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Venezuela and Russia in Talks to Use State-Backed Petro Cryptocurrency for Bilateral Trade

Venezuela, a South American country embroiled in a bitter political impasse, is negotiating with Russia over abandoning the USD in their bilateral trade settlements. The two countries are in talks over the use of the Russian ruble, according to Jorge Valero, Venezuela’s representative in UN’s Geneva offices. дальше »

2019-5-20 15:24


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Venezuela Pro-Bitcoin Opposition May Use Maduro’s Sanctioned Funds To Oust Him

Bitcoin adoption crucible Venezuela could end up using its own sanctioned funds to topple the government if plans go ahead for an “army” of foreign mercenaries. Sources: Plans For ‘5000 Mercenaries’ As Reuters reported on April 30, Erik Prince, founder of the notorious private security contractor Blackwater, allegedly wants to use fiat currency locked up by foreign governments to finance an ongoing backlash against Nicolas Maduro’s regime. дальше »

2019-5-1 22:00


Fundstrat’s Tom Lee: Devaluation of Fiat Currencies Causing Bitcoin On-Chain Volume to Take Off

We have already seen how the fiat currencies around the world, be it Argentina’s peso, Venezuelan Bolivar or Turkish Lira, are failing as a currency. Countries all over the world are being run over by rising inflation and dropping value of their money, along with slowing economy and political unrest. It isn’t surprising South America […] дальше »

2019-4-28 20:40


Mueller Report: Russia Funded U.S. Election Snooping, Manipulation with Bitcoin

By CCN. com: It is no news by now that the long-awaited Mueller Report has revealed extensive Russian efforts to interfere with the 2016 U. S. presidential election. While much attention has been focused on whether or not president Donald Trump was in any way complicit with these efforts, what is less reported is that the report showed that state-backed Russian operatives used bitcoin extensively in their attempts to impede Hilary Clinton and help Donald Trump’s campaign. дальше »

2019-4-22 09:46


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Sweden Changed Its Official Currency To Bitcoin (For 30 Minutes)

Hackers convinced Twitter to give them control of the account for Sweden’s ruling political party – then used it to change the country’s official currency to Bitcoin. Swedish Government: ‘Time To Buy’ Bitcoin Speaking in an interview with local news outlet Trijo, one of the five hackers involved in the stunt this week said he did it because he thought socialism “was wrong. дальше »

2019-4-17 15:00


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Hackers tweet Bitcoin nonsense and racism via Sweden’s top political party

Hackers have defaced the Twitter account of Sweden’s governing party with hate speech and declared they would replace the Swedish krona with Bitcoin. The strange tweets began early this morning, when the “Socialdemokraterna” account reportedly changed its name to “Bitcoindemokraterna,” and promised its leader’s would resign, confirmed Expressen. дальше »

2019-4-15 16:30


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New Chrome Extension Exposes Twitter Users’ Cryptocurrency Bias

A new Chrome browser extension called Coinflict of Interst for the Twitter cryptocurrency community aims to expose “bias” in the content well-known figures upload to the social network. Coinflict Chrome Extension Seeks Out ‘Ulterior Motives’ The brainchild of open source developer Luke Childs, ‘Conflict of Interest’ is currently available as a browser extension for Opera, Google Chrome and Firefox users. дальше »

2019-3-26 14:00


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Op Ed: With Bitcoin, Anarchy Is the Point, Not the Problem

Last week, there was a panel at SXSW that was effectively a debate on the merits of permissioned blockchains versus permissionless systems like Bitcoin. I listened to the entire audio of the panel discussion, after Programming Bitcoin author Jimmy Song tweeted it out the other day, and I thought he did an awesome job of pointing out the key value proposition of Bitcoin and why it is not worth comparing to permissioned systems. дальше »

2019-3-23 17:29


Governments Exploit Christchurch Tragedy to Enforce Censorship and Thought Policing

No sooner had the victims of the Christchurch attack fallen than governments were clamoring to mine the tragedy for political capital. Despite the shooting having been live streamed on Facebook, antipodean officials have directed their ire against fringe websites in a desperate bid to control the narrative and criminalize curious civilians. дальше »

2019-3-19 22:05


MPWR Crypto Mining Summit 2019: March 12 Bitcoin And Blockchain Event

Organized by the Blockchain Infrastructure Research, the MPWR Crypto Mining Summit 2019 will take place on 12 March 2019 in Vancouver, Canada at the Pan Pacific Hotel. The premier crypto mining summit seeks to provide a platform for crypto miners, utility companies, researchers, power producers, developers, regulators, machine learning enthusiasts, and political leaders where they […] дальше »

2019-3-5 12:14


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South Korea’s Liberty Korea Political Party set to use Blockchain Technology for Elections

In a bid to foster transparency and curb the activities of bad actors in the electoral process via blockchain technology, South Korea’s largest opposition party, the Liberty Korea Party, has joined forces with ioeX, a Taiwanese distributed ledger technology (DLT) startup, according to a press release on January 11, 2019. дальше »

2019-2-12 22:00


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Living on Bitcoin for a Week in San Francisco

When I decided, maybe against my better judgement, to live on bitcoin for a week, the plan was met by a combination of cautions and jokes from friends and loved ones: “Just don’t starve,” “Well, it’s the New Year, a perfect time to start a new diet,” “Will you be able to eat?”, “Have you really thought about it?”I had “really” thought about it and it seemed not only sensible but necessary. дальше »

2019-2-5 23:06


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Venezuela Breaks Bitcoin Trading Record Again As New Regulations Become Law

Venezuela set a new record for the amount it traded for Bitcoin (BTC) last week, showing cryptocurrency’s continued appeal in the face of ongoing political turmoil. 17. 1 Billion Bolivars For Bitcoin Data from Coin Dance, which tracks volumes on P2P trading platform Localbitcoins, showed that in fiat terms, the seven days ending February 2 were the busiest on record for Venezuela. дальше »

2019-2-4 12:00


Sudden Spike In Bitcoin’s Volume on LocalBitcoins in Venezuela is the Highest Ever

In last week alone, Venezuela has seen a sudden spike in bitcoin volume with an astounding $7 million worth of Bitcoin traded on LocalBitcoins. Trump and major U.S. allies have sought to unseat Venezuela’s authoritarian socialist president, Nicolas Maduro, and replace him with Juan Guaido, the leader of the country’s political opposition. “It could be […] дальше »

2019-2-3 22:43


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Elections Canada Consults With Political Parties on Crypto Donations

According to Elections Canada, the agency that runs federal elections in Canada, there has been “a growing interest” in cryptocurrency donations. This trend has prompted some political parties to ask for a ruling on how best to manage bitcoin and other cryptocurrency political donations and how to navigate the various reporting systems required by both Elections Canada and the parties so that they comply with the Canada Elections Act. дальше »

2019-1-24 20:28


Bitpatron: Bitcoin and Blockchain Free Speech Content Platform to Rival Patreon

Discover Bitpatron, a digital platform that enables you to earn Bitcoin for writing content without fearing demonetization or removal from the platform. The free speech content membership platform powered by Bitcoin enables users to earn Bitcoin for speaking their mind regardless of their political affiliations or the ideas they harbor. The Bottleneck of a free […] дальше »

2019-1-18 01:18