CEX.IO has issued a statement regarding their approach for August 1st segwit event. On August, 1st, a a BIP 148 UASF (a user activated soft fork) will be activated to trigger Segregated Witness, a solution aimed to solve one of the biggest issues of Bitcoin, namely, its scalability.
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Poloniex Stellar Lumens users in problem, bitcoin users affected
Stellar Labs are having a twitter war with Poloniex. It is about their ongoing program where they used to be giving free Lumens currency to people who already hold bitcoin. Under their scheme, users who hold bitcoin in kraken, BTC38, Poloniex, deribit, Bit-Z, NaoBTC and Yuanbag. Poloniex said that it was not clear to them why Stellar included their name on their website as participants in 6/27 giveaway. This was done without their consent and they did not agree to participate nor did they possess the Stellar Labs for this giveway.
Buy Bitcoin in Austria at 1800 post offices with Bitpanda
Bitpanda, a bitcoin exchange has partnered with Austrain post office to offer bitcoin, litecoin, ethereum and dash at 1800 post office branches all over Austria. If you an Austrian, you will be able to buy the popular crypto currencies with euros at all the post office branches easily.
Cryptobuyer installs Bitcoin ATM machines in South America
Cryptobuyer is a latin American cryto currency startup that has now become the first company to install bitcoin ATM inside a commercial bank. Jorge Luis Farias is the CEO of the company who has played integral part in joining hands with popular South American banks in setting up physical ATMs inside banks. Right now, cryptobuyer has installed two of these.
Darknet demanding bitcoin to stop spamming: All Base service asks users for bitcoin for stopping harassment
Darknet criminals known as “All Base service” are demanding bitcoin fee to stop spamming. The company specializes in sending out spam email campaigns for a bitcoin fee. Spam services are getting increasingly popular in which the recipients get lot of spam emails and later the “All base service” ask for an amount in crypto currency to get them removed from their hit list.
Buy luxury car with bitcoin: Dartz Black Alligator SUV can be bought only using bitcoin and ethereum
A Lativian automobile company called Dartz has churned out a new Black Alligator SUV at the Gumball 2017 3000 rally. The company says their car will be offered to those who can buy it using bitcoin or ethereum. We hope that the acceptance of bitcoin and ethereum will be more than just a mere sales gimmick.
Bitcoin to reach 50000 dollars in 10 years
Ronnie Moas who is a Standpoint Research founder has predeicted that the bitcoin price will climb to 5000 dollars in next year and then will hit 25000-50000 within 10 years. This means that the bitcoin price will double in 2018 and then show multifold increase every other year.
