Steven Seagal’s Crypto Endorsement: Inside A Massive Cloud Mining Crypto Swindle
A multi-platform, multi-continent scam roped in hundreds of people for at least $1,000 each over the course of 2017 and 2018. The old Cloud Mining exit scam in the …
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Epic Games & Fortnite Are Not Into Crypto, Yet
Recent reports that Fortnite was accepting cryptocurrency Monero for purchases of merchandise are incorrect says Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney. CCN reported the news on January 2 after a …
Exclusive Interview: What’s Really Happening at SIRIN Labs?
CCN spoke with Nimrod May to find out if SIRIN will continue making phones or focus on developing an OS. May also gave a side-by-side comparison of the SIRIN …
Exclusive: TrueUSD Partners with Nexo to Provide Holders With Instant Loans on Cryptocurrency
In all the huff and shuffle surrounding the several recent stablecoin offerings, even the most dutiful reader might have overlooked TrueUSD (TUSD). However, December has turned out to be …
OKEx Execs Talk Expansion, Perpetual Swap, and the Controversial Early Settlement
OKEx is currently the largest exchange by trading volume. It’s also the only exchange to offer derivatives trading as well as spot. This month, they held their NextGen conference in …
Exclusive: Aelf’s Zhuling Chen on The Power of Multi-Blockchain Architecture
Aelf is a project which could ultimately change the way we view blockchain infrastructure. CCN spoke to Zhuling Chen, MIT graduate and co-founder of Aelf, who sincerely wants to …
Exclusive: Malta To Get A Blockchain Bank
It seems that Malta is about to get a bank that will finally begin servicing crypto and blockchain companies as well as high net worth individuals, who until recently, …
Cardano Founder Charles Hoskinson Explains Why ADA’s New Smart Contract Tools are a Boon for Fintech
IOHK, a leading blockchain research and development firm, announced two tools developed by a world-leading team for writing smart contracts for the Cardano blockchain. The apps are called Plutus …
Interview: BTC.com’s Alejandro de la Torre on Bitcoin, Crypto Mining, & Whether Satoshi is Female
Alejandro de la Torre is a busy man. His role as VP of Business Operations at BTC.com, Bitmain’s largest mining pool, involves managing the team, educating users, speaking with …
Litecoin’s Franklyn Richards Says Cryptocurrency Will Be Institutionalized — And That’s OK
Everyone’s heard of Litecoin. Not to mention its charismatic creator Charlie Lee who sold all his LTC at the end of last year. A surprise move. Yet one that …
Interview: Power Ledger’s Jemma Green on Using Blockchain to ‘Power the World’
Power Ledger, whose mission is to deliver peer-to-peer electricity to people through the blockchain, has been knocking it out of the park this year in terms of global recognition. …
Exclusive: SpaceX Alum’s Crypto Exchange Will Sell Stock Through Security Token Offering
LXDX, the high-speed cryptocurrency exchange founded by a former SpaceX engineer, has announced that it will issue stock through a security token offering (STO). Institutional Crypto Exchange to Issue …
Interview: How Blockchain Can Make Passwords a Thing of the Past
REMME CEO Alex Momot spoke with CCN recently about the project’s goal to eliminate the need for passwords and related security problems using something he calls a “digital passport” …
India’s Securities Regulator Tight-Lipped on Crypto Regulation, Inquiry Reveals
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) recently responded to some 68-questions about crypto asked by a New Delhi-based legal agency. The response came under the pretext of …
Bitcoin Mutual Fund CEO Explains Why Canada is More Blockchain-Friendly than the U.S.
Canada has set the pace as the first government to ever approve an exclusive bitcoin mutual fund. This builds upon its reputation as a friendly environment for emerging technologies. …
Green Energy Bitcoin Mining Will Have ‘Insignificant Environmental Impact’
As the Bitcoin network grows, so too does the concern around its environmental impact, and with good reason. Bitcoin consumes more electricity than the entire island of Ireland, and …
Meet The Man Who Tracks Kidnappers and Paramilitaries Using Blockchain
We first mentioned Ben Strickland in our coverage of his report on SadaqaCoins, a dark web marketplace aimed at crowdfunding for weapons and paramilitary training of Syrian jihadists. Strickland …
Bitcoin ATM CEO: Cryptocurrency Needs Regulation to Survive
In an exclusive interview with CCN, the CEO of the world’s largest Bitcoin ATM network took a hard stance against those who believe in a world where Bitcoin and …
Interview: Ethereum Development Studio ConsenSys CSO Sam Cassatt
We had the opportunity to interview Sam Cassatt at TechCrunch Disrupt SF. Sam is the Chief Strategy Officer of ConsenSys and has great involvement throughout the organization. Sam has …