Coinbase partnered with Qriously to engage students directly about their attitudes surrounding cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. A post on the Coinbase Blog details their findings. Currently, 42 percent of the world’s top 50 universities offer students at least one course on cryptos or blockchain and 22 percent offer more than one. When including classes on

An August 30th Yahoo Finance blog post revealed the ability to trade cryptocurrencies directly through its platform. Currently, this feature is available through their iOS app, however, “Android, desktop and mobile web are coming soon.” Yahoo Finance users will have the ability to trade cryptocurrencies which include bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin, and dogecoin. These new trading

Taking advantage of the low cost renewable energy offered by water, Dpw holdings plans to turn a hydroelectric dam in Valatie Falls, which sits ten miles south of New York state’s capital of Albany, into a dedicated mining operation.   As reported by Bitcoin.com, the dam will be equipped with the proprietary Superminer Anteater, which

The Chinese search engine known as the ‘Chinese Google’ is reportedly blocking cryptocurrency related content on its platform. China Times reported that Baidu is outright restricting crypto related discussion on Baidu Tieba, their Reddit-like platform. “Currently, the company has toughened its scrutiny over digital currency and will not allow sub-forums under this theme, based on

This story is based off of a Coindesk report. As previously reported, the SEC rejected the proposal for nine Bitcoin ETFs on Wednesday. According to the rejection letters, the SEC will be reviewing the orders, although they have not given a timeframe as to when the reviews will be finished. SEC secretary Brent Fields wrote

The Securities and Exchange Commision has rejected the proposals for Bitcoin ETFs from ProShares, Direxion, and GraniteShares. The three orders, published 8/22/18, came prior to the deadlines set by the SEC’s public-facing approval process. In all of the rejections, the SEC used the same reasoning for the dismissal of Bitcoin ETFs, namely “…the Commission is

The rules that govern the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) deemed Thursday, August 23rd the day an official ruling for a ProShares application must be made based on the time it was submitted. This is not the first ETF ruling to come out of the SEC. All previous applications have been denied by the federal

eToro, a trading platform based in the United Kingdom signed an advertising deal with seven Premier League soccer teams, the parties revealed August 21. This deal marks the first time that any of these clubs have been paid in Bitcoin, or any other cryptocurrency. The clubs involved in the deal include: Tottenham Hotspur, Brighton &

While many are still working to establish the first U.S. approved bitcoin ETF, prominent blockchain and cryptocurrency expert Andreas M. Antonopoulos has recently come out against the idea.   In his popular “Bitcoin Q&A” youtube video blog, Antonopoulos questioned how good an idea an ETF could be for decentralized blockchain systems. An ETF is a

Martin Marshic, the man charged with hacking video game company Electronic Arts, has been ordered by a federal court to pay his bail in cryptocurrency. Judge Jacqueline Corley out of San Fransisco set bail at $750,000 in bitcoin or any other kind of cryptocurrency. The Daily Post, which reports out of Palo Alto, spoke to