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VISA has announced that it terminates all cards issued by WaveCrest, a debit card issuer used by many Bitcoin debit card companies. Currently they are Bitwala, Cryptopay, Wirex and TenX. The VISA prepaid cards issued by these companies…

Remember the universal rule: there are no bad questions if you are new. The more you ask the better off you will be. Cryptocurrency is not an exception. The question that A LOT of new people entering Bitcoin are having is something like…

"Liviacoins.com" is starting to hit the web with waves and waves of automated comments. Most of the comments look better than your average spammy comments, because they have Gravatars tied to Gmails they use for registration. E.g. here's…

If you have read our guide on how to buy Bitcoin using a multitude of payment methods, you know by now that buying Bitcoin with a credit or a debit card is pretty convenient. Most credit card purchases are instant or nearly instant, and…

Belarusian president Lukashenka just signed a decree that puts Belarus ahead of all other countries in terms of cryptocurrency legislation. The decree "About development of digital economy" signed on December 22, 2017, introduces new…

Considering the recent Litecoin price spike we can say with confidence: altcoins are here to stay as an investment. Altcoins is a term that generally means all cryptocurrencies other than Bitcoin. The term is a bit obsolete because…

Bitfinex just announced that their site is under a denial-of-service-attack. This is the day that Litecoin broke out of all possible all time high prices and skyrocketed to over $300: At the same time, the incoming flow of new users…

If you are looking for ways to earn Bitcoin rather than just buy it, Craigslist has got great news for you. You can now sell whatever you wanted to sell (you know, Craigslist stuff... Basically everything) and get paid in Bitcoin. Here…

The best way to use Bitcoin for purchases in offline stores, as well as turn your Bitcoin into cash, is through Bitcoin debit cards. Bitcoin cards are prepaid plastic cards that are tied to your Bitcoin wallet at the card issuer level. They…

We at Coin Vigilance are usually skeptical about ICOs because most of them are either pump&dump schemes or crowd-funding projects for inexistent products created to bypass any possible regulation. But we acknowledge there's that 1% of…

"Institutional money is coming!" - has been the outcry in the crypto scene lately. CBOE and CME have announced their plans to introduce Bitcoin futures (and other derivatives where you also do not have to buy Bitcoin to trade, eventually).…

Yet another Bitcoin hack. Let's see if it's as fishy as the recent Tether "multisig wallet hack". Dear NiceHash users, we are very sorry for the inconvenience caused. Our team is working hard to resolve the issues on the service, it…