Crypto

Users from all over the globe will now support the widely popular free encyclopedia Wikipedia with bitcoin cash donations via Bitpay. The non-profit model and global nature of the organization means it has to find a universal and cost-effective payment solution, and cryptocurrencies are an apparent alternative.   Accepting Bitcoin Cash Is A Natural Step The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that operates Wikipedia and similar free knowledge projects, has partnered with Bitpay, the popular cryptocurrency payment processor, to accept bitcoin cash (BCH) and bitcoin core (BTC) donations. The Wikimedia Foundation has already been accepting BTC since 2014 via Coinbase but recently switched payment processors to Bitpay and used this chance to expand into accepting BCH. �Our donors have shown an accrued interest for various cryptocurrencies, thus accepting bitcoin cash was a natural next step,� said Pats Pena, director of payments and operations at Wikimedia Foundation. �We settle f...

Buying bitcoin isn't a revolutionary act. Nor should it be. And however the method statists, apparatchiks and politicians bang on, you�d assume the mere act of acquiring digital currency was akin to receiving the keys to a pandora�s box in that lurks every illicit artifact known to man. One day, these dinosaurs will begrudgingly concede that buying bitcoin is no more seditious than buying a soda with a $20 bill. But till then, you�ll need to preserve your privacy once acquiring cryptocurrency. Buy Your Bitcoin, Keep Your Privacy The reasons why you might need to stay bitcoin ownership to yourself don�t need rehashing. Put simply, though, it�s no one�s damn business what you would like to do with your money or how you wish to store your wealth. In the future, governmental scrutiny of bitcoin ownership will look as archaic and benighted as state intrusion into the religious or sexual preferences of its citizens. By the time that day comes, bitcoin may be worth a lot more than it'...

The case against the crypto banking ban by the reserve bank of india (RBI) was unexpectedly heard at the country�s supreme court on Thursday. However, senior advocates for the parties were reportedly absent, thus a new date has been set and the crypto case will be �top of the list� on that date. Caught by surprise The Indian supreme court was scheduled  to hear the petitions against the crypto banking ban imposed by the country�s central bank, the RBI, on Tuesday once repeatedly postponing it last year. The case was finally heard on Thursday. However, according to Twitter account Crypto Kanoon, an Indian platform for blockchain regulatory news and analysis, the �crypto vs. RBI matter reached in the supreme court. As the matter was surprising to achieve, sr. advocates showing for parties weren't present.� The user continued to detail: "Now it'll come for hearing on 26th February on �top of the list� i.e., it'll be at serial no. 1 on the Cause List." After several p...

The arrival of rising technologies like blockchain and cryptocurrencies brought a number of security, trust, usability and valuation issues for the industry. Platon Finance, a leading crypto-financial company on the Ethereum blockchain set out to solve many of these issues by offering insurance against cyber theft � and it was the first to do so. Based in Czechia with offices in Slovakia, the company is making strides in the marketplace by providing B2B and B2C solutions for the crypto world. Platon CEO, Daniel Tanner, announced, �We�re excited to partner with Lloyd�s of London,� the leading British insurance and risk syndicate that insures each Platon Finance wallet for up to 500,000 euros. The serial entrepreneur who co-founded the company with his wife, Julia, recently completed their new office launch in Prague, Czechia, winning news coverage from national television. The team celebrated its recent massive win: a strategic partnership with the real estate investment company OPISAS ...

2017 was a crypto year of high hopes and large promises. 2018 � of massive disappointments and promises never kept.  Year of hacks, splashing simple ICO-money and showing that respect to crypto-investors doesn�t exist. Scam exit followed by another scam exit followed by �We run out of funds!�- this is crypto-calendar of year 2018. But it had been a year of the many new concepts, new use cases for blockchain. One of them is Agouti.io � 1st decentralized charity, charity without an office, charity without running prices, charity without trustees or directors. Charity where anyone may be a member and have his voice counted, where everyone in need can be heard. Agouti charity is made on top of PoS (Proof of Stake) blockchain. With 3 000 000 AGU maximum supply and 3 000 AGU needed to own one masternode � one voice in voting, is anticipated that 500-600 masternodes will be designed and used for democratic voting on each use case. All pre-mined 1.8 million AGU are given away for free, 750...

An Indian cryptocurrency exchange, which is now live in 45 countries, reports that it is �seeing immense enthusiasm and buyer activity in Venezuela,� a spokesperson for the exchange told news.Bitcoin.com. Compared to other countries, �Venezuelans are looking more at the longer-term yield of bitcoin.� Indian cryptocurrency exchange Instashift is now live in 45 countries. After launching in India and Canada in February, the exchange began to roll out service in a slew of countries in November, offering support for 45 fiat currencies. A spokesperson for the exchange told news.Bitcoin.com on Thursday: "Presently, in the 45 countries we have launched [in], we are seeing immense enthusiasm and buyer activity in Venezuela � Venezuelan users were on a buying spree." �We partnered with [a] few good local sellers,� the spokesperson said, confirming that his exchange plans to add �another 45 countries by April 2019.� Other than Venezuela, �We see demand from Panama, Thailand, Nigeria, R...