Bitcoin Year in Review: The Top 10 Bitcoin News Stories of 2016
2016 has been a very exciting year, typified by a near constant demand for bitcoin wallets, a near doubling of its global market price, and the Bitcoin halving this past summer. 2017 looks like it can be the Bitcoin’s best year ever, but before we put 2016 into the history books, let’s review where we’ve been this year before we step into Year Nine of the decentralized digital currency age. Feel free to use this as a Bitcoin historical reference for where the community has been, through the years. Here are the top ten most-viewed and shared stories of 2016, not according to us, but....
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Welcome back to another Bitcoin News in Review, where we feature some of the top stories of the week here on CryptoCoins News. This week (2 November - 9 November), Silk Road 2.0 and various other similar services were taken down by the FBI, bitcoin tipping app ChangeTip went viral, the bitcoin price has been on the rise, and more. Keep scrolling for this week's top stories. Also read: Bitcoin News in Review: SEC, Bitcoin Price, Hacks, and More. Silk Road 2.0 Shut Down. Exactly one year after it went live, Silk Road 2.0 was shut down by the FBI and Europol this week on November 6th. The....
Welcome back to another Bitcoin News in Review, where we look at some of the biggest stories of the week here on CryptoCoins News. This week (19 October – 26 October), we looked at sidechains, saw IBM plan to unveil a blockchain-based “internet of things” next year, saw Circle and BitPay comment on New York’s BitLicense, and more. Check out our video and keep scrolling for our articles on this Bitcoin News in Review. Sidechains are an innovative concept first proposed earlier this year. They have the potential to replace altcoins and “Bitcoin 2.0” platforms. Essentially, sidechains make it....
After publishing more than 1,500 news stories and features, how do you sum up an entire year? That was the tall task facing CoinDesk at the end of December, and our second annual Year in Review was our best effort to do just that. Boasting 50 full-length opinion articles from 60 industry contributors, the goal of the month-long conversation was to showcase the sheer depth and breadth of industry thinking. From security to regulation to marketing and history, we strived to offer something for everybody. Armed with so many contributors, we admit we may have gone a bit overboard with the....
Welcome back to another Bitcoin News in Review, where we feature some of the biggest stories of the week here on CryptoCoins News. This week, the bitcoin price declined quite a bit before changing course upwards, “What is Bitcoin?” was the 4th most searched “What is…” term on Google, we interviewed johoe – the white hat hacker who swiped and then returned over 800 bitcoins to Blockchain.info after learning about their security vulnerability, and more. Keep reading for this week’s top stories in Bitcoin news. For most of this week, the bitcoin price has been on a downwards trend, despite....
Bitcoin, digital currency and blockchain technology experienced another explosive year in 2016. While bitcoin breached the all-time high in USD market cap, several new digital currencies claimed a place in the spotlights as well, while the blockchain buzz arguably peaked it all. Of course, Bitcoin Magazine kept up with all of it. Looking back on 2016, we compiled three top 6 lists, with our best-read topics in technology, business and news. These were 2016’s six top news stories, by popularity. 6. IRS Orders Coinbase to Hand Over Customer Data. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) took the....