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Exchanges call for time-out on new account registrations as demand overflows
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8 January, 2018

Exchanges call for time-out on new account registrations as demand overflows

Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) reported a staggering 100,000 signups within 24 hours in November last year. As fluctuations in trading value draw

VISA Europe cuts off BTC debit card services over issuer’s ‘non-compliance’
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5 January, 2018

VISA Europe cuts off BTC debit card services over issuer’s ‘non-compliance’

Spending SegWit1x (BTC) with a debit card has just gotten a lot harder. On Friday, BTC debit card service providers

Lightning Network can’t scale, needs another layer
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5 January, 2018

Lightning Network can’t scale, needs another layer

Devs propose yet another layer to save the legacy chain. Correction: Jameson Lopp’s analysis of the Lightning Network were incorrectly

China plans energy restrictions for Bitcoin miners
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5 January, 2018

China plans energy restrictions for Bitcoin miners

Authorities in China are reportedly planning to throttle power supplies to bitcoin miners, a move that could have serious ramifications

Suitability concerns spur Merrill Lynch to ban BTC fund, futures trading
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4 January, 2018

Suitability concerns spur Merrill Lynch to ban BTC fund, futures trading

Bank of America’s brokerage arm Merrill Lynch has barred its roughly 17,000 financial advisers from buying SegWit1x (BTC)-related investments on

Gavin Andresen floats UTXO proposal for Bitcoin Cash
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4 January, 2018

Gavin Andresen floats UTXO proposal for Bitcoin Cash

Through a post on his Github Gist, Gavin Andresen shared his thoughts on how to store the UTXO (Unspent Transaction

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