According to reports published by a financial news website, Financial Tribune on Jan. 30, four banks in the Islamic Republic of Iran have developed a gold-backed cryptocurrency called PayMon. As per the report, this crypto asset According to the article, the crypto asset has been … | Continue reading
The recent wear and tear down in the prices of gold has made many institutional investors look for other hedging options, and the unanimous tone seems to be pointing towards Bitcoin. Bitcoin which is already being pegged to leave the Gold as the most valuable store of value has e … | Continue reading
The Blockchain-based software company Blockstack released its ecosystem update for 2018’s fourth quarter on February 2, 2019. Blockstack is the company behind the Blockstack Browser. This browser enables users to keep their data secure. According to the published report, in Q4 20 … | Continue reading
In December 2018, Gerald Cotten, founder of major Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX, passed suddenly. He was allegedly the sole executive with access to the cold wallets of the exchange. Consumers have not been able to withdraw funds owed to them, and the exchange has searched … | Continue reading
BitTorrent, the peer-to-peer (p2p) torrent has launched new support for its native token, BTT, as of 7th of February. The token is based on the TRON protocol and will now be supported by CoinPayments’ crypto payments gateway. The torrent has already tied up with CoinPayments to l … | Continue reading
Needless to say, the technology behind cryptocurrencies and smart contracts, can drastically impact industries across the board. Any organization with a structure and multiple parties who need access to trustworthy data are great candidates to leverage the potential of blockchain … | Continue reading
The famous CEO of the global crypto exchange Binance, Chanpeng Zhao, has reportedly said that Binance will likely partner with Ripple in future in an effort to boost the xRapid payment solution that is powered by Ripple’s native cryptocurrency XRP. CZ revealed that while Binance … | Continue reading
The recent rally of Bitcoin prices around the $3,400 mark has changed the perception of institutional investors on wall street towards the Bitcoin trade market. JP Morgan, one of the leaders in institutional investment on Wall Street, has always maintained a tough stance on Bitco … | Continue reading
A well-known crypto trader and a twitter commentator who goes by the name "The Crypto Dog” (@TheCryptoDog) has predicted that the Bitcoin touching a price point of $1,800 won’t be surprising. However, the Crypto Dog was quick to point out that the price prediction is not backed b … | Continue reading
A law firm in Kearney said that they are allowing customers to pay in cryptocurrency to help make it easier for the person that they are representing in times of crisis. It is a currency that many people have come to learn about, and it’s made its way in Kearney.… | Continue reading
Reports reveal that Mozilla Firefox, the popular browser, is looking to introduce a new feature in its upcoming edition to block out crypto miners, so that the rampant spread of malware related to cryptocurrency mining can be contained on this browser at least. Mozilla has recent … | Continue reading
Police in the City of Klingenthal in the State of Saxony in Germany has reportedly apprehended a group of criminals for the theft of electricity in order to run the operations of a crypto mining farm. The police raid resulted in the arrest of five men and one woman. The… | Continue reading
As was announced on Wednesday,Opera now allows Android users to purchase ethereum’s ether (ETH) cryptocurrency directly from their browser-based wallet. This new service comes after a collaboration with regulated crypto brokerage Safello in order to provide the cash-to-crypto exc … | Continue reading
One of the most renowned Blockchain firms in the film industry, SingularDTV has rebranded itself as Breaker. As per a report published on February 4, 2019, SingularDTV has also inked deals with two venerated directors, namely Steven Soderbergh and David Lynch. Industries across t … | Continue reading
A recent report by Crypto Fund Research suggests that the crypto-fund asset is at an all-time high despite bearish market trends. A total of 239 funds were launched in 2018 which is the highest up until now. However, the research which took the 13-month time period into considera … | Continue reading
As the launch of their digital currency exchange, VCTRADE, approaches, the Tokyo-based financial services company SBI Holdings has enabled the process of deposit and withdrawal of some of the top digital currencies such as XRP, ETH, and BTC. The Chief Executive Officer at SBI Hol … | Continue reading
On February 5, the infamous Goxdox blog returned to spill the beans on the trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi’s Bitcoin sale. The blog suggests that the trustee who promised he won’t be selling his Bitcoin in bulk on traditional platforms did exactly that and sold large sums of his BTC an … | Continue reading
Last Thursday, the North American Bitcoin Conference in Miami got a surprise visit when Kevin Connolly, the actor from the HBO series “Entourage,” announced a new TV show called “Cryptos” is under development. He hopes the new show will help the public better understand the innov … | Continue reading
Monero, the privacy coin has gained a lot of attention and adoption in recent times owing to its true private transactions. Buying Monero was not that difficult, given the popularity of the coin, it has been listed on some of the major exchanges around the world. Monero has also … | Continue reading
The Kraken cryptocurrency exchange has managed to secure a massive deal, the largest in the crypto sector upto now, in this year, by acquiring a firm called the Crypto Facilities for more than a whopping sum of $100 million. After this acquisition, Kraken will be able to lay clai … | Continue reading
The Subhash Chandra Garg-led high-level inter-ministerial committee that is responsible for the development of the regulatory framework surrounding the use of digital currencies in India is reportedly worried about the impact of cryptocurrencies on the Indian currency of Rupee. W … | Continue reading
The blockchain and crypto research firm Diar has published a report on Feb 4th stating that the trading volumes have dipped to new lows in January. The report suggests that the recent dip in trading volumes have surpassed the lows of 2017. The report published by Diar further sta … | Continue reading
American internet retailer Overstock’s venture arm Medici Ventures’ subsidiary Medici Land Governance has inked a MoU (memorandum of understanding) with the Mexican government for the development of a digital land records system. Medici Land Governance leverages Blockchain and re … | Continue reading
If you have ever wondered about what will be the top 5 most private cryptocurrencies of 2019, look no further for we have all the answers you need. Privacy cryptocurrencies, or crypto coins that protect the private identity and data of the users, much more discreetly than is the … | Continue reading
Social media behemoth Facebook’s secretive crypto arm has successfully acquired Chainspace, a Blockchain-based startup that specializes in the development of smart contracts. If reports are to be believed then Facebook has integrated most of Chainspace’s research team. The financ … | Continue reading
The Australian government financial intelligence agency called the Austrac has officially registered as much as 246 digital currency exchanges. The process of registering these exchanges involved due diligence including anti-money laundering procedures and other background checks … | Continue reading
Ryan Zinke, who had been serving as the interior secretary to the President of the United States has given up his coveted position in the White House to pursue his passion for blockchain technology. Over the course of last two years, Ryan Zinke, who was the interior secretary to … | Continue reading
Bitcoin Mining was intended to keep the Bitcoin blockchain decentralized controlled by the peers of the community. Since the mining difficulty has increased significantly over the years, the process has become more complicated than ever before. Countries with easily available che … | Continue reading
Axel Springer SE, which happens to be Europe’s largest digital publisher, has announced their tie up with blockchain startup SatoshiPay according to local reports in London, on Jan 31st. This new partnership will be directed towards facilitating direct payments using blockchain. … | Continue reading
The market crash has really rattled people all across the industry. Many startups had to close their doors and many had to downsize just to remain in the game. Similarly, the smart contract based company Hosho had to cut down majorly on their staff population. With an aim to audi … | Continue reading
Are you wondering how to buy Ripple with Skrill? Then you have come to the right place as we will now tell you exactly how to do so. Now if you have read our beginner's guide to Ripple, you would know that it is a cryptocurrency that is primarily focused… | Continue reading
South Korea has finally completed its 3-month investigations on the ICO offerings by different crypto service providing firms in the country and has come up with its stance after the investigation. The investigation agency has found that many companies have by-passed its ICO ban … | Continue reading
The title sound for sure as click-bait, but blame IBM not us, who has decided to ship a container full of mandarin oranges from China to Singapore. Yes, you heard that right, IBM has decided to show the world that Blockchain Technology is just not about cryptocurrencies only. In … | Continue reading
Global Banking giant, J.P. Morgan has recently made an array of comments on the future of blockchain technology and other innovations. In a recent interview, J.P. Morgan’s chair of global research, Joyce Change stated that blockchain technology is 3 to 5 years away from displayin … | Continue reading
Proof of Work(PoW), Proof Of Stake(PoS) and Proof of Burn are different algorithms used by various cryptocurrencies to verify the transactions on the network. This article would help you understand the differences and their importance in the transaction verification on a decentr … | Continue reading
The Boerse Stuttgart Group, which is the second largest stock exchange in all of Germany has sent out a tweet announcing to the world that it is officially launching Bison, a brand new crypto trading app. This announcement was made on 31st January, 2019. As we had reported last y … | Continue reading
If you are a keen crypto enthusiast, you may be familiar with terms like DApps. It the common consensus now that DApps has taken the world by storm and is the future of investing in crypto. DApps which are based on the blockchain technology is shut down proof, do not… | Continue reading
It is not always possible to shell out the big bucks to store your cryptocurrencies in robustly secure hardware wallets. When you have to fall back on web wallets for crypto, you must know how to choose the best. For that reason, we will provide you with a list of… | Continue reading
The wrapped Bitcoin project is a combined effort of various developers who have created a token called Wrapped Bitcoin, based on the Bitcoin core. The token was launched on the Ethereum network on January 30 and it has already been listed on various exchanges. The collaborated ef … | Continue reading
The news that Samsung Galaxy S10 is doing something with the Android phones which can support Bitcoins and other cryptocurrency systems. This is the third time of the news which incorporates last year’s flagship of Samsung. The first news came on December said that Galaxy S10 wou … | Continue reading
The Central Bank of Iran has issued new draft rules and guidelines regarding the cryptocurrency market, officially recognizing Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies. Even though this contradicts (and reverses) the Bank's previous ruling in April 2018 when it banned any and all … | Continue reading
Blockchain technology has found a new use as it will now be used to manage and track the waiting lists to Kindergarten schools in Astana, the national capital of Kazakhstan. According to the report published on 29th January, 2019 by a local news media outlet, the implementation o … | Continue reading
Community-funded nonprofit foundation NEM, a company designed to promote the NEM Blockchain, is planning layoffs across its entire 150-person workforce, due to the several large budget cuts and ahead of an imminent restructuring. The newly elected president of the NEM Foundation, … | Continue reading
The time of women is here and it is now. As a fellow woman in the tech world, which is traditionally considered a male dominated field, it is heart warming to see another woman being appointed to a position of great prestige and power. The Global Blockchain Council has named… | Continue reading
Japanese Yen has overtaken the US dollar in worldwide Bitcoin Trading for the first time, according to data by Coinhills. A total of 490,925.45 BTC were traded against JPY over the last 24-hour trading volume on January 29. The data suggest that USD accounted for 45.80 of the tot … | Continue reading
For the past six months, top South Korean crypto exchanges have been marred in several controversies ans scandals attracting police investigations and retreat from the community. These six months have seen the controversial acquisition of Bithumb, an investigation into Upbit, an … | Continue reading
There is no such thing as free lunch, they say. Then are free Bitcoins scam or legit? Let's find out. It is easy to be tempted when you are offered Bitcoins for free. Even at their bearish low, Bitcoins cost roughly around $3500 each. That means even getting 0.1 BTC… | Continue reading
Nobody will deny the fact that the cryptocurrency market is a mixed picture on Wednesday. Bitcoin price fell yesterday extending losses to $3,341. However, the dominating cryptocurrency managed to recover above $3,400 level by the time of writing to stay unchanged on a day-to-day … | Continue reading