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Analytics
WEX Cryptocurrency Exchange — What’s New On The Horizon
BTC-e and WEX cryptocurrency exchanges are notoriously known for the fraud scandals. What is the background of their story and would there be some bright future for WEX?
15 December 2018 13:20, UTC Paul GRAPES
News
Image of The Day, 14 of December: CNBC, Bloomberg, Reuters and Others
Today’s crypto news: ​Wall Street's Bitcoin bull Tom Lee is tired of repeating himself, Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin explains what you really need to know about blockchain, and Bitcoin bomb threats end up being a hoax
14 December 2018 20:58, UTC Daniil Danchenko
Guest posts
Cryptoeconomics: Three Real World Examples
As blockchain-based ecosystems continue to propagate a new, hybrid discipline is beginning to take shape. This discipline is being referred to as tokenomics/tokenization
14 December 2018 17:17, UTC Charles Voltron
News
Binance. USentralized exchange shows clients the door
Binance cryptocurrency exchange follows US economic policy directly violating the principles of blockchain technologies and crypto industry
14 December 2018 12:19, UTC Vitaliy Bednarskiy
Regulation
Saudi Arabia: three reasons for the emission of state digital coins
In one of our previously published works, we analyzed the Islamic financial market entirely. The time has come to analyze crypto-projects of certain countries. Saudi Arabia is next in turn
14 December 2018 09:58, UTC Oleg Koldayev, Anna Zhygalina
News
Image of The Day, 13 of December: Bloomberg, ZDnet, VentureBeat and Others
Today’s crypto news: ​the cryptocurrency price plunge isn’t only an economic story — it’s political, too, Opera hopes to make cryptocurrency more than just a speculative asset, and American feds start to like cryptocurrencies
13 December 2018 20:58, UTC Daniil Danchenko
Guest posts
A Common Mistake: 3 Typical Misconceptions About Smart Contracts
Besides crypto, one of the most promising things on blockchain is the use of smart contracts. The concept was first described by Nick Szabo in 1994 in his paper “Smart Contracts”. He describes smart contracts as ‘a computerized transaction protocol that executes the terms of a contract’.
13 December 2018 16:14, UTC Olivier Rikken
News
Mining Сrisis: Wild West Is Over
Bitcoin mining industry revenue has fallen from around $13M/day to $6M/day just in one month
13 December 2018 12:49, UTC Marat Kharrasov
Investments
“Evil spawn of the financial crisis” And Financial Yellowstone: The Future Standoff Prediction
Economists are speaking about the possibility of a new global economic crisis. Will it be more horrifying than the financial storm of 2008 and can the cryptocurrency become a safe haven?
13 December 2018 08:54, UTC Oleg Koldayev
News
Image of The Day, 12 of December: Forbes, FxStreet, Mashable and Others
Today’s crypto news: ​Novogratz gets cold feet, Binance tries to educate people about crypto, and Changpeng Zhao backs Ripple in it’s legal struggle
12 December 2018 20:48, UTC Daniil Danchenko
Investments
Sunken Ships Of The Crypto World: Why Luxury Coins Have Ceased To Be A Business
Bitcoin crash showed who is who in the crypto market. This also affected the coins, whose value is many times higher. Why are expensive assets at the bottom and do not have the right to vote
12 December 2018 15:39, UTC Daria Piotrovskaya
News
Secret Services Might Be Behind The Hacking Of 40,000 Private Accounts
The inattentive user of state services may lose not only their cryptocurrency savings but also go to jail on the charge of espionage activities
12 December 2018 11:05, UTC Oleg Koldayev
Guest posts
The Case Of Bitcoin Pizzas: DLT For Enterprise Solutions Outside of Theoretical Field
It’s always a challenge to reach agreement among multiple members in a large system. But while the technology is relatively easy, changes are hard.
12 December 2018 09:27, UTC Jennifer Hongbo Jiang
News
Image of The Day, 11 of December: Blokt, Bloomberg, The Rolling Stone and Others
Today’s crypto news: ​85% of employees of blockchain startups are male, Winklevoss twins ignore ‘crypto winter’ and Samsung could be developing next blockchain phone
11 December 2018 20:58, UTC Daniil Danchenko
Investments
Forget About Tether: Why New Stablecoins Broke $2.3B in November
The crypto market has been highly volatile recently and investors try to find peace in stablecoins. The competition among them is on. Tether may soon lose its crown and here is why
11 December 2018 19:14, UTC Anastasia Ermolaeva
Guest posts
How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The A.I.
Artificial Intelligence is a phenomenon almost everyone is aware of, but did someone actually managed to implement into their workflow? Mark Lynd shares his experience.
11 December 2018 16:08, UTC Mark Lynd
News
UAE: The National Oil Company Wants To Secure Supplies Against Possible Iran’s Attack
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) will test the blockchain platform for tracking offshore oil supplies. Will the blockchain save from oil wars?
11 December 2018 12:32, UTC Oleg Koldayev
News
Image of The Day, 10 of December: Forbes, The Next Web, Blokt and Others
Today’s crypto news: Bitmain shuts Israel operations, people try to convince Elon to join the cryptoway, and Facebook reveals it’s ‘ultimate goal’ for crypto
10 December 2018 20:27, UTC Daniil Danchenko
Guest posts
Blockchain And Crisis Of Governance: Hackers As An Emergency Service Of The System
New governance structures – crisis management in a decentralized world without trusted third parties. Can an anonymous emergency button be created?
10 December 2018 19:15, UTC Olivier Rikken, Esther Vroegh
Analytics
Mind Games And The Crypto Market: Psychology As 50% Of The Market Driver
The consultant of institutional hedge funds shares his views on reasons for the bear market
10 December 2018 16:11, UTC Anna Zhygalina