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- Cofounder Of Bitcoin.com Dumps All Bitcoin Funds For Bitcoin Cash - by Submitted on Dec 22, 2017 from Ricky MakanEmil Oldenburg, co-founder and chief technology officer in Bitcoin.com, has sold-out his Bitcoin and changed to Bitcoin Cash since he’s doubtful about its potential, according to a Swedish site. Oldenburg stated Bitcoin is currently the riskiest investment an individual can make. He ...
Views: 925 - Bitcoin Crorepati: Bachchan’s Big Bet On Ziddu.com - Unkrypted - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2017 from Ricky MakanThe doyen of Indian cinema, Amitabh Bachchan, and his actor-son Abhishek appear to have scripted their own success story in their personal financial investments that none of the Bollywood guys would have ever imagined. The crypto-currency mania that has gripped Wall Street and various ...
Views: 822 - Zerolink Welcomes Users To Test Its Anonymizer Service- Unkrypted - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2017 from Ricky MakanZerolink, a bitcoin-based privacy solution, has declared plans to get a large-scale anonymity evaluation. To guarantee the success, the platform founder is seeking volunteers to assist trial the initial “fully anonymous use of Bitcoin. Making the use of the mantra anonymity likes company, ...
Views: 651 - Fidelity Charitable Received $22 M Worth Bitcoins Through Donations - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2017 from Ricky MakanThe public donations arm of United State mutual fund giant Fidelity Investments; Fidelity Charitable has declared customers will now able to utilize Bitcoin to encourage charities through its donor-advised funds. In 2017 Fidelity Charitable, has witnessed contributions in Bitcoin swell to $22 ...
Views: 658 - 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 - Bitcoin At G20 Summit 2018: Nations To Discuss Bitcoin Regulation - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2017 from Ricky MakanOn Sunday 17th December 2017 French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire declared that another Group of 20 (G20) meeting would include a debate about ways to govern the hottest crypto-currency, Bitcoin. The digital asset has not stopped in creating news annually, and European politicians seem more ...
Views: 833 - Tezos Founders In Trouble: Another Class Action Suit Filed Against Them - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2017 from Ricky MakanAnother class-action complaint has been registered in the wake of the year’s $232 million Tezos Initial coin offering (ICO). This is the fourth attempt to establish a class-action lawsuit against the controversial blockchain project. New court filings from. 13th December 2017 on behalf of ...
Views: 633 - Bitcoin Futures Trading On CBOE Vs CME- Unkrypted - by Submitted on Dec 19, 2017 from Ricky MakanBitcoin Futures, the Most Recent buzz in the crypto-currency markets, is gaining attention from each portion of the world. More and more people are trying to understand Bitcoin futures so that they can understand how it can influence the location value of Bitcoin. Chicago Mercantile Exchange ...
Views: 874 - 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 - 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 - A Digital Currency Exchange Must Declare Its Details: Bank Negara - by Submitted on Dec 18, 2017 from Ricky MakanRecently, the Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), Malaysia’s central bank, has issued outlined digital currency regulatory guidelines for people and businesses dwelling in the region. The new policies will fall under Malaysia’s anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism funding act of 2001. If the plans ...
Views: 645 - Coinbase President Hints About The Next Trend In Cryptocurrency Market - by Submitted on Dec 18, 2017 from Ricky MakanIn an interview with CNBC, Coinbase president Asiff Hirji provided some veiled clues about what is coming to the cryptocurrency market in the near future. In addition, he gave insights about current happenings. Hirji didn’t reveal much in the way of particulars but did comment on numerous ...
Views: 633 - Wi-Fi at Starbucks Cafe Hacked Laptops To Mine Cryptocurrency - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2017 from Ricky MakanThe Wi-Fi service provides by one of Starbucks Cafe chain Buenos Aires outlets shrewdly hacked connected computers to utilize their processing capability to make virtual money. Starbucks Cafe said that it had attained “swift action” to tackle the issue. But one expert said that this ...
Views: 647 - UAE & Saudi Central Bank To Test Cross Border Cryptocurrency - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2017 from Ricky MakanThe central banks of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are allegedly starting a pilot initiative which will observe Cross Border Cryptocurrency to enable transactions between them. Regional News resources like the National and Gulf Digital News reported that Mubarak Rashid ...
Views: 624 - Japanese Internet Tech Giant GMO To Roll Out Bitcoin Payroll System - by Submitted on Dec 15, 2017 from Ricky MakanOn 12th December, Japanese internet giant GMO disclosed that it will soon permit staff to receive their salary in bitcoins. The bitcoin payroll system will permit the company’s set-up of more than 4,000 employees to accept part of their salary in bitcoin in a move aimed to encourage the ...
Views: 552 - Retail Giants Launched Blockchain Food Safety Alliance In China - by Submitted on Dec 15, 2017 from Ricky MakanRetail giants Walmart and JD.com are amongst a number of Firms funding a brand-new blockchain campaign in China based on foods safety and traceability. Along with Tsinghua University National Engineering Laboratory for E-Commerce Technologies and IBM, the four events have generated the ...
Views: 629 - 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 - 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 - South Korean Regulator Imposes 60 Million Won Fine On Bithumb - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2017 from Ricky MakanThe Korea Communications Commission decided to impose 60 million won fine ($54,970) on the operator of Bithumb, the biggest Bitcoin, and ethereum virtual currency exchange in South Korea, for its proclaimed negligence in the security of its clients’ information. The organization has also ...
Views: 620 - Cointed And NVIDIA Are Together To Switch For Green Mining Activities - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2017 from Ricky MakanCointed is Europe’s biggest Bitcoin ATM provider at present working with chip-maker NVIDIA to advertise green mining actions for virtual currencies. With the meteoric growth in the popularity in addition to the purchase price of Bitcoin, there’s been an increasing involvement of miners from ...
Views: 650 - France Regulated New Guidelines For Blockchain Trading- Unkrypted - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2017 from Ricky MakanReuters reported The French government has given the official nod for trading unlisted securities using Blockchain technology. According to the article, the government has adopted new guidelines which will make it possible for banks and fintech companies to set up Blockchain Trading platforms ...
Views: 627 - SEC Shuts Down Munchee ICO For Security Violation- Unkrypted - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2017 from Ricky MakanOn 11 December, the U.S. Securities, and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a cease and desists into Munchee Inc. Based in California to prevent their ICO and return the capital that was accumulated. Munchee ICO had been seeking $15 million in funds to boost their existing mobile application ...
Views: 554 - International Crypto Platforms Unite To Develop ICO Standards- Unkrypted - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2017 from Ricky MakanWaves Platform is an open-source Blockchain platform, on 11th Dec 2017 announced the creation of a self-regulatory body, an industry-led initiative to control and form the responsible development of for ICO standards and blockchain industry An announcement was made on 11th Dec 2017 and ...
Views: 888 - Russian Government Set To Legalize Bitcoin Mining: Alexei Moiseev - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2017 from Ricky MakanRussia’s deputy finance minister Alexei Moiseev has allegedly concerned that purchasing bitcoin along with other cryptocurrencies will probably be legitimate in the nation. The Russian authorities won’t forbid nor punish buying or purchasing crypto-currencies, Moiseev disclosed In accordance ...
Views: 545 - 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 - 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 - Control & Loyalty Rewards: Benefits Of Blockchain Technology- Unkrypted - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2017 from Ricky MakanOne of the essential Advantages of Blockchain Technologies is that the available options in the ways that consumers can maintain control over their resources and earnings across in their own fields of endeavor. The entire technological system, anywhere Blockchain is applied, whether ...
Views: 605 - Coinome: India’s Newest BillDesk Backed Cryptocurrency Exchange - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2017 from Ricky MakanThe rising popularity of Bitcoin along with other cryptocurrencies in India has resulted in multiple exchanges working in India. The most recent market to be established is Coinome, which will be backed by BillDesk, among India’s top payment services firms. BillDesk, A Household Name In ...
Views: 907 - 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 - Elon Musk Quashes Rumour Of Being Bitcoin Creator “Satoshi Nakamoto” - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2017 from Ricky MakanThe arguments on the Identity of Satoshi Nakamoto claims to be a never-ending one. Following a former SpaceX intern blogged that Elon Musk is probably Satoshi, Musk explained that he is actually not the founder of Bitcoin. Rumour mills start rolling People have speculated about Satoshi’s ...
Views: 830 - Bitcoin Could Potentially Hit $40,000 By End Of 2018: Michael Novogratz - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2017 from Ricky MakanFamed hedge funder turned crypto-investor Michael Novogratz does not think bitcoin will top out anytime shortly. The previous Fortress manager told CNBC Monday (27th Nov 2017), the Bitcoin that has been flirting with $10,000, could possibly hit $40,000 at the end of 2018. Michael ...
Views: 659 - Cryptocurrency Market Cap Surpasses $300 Billion Value- Unkrypted - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2017 from Ricky MakanFor the first time ever as two of the biggest cryptocurrencies eyed significant milestones and the market for digital coins broke $300 billion. According to data from CoinMarketCap.com, the market capitalization for all cryptocurrencies is currently at approximately $300.5bn. Of that amount, ...
Views: 676 - NASDAQ Enters The Race To Launch Bitcoin Futures In 2018- Unkrypted - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2017 from Ricky MakanNASDAQ Inc. is charging into the chase to take bitcoin to a greater swath of investors, as the digital currency’s value barrelled beyond $11,000 on 29th Nov 2017. Next year, the New York-based exchange operator strategises to launch bitcoin futures. According to a person familiar with the ...
Views: 670 - Bitcoin's 10x Rise In 2017 Influenced Record Number Of Indian Investors - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2017 from Ricky MakanIndia-based digital money exchanges have alleged that the amount of Indian investors that enrolled in their programs to Purchase Bitcoin has improved substantially in the last couple of months as the worthiness of this major cryptocurrency surpassed the $11,000 amount on 29 November 2017. The ...
Views: 583 - Coinbase Nabs Partial Victory In Face-Off With IRS- Unkrypted - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2017 from Ricky MakanCoinbase has won a partial victory in their ongoing legal battle with the IRS concerning the disclosure of personal consumer information. In accordance with Coinbase, the authorities formerly sought documents on over 500,000 users in their attempts to catch tax cheats. After months of legal ...
Views: 515 - We Don't Recognise Bitcoin In India As Legal:Finance Minister Arun Jaitley - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2017 from Ricky MakanIndian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has Stated that the authorities of India is yet to figure out Bitcoin as a lawful tender in the nation as of late November 2017. He’d point out that the recommendations regarding the Potential legalization of Bitcoin along with other digital currencies across ...
Views: 520 - Sky Is The Limit’: Bitcoin Surpasses $10,000 Mark For The First Time - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2017 from Ricky MakanBitcoin has finally surmounted the best psychological barrier of all, passing $10,000 and showing no signs of giving up. After a week of consolidating at an all-time high level around $8,000, Bitcoin discovered the power to move up powerfully over the Thanksgiving weekend. Black Friday saw ...
Views: 581 - Bitcoin Futures Can Add Legitimacy: JP Morgan Strategist- Unkrypted - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2017 from Ricky MakanEven after JP Morgan’s CEO Jamie Dimon’s strong views on Bitcoin, it is ironic that an international markets strategist in JP Morgan has come up with a message stating that regulated futures could give authority to Bitcoin. Seal of approval The decision of US regulators to permit Bitcoin ...
Views: 639 - 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 - LinkedIn Experienced A Boom For Bitcoin Related Jobs- Unkrypted - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2017 from Ricky MakanTogether with Bitcoins increasing in value on a gigantic scale, the sector is opening up newer avenues to devote exactly the same. It has given rise to a massive vacancy for crypto specialists who understand all of the knitty gritties of virtual token architecture. Job postings on popular job ...
Views: 592 - World’s Once Largest Company General Electric Loses Race From Bitcoin - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2017 from Ricky MakanBitcoin has exceeded the market capital of General Electric, which was once the biggest company in the world, by $30 bln. GE, with $123 bln yearly revenue and 295,000 workers internationally, still remains as a leading US-based corporation. In July 2016, the market evaluation of GE ...
Views: 515 - 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 - RSK Introduced Bitcoin Based Ethereum Smart Contracts Sidechain - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2017 from Ricky MakanRSK Labs has declared that the primary network of the Bitcoin-powered smart contract platform is launched in beta on Monday(4th Dec) after more than two years of growth. The business claims to have secured the of 90 percent of Bitcoin’s hashing capability for mining the RSK sidechain. All ...
Views: 621 - 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 - Book Your Flight Tickets Of Surf Airlines Using Bitcoin And Ethereum - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2017 from Ricky MakanBitcoin and Ethereum to be acknowledged by the World’s First ‘ALL YOU CAN FLY’ Airline. On Tuesday (5th December 2017) Surf Air, the first ‘all-you-can-fly’ airline of the world made a statement of accepting crypto payments ahead of its own service. Clients now will be able to pay in Bitcoin ...
Views: 601 - Blockchain Trend Enters In Australian Stock Exchange- Unkrypted - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2017 from Ricky MakanThe Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) has verified that blockchain technology will change its current clearing and settlement system, becoming the world’s first major stock exchange to achieve that. After more than two years of real-world testing with several proofs of model and prototypes, the ...
Views: 674 - CBOE Going TO Start Bitcoin Futures Trading on Dec 10- Unkrypted - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2017 from Ricky MakanWeeks back when two of the largest Derivative Exchanges in the world made a breakthrough statement of launching Bitcoin futures that is going to start at the end of the year, the purchase price of Bitcoin increased by leaps and bounds. Chicago Mercantile Exchange gave a date of next week of this ...
Views: 1135 - 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 - 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 - 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 ...
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