Crypto News for 8/22/2018: Australians Can Pay Bills With Bitcoin, Vechain

Welcome To This Week’s Cryptocurrency News Roundup

Each week, we will provide you with some of the latest news from around the crypto and blockchain world. We know how quickly this space changes (or hopefully, surges), so we want to offer you a snapshot from the digital coin universe from the last week.

Here’s the news for the week of August 22, 2018:

Australians Can Now Pay Bills Using Bitcoin With Cointree And Gobbill Partnership
Blogwire.com
Residents of Australia can now pay their everyday bills using bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies regardless of whether the business takes on digital assets, according to the Financial Review.

VeChain Price Extends Recovery as Market Awaits [Another] Bitcoin ETF Ruling
CCN.com
The vechain price (VET/VEN) rose nearly 10 percent on Tuesday, even as the wider cryptocurrency market struggled just to tread water amidst declining trading volume.

Are Hardware Wallets The Way Of The Future?
CrytpMarket360

When Capitulation? 3 Ways Bitcoin’s Bear Market Might End
CoinDesk
It’s an understatement to say the current price of the world’s largest cryptocurrency pales when compared to its past glories – at $6,700, bitcoin is down roughly 60 percent from its all-time high.That said, market conditions aren’t the same as they have been in years past.

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