Fintech Company Mogo Plans to Launch Bitcoin Mine in British Columbia This week the publicly traded firm Mogo Finance Technology Inc. (TSX: MOGO) announced the creation of a new subsidiary…
Continue ReadingNumbers or Not, Coincheck Isn’t Mt. Gox The last time a Japanese cryptocurrency exchange was hacked for a record haul, it was a devastating blow to the ecosystem. Arguably, it…
Continue ReadingChairmen of SEC and CFTC Co-Author Article on Crypto Regulations Jay Clayton, the chairman of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and J. Christopher Giancarlo, the chairman of…
Continue ReadingMost Cryptocurrencies Are More Centralized Than You Think The whole point of cryptocurrencies is that they’re decentralized. Peer-to-peer cash; trustless exchange; bypassing intermediaries. So why are numerous cryptocurrencies structured more…
Continue ReadingCoincheck Confirms Crypto Hack Loss Larger than Mt Gox Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck has confirmed that it has suffered what appears to be the biggest hack in the history of…
Continue ReadingKaty Perry Joins Cryptocurrency Celebs Club Crypto mania has taken the world by storm this year. It is the hot topic from Davos to Da Club with billionaires and rappers…
Continue ReadingWall Street Vets Raise $50 Million for Crypto Fund of Funds Sitting at his desk at Credit Suisse, Sina Nader watched the bottom fall out of the global economy. As…
Continue ReadingRussia’s Ministry of Finance Legalizes Cryptocurrency Trading, Central Bank Disagrees The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation (Minfin) has presented the Digital Assets Regulation Bill which defines and establishes a regulatory system for…
Continue ReadingCrypto mania has taken the world by storm this year. It is the hot topic from Davos to Da Club with billionaires and rappers getting on board the block train.…
Continue ReadingWorld’s Leading Darknet Market Puts Finishing Touches on Monero Integration Darknet marketplaces are making some big changes behind the scenes. With some of the major trading hubs having been shut down…
Continue ReadingThe uses for blockchain technology are endless. This year will see thousands of startups getting on the block bandwagon to launch their own platforms. Some things have already been done,…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea Intelligence Creates Task Force to Oversee Local Cryptocurrency Exchanges South Korean financial authorities in cooperation with Korea Financial Intelligence Unit (KFIU) created a task force to oversee cryptocurrency…
Continue ReadingHYCM Launches Bitcoin Cash CFD Trading HYCM, of the Henyep Capital Markets Group, has announced its launch of a contract-for-difference (CFD) for Bitcoin Cash paired against the US dollar. The…
Continue ReadingWeiss Ratings Gives Bitcoin C+, Sparks South Korean DDoS Revenge South Korean Bitcoin “investors” allegedly launched the DDoS attack that shut down Weiss Ratings’ website after the agency gave the cryptocurrency a ‘C+’ rating.…
Continue ReadingInvestors File Class Action Against BitConnect After Closure Just a week after the abrupt closure of BitConnect’s lending and exchange platform, investors are seeking legal action to claim back their…
Continue ReadingVouching Bitfinex and Tether’s Bank Accounts Hold Nearly $3 Billion USD Zhao Dong, a prominent Chinese early bitcoin adopter and shareholder in Bitfinex, recently posted on Weibo seeking to provide…
Continue ReadingFake Cryptocurrency App Lures Victims Into Installing Ransomware Cyber researchers at Fortinet have managed to unearth a cryptocurrency app that is actually a ransomware in disguise. The cybersecurity firm, in…
Continue ReadingWhat the FUD? Bitcoin Market Beset by January Woes It has been a depressing fortnight for anybody reading various mainstream headlines touting the ‘end of Bitcoin’ and the arrival of…
Continue ReadingRapper 50 Cent Is Now a Bitcoin Millionaire Rapper 50 Cent’s move to accept bitcoin for his 2014 “Animal Ambition” album has resulted in a multi-million dollar windfall. On Tuesday,…
Continue ReadingCFTC Sues Crypto Scheme ‘My Big Coin’ for Fraud The Commodity Future Exchange Commission (CFTC) has charged two individuals and a Las Vegas-based business in connection with a cryptocurrency scam.…
Continue ReadingNordea Bank Forbids Workers From Owning Bitcoin: Denmark Unions Threaten Legal Action Danish finance and workers’ rights figures have threatened legal action against major bank Nordea after it announced this week that…
Continue ReadingShutterstock Labels Cryptocurrency a 2018 Creative Trend Most cryptocurrency users will agree that the year 2017 was rather exceptional. We saw all markets grow in spectacular fashion, and the general public’s interest…
Continue ReadingVirginia Lawmakers Seek Study on Government Blockchain Use Lawmakers in the U.S. state of Virginia hope to form a study group that would research the impact of implementing blockchain technology…
Continue ReadingAround 4,000 Participants Attended North American Bitcoin Conference North American Bitcoin Conference that took place in Miami last week gathered around 4,000 people including entrepreneurs, investors, lawyers and leaders who…
Continue ReadingUK Government Lures Distributed Ledger Projects With $26 Million Fund The United Kingdom’s technology development arm, Innovate UK, is doubling down on its support for blockchain-based technologies, it announced on…
Continue ReadingPayment Processor Stripe to End Support for Bitcoin Payment processor Stripe announced Tuesday that it will end support for bitcoin as a payment method in April. Product manager Tom Karlo wrote…
Continue ReadingCoincube Hack Leaves Two User Accounts Completely Drained Cryptocurrency platforms have been prone to hacks throughout the years. Over the past 24 months, we have seen cybercriminals double down on…
Continue ReadingAmazon User Orders Bitcoin Miner, Gets ‘Boss Baby’ DVD Instead A U.K. resident tried to purchase a bitcoin miner off of Amazon last year – but received a DVD copy…
Continue ReadingNew Research: 10% of Funds Raised in ICOs Lost or Stolen Close to $400 million USD raised from initial coin offerings have been lost or stolen, a new research has…
Continue ReadingBitFlyer Granted EU Operational License, Now ‘Most Compliant’ Crypto Exchange Tokyo-based crypto exchange bitFlyer was issued a Payment Institution license to operate in the European Union, the exchange reported Monday, Jan. 22. The…
Continue ReadingMicrosoft, Hyperledger, UN Join Blockchain Identity Initiative Tech giant Microsoft and blockchain alliance Hyperledger have joined blockchain-based digital identity initiative, the ID2020 Alliance. Announced during the World Economic Forum at…
Continue ReadingMarkets Stir After Media Re-Reports S. Korea’s Anonymous Trading Ban, Known Since December Today, Jan. 23, markets are reacting a second time to news that South Korea will ban anonymous exchanges starting January…
Continue ReadingCoinbase Taps Twitter Vet to Bolster Customer Support Team Cryptocurrency startup Coinbase has hired a former Twitter executive in an effort to shore up its customer support teams. Tina Bhatnagar…
Continue ReadingYour Taxes Paid for a Lot of Blockchain Surveillance Last Year Governments worldwide have been ramping up regulations for cryptocurrencies and hiring research and blockchain surveillance teams. One firm that…
Continue ReadingAs Blockchains Grow Bigger, Full Node Counts Increase Back in 2016, the number of full nodes within the Bitcoin core network was dropping. At the time, Bitcoin enthusiasts thought the…
Continue ReadingLightning Network’s Pizza Day? First Ever Physical Purchase On Lightning Network The first ever physical transaction may have been completed on the Lighting Network two days ago, according to Reddit user /u/btc_throwaway1337, who purchased a…
Continue ReadingIMF Calls for International Cooperation on Crypto The International Monetary Fund (IMF), an organization of the United Nations that aims to foster global monetary cooperation and financial stability, has called for…
Continue ReadingThere Are At Least Twice as Many Bitcoin Traders in Brazil as Stock Investors Bitcoin critics try to attack the cryptocurrency from all angles, but one thing no one can…
Continue ReadingTrend Analysis Reveals the Most Loved and Hated Cryptocurrencies For investors trying to predict market movements, the more data that can be analyzed the better. Trend analysis and fundamental analysis…
Continue ReadingSEC ‘Looking Closely’ at Public Company Blockchain Pivots, Says Chairman The head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said today that the securities market regulator is “looking closely” at…
Continue ReadingUK Bitcoiners Might Have Tax Loophole With success comes attention, and with notice comes the taxman. Bitcoin’s crazy great jump in price over 2017 has taken the world’s most popular…
Continue ReadingCNBC’s Dan Nathan: Bitcoin Cash Will Overtake Bitcoin Soon Financial experts all over the world have conflicting opinions on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. A lot of individuals still consider all…
Continue ReadingKorean Crypto Exchange Korbit Halting Deposits from Non-Citizens South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Korbit has barred non-citizens from depositing local currency – the Korean won – on its platform. Korbit stated in…
Continue ReadingBitcoin To Drop As Low As $1000 This Year, Wall Street CIO Predicts Peter Boockvar, the Chief Investment Officer at Bleakley Advisory Group, sees the potential for Bitcoin (BTC) to be around…
Continue ReadingOnline IOTA Seed Generator Starts Stealing Funds From Users Cryptocurrency users all over the world have shown a great interest in the IOTA project. Thanks to its Tangle technology, this particular currency could…
Continue ReadingOpera Browser Adds Cryptocurrency Miner Protection for Smartphones Cryptocurrency miners embedded in websites is increasingly becoming a problem for smartphones, but the Opera web browser is trying to remove the…
Continue ReadingCrypto Market Update: Coins Down Across The Board After Brief Stint Of Green After a volatile beginning of the new year, the crypto markets are again falling across the board.…
Continue ReadingDeutsche Bank Analysts: Low Volatility on Wall Street Brings Investors To Crypto Analysts at Deutsche Bank released a note to clients on Friday, Jan. 19 stating that there is a growing correlation…
Continue ReadingBitcoin Under Increasing Scrutiny on Island of Bali Bitcoin is under heavy surveillance on Bali, an island in the Indonesian archipelago, according to local reports. Central Bank officials are seeking to crack down…
Continue ReadingReport: India’s Government Sends Tax Notices to Cryptocurrency Traders India’s government has reportedly sent tax notices to cryptocurrency traders and investors following a nationwide survey. According to Reuters, a survey found…
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