New Bank of Israel Report Recommends Against Creating Digital Shekel: David Hundeyin
The Bank of Israel has released the results of a research study commissioned in late 2017 to examine the feasibility of issuing a cryptocurrency that would be equivalent in value to the shekel. Dubbed the ‘Digital Shekel’, the proposed cryptocurrency has been…
Blockchain Startup BlockVentures Releases Security Token Listing Platform Securities.io: Sponsored
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More than a Quarter of Young Germans are Interested in Crypto Investing: P. H. Madore
Hesse and Saxony, two states in Germany, recently conducted a joint survey of over 1,000 citizens as regards their feelings toward Bitcoin, a German news outlet reports. The findings of the survey probably don’t surprise anyone: younger people were more recep…
Bitcoin Market Share Falls to Monthly Low as Ripple and Bitcoin Cash Rally: P. H. Madore
Bitcoin market dominance has fallen to a monthly low of just over 51% of the overall market capitalization while Ripple and Bitcoin Cash have both rallied multiple percentage points over the past week. Bitcoin’s overall value in the cryptocurrency market is a…
Coinbase CTO: Crypto is Entering the Tech Mainstream: Joseph Young
Balaji Srinivasan, a prominent venture capital investor and the chief technical officer at Coinbase, said that crypto is entering the tech mainstream. “Sundar Pichai & Sergey Brin’s sons are both mining crypto; Facebook is doing blockchain; Square open source…
Apple Blackballs Wildly Popular Crypto Podcast ‘Off the Chain’ without Warning: Samantha Chang
Apple abruptly removed the popular crypto podcast “Off the Chain” from its podcast store. The show is hosted by Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano, the founder and managing partner of investment firm Morgan Creek Digital Assets. The sudden move has triggered widespread…
Crypto Market Volume Explodes to $13 Billion as Traders Grow Optimistic: Joseph Young
Over the past three days, the volume of major cryptocurrencies and the rest of the crypto market has increased substantially, from around $10 billion to $13 billion. Bitcoin, in particular, has seen a large increase in volume from $3.1 billion to $4.3 billion…
Cryptojacking Attack Forces Canadian University to Shut Down Entire Network: David Hundeyin
St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia, Canada has been targeted by cryptocurrency mining malware in a cyberattack that has forced the institution to shut down its entire network for the better part of a week as system administrators struggle to root ou…
It’s Not Money! ‘Bank for Central Banks’ Slams Bitcoin [Again]: Jimmy Aki
Contrary to the notion among many crypto enthusiasts that bitcoin is a speculative investment with major upside potential, a stakeholder in the legacy financial sector has rubbished the value attached to digital assets, describing them as mere software algori…
Just a Ripple? XRP Price Hits One-Month High But Eyes Correction: Yashu Gola
Ripple (XRP) on Tuesday established a bullish setup after rising more than 10 percent against the US dollar. The pair broke above the October peak to set a new one-month high at 0.569-fiat. It was previously stuck in a narrow trading range for multiple weeks …
You Can Now Use Crypto to Take out a Real Mortgage on Virtual Land: Josiah Wilmoth
It’s not Thursday, but this story sure feels like a throwback to headlines from last year’s cryptocurrency mania: crypto enthusiasts have begun using their tokens to take out real mortgages on virtual land. Decentraland & Ripio Partner for Crypto Mortgage Ser…
Bitcoin Price: Crypto Market May be Poised for Bullish Breakout: Yashu Gola
Bitcoin on Tuesday confirmed another bull flag formation after reversing from its downside correction action. The BTC/USD pair has almost negated the losses made during yesterday’s trading session, bringing the 24-hour gains to 0.46 percent. The pair found a …
OSA Token Secures Listing at Bibox Exchange: Press Release
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Noorcoin as the Face of the Industry Revolution 4.0 Sets for a Global Impact: Press Release
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No, Those Elon Musk Crypto Scams Probably Haven’t Made Fraudsters $175,000: P. H. Madore
A reporter receives a scam tip, reviews the e-mail, checks an address on the blockchain, and figures the balance shown is the take from the scam in progress. Probably the author and most of his peers are guilty of the assumption — the pseudonymous nature of t…
TomoChain Announces New Office in Japan: Press Release
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Cryptaur Announce Partnership with NEM and Proximax a the Gitex Future Starts Event: Press Release
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Venezuela’s Supreme Court Orders Indemnity Payments in State Crypto Petro: Francisco Memoria
Venezuela’s Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) has recently ordered a national institute to pay indemnities to one of its employees after she suffered a workplace injury in its oil-backed cryptocurrency petro. According to Sputnik, the Supreme Court’s ruling was …
Bitcoin Mining Giant Bitmain to Release Next-Generation ASICs This Week: Josiah Wilmoth
Bitmain, the dominant bitcoin mining firm and the most valuable company in the cryptocurrency industry, has announced that it will release its next generation of application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chip miners this week. In a tweet posted yesterday…