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Wirex Enables XRP Support for Its Cryptocurrency Debit Card

Wirex is one of the very few cryptocurrency firms still offering debit cards related to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. In its latest update, the firm announced support for Ripple’s XRP. It’s a somewhat controversial addition, given the SEC’s unclear stance on whether or not this digital asset is a security. An Interesting Move by Wirex […] дальше »

2018-7-25 16:00


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Bitwise Files With SEC for Cryptocurrency ETF

Bitwise Asset Management is the latest venture to apply for a cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund (ETF). Called the Bitwise HOLD 10 Cryptocurrency Index Fund, the ETF will track the returns of the company’s HOLD 10 Index, a “market-cap-weighted index of the 10 largest cryptocurrencies” that captures roughly 80 percent of the total cryptocurrency market capitalization. дальше »

2018-7-25 02:18


Bitcoin Price Up Nearly 3 Percent, Is the Market Turning Bullish?

Ever since December 2017 when the price of Bitcoin reached its all-time high of $19,511, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have been stuck in a very bearish market. Over the last six to seven month’s, the top-ranked cryptocurrency‘s value fell approximately 70 percent and even fell below $6,000 during the end of June 2018. However, despite […] дальше »

2018-7-24 13:28


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‘Very Specific Recommendations’ Crypto Deadline Scraped by G20 Forum

Cryptocurrencies will continue to receive a broadly hands-off approach from the G20 until at least October, a meeting of the forum confirmed July 21-22. A summary of interim decisions made by the dedicated Finance Ministers & Central Bank Governors (FATF) group sees any hard-and-fast regulatory steps regarding cryptoassets remain absent. The results follow a four-month дальше »

2018-7-23 17:36


Will Bitcoin [BTC]’s big break be during the imminent financial meltdown?

OPINION: The financial crisis of 2008 is still fresh in the minds of those on Wall Street and those in the cryptocurrency space, albeit for very different reasons. While Wall Street is still reeling from the aftermath of the crisis, the cryptocurrency community indirectly exists due to the crisis. As timelessly engraved in the genesis […] дальше »

2018-7-23 13:12


Amidst Mastercard’s Outage, Bitcoin Community Compares Its Payment Advantages

Mastercard experienced a major glitch last week, which kept their customers from charging anything on their cards. Instead, the transactions were declined. However, rather than impacting a city or even a single state, this outage had a worldwide impact, which led to a very unhappy group of users voicing their opinions on social media. Even […] дальше »

2018-7-23 09:20


Philippines Based LoyalCoin Is Using Cryptocurrency To Create The First Global Loyalty Scheme

Philippines-based LoyalCoin is aiming to create the world’s largest loyalty network where points from thousands of different brands are interchangeable – all thanks to cryptocurrency. Customers will be able to turn reward points from numerous brands into taxi rides, air miles, fast food treats and pretty much anything else they want. дальше »

2018-7-23 23:00


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Some Crypto-Mining Operations Are Not What They Say They Are

Bitcoin and cryptocurrency mining has become a very competitive industry, and the amount of processing power hashing away to mine these digital assets is truly amazing. However over the years since the inception of GPU and ASIC mining, essentially when home mining turned into an industry, the cryptocurrency mining space has been riddled with fraudulent […] The post Some Crypto-Mining Operations Are Not What They Say They Are appeared first on Bitcoin News. дальше »

2018-7-22 18:35


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Governance, Part 2: Plutocracy Is Still Bad

Coin holder voting, both for governance of technical features, and for more extensive use cases like deciding who runs validator nodes and who receives money from development bounty funds, is unfortunately continuing to be popular, and so it seems worthwhile for me to write another post explaining why I (and Vlad Zamfir and others) do not consider it wise for Ethereum (or really, any base-layer blockchain) to start adopting these kinds of mechanisms in a tightly coupled form in any significant way. дальше »

2018-7-21 23:03