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  • Whale Watch: Large Bitcoin Cash Holders Accumulate 1 Million BCH Since February

    Whale Watch: Large Bitcoin Cash Holders Accumulate 1 Million BCH Since February

    In the last two weeks, cryptocurrency prices have seen significant volatility and during this time onlookers have noticed large bitcoin whale movements once again. Data stemming from blockchain analysis indicates that over the last 48 hours, unknown whale wallets moved over 20,000 BTC ($101 million), showing another large migration not seen since last February. Additionally,…

  • Bitcoin Miner Recounts Struggle to Obtain Cheap Iranian Power

    Bitcoin Miner Recounts Struggle to Obtain Cheap Iranian Power

    Over the last six months, reports of Chinese miners crossing the border to obtain cheap electricity from regions like Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and Iran have abounded. According to a recent interview, Chinese miners have found extremely affordable electric prices ($0.006 per kilowatt-hour) in the oil-rich nation of Iran. However, managing to get thousands of machines…

  • Bitcoin Cash Users Have Mixed Millions of Dollars Since Cashshuffle’s Launch

    Bitcoin Cash Users Have Mixed Millions of Dollars Since Cashshuffle’s Launch

    Since the launch of bitcoin cash (BCH) mixer Cashshuffle a fortnight ago, the platform has accrued a lot of attention and users. A total of 8,625 BCH shuffled outputs have been recorded since March 27 and close to 2,000 Cashshuffle transactions. Also Read: Liberland’s Merit Token Built on Bitcoin Cash Captures $1M Market Cap ‘Every…

  • Embed 1MB Files on the Bitcoin Cash Chain With the Blockupload Platform

    Embed 1MB Files on the Bitcoin Cash Chain With the Blockupload Platform

    The software developer known as Deswurstes revealed last week a new project he’s been working on that allowed people to upload files up to 1MB in size to the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) testnet. On April 7, Deswurstes launched the first BCH mainnet version of Blockupload, a desktop platform that allows people to embed larger files…

  • Bibox Exchange to Launch Leveraged BCH Perpetual Contracts

    Bibox Exchange to Launch Leveraged BCH Perpetual Contracts

    Estonia-based Bibox exchange is to launch bitcoin cash (BCH) and litecoin (LTC) perpetual trading contracts on April 12, with leverage of up to 50x. Priced in tether (USDT) – the US dollar-pegged stablecoin – the cryptocurrency derivatives are targeted at both institutional and retail investors. Also read: ‘This is Not an ICO, Just Barter’ –…

  • Bitmain’s New Antminer Specs Show Devices Process Over 50 Terahash

    Bitmain’s New Antminer Specs Show Devices Process Over 50 Terahash

    On April 8, the Chinese mining rig manufacturer Bitmain Technologies unveiled the specifications for the company’s latest Antminer 17 series. The firm claims the three new bitcoin miners command a hashrate of over 50 trillion hashes per second (TH/s) which outpaces nearly all top machines today. Also read: Uyen T Nguyen: The Powerful Young Woman…

  • Installing a Subdermal Bitcoin Wallet Is Only for the Brave

    Installing a Subdermal Bitcoin Wallet Is Only for the Brave

    In 2014, Dutch entrepreneur Martijn Wismeijer made headlines by having a pair of bitcoin wallets embedded under his skin. Since then, various cypherpunks and tech journalists have had microchips embedded into their hands. Anyone interested in getting ‘chipped,’ for the purposes of boasting a bio-implanted bio-implanted bitcoin wallet, should be cautious however, as the procedure…

  • Tribeos Demos Bitcoin Cash-Powered Digital Advertising Marketplace

    Tribeos Demos Bitcoin Cash-Powered Digital Advertising Marketplace

    [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR0uVFY169U&w=560&h=349] On April 3, digital advertising marketplace Tribeos published a demonstration of a software application that utilizes the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network. The ambitious platform plans to launch in Q3 of this year by unleashing one of the first fully transparent advertising applications. Also read: Bitcoin Cash Markets and Network Gather Strong Momentum in…

  • Data Shows Short-Term Crypto Tax Filers Increase, But Lots of Investors Still Won’t File

    Data Shows Short-Term Crypto Tax Filers Increase, But Lots of Investors Still Won’t File

    [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsMt7i2z8_U&w=560&h=349] According to personal finance firm Credit Karma Tax, filers who reported short-term capital losses for cryptocurrencies in the first month of 2019 jumped fivefold year-over-year. After the incredibly bearish crypto markets of 2018, data from early tax filers highlights the fact that more investors are claiming losses this tax season. However, a survey…

  • Crescent Cash Becomes the Third BCH Light Client to Adopt Cash Accounts

    Crescent Cash Becomes the Third BCH Light Client to Adopt Cash Accounts

    There’s a new open source bitcoin cash (BCH) wallet called Crescent Cash which uses the Cash Accounts protocol by default. The new application was designed by the programmer Pokkst who built the wallet for simplicity by allowing BCH users to send funds to a specific username as opposed to a long alphanumeric address. Also read:…