8btc Interview: How Can Crypto Change the World? We Talk to Our Contributors

Mar 10, 2020

“Cryptos can change the world!” For most people outside crypto world, the above sentence seems more like a slogan for scams rather than an emerging tech. Countries like China and Japan, they have their cash or cashless society functions well. Cryptos seem unnecessary, or even a rebel...

What’s Next Move for Crypto Market? A Little Chat with The Crypto Dog

Mar 10, 2020

Beep crypto doing an AMA with blockchain investor and market commentator The Crypto Dog. How do you know blockchain or bitcoin and finally decided to get into this business? What draws you into it? I was a nerd in high school when I discovered Bitcoin. It was 2011, I loved video ga...

Major Factor Hindering Crypto Industry Growth According to KPMG

Mar 5, 2020

One of the top global consultancy firms has put out a caveat on what has been hindering the growth of the cryptocurrency market as the sought institutional investment seems not forthcoming despite crypto competitors have been expanding their service offerings in innovative ways. KPMG notes i...

How to Net $400,000 in Weeks? Wish You Were Tim Draper

Mar 5, 2020

Last month, venture capitalist and Bitcoin evangelist Tim Draper bought one million Aragon (ANT) for $1 million. This was at a price of $1 per coin—even though the coin was worth $0.70 at the time. Now the coin’s price has shot up to $1.40, netting him a 40% return in just weeks—...

8BTC English Site Contributors Wanted!

Feb 21, 2020

8BTC is one of the earliest and most influential news producers. What we are looking for are crypto and blockchain enthusiasts who like to find interesting and meaningful news, who like to share their own experience, and who like to comment on things in crypto world. What you will get are c...

OKEx Depeens Access to India as Market Seeks Crypto Uptake

Feb 18, 2020

As the Indian crypto market grapples with gaining traction for similar uptake like in other major markets, top Chinese cryptocurrency exchange OKEx has formed a partnership that could see it gain unprecedented access and open doors to liquidity in one of the world’s fastest growing economies....

It’s About Time! Binance CZ, Vitalik Buterin Voice Support for Decentralized Social Media

Dec 28, 2019

The need to switch to using crypto-friendly decentralized social media platforms has been raised in recent calls by key players in the industry. The calls come as YouTube reportedly started purging its site of selected crypto-related content over Christmas targeting certain individuals. Aft...

UN: North Korea Funds Weapons Program Through Crypto Hacks

Aug 7, 2019

The United Nations has claimed that the government of North Korea has managed to drum up some $2 billion for its missile and nuclear weapon programs, using only a series of advanced cyberattacks that regularly targeted crypto asset exchanges. According to a Reuters report on August 5, 2...

As Macro Economy Weakens, Is Bitcoin Emerging as a Global Hedge?

Aug 6, 2019

On January 9, 2009, Bitcoin was born on the precipice of the worst global economic downturn since the Great Depression. As the subprime mortgage crisistriggered a series of bank bailouts and tumbled international markets into the Great Recession, Satoshi bootstrapped Bitcoin as an ostensi...

Senate Wrestles With Bitcoin vs. Crypto, Gauges Need for Regulation in Latest Hearing

Jul 31, 2019

The United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hosted a hearing today, July 30, 2019, on cryptocurrency and blockchain regulation. This is the third in a recent spate of cryptocurrency-specific hearings in Congress, which began two weeks ago with Libra’s roun...