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- Coinbase Responds Over Rampant Overcharging- Unkrypted - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2018 from Ricky MakanThe world of cryptocurrency trading is extremely risky, but it wasn’t supposed to be like this. Some of the Coinbase account holders have lost their money on Thursday (15th February 2018), as they look into their bank statements to find out that the exchange has withdrawn unnecessary funds from ...
Views: 789 - Sudden Ban On Bitcoin Futures Trading In South Korea- Unkrypted - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2017 from Ricky MakanThe world’s largest futures exchanges, CBOE and CME Group, have given their approval to Bitcoin futures trading, but South Korea desires none of it. The South Korean government appears to be trying hard to figure out these currencies that are unlike anything else in the financial world. ...
Views: 788 - How The Hackers Use Widgets For Monero Mining - Unkrypted - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2018 from Ricky MakanSecret cryptocurrency mining is shaping up to be the new foundation of cybercrime. Criminals hack servers, mobile devices, and personal computers to get the advantage of the infected hosts’ CPU or GPU to create virtual coins without victims’ alertness. Even botnets consist of various machines ...
Views: 780 - Indian Finance Minister Drops A Bomb, Signals Cryptocurrency Crackdown - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2018 from Ricky MakanIndian Finance minister Arun Jaitley, in his budget speech today (1st February 2018), stated that the government will do everything to cease the use of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in India. He said that India does not consider them as a legalized tender and as an alternative will support ...
Views: 778 - The Love-Hate Relationship Of Bitcoin Vs Banking - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2018 from Ricky MakanBanks and bitcoin have a complex relationship, but they do share some things in common. To its proponents, bitcoin is the future of money, but it still takes traditional money to purchase cryptocurrency, and right now, banks control them. If these Giants can, they’ll also have a controlling ...
Views: 777 - Indian Lawyer Files Petition For Immediate Bitcoin Regulation- Unkrypted - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2018 from Ricky MakanAccording to local news sources, Calcutta-based Advocate Bivas Chatterjee has filed a public interest litigation (PIL) on Friday (5th January 2017) in the Calcutta court to immediately regulate the flow of both Bitcoin in and out of India, In his petition, Chatterjee implied that ...
Views: 774 - Bitcoin Cash Moving Towards New Address Format- Unkrypted - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2018 from Ricky MakanThe Bitcoin cash community moved one step closer to have their own address format with the launch of Bitcoin ABC 0.16.2 on 3rd January 2018. The complete node implementation of BCH carries a switch to a proprietary address format to differentiate it from Bitcoin core. It is estimated that this ...
Views: 767 - India's Three Largest Exchanges Clears The Doubt On Crypto Ban - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2018 from Ricky MakanLast week many reports stated that the Government of India has banned the complete cryptocurrency marketplace & the cryptocurrency dealings. During the interaction with media India’s three major cryptocurrency exchanges stated that the cryptocurrency ban is nothing more than FUD. In an ...
Views: 767 - For The Third Time RBI Issued Warning Against Investing In Bitcoins - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2017 from Ricky MakanEven as Bitcoin taps recent high fuelling investor’s interest, on 5th Dec 2017 the Reserve Bank warned the public of the hazards of Investing In Bitcoins or any other digital currencies. Last week It can be noted that the value of a single Bitcoin, which is not synchronized by any financial ...
Views: 766 - Blockchain Technology: A Game-Changer For The Gaming Industry? - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2017 from Ricky MakanA source of Transparency — blockchain — will help to tackle many issues on the existing game marketplace, from cyber theft to unfair earnings distribution models. Through Konstantin Boyko-Romanovsky, founder of Destiny Games. Gaming sector slowly shifted from a small niche for technical ...
Views: 764 - Bitpanda has announced fully integrating bitcoin cash (BCH), adding a fifth coin to the company's token support. - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2018 from Ricky MakanBitpanda (formerly called Coinimal) is a crypto-currency agent located in Vienna, Austria that functions brokerage services with a dash, litecoin, etheruem, and Bitcoin. On 3rd January 2018, Bitpanda has announced entirely integrating Bitcoin Cash (BCH), including a fifth coin into the ...
Views: 758 - Bitcoin Plummets As Google Bans Crypto Advertisements - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2018 from Ricky MakanGoogle’s director of sustainable ads, Scott Spencer, told media that the company is revising its financial services-related advertisement policies to ban any advertisements about cryptocurrency-related content that includes ICOs (initial coin offerings), wallets, and trading ...
Views: 757 - Western Union Launched Campaign Against Crypto Transactions - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2017 from Ricky MakanWorldwide money transfer services provider the Western Union (WU) has launched a campaign against wire transfer Crypto Transactions involving virtual currency trades. The organizations decided to reject cryptocurrency-related services or trades is insured by its internal regulations. In an ...
Views: 757 - Coinbase And Bitfinex Add SegWit Support For Bitcoin - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2018 from Ricky MakanOn Tuesday (20th February 2018), cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase and Bitfinex has declared the implementation of P2SH Segregated Witness (SegWit). According to the companies’ tweet, the consumer will experience better transaction processing times and lower fees across the Bitcoin ...
Views: 756 - CBOE Website Collapsed after the launch of Bitcoin Futures Trading - by Submitted on Dec 12, 2017 from Ricky MakanThe Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE)’s site became inaccessible just as it launched its first Bitcoin futures contracts on Sunday (10th December 2017) at 6 p.m. EST. The site downtime- that CBOE credited to extensive traffic around the futures release in a post on Twitter – coincided ...
Views: 753 - South Korea’s Second Largest Bank To Support Cryptocurrency Exchanges - by Submitted on Jan 23, 2018 from Ricky MakanBithumb and Korbit, two most significant crypto-currency exchanges in the Korean marketplace, have announced that Kookmin Bank withdrawals and deposits will be disabled by the end of January. Korbit advised its traders and users that by the end of January, the trade will start accepting ...
Views: 748 - BTC And ETC Now Available At 1,200 Australian Newsstands - by Submitted on Mar 07, 2018 from Ricky MakanCryptocurrency adopters in Australia will now be able to buy bitcoin and ethereum from 1,200 newsstands across the country. A new joint venture between domestic cryptocurrency exchange Bitcoin Australia and payments provider Blueshyft, 1,200 newsstands in Australia will be able to resell ...
Views: 747 - Understanding The Basics Of Proof-Of-Work - by Submitted on May 07, 2018 from Ricky MakanIf you are planning to invest in the cryptocurrency marketplace, then it’s essential to expand your knowledge about how cryptocurrencies work under the hood. If you’re a newcomer in crypto space and have started looking into various information resources about how digital currencies work, then ...
Views: 745 - Fraudsters Steal $3.2 Million Tokens From Bitcoin Gold Wallet- Unkrypted - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2017 from Ricky MakanA Bitcoin Gold Wallet scam at present managed to net over $3.2 million after taking benefit of bitcoin consumers looking to maintain their BTG tokens. A URL into the deceptive Bitcoin Gold Wallet was, prior to the scam came to light, placed on bitcoin gold site, but was immediately removed once ...
Views: 744 - Ripple For Beginners: How It Is Different From All Other Cryptocurrencies? - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2018 from Ricky MakanRipple, is it just one more new cryptocurrency riding on this large, heavy Bitcoin supposition rollercoaster? For those who look through the crypto news outlets, this may seem to be the case. But the fact is, Ripple is basically different from Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, and a lot of other ...
Views: 743 - KIK Plans To Move Its ICO Tokens To XLM Blockchain- Unkrypted - by Submitted on Dec 19, 2017 from Ricky MakanThe Stellar value Jumped by over 70 % following Kik Messenger announced that it would transfer its Kin token to the stellar blockchain. Kik Messenger raised almost $100 Million through one of the year’s most high-profile initial coin offerings (ICOs). The organization, whose popular messaging ...
Views: 742 - Dubai To Unveil Their Latest Development In The Crypto Industry - by Submitted on Jan 24, 2018 from Ricky MakanBitPado Dubai continues to embrace blockchain technology through the latest addition to its available exchanges called BitPado. According to Arabian Business, the exchange is founded by Omar Kassim, who made his mark in the e-commerce world with his online market called as JadoPado. The ...
Views: 739 - Payment Processor Stripe To Part Ways With Bitcoin- Unkrypted - by Submitted on Jan 24, 2018 from Ricky MakanStripe an online payment processor company announced on Tuesday (23rd Jan 2018) that it is going to end its support for Bitcoin as a mode of payment in April. In a blog post, the product manager Tom Karlo stated: “The stripe would shift away from Bitcoin over the next three months, ...
Views: 732 - Uber Co-Founder Unveils EcoCoin For Planet Earth - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2018 from Ricky MakanUber co-founder who is also known for disrupting one industry is now allegedly going after gold, fiat currency, and bitcoin. Garrett Camp is behind a newly dubbed cryptocurrency Eco, a decentralized global currency protocol and he is looking towards the world’s top universities to run an ...
Views: 731 - Russia's Largest Bank Caught Employees Mining For Crypto - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2018 from Ricky MakanThe largest state-controlled bank of Russia and the third major bank in Europe Sberbank has restated that it is not mining cryptocurrencies. However, the bank stated that it has often caught its employees involved in crypto mining through bank’s equipment. Sberbank Claim It Is Not Mining ...
Views: 726 - CME : World’s largest Exchange Is Now Trading Bitcoin Futures-Unkrypted - by Submitted on Dec 19, 2017 from Ricky MakanBitcoin has moved yet another step towards mainstream investment with the beginning of trading on the huge Chicago Mercantile Exchange financial futures marketplace. On Sunday (17th December 2017), the worth of the digital currency reached $20,000 before drifting below $19,000. Last week, ...
Views: 725 - Bill Miller Invested Half Of His MVP 1 Fund In Bitcoin- Unkrypted - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2017 from Ricky MakanHalf of the funds from Bill Miller’s MVP 1 s now invested on Bitcoins, his major single focus on an asset within an investment fund, Miller advised Consuelo Mack at a WealthTrack podcast. In 2016 Miller launched Miller Value Partners after working for 35 years in Legg Mason. He managed a fund ...
Views: 721 - T-Mobile Network Stumbles Over Bitcoin Mining In Brooklyn - Unkrypted - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2018 from Ricky MakanThe U.S. FCC (Federal Communications Commission) has officially warned Brooklyn resident Victor Rosario, by sending him the legal notice because the Bitcoin (BTC) miner was causing harmful interference to T-Mobile’s broadband network. The notification of harmful interference given to him ...
Views: 717 - The Biggest Crypto Hack In History: What We Know So Far About Coincheck’s Loss? - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2018 from Ricky MakanTokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck has confirmed that it has experienced what seems to be the biggest hack in the history of the technology. In a press conference, the exchange’s President Wakata Koichi Yoshihiro and COO Yusuke Otsuka estimated its loss around 58 billion yen ...
Views: 716 - Bitcoin Price Falls: Korean Government To Inspect Major Bank Accounts - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2018 from Ricky MakanOn Monday (8th January 2018) a resurgent Bitcoin cost saw its rally grind to a stop after the report that South Korean authorities tasked with fighting money laundering and terrorist funding would probe bank account that are linked to national crypto-currency exchanges. Bitcoin Price Rally ...
Views: 709 - Japanese Electronics Retail Giant Now Accepts Bitcoin - by Submitted on Jan 31, 2018 from Ricky MakanJapanese consumer electronics trader Yamada Denki has collaborated with the country’s major crypto-currency exchange Bitflyer to tryout Bitcoin payments. Initially, Bitcoin will be accepted in its Tokyo based Labi stores, but the company decided to roll out the virtual currency payment ...
Views: 708 - OKEx-First Crypto Currency Exchange To Embrace Bitcoin Cash Market - by Submitted on Dec 15, 2017 from Ricky MakanCrypto-currency exchange OKEx created the first Bitcoin cash marketplace, allowing clients to buy and sell tokens openly alongside BCH without the use of BTC or ETH as a mediator. On Monday (11th December 2017) Hong Kong-based exchange made the declaration, disclosing that consumers at ...
Views: 705 - KuCoin Exchange To Reimburse Victims Of Confido ICO Scam- Unkrypted - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2017 from Ricky MakanCryptocurrency exchange KuCoin has declared that it will repay investors who used its platform to spend in the Confido initial coin offering (ICO) and are the victims of the Confido ICO Scam.The Confido development team announced that the project has been put on hold after raising $347,000 in an ...
Views: 703 - Political Body Has No Plans To Interact With Bitcoin Says EU Finance Commissioner - by Submitted on Dec 30, 2017 from Ricky MakanMany members of the European Union have been talking about the prevalence of the decentralized money Bitcoin, and also the EU’s political figure currently added digital currencies to its anti-money laundering statutes. On the other hand, the EU Finance commissioner for monetary affairs, Pierre ...
Views: 703 - Smart Tokens: The Future Of Airline Data Management - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2018 from Ricky MakanLet’s be honest, airline tickets aren’t too great of a product. They’re pricey, and once you have bought them you can’t transform, upgrade, or transfer it without fees and an hour on the phone. What you acquire these days is a hyped paper ticket send to your email. Blockchain technology has ...
Views: 703 - Bitcoin Craze Pushes Coinbase App To Hit No.1 Position On App Store - by Submitted on Dec 12, 2017 from Ricky MakanCoinbase, the worldwide crypto-currency industry’s largest broker and wallet platform at over $1.6 billion, is now the Apple app store’s leading application, surpassing YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram. Finance and Bitcoin journalist Paul Vigna disclosed: The top 10 applications in Apple’s ...
Views: 702 - Blockchain-Friendly Arizona Votes To Empower Crypto Tax Payments - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2018 from Ricky MakanOn 8th February 2018, the Arizona Senate has passed a bill that allows the U.S citizens in the state to pay their taxes through Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. As earlier reported by the media, last month a group of policy-maker submitted a bill that, if passed, would allow taxpayers to ...
Views: 702(1 vote) - Opera 50 Latest Release Includes Anti Bitcoin Mining Feature-Unkrypted - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2017 from Ricky MakanCrypto-currency mining malware has become such a popular issue from the cyber safety world that popular internet browser Opera is now beginning to give protection against it right out from the box. The programmers of the Opera browser also have declared another version of the applications ...
Views: 700 - Coinbase User Files Class Action Over Alleged Insider Trading - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2018 from Ricky MakanCryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has been hit by a lawsuit action over alleged insider trading. According to the legal documents dated last Thursday, the case has been filed by Jeffery Berk, represents a cluster of investors that placed trading orders on Coinbase or its order book trading ...
Views: 698 - Goldman Sachs Preparing To Launch Cryptocurrency Trading Desk - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2017 from Ricky MakanOne of Wall Street’s biggest companies is growing more familiar with crypto-currencies. Rumours have been swirling for some time, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is establishing a trading desk to create markets in virtual currencies like Bitcoin, according to people who knows about this plan. The ...
Views: 697 - Bitcoin Price Crashes Down To 40%, Hovers Around $13000- Unkrypted - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2017 from Ricky MakanBitcoin value is down nearly 40 Percent’s all-time highs near $20,000, falling into a 15-day low approximately $12,000. On Friday (22nd December 2017) the early trading session saw Bitcoin value plunge to $12,110 (Bitfinex) in 07:20 (GMT), near levels last observed over two weeks back on 7th ...
Views: 695 - From Individuals To MNC’s: The Evolution Of Bitcoin Mining- Unkrypted - by Submitted on Jan 23, 2018 from Ricky MakanJan. 13 marked an important landmark for Bitcoin when 16.8 million bitcoins (BTC), or 80 percent of the entire Bitcoin supply, were mined. This means only 4.2 million bitcoins, or 20 percent, are left to mine until Bitcoin’s 21 million supply cap is reached. Bitcoin includes the 21 million ...
Views: 695 - Government Websites Hit By Cryptojacking Malware - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2018 from Ricky MakanThousands of websites, including those belonging to NHS services, the Student Loans Company and several English councils, have been infected by malware that forces visitors’ computers to mine cryptocurrency while using the site. Various media outlets reported on Monday (12th February 2018), ...
Views: 695 - French Regulators Clamps Down On Bitcoin Derivatives - Unkrypted - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2018 from Ricky MakanAutorité des marchés financiers (AMF) which is France’s independent regulatory body gave statements on Thursday (22nd February 2018) on initial coin offerings (ICOs) the vision of Bitcoin derivatives. Both point towards the upcoming guidelines for crypto in France, including everything from ...
Views: 694 - Canadian Gambling Affliate Bonus.ca Joined Bitcoin Community - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2018 from Ricky MakanMajor Canadian gaming affiliate website Bonus.ca has joined the Bitcoin community. The business has reviewed and tracked conventional gaming websites so as to locate the most trusted service providers for Canadian gamers. Because of Current Client feedback, the business has chosen to expand ...
Views: 690 - What Is The Lightning Network? A Beginner’s Guide - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2018 from Ricky MakanIn 2009 Bitcoin hit the market, it was considered as a new class of money. But as people started using Bitcoin and it started gaining popularity, the network became slower and more expensive; now, high fees have effectively priced out less costly uses of Bitcoin like buying groceries. Over the ...
Views: 689 - Income Tax Department Visits Bitcoin Exchanges Across India- Unkrypted - by Submitted on Dec 15, 2017 from Ricky MakanThe Income Tax Department of the Indian government has allegedly dived in nine Bitcoin exchanges to appear into suspected tax evasion. According to a report from the Press Trust of India (PTI), the country’s major news agency, several investigative teams from the Income Tax department in ...
Views: 688 - The First-Ever Cryptocurrency Airport Is On The Cards- Unkrypted - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2018 from Ricky MakanAccording to reports from local media Brisbane Airport (BNE) will soon turn out to be the first crypto-currency airport terminal. The airport is functioning with international and local companies to build the entire terminal crypto-currency friendly, with coffee shops, stores, and restaurants ...
Views: 688 - Winklevoss Twins Became World’s First Bitcoin Billionaires- Unkrypted - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2017 from Ricky MakanCameron and Tyler Winklevoss, together known as Winklevoss Twins, are the first confirmed billionaire bitcoin holders. Satoshi Nakamoto, the originator of bitcoin, holds about 5% of the bitcoin’s entire supply. However, it remains ambiguous that the Nakamoto had previously mined bitcoin in ...
Views: 686 - Blockchain Adoption Could Take 10 Years Says Sberbank Chairman - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2017 from Ricky MakanThe head of Sberbank considers the wider-scale Blockchain Adoption in Russia could take at least a decade. As Quoted by state-owned news agency TASS, Herman Gref, Sberbank’s chairman of the board, suggested on Thursday (21st Dec 2017) that the establishment can roll out products depending on ...
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