Japanese Electronics Retail Giant Launches Bitcoin Payments
Major Japanese electronics retailer Yamada Denki is partnering with the BitFlyer exchange to trial bitcoin payment in two of its stores.
Major Japanese electronics retailer Yamada Denki is partnering with the BitFlyer exchange to trial bitcoin payment in two of its stores.
Bitcoin's possible upside appears capped by a recent run of negative news, most notably a major Japanese exchange hack.
Following last week's huge hack, Japan's Financial Services Agency has said Coincheck must report on the issues and its plan for improvements.
A Texas financial regulator has issued a cease-and-desist order, this time to decentralized banking platform AriseBank.
A small Japanese startup is paving the way in ideating how bitcoin's experimental Lightning network could take shape on two fronts.
Two San Francisco blockchain startups are teaming up, including one that is aiming to create a kind of decentralized Airbnb.
How likely is an end-of-days scenario for bitcoin? Not very, according to investor Sebastien Meunier in a piece that outlines the possibilities.
Zcash's latest private Powers of Tau ceremony used nuclear waste in a small aircraft to generate random code, helping to ensure the network's privacy.
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a blockchain report aimed to assist businesses considering adopting the technology.
Defining criteria for digital asset will move forward the whole industry and simplify the jobs of investors and regulators, says Pavel Kravchenko.
The statement, provided Saturday evening, confirms the suspicions of online sleuths and is likely to raise new questions about the company's finances.
Three bills in the state legislature, combined with zero taxes and cheap power, should make Wyoming a competitive location for blockchain businesses.
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Though the Coincheck theft may superficially resemble 2014's Mt. Gox hack, the impact on cryptocurrencies is not nearly as significant.
Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz said the ubiquitous coffee chain sees the blockchain and digital currencies in its future–but not bitcoin.
The influential economist has made harsh public remarks about bitcoin before, but his latest piece broadens the attack to include the underlying tech.
The Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission hit KropCoin with a cease-and-desist order, on the grounds it was offering unregistered securities.
Ethereum is getting closer to deploying new technology that would allow the network to scale, its founder Vitalik Buterin said.
Japanese exchange Coincheck has confirmed that about $533 million-worth of cryptocurrency has been stolen from its digital wallets.
Technical analysis suggests that bitcoin cash could see a further decline ahead, but that bull scenarios are also in play.
Russia's Finance Ministry has introduced a draft federal law on the regulation of digital assets and initial coin offerings.
Bitcoin's price range continues to narrow, but a big move on either side could happen soon, the technical charts suggest.
Sia Nader's Cryptolux, a cryptocurrency fund-of-funds, aims to take advantage of lessons he drew in the 2008 crash – including the value of humility.
Major Japanese exchange Coincheck has announced the suspension of a number of services today, including all cryptocurrency withdrawals.
Australia's Brisbane Airport is to roll out digital currency payments within the terminal shopping area.
China's National Internet Finance Association, a self-regulatory group, has warned against participating in overseas ICOs and cryptocurrency trading.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is working to expose transactions made by drug traffickers using cryptocurrencies to hide their trails.
China's central bank is considering its own digital currency, but it may not be built with blockchain technology, according a senior official.
CoinBase has partnered with Trading Technologies to integrate bitcoin spot and bitcoin derivatives trading.
Early use of the Lightning Network is catching bugs, but developers are concerned that it could also slow down the building of bitcoin's second layer.