During the 2019 Lightning Conference in Berlin, a new partnership was made between noncustodial P2P exchange Hodl Hodl and popular custodial, Lightning-enabled bitcoin wallet BlueWallet. Accordingly, users of the two services will benefit from an integrated and seamless app interface…
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Nopara73 on Wasabi Wallet and the Quest for Bitcoin Privacy
During the second day of the 2019 edition of the Transylvania Crypto Conference, Wasabi Wallet lead developer nopara73 presented his research in the field of Bitcoin CoinJoins and his expectations for the future of privacy. Wasabi Wallet, which started as…
Cashaa Rolls Out Bitcoin Purchasing Option for India
Cashaa, an online banking platform, is expanding its digital wallet feature for the market in India. The platform’s aim is to make it easy for Indians to buy bitcoin using the Indian rupee (INR), the country’s fiat currency. To do…
Bakkt to Launch Options on Bitcoin Futures in December
Bakkt announced on October 24, 2019, that it would be rolling out regulated options contracts on its bitcoin futures on December 9, 2019, a first in the crypto asset industry. Bakkt claims that this expansion is “based on customer feedback…
Cryptoeconomic Systems Launched as Open-Source Journal and Conference
MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative (DCI) has announced the launch of Cryptoeconomic Systems (CES), the name of both a forthcoming conference in March 2020 and a new, open-access journal intended to bring a scholastic level of quality in research and reviews…
Binance Opens Fiat Deposits for Nigerians
As part of its expansion into new territories, cryptocurrency exchange Binance has announced an initiative to capture a section of the African market. The Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange opened up fiat deposits for Nigerians on October 24, 2019, in conjunction with…
Bitcoin Price Analysis: Macro Level Breaks as Bearish Continuation Ensues
Summary: This morning, October 23, 2019, a strong impulsive move to the downside broke bitcoin’s macro support level at $7,900. The level was tested five times and, upon the fifth test, it gave way leading to fresh new lows. At…
John Carvalho on Lightning and Bitcoin’s Layer 3: ‘We’re Thinking Way Ahead’
During the last day of the Lightning Conference in Berlin, John Carvalho was scheduled to make a presentation titled “The Lightning Economy: Business Models and Product Considerations.” However, due to the noisy chatter that echoed inside the chamber, the Bitrefill…
Op Ed: In the Battle Between Libra and a Digital Dollar, Bitcoin Will Win
As Mark Zuckerberg testifies in Congress today, October 23, 2019, about Libra, the prevailing question is no longer if digital assets will go mainstream, but how they will do so and who will control them when they do. In one…
Living on Bitcoin in Europe: High on the Hog in Arnhem
Bitcoin Magazine supplied reporter Colin Harper with a fistful of sats and set him loose in Europe. This is the second installment in his “Living on Bitcoin in Europe” series. Catch up on Colin’s earlier adventures in Living on Bitcoin…