Protocol Launches on MainnetPrivacy on Ethereum is now possible through Aztec, a project using zero knowledge cryptography derived from Zcash to hide amounts for private tokens.Feb 3, 2020Andrey Shevchenko
Singapore: Digitized Securities Exchange Gets Regulator’s Go-AheadCapital markets blockchain platform iSTOX has graduated from Singapore's regulatory sandbox and been approved as a market operator and capital markets services licensee.Feb 3, 2020Marie Huillet
Crypto Tycoon Winklevoss Brothers Obtain Six Stablecoin PatentsCryptocurrency tycoons and Gemini exchange founders Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss obtained six stablecoin-related patents.Feb 3, 2020Adrian Zmudzinski
You Can’t Separate Utility from Security Tokens, Say EU ResearchersResearchers writing for the Oxford University Law blog say that the distinction between utility and security tokens is less important than most assume when it comes to regulation.Feb 3, 2020Marie Huillet
Bitcoin Futures: Volatility ‘Coming’ as BitMEX Hits $1B Open InterestBitMEX and OKEx both see open interest pass $1 billion as a Cointelegraph analyst predicts bullish tensions will result in a “significant” BTC price move.Feb 3, 2020William Suberg
Indian Government Policy Think Tank Releases National Blockchain StrategyA government-sponsored think tank has published part one of its two-part blockchain strategy for adopting the technology in India.Feb 3, 2020Vireshwar Tomar
Bitcoin Price Forms ‘Golden Cross’ as China Panic Prints $170BThe Shanghai Composite Index falls 8% on opening as a huge liquidity injection by Beijing seeks to stem the fallout of coronavirus.Feb 3, 2020William Suberg
Top 10 Congresspeople Working on Crypto PolicyCointelegraph’s list of the top-10 U.S. congresspeople playing outsized roles in the crypto and blockchain industries.Feb 2, 2020Kollen Post