Bitcoin to Be Accepted at 260,000 Stores in Japan by This Summer
Only a few days after bitcoin officially became a method of payment in Japan on April 1, two major Japanese retailers have partnered with Japanese bitcoin exchanges to start accepting the digital currency for payments.
Read more: bitcoin.com
Two Japanese Retail Chains Will Accept Bitcoin, Bitcoin Merchants Number Explode
Two Japanese retail chains have announced they will accept Bitcoin in a leap forward for the cryptocurrency’s biggest trading market. Bic Camera, the electronics giant, is teaming up with Japan’s largest exchange bitFlyer to trial Bitcoin payments at two of its main stores in central Tokyo.
Read more: cointelegraph.com
Kim Dotcom’s new Bitcoin venture will pay content uploaders
Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom is rolling out a Bitcoin payment system that will allow users to sell their content uploads or charge for live video streaming.
The New Zealand-based mogul recently took to YouTube where he announced a new venture called BitContent. In the video, Dotcom described the platform as a place where users “can create a payment for any content” that they will put on the web.
Read more: calvinayre.com
Cryptocurrency Market Cap Soars to All-Time High Near $28 Billion
On Sunday, April 2, the collective market cap from Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies (alt coins) reached an all-time high of $27.9 billion. In the lead-up to that figure, combined cryptocurrency trading volumes exceeded $860 million in a 24-hour period. The swell has been helped by strong showing from a number of cryptocurrencies including Litecoin and Ripple, both of which have witnessed tremendous gains over the past week.
Read more: cryptocoinsnews.com
F2Pool Tests SegWit on Litecoin, May Support It on Bitcoin After Testing
F2Pool seems to be taking a cautious approach toward signaling SegWit. Based on the pool’s current behavior, it seems as if F2Pool wants to push SegWit activation on Litecoin first, evaluate and analyze its impact on the altcoin and then push for SegWit activation on Bitcoin network.
Read more: cointelegraph.com
What Will It Take For A Bitcoin ETF To Get Approved?
A Bitcoin ETF would have been a major step forward for the new currency. Since Bitcoin's launch in 2008, businesses and startups offering Bitcoin services have been pushing for further acceptance in the greater global economy. The listing of Bitcoin as an ETF on a major U.S. exchange would have put Bitcoin on track to one day rival other global commodities such as gold, silver and oil. Many market participants anticipate a Bitcoin ETF would have a positive impact on the current price of Bitcoin, as it would allow for institutional investors, funds and individuals to add Bitcoin to their portfolios. But it didn't happen.
Read more: forbes.com
Bitcoin Exchange Bitfinex Buys Back All Remaining 'Hack Credit' Tokens
Digital currency exchange Bitfinex today announced it has bought back all of the remaining cryptographic tokens it used to reimburse investors who lost funds in its August 2016 hack.
Read more: coindesk.com
Bitcoin ATMs Pass 1,000 Mark With 53 Openings In March Worldwide
The Bitcoin ATM scene continues its steaming expansion with 53 new machines opening in March, according to data from Coin ATM Radar. The site, which logs official launches of ATMs worldwide, registered even more in February, with 86 serving users in an industry only just beginning to find its audience. There are now almost 1,100 machines in total, not including those which may exist but which have not made it to listings.
Read more: cointelegraph.com
Tuur Demeester: I’m not worried about Bitcoin Unlimited, but I am losing sleep over Ethereum
With the recent surge in the Ethereum price (ETH reaching 30% of Bitcoin’s market cap at nearly $5 billion), I find myself reassessing a number of my conclusions, to the point where I’m wondering whether it could overtake Bitcoin as the dominant cryptocurrency at some point in the future.
Read more: medium.com
Ukraine Sees Bitcoin Investments Up 500% in 12 Months
Ukraine’s Bitcoin investment figures have shot up 500% in a single year, according to Bitcoin Ukraine founder Andrey Dubetskiy.
Read more: bitcoinist.com
User Activated Soft Fork (UASF) BIP148 explained:
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