Bitcoin News Feed [31 Dec 2016]
Suspense Lingers as Bitcoin's Price Eyes $1,000
Bitcoin prices pushed higher this week, benefiting from strong market sentiment, but ultimately failed to break through key resistance and reach $1,000. For those who weren't watching eagerly, the digital currency rose to a nearly three-year high of $982.87 on 29th December, CoinDesk USD Bitcoin Price Index (BPI) data reveals, before declining to a press time value of $960. ...... [Read Full News]
Like an ‘Uber for Traders’: How Cashaa Drives Remittance Costs to Zero
Bitcoinist spoke with Kumar Gaurav, CEO of Cashaa, a blockchain-powered P2P marketplace that makes it possible to send and receive cash anywhere in the world with zero fees. ..... [Read Full News]
Supload Will Pay You in Bitcoin to Host Your Images
New addition to the Bitcoin ecosystem Supload will see users paid to host images and gifs in a new form of content creation platform. ...... [Read Full News]
Still Time to Make Bitcoin Donations and Give Less to the IRS
The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has committed to cracking down on bitcoin users that may have been evading paying taxes. However, there is still time to make charitable donations to your favorite charities and thereby give a little less to the tax man. ...... [Read Full News]
How to Use Bitcoin to Become a Perpetual Traveler
This past spring the creator of the Dollar Vigilante publication and podcast Jeff Berwick gave instructions on how to become a perpetual traveler and legally avoid paying taxes. Berwick is an anarcho-capitalist that believes a government is an unnecessary evil and that taxation is theft. Bitcoin is one tool that can be utilized to accomplish the goal of not paying taxes and a great currency for people constantly traveling. ..... [Read Full News]
DOJ lawyers argue Coinbase customers can’t challenge the IRS’s summons
On November 17, the IRS filled a “John Doe” summons targeting transaction records of prominent bitcoin company Coinbase’s bitcoiners registered between January 2013 and December 2015. At the time, the exchange argued it takes user privacy very seriously, and as such it would work towards protecting it. .... [Read Full News]
Decentralized Platform Teams With Moscow Incubator for Fintech Startup Program
A Moscow business incubator, in partnership with Waves, a decentralized platform for crowdfunding and community management, launched the second round of a fintech program to develop projects with blockchain technology, particularly for banks and fintech products. The focus is on Blockchain 2.0. ..... [Read Full News]
Vinny Lingham: Bitcoin Price Will Reach $3,000 in 2017
Vinny Lingham, co-founder and CEO of Civic.com released a highly anticipated blog post entitled “Bitcoin 2017: A Currency Devaluation Hedge for Emerging Markets” on December 28 to share his thoughts on Bitcoin and its price trend in 2017. In his analysis, Lingham predicted that the Bitcoin price will double or triple within the next 12 months. .....
Roger Ver: 2017 Will Be the Best Year for Bitcoin
With Bitcoin price rising like an eagle, albeit a slight slump on Christmas, it ricocheted back impressively heading to $1000. In fact, next month is precisely eight good years since the first Bitcoin block was mined. In less than a week, the price rose more than 12 percent and looking at some factors the prospects in 2017 are all auspicious. .....
John McAfee to Make Email Systems Great Again With Blockchain
As the world goes through the digital era, more and more content has been put online. This has resulted in numerous data breaches across the globe, with email still being one of the most vulnerable due to middle-man interception. .....
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