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It’s Official: Segregated Witness Will Activate on Bitcoin

Segregated Witness (SegWit) has reached its lock-in threshold. The long-debated scaling upgrade reached the necessary threshold to "lock in" today at block 479,707 with 100%...

Motherhood Saves Kidnapped British Model from Bitcoin Online Auction

A British model who was drugged and held captive for a week in Italy where she was threatened to be sold on the dark...

WannaCry On the Move? Bitcoin Crime Evolves in a Multi-Blockchain World

First there was the theft – then the coins stood still. For the past 10 weeks, three bitcoin address containing more than $140,000-worth of the...

Major Japanese Retail Chain Marui Now Accepts Bitcoin Payments

Major Japanese retail store chain Marui has signed a partnership agreement with Bitcoin exchange Bitflyer that will enable it to accept Bitcoin payments in stores starting August 7. With this...

Bitcoin Cash Eases Mining Difficulty as Blockchain Adjusts

Bitcoin Cash adjusted its mining difficulty over the weekend, a move that comes just under a week after the alternative version of the bitcoin...

Single Trader with Enormous Bankroll is Manipulating Bitcoin Price, But to What End?

Rumors are swirling about a trader with nearly unlimited funds who is manipulating the Bitcoin markets. This trader, nicknamed "Spoofy," received his nom de guerre...