A rumour had recently surfaced suggesting that the Russian government was planning to purchase Bitcoins (BTC) worth $10 billion this quarter but a Russian official has shot it down quite vehemently. Russian parliament Duma has a group dedicated to cryptocurrencies and the chairpe … | Continue reading
Jimmy song, the Bitcoin developer has drawn everyone's attention towards one of the biggest humanitarian crisis in France History, also known as Yellow Vest Protest. The protest is being carried out by the working class wearing bright yellow vests, against the government's badly … | Continue reading
The South Korean government has started to examine the use-cases of Blockchain Technology in its military projects. A team has been set up to look for different possibilities of integrating blockchain solutions into the defense industry. The Defense Acquisition Program Administra … | Continue reading
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) will be releasing a "policy paper" regarding Bitcoin (BTC) and the cryptocurrency industry as a whole in the coming months, possibly laying the foundations crypto regulations and cracking down on unlicensed companies. According to a report by … | Continue reading
ConsenSys, a well-known firm that deals in blockchain technology, has announced its collaboration with news media industry leaders to grow and develop a WordPress-based news platform called NewsPack. This announcement has come via an official press release published from ConsenSy … | Continue reading
There are those who see the glass as half full, and those who see it as half empty, while some of us wonder whether or not in the next five years, the glass can be bought with digital currency. As bizarre as that may sound, people do actually predict and… | Continue reading
An interesting statement has been made by Luzius Meisser, a member of the Bitcoin Association Switzerland board. An economist and computer scientist and co-founder of the Bitcoin Association Switzerland, Meisser believes that the next wave of crypto innovation will be centred aro … | Continue reading
Cryptocurrency exchange giant Binance is entering European markets with the launch of a new platform for fiat-to-cryptocurrency trading, according to a recent press release. The release details the launch of a new trading platform, named Binance Jersey. The platform is designed e … | Continue reading
The release date of Ethereum’s Constantinople upgrade, which is set to enhance the Ethereum network massively, has been postponed several times. And yet again, we have heard the news that there will be another delay in the much-awaited upgrade due to a vulnerability uncovered dur … | Continue reading
American IT giant IBM, Michigan-based automaker Ford, China-based cobalt supplier Huayou Cobalt, and South Korea-based cathode maker LF Chem are collaborating together for a Blockchain-based project to track and manage cobalt supplies from the African nation of Congo. The pilot B … | Continue reading
The recent attack on Ethereum Classic network saw three exchanges, Gate.io, Binance, and Birtu losing a ton of money in double spending. However, a recent development suggests that the Hackers behind the 51% attack have decided to return $100,000 to Gate.io according to an articl … | Continue reading
TRON is becoming a hot topic with each passing day. This time, the world’s 9th largest cryptocurrency has partnered with ABCC cryptocurrency exchange, according to the tweet posted on January 15th, 2019 by Justin Sun. TRON’s CEO and founder, Justin Sun has subsequently confirmed … | Continue reading
Investors in the crypto markets suffered massive losses last year as the prices Bitcoin and other altcoins collapsed. While the intelligent thing that traders should have done at such bleak times would have been to liquidate their cryptocurrencies to lock in their losses and clai … | Continue reading
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, or CZ as he is known as, has received a great deal of flak for apparently encouraging users to store their crypto holdings directly on exchange. He recently took to Twitter to (as he later clarified) to promote BinanceDEX but his tweet came across as o … | Continue reading
Ethereum Classic is an open-source, blockchain-based distributed computing platform featuring smart contract functionality. It is Ethereum Classic Blockchain that offers a decentralized Turing-complete virtual machine, known as EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine), that can execute scr … | Continue reading
The Japanese finance giant, SBI Holdings, has a crypto subsidiary called SBI Crypto Investment. Reports tell us of a recent development with the crypto subsisdiary. The group has recently invested in crypto firm Breadwinner AG, which is based out of Switzerland. Breadwinner is a … | Continue reading
The ability to move cryptocurrency seamlessly across the world makes it a target for hackers and criminals lurking around in the cyberspace looking to make some quick bucks. Fake wallets created in an attempt to steal the funds of unsuspecting users is nothing new when it comes t … | Continue reading
The US Government Shutdown has now entered into the fourth week, making it the longest shut down in the recorded US history. The shutdown has resulted in the closure of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The closure o … | Continue reading
If you are new to cryptocurrency and do not know a great deal about the mining process, then cloud mining could be your way to earning crypto riches. However, not all the cloud mining websites out there are legit, with several cases of Scams coming out in the past. So,… | Continue reading
If you are a fellow cryptocurrency enthusiast, or someone who has any idea about the industry, then the name Tim Draper will be familiar to you. A millionaire venture capitalist and a blockchain enthusiast, Draper has done his bit in ensuring that people are aware of what blockch … | Continue reading
Crypto Market lost 11% of its total market cap in a single day on January 11, as reported by BTC Wires. In that article, we discussed how the dumping game has made the already volatile crypto market bleed in excess of $15 Billion in a single day and another dump… | Continue reading
With what seems to have become a trend among companies in the Blockchain and crypto community, Blockfolio, the crypto portfolio tracker and management company, has reportedly fired some of its employees during the ongoing crypto market crash. The unending crypto winter has had ma … | Continue reading
ICC, the world cricket body, has acknowledged the hacking of Cricket South Africa Official Twitter handle and asked the users not to engage with the handle unless it has been restored. The hackers behind the deed used the handle to promote a scam of Bitcoin lottery. The Twitter h … | Continue reading
Last month, we reported that Russia was putting its decision regarding Venezuelan cryptocurrency Petro on hold but now it seems it has finally taken a call on the same. However, the decision is far from a crypto-friendly one as Russia has declined the possibility of using Petro, … | Continue reading
As the second week of January 2019 drew to a close, Bitcoin finished in the red, its price well under the basic benchmark price of $4000. As of the time of writing, Bitcoin is priced at just a little over $3,500, $3,558.10, to be precise. Given that there was so… | Continue reading
A smart contract auditing startup Decenter recently tweeted that Google (Alphabet Inc.) has allegedly blacklisted keywords that have Ethereum (ETH) in it, on its advertising platform Google Ads. https://twitter.com/DecenterTeam/status/1083392362544594944 This comes as a slightly … | Continue reading
Japan became one of the first countries to regulate the digital asset market which has propelled its position as the leader for crypto communities and institutions. Japan amounts to the highest trading volume for cryptocurrencies. It has become mandatory for any new crypto servic … | Continue reading
Estonia’s Ambassador to India, Riho Kruuv, on Thursday announced that India’s richest man Mukesh Ambani, Microsoft Founder Bill Gates, and India’s Union Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad, all have one thing in common- they are the holders of Estonia’s e-residency. Estonia’s e-residen … | Continue reading
As you take stock of your cryptocurrency portfolio at the beginning of the new year, it's time to consider fresh investments. Will Bitcoin Gold be a good investment in 2019? The answer is tricky but analysing its potential step by step should help. In this article, we will quickl … | Continue reading
If you are looking for reasons to buy Ethereum Classic, this new year, we may be able to help you out. Ethereum Classic (ETC) is an open-source, peer-to-peer, computing platform based on blockchain technology and the original Ethereum code. Just like Ethereum, it provides a value … | Continue reading
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) announced on January 10 that the Chinese government will "compel" Blockchain companies to take down undesirable content from their platforms and give them full access to privately stored data to verify the identities of the users. It s … | Continue reading
While we have analysed the various arguments for and against the possibility of an impending Bitcoin bull run, few have stopped to wonder what is next for altcoins in 2019. Few can guarantee that we have truly escaped the crypto winter that plagued almost the whole of 2018 but ma … | Continue reading
Two researchers, Guillermo Suarez-Tangil and Sergio Pastrana, published their report last week, measuring that hackers have mined nearly 4.32% of the total Monero in circulation. The researchers wrote - “Overall, we estimate there are at least 2,218 active campaigns that have acc … | Continue reading
Ethereum classic(ETC) has proven to be a disappointment for many investors who saw it as the next big thing for crypto investments. The price of ETC never rallied or grew in the same ratio as its peers. ETC is currently trading at a $5 price range, while the highest it… | Continue reading
As per reports, the Government of India may be putting the legalization of cryptocurrencies in the pipeline. Such legalization, however, would be followed under strict conditions. A government committee has reportedly met at least two times to discuss the issue of legalization o … | Continue reading
Bitcoin slump has become a common scenario these days, and it's now new that the leading cryptocurrency is no longer stable to maintain its position in the market value. Yes, another Bitcoin bubble popped on Friday setting yet another fresh yearly low, sliding below the $3,200 ma … | Continue reading