Professor Cesare Fracassi Speaks On The Expanding Blockchain Initiative
By Sam Mitchell
University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI) was launched earlier in the year with an objective of promoting a greater understanding of digital payments, crypto and Blockchain in general. In an interview by Ripple Insights that highlights research, people and institutions, Professor Cesare Fracassi who is the director of UBRI initiative at the centre for Analytics and Transformational Tech shared his thoughts on the initiative and its impact. The professor wasn’t shy...
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...
The Future Of Crypto Is More Than Meets The Eye
By Sam Mitchell
Its 2019 and crypto proponents continue to throw jabs at the industry. Crypto marches on. The year started off well and major currencies like bitcoin are reporting positives. In fact, if the recovery continues in the remaining days, February will be the first positive month since July 2018. There is no guarantee of a stable year for individual cryptocurrencies. But, while prices are bound to be volatile in 2019 and...
Bitfury, A Crypto Mining Startup Raises $80M
By Sam Mitchell
This week, Bitfury Group Ltd. said that it managed to raise $80 million from MACSF insurance group, Galaxy Digital, Macquarie Capital, and others. The Crypto mining startup said it will use the fund in the development of its blockchain platform and customizable chips. Many regard the firm as the second largest altcoin miner after Bitmain Technologies Inc. Galaxy Digital And Other Companies Assist Bitfury Raise $80M Bitfury Group Ltd. has...
Commissioner Hester Peirce Insights On ICOs and ETFs
By Sam Mitchell
The US Securities and Exchange Commissioner Hester Peirce wants the commission to change its perspective on Initial Coin Offerings and crypto backed Exchange Traded Fund. Speaking at the University Missouri School of Law, she explored the SEC’s duty of protecting investors while promoting innovation. At the same time, she analyzed the different angles of viewing ICOs and how the commission has approached different issues regarding ETF proposals. In her approach to...
Anonymize Your Crypto Transactions
By Sam Mitchell
Most people still think that blockchain and all cryptocurrencies offer full privacy. With the exception of private coins, the rest cannot guarantee anonymity. The truth is that your crypto transactions can be visible to who cares hard enough to look. The prying eyes of the government tax auditors and criminals could be auditing your ledger. That should worry you, but thankfully, we are here for you. The information in this...
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...
We Are At The Beginning Of The Beginning Of Cryptocurrency- Binance CEO
By Sam Mitchell
According to Changpeng Zhao, Bitcoin revolution is still in its early stages. The billionaire was responding to a tweet his follower when he remarked that the revolution is at ‘the beginning of the beginning’. The message was received well by a huge number of followers who are concerned that they might have missed the cryptocurrency boat. Zhao revealed that he recalled regretting that he hadn’t joined the crypto bandwagon in...
Reasons why Bitcoin Is Surging
By Sam Mitchell
Crypto traders were recently reminded of the events that took place in 2017; when BTC and other altcoins took the world by storm with huge returns. The sustained and sudden breakout has created a sense of panic among the people who neglected to accumulate during the bear market’s depths. Here are some of the reasons why the price of Bitcoin has been soaring for the past couple of years. Heavy...
Users Of Electron Cash Can Now Send BTC To Mobile Users
By Sam Mitchell
There is a series of new features that have been added by the developers of the amazing BTC- based Electron Cash light client. These new features will enable the Electron Cash users to send BTC to mobile phones. This will be made possible using the Cointext service. On top of that, the Cashshuffle service in the wallet now enables up to a total of 99.9999 Bitcoin Cash per a single...
Gemini Successfully Completes Deloitte Audit
By Sam Mitchell
Gemini, the Crypto custodian and exchange has announced the successful completion of the SOC (System and Organization Controls) 2 Type 1 examination conducted by the auditing firm Deloitte. Gemini Successfully Completes The SOC2 Type 1 Examination The Crypto exchange and custodian which was founded by the Winklevoss twins, Cameron and Tyler, announced through a Medium post that the examination was conducted as part of a larger security compliance review being...
How Bitcoin Works – Its Origins
By Sam Mitchell
Let’s say we are sitting on the bench and I have an apple with me. And I give it to you. I remain with nothing. That’s very simple, but let’s look at it a bit closer. The apple was physically put into your hand, I was left with none. And how do we know this? I was there, and so were you, we didn’t need a third party to help...
Blockchain Investors Summit South Korea 2019
By Sam Mitchell
Address: Grand Intercontinental Seoul Parnas. Gangnam-Gu, Seoul, in Samseong-1(il)-dong, 521 Teheran-ro, South Korea. Email: info@gbf.world The Global Blockchain Foundation is set to convene a World Blockchain Summit dubbed as the World Blockchain Summit South Korea 2019. The meeting is taking place between on 30th May 2019 at the Grand Intercontinental Seoul Parnas, in the city of Seoul, South Korea. The DLT focused conference is targeting Crypto investors, corporate Investors, family...
Possible Outcomes Of The New FATF Crypto Service Providers’ Rules
By Sam Mitchell
The crypto industry is experiencing some exciting times. As the enormous institutions and giant companies come in, significant changes loom which will need to be addressed in quick succession. Now there are some expected changes from the new FATF guidelines regarding cryptocurrencies service providers. The first change requires all crypto exchanges to verify all their user identities whenever amounts over $1000 in assets are traded. In this article, we shall...
Top Private Coins Performance In April 2019
By Sam Mitchell
The crypto market has been experiencing success since the beginning of April. Positive signs were initially sighted on February. It is the exact opposite of 2018 where prices were plummeting all through with no signs of recovery. 2019 is different. We might be over-focused on the top crypto prices so much that we forget the private oriented coins. Today, we focus on the private side of crypto by examining some...
Cardano (ADA)
By Sam Mitchell
Cardano is one of the most interesting projects in the crypto space. It is a public Blockchain and a smart contract platform similar to Ethereum’s. Cardano combines the best of Bitcoin, Litecoin, and Ethereum. It supports ADA cryptocurrency which users use to receive and send funds. The token is named after ADA Lovelace, a mathematician and the first ever computer programmer from the 19th century. ADA, Cardano’s crypto had a...
John McAfee, A Cryptocurrency Enthusiast, To Run For US Presidency Despite IRA Chase
By Sam Mitchell
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is charging John McAfee with felony charges. However, he is on the run and it is not yet clear how the case will unfold in the coming days, weeks, or months. He is running for the US Presidency in 2020 and it is not yet clear what implications the charges may have on his campaigns. He is an avid supporter of Cryptocurrencies and the significance...
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...
Fighting Counterfeit Booze-Using Blockchain
By Sam Mitchell
Do you know that a third of alcoholic contents in the world are counterfeit? This is according to the statistics given by the International Center for Alcohol Policies. In the UK, the market value for alcoholic drinks in 2018 reached 54 million euros. Such a highly profitable industry is vulnerable to counterfeits. The European Union Intellectual Property Office reported that UK loses over 200 million euros yearly from mock-ups of...
Find Love on Blockchain
By Sam Mitchell
From use cases in energy, finance and insurance industry, blockchain now has a new use case; finding love. Yes, you read it right, blockchain is now a solution to finding your soulmate. If you have tried other technologies like tinder, then you know that not everything is real and the world can be very deceiving. Hardly anyone uses their real photos and it’s difficult to trust anyone. Blockchain presents a...
Latest Crypto News
Warning: preg_match(): Compilation failed: invalid range in character class at offset 12 in /home/forge/dailyiconews.com/public/wp-content/plugins/js_composer/include/classes/shortcodes/vc-basic-grid.php on line 184
October 14, 2019
Going on 2020, What Crypto And Blockchain Investors Have To Know
The markets have revealed a lot in 2019. We now have to use some of those insights coming into 2020. Considering what happened in 2018, 2019 wasn’t such a bad year per se. We had a bull run during the first half of the year, although the prices stagnated and dropped at some point, it’s […]
October 12, 2019
Find Love on Blockchain
From use cases in energy, finance and insurance industry, blockchain now has a new use case; finding love. Yes, you read it right, blockchain is now a solution to finding your soulmate. If you have tried other technologies like tinder, then you know that not everything is real and the world can be very deceiving. […]
October 10, 2019
Celebrities Totally Into Bitcoin
Bitcoin used to be synonymous with the black market purchase of illegal goods. But now celebrities have joined the crypto craze. We explore some of the celebrities who have joined the crypto bandwagon or shown interest in the new wave of digital money. Kanye West Besides suing a crypto project for trademark infringement, Yeezy himself has […]
ICO News
Warning: preg_match(): Compilation failed: invalid range in character class at offset 12 in /home/forge/dailyiconews.com/public/wp-content/plugins/js_composer/include/classes/shortcodes/vc-basic-grid.php on line 184
Latest BTC News
Warning: preg_match(): Compilation failed: invalid range in character class at offset 12 in /home/forge/dailyiconews.com/public/wp-content/plugins/js_composer/include/classes/shortcodes/vc-basic-grid.php on line 184
Crazy about mining!
Warning: preg_match(): Compilation failed: invalid range in character class at offset 12 in /home/forge/dailyiconews.com/public/wp-content/plugins/js_composer/include/classes/shortcodes/vc-basic-grid.php on line 184
Our Investments suggestions
Warning: preg_match(): Compilation failed: invalid range in character class at offset 12 in /home/forge/dailyiconews.com/public/wp-content/plugins/js_composer/include/classes/shortcodes/vc-basic-grid.php on line 184
