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Watch Nick Spanos Discuss Bitcoin, the Halving & More on Trading Tuesdays
- May 1, 2020
- Posted by: James Hall
- Category: Posts
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Third Bitcoin “Halvening” to Occur in May
- April 24, 2020
- Posted by: James Hall
- Category: Posts
For the third time in its history, the bitcoin blockchain will experience a “halvening” which is expected to occur sometime in May 2020. The bitcoin blockchain is encoded to cut the “block reward” for miners in half after every 210,000 blocks. Considering blocks take on average 10 minutes to process 1 block of transactions, on
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Andreas Antonopoulos’ Latest Video Explains Why Bitcoin is ‘The Next Bitcoin’
- October 7, 2019
- Posted by: James Hall
- Category: Posts
In his latest video, Andreas Antonopoulos addresses the constant questions he receives by those asking him to speculate on what will be the “next Bitcoin” or the “next Ethereum.” Antonopoulos’ response and argument are that one’s time is better-spent educating themselves about decentralized technology rather than attempting to wade through a swamp of pump-and-dump schemes
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Network Validation: Moving $1 Billion in One Bitcoin Transaction
- September 12, 2019
- Posted by: James Hall
- Category: Posts
Last Thursday night, 94,504 bitcoins amounting to $1 billion dollars was moved. This is the largest transaction ever made on a blockchain. Fees amounted to around $700 dollars. This just adds to the validation of blockchain technology, especially bitcoin. Significance of this Transaction This transaction seems like a statement since this was not made in
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Bitcoin Center NYC Founder to Speak at Futurist Conference
- August 13, 2019
- Posted by: James Hall
- Category: Posts
The founder of Bitcoin Center NYC, Nick Spanos, speaks tomorrow, at 3:50pm, on the Coinsquare Stage for the Futurist Conference! Presented by Untraceable, the Futurist Conference is the largest blockchain event in Canada, attracting over 2,300 attendees. They converge in Toronto from August 13-14. Additional speakers include Vitalik Buterin (inventor of Ethereum), Anthony Di Lorio
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New Study Predicts Mainstream Cryptocurrency Adoption Possible “Within the Decade”
- July 9, 2018
- Posted by: Bitcoin Center NYC
- Category: The Latest Bitcoin News
According to new research published today from Imperial College London, bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are the viable “next step” for money and has the potential to go mainstream within the decade. “New payment systems (or asset classes) do not emerge overnight but it is worth noting that the concept of money has evolved – even
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U.S. House Holds Hearing on Cryptocurrencies and ICO’s
- March 19, 2018
- Posted by: Bitcoin Center NYC
- Category: The Latest Bitcoin News
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities, and Investments held a hearing on March 14th “to examine the cryptocurrencies and Initial Coin Offering (ICO) markets.” While takeaways range from an “overall measured tone” to “bitcoin bash fest,” it was an opportunity for direct dialogue and cooperation between industry experts and lawmakers. Representative Brad
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Thomson Reuters Set to Track Market Sentiment Surrounding Bitcoin
- March 12, 2018
- Posted by: Bitcoin Center NYC
- Category: The Latest Bitcoin News
Thomson Reuters, in conjunction with MarketPsych Data, announced the release of a new version of their MarketPsych Indices, TRMI v3.0, which “includes its first sentiment data feed for Bitcoin,” according to a March 12 press release. The MarketPsych Indices uses “quantitative behavior economics” in order to aid investors with essential market sentiment data. The latest
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Cryptocurrency & Law: A Comprehensive Overview of 50 States’ Guidance and Regulations on Blockchain and Digital Currency
- March 6, 2018
- Posted by: James Hall
- Category: The Latest Bitcoin News
As blockchain and cryptocurrency technology continues to emerge, so have U.S. states sought to address the technology within their borders. Below is a compiled list of the current issued guidance, regulation, or potential regulation for each of the 50 states.** Alabama In May 2017, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed into law SB173/HB215, otherwise known as
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Bitcoin Core 0.16.0 Released – SegWit New Default Address Type
- February 27, 2018
- Posted by: James Hall
- Category: The Latest Bitcoin News
The Bitcoin Core development team has released client Version 0.16.0, which includes the full GUI implementation of Segregated Witness (SegWit) and makes it the default for new addresses, on Monday, February 26. The Github announcement states that “this is a new major version release, including new features, various bugfixes and performance improvements, as well
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