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...
Modern Terminals Adopts Blockchain For Documents Logistics
By Sam Mitchell
Modern Terminals, a container terminal operator that is currently Hong Kong’s second largest, is the latest entrant into the TradeLens project. The TradeLens project is a technological solution that is supported by Blockchain and has been created by IBM and Maersk. Modern Terminals Joins The TradeLens Project Modern Terminals has stated through its press release that the TradeLens ecosystem is geared towards digitizing and streamlining the processes within the world’s...
Things Crypto Scammers Say
By Jason Bloomberg
There are basically two kinds of people in the crypto world today: scammers and their marks. Not a scammer? Well, then, you’re a mark. If you haven’t already fallen for one of the multitude of crypto scams out there, here’s a quick guide to identifying a scammer. If you hear somebody saying any of the following things, run – don’t walk – in the other direction. Buy Bitcoin (or any...
India’s Crypto Regulation Report Is Now Ready
By Sam Mitchell
The new finance secretary for India has just confirmed the readiness of a new report concerning crypto regulations. This comes just some few days before the planned G20 summit. It is just a matter of days before it is submitted to the finance minister so that it can get approved. Narendra Modi, the Indian Prime Minister appointed the new finance secretary following the resignation of the former secretary Arun Jaitley....
Blockchain In Human Resources
By Sam Mitchell
A study by Deloitte survey approximates that crypto interest has increased by 2000% since 2013. The blockchain industry is growing in acceptance, and the late 2017 crypto boom is to blame for the rapid surge. The recent times have especially been the most interesting for cryptocurrencies as the technology has steadily infiltrated the energy, finance, and real estate spaces. Masses now understand the game-changing possibilities of the disrupting technology, which...
Bitcoin Mining Network Is Now Overtaken By Anonymous Miners
By Sam Mitchell
Bitcoin, which is the world’s most popular crypto is now decentralized to some extent. This can be attributed to the great influence by Bitmain as well as the return of Bitcoin BTC miner. There is a new data that has been published by Diar, one of the most established blockchain research units. The data has revealed the person who has been validating the whole network of Bitcoin. It was determined...
Best Crypto To Mine In 2019
By Sam Mitchell
Crypto mining is basically validating transactions that have adhered to specific rules in the network and adding them. Miners compete with one another in solving mathematical challenge problems that come in crypto hash functions. The miners who find the solution first, are paid. The process of mining itself is done via various means. The best way, however, is setting up a mining farm. However, a mining farm can prove to...
Why Tokenising Ethereum Gas Makes Sense
By Sam Mitchell
Ethereum cryptocurrency is one of the most exciting blockchain projects. Nevertheless, the cryptocurrency has come across a few hurdles, such as concerns over the cryptocurrency’s ability to reduce or even scale the overall transaction costs. That being so, a solution to allow users to tokenize the Ethereum gas market presents itself. Some interesting aspects of the technology are cropping up with the new concept, but it still remains to be...
Will Blockchain Facebook Ever Become Mainstream?
By Sam Mitchell
The Cambridge Analytica incident last year sure raised eyebrows on the manner in which social media giants handle user data. The result of the incident has seen a considerable number of users deactivate their accounts. A study by Pew Research Center says that 44% of youngsters in the US alone have logged off their Facebook accounts for good. But there is an emerging technology, one that promises to eliminate the...
LCX Can Now Offer Crypto Services In Liechtenstein
By Sam Mitchell
Several crypto exchanges have continued to be licensed for offering crypto trading services. The latest is Liechtenstein, LCX, which would be offering it for payment and utility tokens. LCX will be providing four main cryptocurrency services in partnership with Binance. LCX Is Now A Regulated Exchange On Tuesday, 27th November, LCX made a big announcement. That was the day it was granted a license by the Liechtenstein Ministry of Economic...
Celebrities Totally Into Bitcoin
By Sam Mitchell
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 taken an interest in bitcoin. The prolific rapper, artist, and producer spoke of bitcoin, although...
Top Blockchain Podcasts
By Sam Mitchell
Keeping up with new blockchain information can be a daunting task. There is always something going on with cryptocurrencies, ICO, IEOs, new regulations, market entries, and exits, etc. And the sad part for the crypto investor is; he has to keep tabs with whatever’s going on. Now, there are different ways of keeping up with the blockchain news and updates. You can choose to study upcoming and existing whitepapers, read...
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...
Ripple Fundamentals
By Sam Mitchell
What many people don’t know is that ripple is not just a currency but a platform as well. Ripple’s protocol is open sourced and is designed for faster and cheaper transactions. Ripple might one day rule international transactions, who knows? Because currency exchanges might soon disappear like Blockbuster stores. The platform also has its own currency (XRP) and it allows anybody to use the platform to create their own via...
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...
Ethereum
By Sam Mitchell
Cryptocurrency is now regarded as one of the most reliable currencies in the digital market. Widely used in the financial markets globally, it is the new trend as a medium of exchange. There are various online platforms that make it possible to transact business globally without a hitch, that is friendly, secure, fast and are detached from the normal global banking sector. One of the most notable online platforms that...
Short Term Target Set At $13,971 By Goldman Sachs
By Sam Mitchell
Goldman Sachs are the latest to join the bitcoin price predictions. The bank foresees bitcoin surpassing the current 2019 high to reach New Year high of $13,970. But investors will have to wait until the current pullback is over. The Wall Street Company released the information on a note sent to investors on Monday. The bank predicted a short term price target of $13,971. The price target set by Goldman...
Government Of India Considering Legalizing Crypto
By Sam Mitchell
According to a news report, the New Indian Express, the Indian government is considering legalizing Cryptocurrencies. Finance Ministry To Receive Report Going by the report which was published in the New Indian Express on Wednesday, a committee which was set up by the government is not in support of an outright ban on the sector. A senior official who took part in the meetings but did not want to be...
A Guide To The Monero Cryptocurrency
By Sam Mitchell
You have already heard of Bitcoin and Ethereum and by now, and hundreds of other coins each promising to offer an improvement of Bitcoin. Some promise cheaper transactions, others faster. As for Monero, its most unique selling point is anonymity. Thanks to the currency’s cryptography, the sender, receiver and the amount cannot be viewed by anyone else. It’s for this reason that the currency is being used to evade international...
Bitcoin
By Sam Mitchell
Cryptocurrency is the new wave in the financial markets globally. It has shaken up, shaped up, transformed and re-invented the money markets, revolutionizing how we perceive and do business. The emergence of Cryptocurrency has been aided by the widespread use and penetration of the internet, with the latest statistics as of 2016 indicating that about 3.5 billion people, that is about 45% of the entire global population having access to...
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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 […]
