Bitcoin Price Hits 2018-Low at $5,825, Where Will it Bottom Out?
The bitcoin price has dipped below the $5,900 mark, after initially dipping below the $6,000 mark on June 23. Subsequent to four consecutive sell-offs as
June 24, 2018 No Comments
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3 Reasons Why Bitcoin Market Remains Optimistic Despite $6,000
On June 23, CNBC Fast Trader hosted a show dedicated to presenting the “Bitcoin Funeral,” a witty introduction to BKCM founder and cryptocurrency investor Brian
June 23, 2018 No Comments
Congress Should Take Action Against Privacy Coins: Secret Service Official
A top official in the US Secret Service has asked Congress to take action against privacy-centric cryptocurrencies like zcash and monero, which include features designed
June 22, 2018 No Comments
Chinese Police Seize 200 Bitcoin, Ethereum Mining Rigs Over Electricity Theft
Chinese police have reportedly seized over 200 computers used to mine bitcoin and ethereum in a crypto-mining operation that allegedly stole electricity. According to a
June 22, 2018 No Comments
Japan’s Biggest Cryptocurrency Exchange Suspend New Accounts amid Stricter Regulation
Merely three days after the Japanese government and local financial authorities requested cryptocurrency exchanges to improve their infrastructures, bitFlyer, the country’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, has
June 22, 2018 No Comments
3 Hacks in 12 Months: The Reasons Behind Crypto Exchange Bithumb’s Failings
South Korea’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb, which has been the most trusted digital asset trading platform within the country alongside UPbit, Coinone, and Korbit over
June 20, 2018 No Comments
15% of Metropolitan Bank’s Deposits are Owned by Cryptocurrency Investors
Metropolitan Bank, a commercial bank based in New York, has revealed that more than 15 percent of the bank’s deposits are made by cryptocurrency investors
June 19, 2018 No Comments
Tron Price Pumps Following BitTorrent Acquisition
The Tron price surged more than 17 percent on Tuesday amid reports that founder Justin Sun is now in the final stages of closing a
June 19, 2018 No Comments
Active Blockchain Projects in Use? Logistics is Overtaking Finance
Many predicted that finance would be among the first innovators in the blockchain. Harvard Business Review concluded that education about blockchain is no longer lacking
June 19, 2018 No Comments
Paris Hilton’s Hotel Mogul Father to Sell $38 Million Mansion for Cryptocurrency
Richard “Rick” Hilton, chairman of Hilton & Hyland and father of American socialite and reality TV star Paris Hilton, is selling the $38 million Palazzetto
June 19, 2018 No Comments
Walmart Patents System for Accessing Medical Records Stored on a Blockchain
Big-box retailer Walmart has been awarded a patent for a system that is designed to store a patient’s vital medical records in a blockchain database.
June 17, 2018 No Comments
Brazilian Entrepreneur Creates Bitcoin-Powered Coffee Machine
Ricardo Reis, a Brazilian entrepreneur, has recently created a bitcoin-powered coffee machine, in an attempt to show the flagship cryptocurrency has various potential use cases
June 17, 2018 No Comments
Ripple Expects India to Overturn Cryptocurrency Ban with Regulations
Ripple is reportedly ‘unfazed’ by the Indian central bank’s mandate on restricting banks from dealing with cryptocurrencies and expects a new regulatory framework to rescind
June 15, 2018 No Comments
Crypto Market Rebounds as SEC Clarifies Bitcoin and Ethereum are Not Securities
The cryptocurrency market has rebounded from $271 billion to $291 billion, by more than $20 billion in the past 24 hours, as the US Securities
June 15, 2018 No Comments
MoneyConf 2018: The Tokenisation of Everything, as Explained by Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire
Jeremy Allaire of Circle, a peer-to-peer payments technology company backed by Goldman Sachs, spoke on the ‘Tokenisation of Everything’ today at MoneyConf in Dublin, the
June 14, 2018 No Comments
Newsflash: SEC Director Says Ether Is Not a Security
A top official at the US Securities and Exchange Commission said that ether — the native currency of the Ethereum network — is not a
June 14, 2018 No Comments
Bitcoin Price Could Reach Further Lows Below $6,000: Analyst
Ran Neu Ner, founder of Onchain Capital, and host of Cryptotrader on CNBC Africa was on CNBC’s Fast Money offering his prediction that bitcoin is
June 13, 2018 No Comments
Why Coinbase Added Ethereum Classic Ahead of Ripple & Other Tokens
Coinbase, the biggest cryptocurrency exchange, brokerage, and wallet based in the US, integrated Ethereum Classic on June 12 ahead of other major cryptocurrencies such as
June 12, 2018 No Comments
Female Cryptocurrency Investors Doubled in Six Months: UK Exchange Research
The London Block Exchange recently carried out market research and found out one in eight women would consider investing in a cryptocurrency — almost 13%,
June 12, 2018 No Comments
94 Out of Top 100 Blockchain Projects are Built on Ethereum
According to Kevin Rooke, a cryptocurrency researcher and YouTuber, the Ethereum community already has more than 250,000 developers, and 94 out of the top 100
June 11, 2018 No Comments
Korea Will Regulate Cryptocurrency Exchanges Like Commercial Banks, Legitimizing Industry
The Korea Financial Intelligence Unit (KFIU) and other local financial agencies will regulate cryptocurrency exchanges like banks, imposing strict anti-money laundering (AML) policies to ensure
June 11, 2018 No Comments
Bitmain Raises $400 Million in Pre-IPO Funding, Now Valued at $12 Billion: Report
Bitmain, the dominant force in bitcoin mining, has reportedly raised $400 million as it gears up to go public later this year. Regional media outlet
June 11, 2018 No Comments
Cryptocurrency Market Falls $25 Billion Overnight as Bitcoin Drops 6%: Factors and Trends
The cryptocurrency market has recorded a decline of over $25 billion overnight, after an abrupt bitcoin sell-off was recorded on June 10. Analysts have attributed
June 11, 2018 No Comments
Korean Cryptocurrency Exchange Coinrail Suffers $40 Million Theft
South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Coinrail said it was the victim of a hack on Sunday, with reported losses of about 40 billion won ($37.2 million)
June 11, 2018 No Comments
Newsflash: Bitcoin Price Plunges Below $6,700, Crypto Market Dips Below $300 Billion
The bitcoin price plunged below $6,700 on Sunday as the market endured a double-digit percentage sell-off. The cryptocurrency markets had traded down for the majority
June 10, 2018 No Comments
Crypto Auction: $5.6 Million Andy Warhol Art to be Sold via Ethereum Blockchain
From bond issuances to educational certificates, blockchain technology is increasingly finding new use-cases every day. Stepping aside from its use in financial and industrial sectors,
June 8, 2018 No Comments
Bitcoin Mining Giant Bitmain Could Go Public in Record-Breaking IPO: Report
Bitmain, the dominant force in cryptocurrency mining, is considering going public in what could be a record-setting offering for the industry. Bloomberg reports that the
June 7, 2018 No Comments
SEC Not Changing Securities Rules to Accommodate ICOs [But Bitcoin’s Fine]: Chairman Clayton
SEC Chief Jay Clayton has put several regulatory questions to rest by firmly stating in a CNBC interview posted earlier today that the SEC will
June 7, 2018 No Comments
Ex-Iced Tea Maker ‘Long Blockchain’ Faces Reckoning as Nasdaq Prepares to Delist Its Shares
Long Blockchain, considered by many to be the face of the cryptocurrency bubble, is about to face its reckoning, as the Nasdaq Stock Exchange has
June 6, 2018 No Comments
Twitch Streaming App Streamlabs Adds Support for Cryptocurrency Tipping
Popular Twitch streaming app Streamlabs will now allow users to tip streamers using cryptocurrency, the company announced on Friday. The service, which allows live stream
June 4, 2018 No Comments
Ripple Donates $50 Million to 17 Universities to Boost Blockchain, Crypto Adoption
Cryptocurrency startup Ripple, the blockchain-based payment network, is donating $50 million to 17 universities around the world to bolster the adoption of blockchain, the technology
June 4, 2018 No Comments
Australia’s First ‘Digital Currency Town’ Accepts Bitcoin to Boost Tourism
Australian beach town Agnes Water is billing itself the country’s first ‘digital currency town’ in an effort to attract international digital-savvy travelers to boost its
June 4, 2018 No Comments
Norway’s Largest Bank Partners IOTA for Distributed Ledger Solutions
IOTA announced a partnership with DNB ASA on May 31. As part of the partnership, DNB and IOTA are exploring ways to implement the new
June 1, 2018 No Comments
SEC Obtains Emergency Order to Halt Scam ICO, ‘Blockchain Evangelist’ Charged
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced yesterday that it has obtained a court order to halt a fraudulent ICO that has raised as much as $21
May 30, 2018 No Comments
Crypto World ’Definitely in a Bubble’: Wikipedia Creator Jimmy Wales
The co-founder of the world’s largest online encyclopedia said that he believes the current state of the cryptocurrency market bears many of the characteristics of
May 29, 2018 No Comments
EOS ICO Approaches $4 Billion after Year-Long Crowdsale
The initial coin offering (ICO) for blockchain project EOS is approaching $4 billion as it nears the conclusion of its year-long token sale. According to
May 29, 2018 No Comments
Philippines’ Banks to Pilot Ethereum-based Blockchain for Retail Payments
Five rural banks in the Philippines will conduct a pilot of a real-time retail payments system on a blockchain developed by Ethereum startup Consensys. In
May 28, 2018 No Comments
Korea’s Biggest Cryptocurrency Exchange Bans Trading in 11 Countries
Citing money laundering concerns, South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has banned trading in 11 countries including North Korea, Iran, Iraq. In an announcement on Monday,
May 28, 2018 No Comments
Cryptocurrency Market Continues to Fall as Bitcoin Price Seeks Support at $6,700
On previous reports, CCN.com emphasized that the price of bitcoin will likely fall to the higher end of the $6,000 region in the short-term. Over
May 27, 2018 No Comments
Bitcoin Gold Responds to Recent Double Spend Attack
The development team behind Bitcoin Gold has released an update on last week’s 51 percent attack, which the attacker weaponized through a double spend attack
May 25, 2018 No Comments
There’s 1 Bitcoin Hidden in This Puzzle, and Whoever Solves it Wins
Another treasure hunt is underway n the Bitcoin community as members seek to crack a puzzle hidden in an image that resembles a “word cloud”.
May 25, 2018 No Comments
DOJ’s Bitcoin Price Manipulation Probe a ‘Good Thing’: Mike Novogratz
Billionaire investor and former hedge fund manager Mike Novogratz said that he is optimistic that the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) recently-launched probe into allegations
May 25, 2018 No Comments
Argentinian Bank Drops Out of SWIFT, Favors Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency
According to Toshi Times, Jose Dakak, the principal shareholder of Argentinian bank Banco Masventas, has stated that the bank will drop out of the global
May 24, 2018 No Comments
Bitcoin Gold Hit by Double Spend Attack, Exchanges Lose Millions
A malicious miner successfully executed a double-spend attack on the Bitcoin Gold network last week, making BTG at least the third altcoin to succumb to
May 23, 2018 1 Comment
1 Million Transactions/Sec: Japan’s Largest Bank Plans Blockchain Payments in 2020
MUFG, Japan’s biggest bank, has announced plans to launch a ‘hyper-scale’ blockchain payments network to be co-developed with cloud delivery giant Akamai for faster, cheaper
May 23, 2018 No Comments
1000 Bitcoins Seized in Landmark Israeli Money Laundering Case
The cybercrime division of the State Attorney’s office of Hebron, Israel indicted local resident Hilmi Git on Monday for allegedly using over 800 Israeli credit
May 22, 2018 No Comments
Privacy Coin Verge Succumbs to 51% Attack [Again]
Privacy-centric cryptocurrency Verge (XVG) appears to have succumbed to a 51 percent attack for the second time since the beginning of April. According to data
May 22, 2018 No Comments
Bitcoin, Ethereum Prices Drop 3% in Sluggish Crypto Market: Factors and Trends
Over the past 24 hours, the valuation of the cryptocurrency market has dropped from $390 to $373 billion, by more than $17 billion. The bitcoin
May 22, 2018 No Comments