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How to Mine Vertcoin (VTC) on a Windows Laptop
Vertcoin (VTC) is an older cryptocurrency project that has been around from a time when airdrops and ICOs were almost unheard of. Launched in 2014, Vertcoin was initially touted by many as a significant challenger to the dominance of bitcoin. дальше »
2018-10-29 12:00 | |
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BitGo Launches Ethereum-based “Wrapped Bitcoin” for Providing Liquidity to dApps and DEXs
On October 26, 2018, crypto-finance company BitGo announced the launch of Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC), an ERC20-compliant token built on the Ethereum blockchain and collateralized on a one-to-one basis with bitcoin. дальше »
2018-10-29 10:00 | |
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U.K. Government Squashes Royal Mint’s Plans to Launch Gold-backed Cryptocurrency
Britain’s Royal Mint, a wholly government-owned mint whose primary objective is to create gold and silver coins for the state, will not be launching its gold-backed cryptocurrency any time soon, as the U. дальше »
2018-10-29 02:00 | |
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Starlight: A Payment Rail Enabling Secure and Private Transactions on Stellar
On October 26, 2018, Interstellar, the product of Stellar’s acquisition of Chain, announced a new implementation called “Starlight” that allows for secure and private bidirectional payments on the Stellar protocol. дальше »
2018-10-29 22:00 | |
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REMME Is on Track to Deliver a Password-less Future with Blockchain
With billions of people and devices connected to the internet at any given point of time, online security has perhaps never been this crucial. Despite all the vulnerabilities the approach implies, sensitive data – including personal identities and financial records – is still stored on centralized servers accessible via password authentication. дальше »
2018-10-28 18:00 | |
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IOTA Announces Public Bug Bounty Program for Trinity Wallet
Since the launch of the initial Trinity Wallet, IOTA has announced that its Trinity Wallet bug bounty program is now open to the general public following months of developer-focused bug hunting on Bugcrowd. дальше »
2018-10-28 14:00 | |
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Roger Ver and his Struggling Battle for Bitcoin Cash Supremacy
Roger Ver has revealed a plans to launch an in-house exchange with bitcoin cash as the base currency. This move is another tool in the marketing tactics applied by Ver and other bitcoin cash proponents to increase BCH adoption and to position it as “the real bitcoin. дальше »
2018-10-28 10:00 | |
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Shenzhen Court Says Bitcoin Should Be Legally Protected as Property
An arbitration body in China has ruled that despite the country’s central bank’s ban on cryptocurrency trading, bitcoin should still be legally protected as a property with economic values, Shenzhen Court announced on their official WeChat account on October 25, 2018. дальше »
2018-10-28 06:00 | |
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Visa Says Cryptocurrencies Are not a Threat, Might Adopt Crypto Assets in the Future
Visa CEO Al Kelly doesn’t see cryptocurrencies posing a threat to Visa in the near future, and said that the financial services giant won’t get into the cryptocurrency business until they become more traditional payment instruments, CNBC reported on October 25, 2018. дальше »
2018-10-28 01:00 | |
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Bitcoin Mining Company Bitfury Considers European IPO
Most famously known for their cryptocurrency mining ASIC chips, Bitfury is reportedly interested in public on a major stock exchange in 2019, reported Bloomberg on October 25, 2018. The mining company has had talks with global investment banks with countries all through Europe in preparation for a trading debut in Amsterdam, London or Hong Kong. дальше »
2018-10-27 21:00 | |
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Cryptocurrency Bank Revolut Faces Heat For Abusive Recruitment Activities
Revolut, a digital banking alternative is recently experiencing a bit of trouble from Spanish Community for their abusive recruitment activities. According to an article published by ElDiario on October 21, 2018, the fintech bank is implementing unfair hiring activities, resulting in Revolut gaining free work from people looking for employment. дальше »
2018-10-27 17:00 | |
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FSIN’s Internal Systems Hacked, Pays $20,000 in Bitcoin as Ransom to Cybercriminals
Database management and insecurity have continued to pose a threat to financial institutions and the cryptospace at large. The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN), a body committed to the promotion, protection, and implementation of the treaty promises, recently fell victim to hackers and paid $20,000 in bitcoin as ransom, reported CBC news on October 24, 2018. дальше »
2018-10-27 13:00 | |
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Australian Women Steals almost Half a Million Ripple XRP
In a report published October 25, 2018, police in New South Wales announced the arrest of a woman responsible for stealing more than $450,000 worth of XRP. Theft Details The woman was caught after the assembly of a new task force called Strike Force Rostrevor that was established in January to investigate the sudden loss of the victims Ripple tokens. дальше »
2018-10-27 09:00 | |
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Nasscom Urges Indian Startups to Shy away from Cryptocurrency
Debjani Ghosh, the president of the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), a nonprofit body focused on handling India’s information technology sector, has said that bitcoin and other digital assets are illegal in India. дальше »
2018-10-27 05:00 | |
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Australia Securities Exchange Deputy CEO on Blockchain: “Not a Radically Different Approach”
While the blockchain technology, albeit slowly and steadily, continues to reshape the traditional mechanisms in the financial industry, the deputy CEO of Australia’s leading stock exchange ASX Ltd. doesn’t view the technology as a game-changer, per a report by Bloomberg published on October 24, 2018. дальше »
2018-10-27 01:00 | |
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FBI is Looking Into Call Of Duty Gamers Suspected of Running Crypto Theft Ring
On October 22, 2018, The Chicago Sun Times revealed the findings of unsealed court documents which detailed an FBI investigation into a ring of suspected cryptojackers. The alleged ring is comprised of a group of online gamers who met while playing the popular video game Call of Duty. дальше »
2018-10-27 23:00 | |
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Islamic Bonds Look to Tap Into Blockchain Technology
The world of Islamic finance has traditionally been a relatively small one, hampered by its geographic spread and its fundamental incongruity with conventional finance, which is based on credit. An October 24, 2018, a Reuters report, however, paints a picture of a world of possibility opened up by blockchain technology where Sukuk bonds linked to socially conscious applications could hold. дальше »
2018-10-27 21:00 | |
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Spanish Regulators Mandate Cryptocurrency Holders to Formally Identify Themselves
The Spanish government has reportedly approved a draft law that will make it mandatory for digital asset holders with over €50,000 ($57,000) in their cryptocurrency wallets to identify themselves and announce their exact holdings. дальше »
2018-10-27 20:00 | |
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Bitcoin, Scams, and Everything in between: In Conversation with Peter Todd
Peter Todd has been one of the most vocal developers in the Bitcoin space and for good reason. The 33-year-old Canadian software engineer has been fiddling with the pioneer cryptocurrency for some time now, and when perusing his blog, much of this work has also shaped much of the crypto narrative. дальше »
2018-10-27 18:30 | |
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Bitcoin Wallet Samourai Warns Users of “Dusting Attack”
On October 25, 2018, the privacy-centric cryptocurrency wallet Samourai warned users via Twitter of a new type of tracking tactic called a “dusting attack. ” Biting the Dust According to tweets, the attack is an attempt to compromise the security and privacy of Samourai users by using “coin dust” to deanonymize users and linking their transactional inputs together. дальше »
2018-10-27 18:00 | |
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AMD GPU Sales Go South as the Demand for Cryptocurrency Mining Units Plummets
According to its quarterly financial results report, the American semiconductor manufacturer company AMD had almost negligible sales of blockchain-related graphics processing units in Q3 of 2018. The financial report was published on October 24, 2018. дальше »
2018-10-27 17:00 | |
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Sony Develops Contactless Cryptocurrency Hardware Wallet
Sony Computer Science Laboratories, an arm of Sony Corporation, announced October 23, 2018, in a press release the development of a contactless IC card with the purpose of being used as a cryptocurrency hardware wallet. дальше »
2018-10-26 15:00 | |
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The Blockchain Race Towards a Sustainable World
Recently, the United Nations released its findings from a landmark climate change study that concluded that disaster is much closer than many people expected. The much-publicized story brought global climate change back into the headlines, and it returned focus to possible solutions for the crisis. дальше »
2018-10-26 14:00 | |
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Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary Invests Six Figures into Cryptocurrency App Bundil
Shark Tank’ Kevin O’Leary has invested $100,000 into Bundil, a mobile app that lets people turn their spare change into cryptocurrencies, CNBC reported on October 23, 2018. Bundil Makes a Deal with Kevin O’Leary Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are slowly finding their way into mainstream media, with the latest episode of Shark Tank seeing a six-figure investment in a cryptocurrency app. дальше »
2018-10-26 13:00 | |
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China’s First Blockchain Security Testing Center is Coming to Changsha
China is ready to establish its first blockchain security testing center – courtesy of an agreement signed between The National Computer Network Emergency Coordination Center and the economic development zone of Changsha, China News Service reported on October 24, 2018. дальше »
2018-10-26 11:00 | |
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Air Canada and Winding Tree to Participate in DLT-Based Travel Distribution Project
Air Canada, the largest domestic and international airline in Canada, has partnered Winding Tree, a decentralized, open source travel distribution platform, to enable it to participate in the latter’s blockchain solution aimed at revolutionizing the existing travel distribution landscape, according to a press release on October 24, 2018. дальше »
2018-10-26 07:00 | |
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Tether Burns More than 500 Million USDT
Tether, the company that issues the world’s largest stablecoin USDT, announced via Twitter that they redeemed 500 million USDT tokens from the Tether treasury wallet. According to the press release published on October 24, 2018, Tether will leave the remaining 466 million USDT in the wallet to prepare for future USDT issuances. дальше »
2018-10-26 03:00 | |
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Earn Cryptocurrencies by Upvoting Content; Social Media Tokens on the Rise
PlusOneCoin (PLUS1) is a new cryptocurrency that can incentivize users to access and share content while also offering a new way for publishers and content providers to monetize their services, reported Techcrunch on October 24, 2018. дальше »
2018-10-26 23:00 | |
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NEO Mainnet Gets Much Awaited Updates, Votes in KPN as a Consensus Node
The NEO “MainNet” has seen two significant updates in a single week, launching a new consensus node and update 2. 9. 0, the company announced in a Medium post published on October 22, 2018. NEO MainNet Upgraded to 2. дальше »
2018-10-26 21:00 | |
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Web3 Summit Pt.3: Blockchain Gurus and Philosopher Kings
The final day of the Web3 Summit concluded with a reminder about the politicization of technology. As more of our world becomes digitized and the human experience rendered numeric, it’s becoming increasingly important to become aware of how governance will be reshaped. дальше »
2018-10-26 20:30 | |
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Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchanges now Allowed to Self-Regulate Operations
Cryptocurrency businesses in Japan can now self-regulate their operations, as per a recent Financial Services Agency (FSA) directive reported by Reuters on October 24, 2018. Japan Turns to Self-Regulation The self-regulation dictum was extended for supporting the growth of the burgeoning digital assets sector in Japan. дальше »
2018-10-25 20:00 | |
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Bitcoin, Ether, XRP Weekly Market Update: October 25, 2018
BTC dropped $120 of its value and closed the trading day on October 18 at $6,615. The loss constituted its most significant one-day drop since October 11. BTC-USD On the same day, observers saw the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) reporting significant growth in BTC Futures trading in Q3. дальше »
2018-10-25 19:30 | |
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Parity Founder Demonstrates Ease of Creating a DLT System, Launches a Blockchain Within Minutes
While distributed ledger technology (DLT) undoubtedly has the potentials to revolutionize nearly all sectors of the global economy, many startups still find it an arduous task creating and deploying their blockchain networks. дальше »
2018-10-25 19:00 | |
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XRP-Backed Crypto Loans Now Offered by Nexo
Cryptocurrency loans startup Nexo has announced that effective immediately, XRP is being added to the platform as a collateral option following the result of a community poll which indicated that more and more users are now holding XRP. дальше »
2018-10-25 17:00 | |
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HTC’s First Blockchain Phone Can Only Be Purchased With Cryptocurrencies
Over the past few years, HTC has been failing to gain traction among smartphone customers due to the rise in competition from the likes of Apple, Google, Samsung, and OnePlus. To win back its market position, the company has turned towards blockchain technology and is about to launch the first of its kind blockchain-focused smartphone dubbed as the “Exodus 1”,. дальше »
2018-10-25 15:00 | |
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Prepaid Cards for Buying Bitcoin from GetCryptoPoints
Bitcoin gains popularity every day and the number of its owners is growing. In 2017, the rate of the crypto-coin updated the highs almost every month. In 2018 – we are still waiting for the “winter race” and it is coming up. дальше »
2018-10-25 14:00 | |
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Bakkt’s Bitcoin Futures Contracts to go Live in December
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), which is the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has announced that its recently established cryptocurrency exchange, Bakkt, will launch physically-settled daily bitcoin futures contracts on December 12, 2018, according to a notice by ICE on October 22, 2018. дальше »
2018-10-25 13:00 | |
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Binance to Launch a Crypto Exchange in Singapore After Landing Vertex Investment
Binance, a blockchain company that runs one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, has announced an investment from Vertex Ventures to open a crypto-to-fiat exchange in Singapore, Bloomberg reported on October 23, 2018. дальше »
2018-10-25 11:00 | |
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India’s First Cryptocurrency ATM Confiscated by the Police, Unocoin Co-founder in Custody
The local police have confiscated the recently launched Bitcoin ATM in India by Unocoin Technologies on the grounds of it being “illegal” as it was set up without any government approvals, The Times of India reports October 24, 2018. дальше »
2018-10-25 07:00 | |
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China’s People Capital VC Firm Partner Xunlei to Launch DLT Laboratory
People Capital, the investment and venture capital arm of China’s leading newspaper, People’s Daily Online, has formed a strategic alliance with Xunlei Limited, a Chinese multinational technology company and online service provider, to develop a distributed ledger technology (DLT) laboratory to explore the groundbreaking technology in various scenarios, reported Business Wire on October 23, 2018. дальше »
2018-10-25 03:00 | |
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Accenture Announces Blockchain Integration Between Major Blockchain Platforms
Technology company Accenture has announced two new solutions that will enable interoperability between major blockchain networks, in a press release issued October 22, 2018. The company has stated that its solution will allow integration and communication between multiple blockchains, which will, in turn, drive broader adoption of the technology. дальше »
2018-10-25 23:00 | |
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Romanian Exchange Launches a Tether Copycat for the Nation’s Fiat Currency
Bitcoin Romania, the first and largest crypto exchange on the Romanian market, has launched Roncoin (RONC), the first token to have a 1:1 parity with Romania’s currency (RON), Business Review reported on October 22, 2018. дальше »
2018-10-24 21:00 | |
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Samsung SDS to Unveil European Shipping Logistics with Blockchain Platform
The Netherland’s third-biggest bank, ABN AMRO announced a partnership between Samsung SDS and the Netherlands and Rotterdam Port Authority that will allow the interoperability verification with the help of the blockchain technology, as per a press release on October 23, 2018. дальше »
2018-10-24 20:00 | |
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Bakkt’s Bitcoin Futures Contracts Launching in December 2018
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), which is the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has announced that it’s recently established cryptocurrency exchange, Bakkt will launch its physically-settled daily bitcoin futures contracts on December 12, 2018, according to a notice by ICE on October 22, 2018. дальше »
2018-10-24 19:00 | |
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Coinbase Introduces Circle’s Center Stablecoin on Exchange, Critics Cry Foul
Cryptocurrency giants Coinbase and Circle recently announced on October 23, 2018, the addition of the Center (USDC) stablecoin on the former’s exchange. According to the Coinbase blog, it is the first time the cryptocurrency exchange has supported a stablecoin which it believes is fundamentally different from any existing stablecoins in the market. дальше »
2018-10-24 18:00 | |
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Crypto Funds Are Still on the Rise Despite Bear Market
A new report has found that 20 percent of hedge funds launched in 2018 have been geared toward investing in digital currencies and tokens. This acts as a testament to investors’ belief in the future value of digital assets despite this year’s demoralizingly painful bear market. дальше »
2018-10-24 17:00 | |
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CEO of IOST: “Great Crypto Bloodbath of 2018 Has Been a Blessing in Disguise”
BTCManager recently interviewed CEO of IOST; a digital token ranked #62 by total market cap. As of October 18, 2018, IOST has a market cap of over $100 Million. IOST is building a highly scalable platform for hosting blockchain applications and competes directly with Ethereum and EOS. дальше »
2018-10-24 15:00 | |
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CoinText SMS-based Cryptocurrency Wallet Launches in Brazil and Other European Nations
CoinText. io, a digital assets wallet that makes it possible for users to send and receive cryptoassets like Dash (DASH), litecoin (LTC) and bitcoin cash (BCH) via short message service (SMS) without smartphones or even internet connection, is now live in Brazil, Poland, Croatia and Romania, expanding its list of supported countries to 31, reported Finance Magnates on October 22, 2018. дальше »
2018-10-24 13:00 | |
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What Bitcoin Promised, KrypNet Delivers; The Time has Come
Cryptocurrencies, while efficient and highly functional in their interactions with one and other in virtual space, suffer from slow, complicated, and sometimes expensive transition to and from the realms of fiat currency and general consumer transactions. дальше »
2018-10-24 12:00 | |
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