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Bitcoin Could Soon Become Legal in India
Owning and using Bitcoin could soon become allowed in India, as the second interdisciplinary committee appointed to vote on the legality of cryptocurrencies is in favor of legalizing it, the New Indian Express reported on December 26, 2018. дальше »
2018-12-27 12:00 | |
Mining One Bitcoin a Month Would Require Harvesting Body Heat from 44,000 People
In a bid to raise awareness about the crypto industry’s energy consumption, the Institute of Human Obsolescence, a Dutch organization focused on data ownership, explored the energy usage of Bitcoin and found that 44,000 would need to provide their body energy for a month in order to mine a single Bitcoin, Motherboard reported on January 3, 2017. дальше »
2018-12-27 00:00 | |
In Turkey, Even the Volatile Bitcoin Looks Pretty Good Compared to the Lira
Trading volumes on Turkish cryptocurrency exchanges increased by 37 percent since October 2018, which shows that Bitcoin’s popularity isn’t affected by the recent drops in the country’s year-long inflation, Slate reported on December 10, 2018. дальше »
2018-12-26 12:00 | |
Crypto Artist Sells Smallest and Cheapest Work of Art Ever Through c-Lightning
An artist by the name of “crypto graffiti” has sold the smallest artwork in history in a “micro auction” to promote the c-Lightning micropayments system, the artist announced in a Reddit post on December 20, 2018. дальше »
2018-12-26 08:00 | |
Tron and Binance Donate $200,000 in Crypto to Charity in Malta
Tron and the Binance Charity Foundation have each contributed $100,000 in cryptocurrencies to the Malta Community Chest Fund Foundation to help the underprivileged residents of the country, Tron’s CEO Justin Sun announced in a tweet on December 23, 2018. дальше »
2018-12-25 20:00 | |
Blockchain Startup Algorand Gets a Dedicated $100 Million Venture Fund
Algo Capital, a blockchain venture capital group, is launching a $100 million fund to invest and manage significant capital in emerging companies building on the Algorand decentralized platform, the company announced in a press release on December 11, 2018. дальше »
2018-12-13 20:00 | |
Stablecoins Experience a Major Increase in On-Chain Transactions Despite Bear Market
Stablecoins have experienced a meteoric rise in popularity during the second half of 2018, with currencies such as TrueUSD, USDC, Paxos, and GUSD experiencing a 1032 percent increase in on-chain transactions took place in November vs. дальше »
2018-12-12 17:30 | |
1.3 Million Bitmain S9 Bitcoin Miners Go Offline as Crypto Price Crash Continues
The total hash rate of the Bitcoin network has fallen by 31 percent since November, representing around 1. 3 million Bitmain S9 miners that have been turned off as they struggled to stay profitable in the bear market, BitMex revealed in a report on December 10, 2018. дальше »
2018-12-12 08:00 | |
Canadian Crypto Exchange Coinsquare BuyCoin squares BlockEQ Wallet for $9 Million
Coinsquare, one of the leading cryptocurrency exchanges in Canada, has acquired BlockEQ, Stellar’s non-custodial crypto wallet, in a bid to expand its offerings beyond just digital asset trading, the company announced in a press release on December 6, 2018. дальше »
2018-12-9 06:00 | |
Bearish Market Makes Chatspin Abandon Plans to Accept Crypto Payments
Chatspin, a popular live video streaming multi-platform app, is abandoning its plans to accept cryptocurrencies as a form of payment due to the significant losses in the value of Bitcoin and other coins have suffered this year, the company announced in a press release on December 6, 2018. дальше »
2018-12-9 00:00 | |
R3 Adds Ripple as First Settlement Mechanism on New Payments dApp
R3, the world’s leading developer of enterprise blockchain solutions for business, launched a new global payment platform that uses Ripple’s XRP as its initial base currency, the company announced in a press release on December 5, 2018. дальше »
2018-12-7 18:00 | |
Researchers Vow to Build a Better Blockchain Network Immune from Scalability Issues
A group of researchers and university professors have teamed up to resolve one of the most painstaking issues preventing Bitcoin’s underlying technology to emerge a handy, real-world ledger: scalability. дальше »
2018-12-6 06:00 | |
While You’re Pouting about Crypto Prices, Whales Are Accumulating Billions
Active trading whales have accumulated more in 2018 than any period in the Ethereum’s history despite the ongoing bear market, holding a fifth of Ethereum’s total circulating supply, Diar reported on December 3, 2018. дальше »
2018-12-5 20:00 | |
Trive Ventures Launches Government-Backed Blockchain Accelerator in Singapore
Trive Ventures, a Southeast Asia-focused venture capital firm, is launching Tribe Accelerator, a government-backed blockchain accelerator focused on product development in Singapore, Tech in Asia reported on December 4, 2018. дальше »
2018-12-5 19:00 | |
Bitfinex and Ethfinex Now Lists Six Different Stablecoins
Bitfinex and Ethfinex, two leading digital asset exchanges, now enable clients to trade all six major stablecoins on both exchanges in an attempt to create coin agnostic platforms, the companies announced in a Medium post on December 4, 2018. дальше »
2018-12-5 16:00 | |
Koinex Wants to Venture into Blockchain, Opens Development Center
Koinex, one of the leading cryptocurrency exchanges in India, could be venturing into the blockchain scene as soon as 2019, and is in the process of opening a new development center in Bengaluru, the company announced in a press release on December 4, 2018. дальше »
2018-12-5 10:00 | |
Cosmos and Polkadot: Multi-Chain Infrastructures that Want to Revolutionize Blockchain
Numerous startups are racing to solve the problem of scalability and efficiency on the blockchain, but few have come as close to providing inter-chain operability as Cosmos and Polkadot have. In the following, BTCManager compares the two interoperability projects that aim to solve the toughest problems blockchain technology is currently facing. дальше »
2018-12-4 10:00 | |
Dogecoin Creator Creates a Twitter Script that Blocks the XRP Army
Jackson Palmer, the creator of Dogecoin, has created a script that blocks users who support XRP on Twitter. Published on Palmer’s GitHub page on December 2, 2018, the script comes as a response to the XRP followers who have been attacking him for his negative comments against the Ripple network. дальше »
2018-12-4 08:00 | |
Allianz Chief Economist Backs Crypto to Survive Current Market Selloff
Mohamed El-Erian, Chief Economist at Allianz, has stated that cryptocurrencies will survive the current market slump and achieve widespread acceptance subsequently. Speaking on November 27, 2018, at the Coindesk ‘Consensus: Invest in New York’ conference, El-Erian became a somewhat unlikely voice of support for crypto, declaring that not only will it survive and thrive, but the entry of institutional investors. дальше »
2018-12-1 14:00 | |
Goldman Sachs Still Not Ready to Hold Crypto Assets
Goldman Sachs digital assets market head brushed off the possibility of the bank holding crypto assets for their customers, saying that it’s still unviable from a regulatory perspective, Bloomberg reported on November 27, 2018. дальше »
2018-11-30 02:00 | |
BitPay’s Copay Wallet Hacked, Users’ Private Keys Exposed
BitPay’s open source bitcoin wallet Copay has been attacked and exposed to malicious code with the intent to steal Bitcoin (BTC) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH), the company warned its users in an official blog post on November 26, 2018. дальше »
2018-11-29 22:00 | |
Death of ICOs: Security Tokens Will Take Center Stage in 2019
ICOs might be the most popular way to raise funds in the crypto industry, but their fame could be short-lived. The potential market for security tokens is enormous, with estimates for the broader transition of financial assets to blockchain valued at up to US$24 trillion, the South China Morning Post reported on November 26, 2018. дальше »
2018-11-28 22:00 | |
The Crypto Market Is $0.7 Trillion Down
The great cryptocurrency crash of 2018 is heading for its worst week yet, with Bitcoin slipping closer to $4,000, extending the Bloomberg Galaxy Crypto Index’s decline since November 16 to 23 percent, Bloomberg reported on November 23. дальше »
2018-11-25 22:00 | |
Singapore’s State Investment Firm Setting up New Groups to Explore AI and Blockchain Deals
Temasek Holdings Pte, Singapore’s state investment firm, is setting up new groups to explore opportunities in artificial intelligence and blockchain technologies, Bloomberg reported on November 22, 2018. дальше »
2018-11-25 18:00 | |
Colorado Securities Regulators Crack Down on 18 ‘Fraudulent’ ICOs, With More on the Way
The Colorado State Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) has filed cessation orders against four ICOs that were allegedly involved in ‘fraudulent and illicit’ practices, bringing the total number of ICOs stopped by the state’s bodies to 18 this month, Denver Business Journal reported on November 22, 2018. дальше »
2018-11-25 14:00 | |
Bitcoin Cash ABC’s Rolling Ten Block Checkpoints Update Could Be Catastrophic
Bitcoin Cash ABC’s new rolling 10 block checkpoint system, introduced in order to defend against “deep” hostile reorganizations, actually increase the risk of consensus chain splits and provide new opportunities for attackers, BitMex reported on November 21, 2018. дальше »
2018-11-24 18:00 | |
Doubling Down as Bitcoin Plunges is a ‘Problematic Mindset,” Says Personal Finance Author
As the price of Bitcoin continues to fall, many investors are doubling down and sticking with their decisions, which is a sign of a ‘problematic mindset’ that leads to more loss, Business Insider India reported on November 21, 2018. дальше »
2018-11-24 02:00 | |
U.S. Mining Pioneer GigaWatt Files for Bankruptcy in Washington
GigaWatt, one of the earliest players in Central Washington’s bitcoin boom, has filed for bankruptcy protection, making it the latest casualty in an industry hammered by falling prices, the Seattle Times reported on November 21, 2018. дальше »
2018-11-23 12:00 | |
U.S. Bitcoin Mining Pioneer GigaWatt Files for Bankruptcy in Washington
GigaWatt, one of the earliest players in Central Washington’s bitcoin boom, has filed for bankruptcy protection, making it the latest casualty in an industry hammered by falling prices, the Seattle Times reported on November 21, 2018. дальше »
2018-11-23 04:00 | |
SEBA Crypto AG Teams up With Loomis International to Build a Tempest “Level A” Deep Cold Storage
Swiss cryptocurrency startup SEBA Crypto AG has announced November 22, 2018, a new partnership with Loomis International, an arm of Sweden-based Loomis Group that has been a leading global provider of logistics solutions for valuables. дальше »
2018-11-23 00:00 | |
Study Reveals The Majority of Crypto Hedge Funds Suffered Losses
The overly-optimistic forecasts predicting a bitcoin-led era of cryptocurrencies by the end of 2020 are increasingly seeming like a distant fragile dream. More so now than ever as the most popular digital asset in the world has dipped below $5000. дальше »
2018-11-22 16:00 | |
The Winds of Change Have Begun to Blow for Cryptocurrencies in Malaysia
Despite the recent slump the crypto market has experienced, industry analysts believe that digital currencies such as bitcoin, have the potential to be aggressively embraced by local investors in the next financial cycle, the Malaysian Reserve reported on November 21, 2018. дальше »
2018-11-22 14:00 | |
Meet the Traders who Paid a 100 Percent Premium for Bitcoin in December 2017
Who were the people who participated in what may be one of the most poorly timed trades of 2017, and paid a premium for Bitcoin of more than 100 percent, Bloomberg investigated in a report on November 21, 2018. дальше »
2018-11-22 12:00 | |
IOTA Partners with HIGH MOBILITY to Build New Mobility Apps
IOTA Foundation has entered a partnership with HIGH MOBILITY, under which its developers can build new types of apps based on IOTA’s ledger, significantly simplifying the development process, the company announced in a Medium post on November 20, 2018. дальше »
2018-11-22 20:00 | |
Cornell Uni Professor: Digital Currencies Could Allow Central Banks to Stay in the Game
Cornell University professor Eswar Prasad is the latest prominent figure to come out in support of digital currencies, suggesting that central banks should issue their own currencies in order to remain in the money game, Bloomberg reported on November 19, 2018. дальше »
2018-11-21 14:00 | |
Crypto Exchange Kraken Opens Trading But Warns Clients Over Bitcoin Cash SV ‘Red Flags’
U. S. -based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has opened trading in the controversial Bitcoin Cash SV, but has warned clients about the high risk associated with trading the new bitcoin cash token, the company announced in a November 18, 2018, blog post. дальше »
2018-11-20 20:00 | |
India Ready to Unveil Cryptocurrency Law Next Month
The government of India may provide clarity on cryptocurrency regulation as soon as next month with a new draft bill now in the works. Clarity Soon Citing a counter-affidavit issued by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Quartz reports that the country’s government is likely to provide some clarity on the matter of cryptocurrencies sometime in the next two months. дальше »
2018-11-20 16:00 | |
Israeli Investment Firm Silver Castle Unveils New Crypto Funds for Institutions
Silver Castle Ltd. , Israel’s first dedicated cryptocurrency investment firm for institutional and accredited investors, launched two funds this month and expects to have $50 million under management by the end of the year, Bloomberg reported on November 18, 2018. дальше »
2018-11-20 16:00 | |
Alaskan City of Valdez Pays off Bitcoin Ransom After Four Months
Officials from the City of Valdez are in the final phases of recovering information from its servers after four months of it being held by cyber-criminals demanding a bitcoin ransom, KTUU reported on November 18, 2018. дальше »
2018-11-20 00:00 | |
What is the Ethereum Beacon Chain?
Ever since Vitalik Buterin and other co-founders launched Ethereum in 2014, the problem of scalability has always been part of the conversation, with Ethereum developers all in agreement that a period of theoretical problem-solving leads to the challenge of developing an “Ethereum 2. дальше »
2018-11-19 18:00 | |
New Brave SpeedReader Improves on Existing Reader Mode Technology
Brave Technologies, the company behind the tokenized, privacy-focused Brave browser has announced the launch of SpeedReader, a new browser tool intended to make web pages easier to read by removing all non-essential scripts and content from pages before they load. дальше »
2018-11-19 11:00 | |
Malaysia’s CIMB Group Partners Ripple to Expand its Cross-Border Remittance Business
Malaysian lender CIMB Group has entered a strategic partnership with Ripple to facilitate instant cross-border payments across all markets it’s currently operating in. Both companies issued a joint statement on November 15, 2018, announcing that CIMB is now officially a member of the RippleNet network. дальше »
2018-11-17 12:00 | |
Crypto Stocks in Asia in the Red as Bitcoin Sinks to One-Year Low
Shares of several cryptocurrency-related companies in Asian markets fell after bitcoin led a sell-off in digital currencies, reaching a one-year low at just over $5,571, Bloomberg reported on November 15, 2018. дальше »
2018-11-17 23:00 | |
NYDIG Gets Crypto License from New York Regulators
The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has issued a new BitLicense to the New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG), allowing it to offer crypto-related services in the state, according to an official DFS announcement published on November 14, 2018. дальше »
2018-11-16 21:00 | |
German Crypto Exchange Bitcoin Group SE Acquires Investment Bank Tremmel
German holding company Bitcoin Group SE has acquired a 100 percent stake in investment bank Tremmel Wertpapierhandelsbank GmbH, the company announced in a press release on November 13, 2018. Bitcoin Group SE Significantly Expands Its Service Portfolio Bitcoin Group SE has reached an important milestone in the expansion of its service portfolio and acquired 100% of the shares in Tremmel. дальше »
2018-11-16 19:00 | |
Swedish County Battles with Unpaid Electricity Bills Left by Bitcoin Mining Companies
The Swedish county of Norrbotten has seen the failure of not one, but two recent cryptocurrency mining initiatives, has two companies have disappeared leaving millions in unpaid electricity bills, Sverige Radio reported on November 13, 2018. дальше »
2018-11-16 02:00 | |
Switzerland’s Leading Stock Exchange to Replace Current Trading System with Blockchain
SIX Swiss Exchange, one of the leading stock exchanges in Switzerland, is hoping to replace its current trading platform with a blockchain-based system that the company is currently working on, Reuters reported on November 13, 2018. дальше »
2018-11-15 20:00 | |
“Blockchain” Mentions in Corporate America Are Down, but Is the Crypto Fever Really Over?
According to a November 11, 2018 report from Axios, S&P 500 executives are dropping blockchain buzzwords less on earnings calls and during presentations to analysts and investors, but it doesn’t necessarily mean that the blockchain fever is over for corporate America. дальше »
2018-11-15 12:00 | |
Ripple Wants to Take over Swift as Iran Gets Disconnected from The Service
After the U. S. government forced Swift to cut ties with more than 70 banks in Iran, Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple Labs Inc. , said that his company was gaining new customers because financial firms are seeking technology that is better, faster, and more stable than the Swift banking network, Bloomberg reported on November 13, 2018. дальше »
2018-11-15 00:00 | |
Twitter Has a Hard Time Dealing with Hackers, as New Bitcoin Scams Target Target
Despite the increased security efforts, Twitter is still unable to weed out scam accounts, as U. S. retail giant Target became the latest victim of bitcoin scam hacks, The Next Web reported on November 13, 2018. дальше »
2018-11-14 16:00 | |