A Career In Blockchain
By Sam Mitchell
Initially developed to report for bitcoin, blockchain is now one of the world’s most vibrant technologies. We have covered here before, the milestones blockchain is making in various sectors of the world economies. And the blockchain endorsements haven’t stopped coming in yet. Government sectors, industry leaders and entrepreneurs are among the endorsers of the disrupting technology. These endorsements have positioned blockchain in the right path of success. Demand for blockchain...
Upcoming Ethereum Scaling Projects
By Sam Mitchell
Cryptocurrencies might be making a comeback, but they aren’t yet half what they were in the last quarter of 2017. However, to give credit where it’s due, they are recovering, and things look good. In addition to the rising prices are essential development procedures to look forward to in 2019. Parties in the crypto community will be particularly interested in Ethereum in 2019. The digital currency has upgrades and breakthroughs...
Online Casinos That Accept Cryptocurrencies
By Umberto Papa
Bovada Casino is quite popular amongst the gamblers and casino players in the United States and other parts of the subcontinent. It offers many gaming and gambling options to choose from. The monopoly of Bovada Casino’s popularity is its transactions via cryptocurrency. Bovada Casino can be accessed through diverse devices and OS. Its inception was in 2011 and since then it is gaining popularity day by day. Bovada Casino is...
Why Security Tokens Will Become Popular In 2019
By Sam Mitchell
Experts have predicted that in the next 10 years, security tokens could become a multi-trillion dollar market. Security tokens are showing prominence and have already generated interest from crypto enthusiasts. Security tokens are now being perceived as worthy alternatives to ICOS and investors are exploring the substitute. And the crackdown of ICOs in 2018 by regulatory bodies is helping. Even major companies like Coinbase and Nasdaq have started organizing forays...
India’s Crypto Regulations An Approval Away
By Sam Mitchell
Subhash Chandra Garg, India’s new finance secretary has confirmed that the report with details regarding India’s crypto regulation has been finalized and is ready to be submitted to the finance minister for approval. Now the question remains; how soon will the crypto community wait to see the regulations in action? A Never Ending Story According to the local media, the report with the recommended crypto regulations will be ready for...
Rare Cryptos You Should Ponder
By Sam Mitchell
It is estimated that there are over 1600 cryptocurrencies on the market today. Not all stand the test of time and instability being currently experienced in the market. Many of these projects have come crumbling down especially after the bearish run of 2018. One of the other reasons why new crypto projects crumble down in their early stages is people’s perception of altcoins. People perceive the dominant cryptos as the...
Coincoin Now Accepting BCH
By Sam Mitchell
Coincoin, one of the leading mining parts suppliers in Venezuela, has announced that it will now be accepting BCH. Venezuela is among the countries where virtual currencies enjoy a very speedy adoption. The south American country suffered certain economic and political crisis in the past. This led to hyperinflation of the bolivar, which is the country's national currency. Coincoin has its offices in Caracas and is among a host of...
A Portuguese Football Team May Turn To ICO To Raise Funds
By Sam Mitchell
A popular Portuguese football club has revealed that it may launch an initial coin offering (ICO) to raise funds. Sporting Clube de Portugal (SCP) has not been successful in raising the required amount through bonds. The club may join other sports teams such as Paris Saint-Germain, Newcastle United, and Cardiff City, which are already planning to launch their own Cryptocurrencies. Cash-Strapped Sporting Clube de Portugal Ponders ICO The popularity of...
G20 Supports Crypto Regulation
By Sam Mitchell
The G20 Countries have released a declaration in support of the regulation of the Crypto sector. The G20 forum brings together central bank governors and governments of the 20 largest economies in the world. In a joint statement, the countries said that they will regulate virtual currencies to control their use in terrorism financing and money laundering in line with FATF standards. Moreover, the countries said they will consider other...
Who Loves Crypto? North Korea, That’s Who
By Jason Bloomberg
What is cryptocurrency really good for? Let’s ask the North Koreans. Raising funds from criminal activities and evading sanctions are two of North Korea’s most significant uses of crypto, according to the recently published report Closing the Crypto Gap: Guidance for Countering North Korean Cryptocurrency Activity in Southeast Asia from the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI), a non-profit British think tank. According to this report,...
Etoro Lists Binance Crypto Token
By Sam Mitchell
eToro, a social trading platform, has officially announced its partnership with Binance and has listed its Crypto token, the Binance Coin (BNB), on its platform. eToro has also become the first platform to provide the BNB tokens for trading to investors through using fiat currency. This new addition of the BNB token on the eToro platform puts the total number of Crypto assets available on the platform to thirteen. Long-Term...
Top Crypto Performers Of The Week
By Sam Mitchell
According to Binance research, bitcoin has rallied alongside other crypto assets considered safe havens. Bitcoin is slowly gaining acceptance as a hedge against political issues and monetary easing by banks. Bitwise, in a letter to investors explained that all the attention brought by Libra coin has forwarded the public discourse on crypto by two to three years. But not all the attention has been positive, although the involvement by regulators...
Crypto Recommendations To End Confusion In India?
By Sam Mitchell
India's finance minister has received Cryptocurrency recommendations from the panel that was appointed by the government to carry out the task. The new move is an indicator that the country is about to have the much-awaited Crypto legal framework. However, given the report was shared by anonymous sources, industry participants are waiting for the official announcement to be sure of the fate of Crypto sector in the country. On Friday,...
Best Time For Cryptocurrencies?
By Sam Mitchell
The cryptocurrency environment has been quite undesirable for many traders the past two years. Many of these traders have lost interest and many have been reduced to spectators, watching crypto development from the sidelines. Despite these shortcomings, the industry has been evolving and ticking, all along. After the hullabaloo of ICOs and two year downswing of cryptocurrencies. It’s amazing to see things picking again. The much needed breather is over...
What’s Going on with Crypto Prices? Use Your Nose
By Jason Bloomberg
Every crypto fan noticed bitcoin network above $4,000 on March 16th. However, there was broad confusion over why. Sure, there were plenty of theories. Crypto expert Nigel Green says the crypto winter is over. Prominent crypto trader Alec Ziupsnys says that the crypto market has hit bottom. And then there’s crypto whale Zhao Dong, who advises hodlers to keep on hodling – the “only thing you need is patience.” With...
The Rumors of Cryptojacking’s Death are Greatly Exaggerated
By Jason Bloomberg
Thank heavens for crypto, or we wouldn’t have two of the greatest cybersecurity scourges of the 21st century: ransomware and cryptojacking. Ransomware was the cybercriminal’s darling in 2017, followed shortly by illicit cryptomining aka cryptojacking in 2018. Now that crypto prices are in the toilet (relatively speaking), it seems that cybercrooks may be shifting back to ransomware as their crypto-crime of choice. However, don’t count cryptojacking out yet. Just this...
Leading Payment Institutions To Back Facebook’s Crypto
By Sam Mitchell
Mark Zuckerberg-led social media giant Facebook gets big firms on board its cryptocurrency project. According to Wall Street Journal, PayPal, MasterCard and Visa are set to invest $10 million each in an association that will govern the Bitcoin rival. Leading Payment Institutions Joins The Project After months of speculations, it appears a Facebook cryptocurrency is forthcoming. Numerous reports last week said that the crypto’s planned launch is set for June...
Facebook Set To Launch Native Cryptocurrency Next Year, BBC Reports
By Sam Mitchell
Reports from BBC published today, 24th of May, state that Facebook will be launching its own Cryptocurrency next year. The payments focused Crypto has been dubbed the ‘GlobalCoin’. Facebook Consulting Various Entities About Forthcoming Launch According to the BBC reports, the social media giant is looking to launch the digital currency in a dozen countries within the first quarter of 2020 with the testing set to be carried out by the...
Cryptocurrency Mining Now Allowed In US Political Campaigns
By Sam Mitchell
The United States Federal Election Commission is the official body that is charged with conducting elections in the US. In a new twist, the commission has issued a new advisory opinion in regards to the use of cryptocurrency and elections. Henceforth, people are now allowed to make contributions to political campaigns by giving out their computer power to be used for mining cryptocurrency for the political candidates of their choices. The...
Bakkt Announces $182 Million In Raised Funds
By Sam Mitchell
Bakkt has announced that it has raised $182.5 million. The raised funds are to be used in the building of its global digital assets platform and its development of Bitcoin futures product. New Opportunities For Bakkt According to a post on the Medium, made by the firm’s chief executive Kelly Loeffler, the funding round was made possible through its cooperation with twelve of its partners. The ICE (Intercontinental Exchange), the...
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