India’s Central Bank Denies ‘Formal Creation’ of Blockchain Unit
The Reserve Bank of India has denied officially forming a new unit to research AI and blockchain technology, despite reports to the contrary.
View ArticleThis Meme Marketplace Uses Dummy Tokens to Draw Users in a Bear Market
Even before its protocol is live, District0x’s Meme Factory has engaged its community in blockchain governance with a meme contest and fake tokens.
View ArticleLack of Regulation Leads Crypto Exchanges to Shut Down in India, Investors...
Blockchain technology continues to thrive in India. In contrast, the stance toward cryptocurrencies remains negative and unfriendly. So much so that major crypto exchanges like Zebpay were forced to...
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Block School: Early Bitcoin, Rocky Mt Gox Days
BLOCK SCHOOL Here at NewsBTC we believe that education and knowledge is fundamental to the wider adoption of cryptocurrencies and growth of the blockchain industry. We will be expanding our education...
View ArticleCrypto Month in Review: Google Reverses Ban, Blockchain Legally Defined in US
Another month is leaving the crypto industry with some of the best and significant developments. September 2018 was an essential month from many perspectives. This time, the industry didn’t just see...
View ArticleBitcoin Price Makes Second Straight Monthly Loss in September
Bitcoin is reporting losses for a second straight month, but there are hints of a bullish breakout ahead in the fourth quarter.
View ArticleTechCrunch Founder Outraged at US SEC, Will Crypto Firms Also Pivot to Asia?
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been heavily criticized for its actions against Elon Musk’s Tesla, the crypto market and investment firms within the local market. On Sept. 29,...
View ArticleMonero Launches Initiative to Combat Cryptocurrency Mining Malware
Earlier this week, the Monero (XMR) community announced the launch of a new website that aims to educate users on cleaning up crypto-jacking malware and ransomware. Easing Malware Victims’ Confusion...
View ArticleHow Binance Decentralized Crypto Exchange Beta Launch in 2019 Will Impact the...
Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by daily trading volume, is set to launch a beta version of its decentralized exchange (DEX) by early 2019. Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of Binance better known...
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Cardano Launches Rust Project to Entice Third-Party Developers
Cardano, the platform underpinning ADA, the ninth largest cryptocurrency by market cap, is opening its doors to third-party developers through a new client, written in systems programing language...
View ArticleMining Giant Bitmain Acquires Bitcoin Cash Wallet Startup
Bitmain has acquired Telescope, an open-source, browser-based wallet for bitcoin cash.
View Article‘Bitcoin Bug’ Exploited on Crypto Fork as Attacker Prints 235 Million...
Using a major bug found and fixed on bitcoin last month, an attacker was able to print 235 million coins on “pigeoncoin.”
View ArticleBitMEX Appoints Hong Kong Regulator to Position of Chief Operating Officer
In an effort to help them navigate the global regulatory landscape, BitMEX, one of the planet’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has appointed Angelina Kwan to the position of chief operating...
View ArticleJohn McAfee-Linked Bitcoin Mining Firm Hit with Lawsuit over Pump-and-Dump...
MGT Capital Investments, a bitcoin mining and cryptocurrency investing firm formerly associated with John McAfee, has been hit with a class-action lawsuit over allegations that its former CEO...
View ArticleSt. Louis Fed VP: A Private Crypto Could Solve the ‘Triffin Dilemma’
An economist with the St. Louis Federal Reserve said that cryptocurrencies could solve a problem faced by global currency reserves like the dollar.
View ArticleBlock.one Claims It’s the Most Used and Highest Performing Blockchain
After raising $4 billion through a record-breaking token sale, the Block.one team now claims that they have solved the scalability issue, leading the EOS-based platform to be the most scalable and...
View ArticleBitcoin Price Manipulated by Cryptocurrency Trading Bots: WSJ
Bots that manipulate bitcoin price are not new, and they aren’t going away, according to The Wall Street Journal. The problem continues to draw regulatory scrutiny, as it was cited by the Securities...
View ArticleHuobi is Getting Ready to Launch and Transfer Operations to Its Public...
Blockchain technology has been around for a while now. Even so, the technology is still considered to be in its infancy. Over the years, the industry has gone through dramatical changes. Most of them...
View ArticleBrazil Gives Investment Funds Green Light to [Indirectly] Buy Bitcoin
Brazil’s securities regulator, Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM), has reportedly authorized investment funds to indirectly put their money in the cryptocurrency ecosystem, through the acquisition...
View ArticleTesting for Ethereum’s Upcoming Hard Fork Is Being Delayed
Ethereum core developers announced a delay in plans to launch Constantinople, ethereum’s upcoming system-wide upgrade, on the test network.
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