BITCOIN CASH'S ‘MINING WAR’ ESCALATES AS BLOCKCHAIN HARD FORK APPROACHES
The global network of computer operators who today help power the bitcoin cash cryptocurrency are beginning to signal that they may take differing paths ahead of a technica...
BESTMIXER.IO’s BITCOIN BLENDER AIMS TO BRING ANONYMITY BACK TO CRYPTO
by ALEX MOSKOV The BestMixer.io development team has introduced their next generat...
ABSURD: INVESTORS CAN ONLY TRADE VENEZUELAN PETRO TO CRYPTO IF BOUGHT IN 2018
According to TeleSUR TV, a mainstream media outlet in Venezuela, the country’s "cryptocurrency” called the Petro can only be traded to other crypto assets if bought before t...
$43 MILLION IN BITCOIN TRADES HELP SQUARE BEAT Q3 EARNINGS EESTIMATES
Square, the merchant payment service provider which thrives on its mobile card readers and applications, has posted its third-quarter shareholder report, and it includ...
SEC CHARGES ETHERDELTA FOUNDER OVER 'UNREGISTERED SECURITIES EXCHANGE'
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Zachary Coburn, the founder of crypto token trading platform EtherDelta, with operating an unregistered securi...
UNDERSTANDING THE THREE TYPES OF STABLECOINS
BY COLEKENNELLY A stablecoin is a cryptoasset with a mechanism in place to keep the price stable. Given the volatile nature of cryptoassets like Bitcoin&n...
BINANCE CEO LAUDS FIDELITY INVESTMENTS MOVE INTO CRYPTO MARKET
Binance CEO "CZ” Changpeng Zhao has lauded Fidelity Investments’ move into the crypto market. A leading multi-national fina...
THREE STRATEGIES FOR EXITING LOSING TRADES
Exiting Losing Trades Losing trades, to a professional trader, are nothing more than the cost of doing business. Market pros exit their losing trades without emotion, comp...
BANK OF JAPAN: CENTRAL BANK-ISSUED DIGITAL CURRENCIES ARE NOT AN EFFECTIVE ECONOMIC TOOL
The Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) deputy governor Masayoshi Amamiya has recently reiterated his negative stance towards central bank-issued digital currencies (...
$50 MILLION BITCOIN MINING FARM OPENS IN ARMENIA
A new cryptocurrency mining facility opened in Armenia on Oct. 18. The $50 million farm will extract bitcoin and ethereum using 3,000 machines, according to local media rep...
BITCOIN HITS NEW YEARLY LOW VOLUME, ONLY WAY TO REVERSE TREND IS A BIG SPIKE
Over the past 24 hours, Bitcoin has achieved a new yearly low volume, demonstrating a lack of momentum and strength to recover to the higher region of $6,000. ...
NOVOGRATZ SAYS CRYPTOS ARE SAFE, EXPECTS BITCOIN TO RALY IN Q1 2019
Mike Novogratz, a prominent cryptocurrency investor, and CEO of Galaxy Investment Partners has toned down his optimism, reiterating that he doesn’t expect a price surge in ...
WHAT IS THE BEST LITECOIN MINING HARWARE IN 2018?
Mining the major cryptocurrencies using hardware these days can take some serious investment. Not only does it involve financial outlay on the mining setup, but you sh...
AS TETHER LOSES USD PEG, OKEx WILL LIST ‘REGULATED’ CRYPTOCURRENCY STABLECOINS
If tether (USDT) is truly backed by and redeemable for physical U.S. dollars stored in company-controlled bank accounts, the so-called cryptocurrency "stablecoin” should ma...
SONY BUILDS DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ON A BLOCKCHAIN
Japanese electronics giant Sony has developed a new blockchain-based digital rights management system that may see commercial rollout. Accordin...
WHAT ARE BLOCKCHAIN CONFIRMATIONS AND WHY DO THEY MATTER?
BY CHRISTINA COMBEN All public blockchains make use of blockchain confirmations. These are important since they can help you understand how confident you can be wh...
CRYPTO ASSETS POSE NO RISKS TO FINANCIAL STABILITY, INTERNATIONAL BANKERS CLAIM
International central banks and financial officials think that cryptocurrencies pose no significant risks to global economic stability, according to a report publ...
CRYPTOCURRENCY ISN'T REAL MONEY: TONGUE-IN-CHEEK GOOGLE AD
Google has finally betrayed its true feelings on cryptocurrency. Well, maybe not, but a tongue-in-cheek advertisement for the search giant does take a few potshots at the n...
54% of CRYPTOCURRENCY EXCHANGES HAVE SECURITY HOLES
Traders hope and expect the exchange they’re trading on takes security seriously. But while all crypto platforms pay lip service to good cybersecurity practices, many fail ...
INFLATED SUCCESS: CRYPTOCURRENCY EXCHANGE TRADING SECRETS REVEALED
BY ELIZABETH GAIL The cryptocurrency market is a high-octane playground for day Lambo dreamers and investors. It has made some super-rich, almost overnigh...