Company grows +2000% after news on blockchain firm acquisition
The news about Longfin growing plus 2000% is a good illustration of the current market hype around Bitcoin and blockchain. This all reminds us about how irrational asset market investors can be — whether these assets are traditional or not
18 December 2017 21:00, UTC
White House: yes, it was North Korea behind those WannaCry hackers
Probably the biggest ransomware attack in history is connected to the cryptocurrency market — the ransom the hackers received was in bitcoins later converted to Monero. Now White House Homeland Security Adviser Tom Bossert confirms Kim Jong-un’s hackers were behind this extortion
18 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Emil Oldenburg, Bitcoin.com co-founder, moves to Bitcoin Cash
According to the reasoning provided by Emil Oldenburg, the original Bitcoin is too sloppy and everybody will start to sell it once they realize it. It’s a common theme among Bitcoin Cash supporters, not without some truth in it
18 December 2017 21:00, UTC
How to write a good white paper for ICO: step-by-step instruction
Why White Paper is so important for ICO? What information should it contain and how it must be structured - Dmitry Machikhin, cryptocurrency expert, partner of GMT Legal gives his advices
18 December 2017 21:00, UTC
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Japanese company offers salary in Bitcoin
The liberal legislation in Japan has advantages which might seem surprising for the residents of the states where Bitcoin payments are prohibited. Official salary in Bitcoin without problems with law enforcers? Impossible in Russia, possible in Japan
18 December 2017 21:00, UTC
What can be more more worth than a $1000 in Bitcoin? Student loan payment
And yet another research by LendEDU appearing on our site. According to it, over 60% of student loan borrowers in America want to pay for them much more than even a thousand dollars in Bitcoin
18 December 2017 21:00, UTC
No special Parity funds unfreeze hard fork planned
The controversial software error led to the freeze of funds on Parity Ethereum wallets. Some members of the community proposed a special hard fork to unfreeze funds but the majority seems to have decided otherwise
17 December 2017 21:00, UTC
European Union to verify cryptocurrency traders
To counter money laundering, the European Union authorities decide to tighten regulations for cryptocurrency exchange platforms and its users. As shown by the BTC-e example, their fears are far from being a paranoia
17 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Cryptocurrency portal founder’s home searched by Security Service of Ukraine
A popular portal on cryptocurrency, blockchain and digital technologies takes a hit after the Ukrainian law enforcers suspect its founder, Anatoly Kaplan (Klimov) is involved in unlawful economic activities
17 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Everything you need to know about ICO trackers
Bitnewstoday reviews one of the cryptocurrency business types – ICO trackers. How do they make their living and how to choose a tracker to post info on your own ICO? Read this article to know
17 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Mining at work becomes a pain in the neck for bosses
Two major Russian organizations - Vnukovo Airport and Transneft (oil giant) had dishonest system administrators who used the corporate resources to get cryptocurrency for themselves, local media tells
17 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Boeing to patent anti-spoofing navigation blockchain
This special blockchain is going to become a backup measure in case some tech-savvy criminal organization or special service decides to spoof, or replace GPS coordinates of commercial flights
17 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Bitcoin gets to 20,000, Peter Brandt refuses to call it a bubble
The price record was almost bound to happen. Meanwhile, a famous commodity trader calls this growth a mania and refuses to say it is a bubble. Further price dynamics unknown
17 December 2017 21:00, UTC
CME Group Bitcoin futures launched
Despite the uncertainty surrounding the launch date, looks like CME decided its BTC futures mechanism is ready to launch, and trades have opened
17 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Ronnie Moas: imbalance between Bitcoin supply and demand will increase price to $300,000
Quite possibly, this is the second most optimistic prediction after that oath of John McAfee to eat his genitals if Bitcoin does not reach one million dollars per coin. Imbalance is the price growth driver, Ronnie Moas tells
17 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Bittrex sign-up not working
For some reason, the cryptocurrency organization website is currently not allowing the new users to open account, the exchange connects it to a large number of sign ups
14 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Suit of the future: Hague’s Institute of Human Obsolescence figures out how to use human body to mine coins
This startup is stranger than the Russian mining heater and mining farm house both. However, there are two reasons we won’t be lying around all day in these mining suits anytime soon, read below why
14 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Another North Korean cryptocurrency-related hack trick spotted
North Korea, or the DPRK, is aware about the digital currency market and its state-backed hackers perform various malicious acts related to the crypto space
14 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Big Waves Client update released
Waves is a platform where users can create their own initial coin offerings. It was created by a Russian entrepreneur in 2016. The client software has been updated to 1.0. Read what changed
14 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Hardware wallets vaults are slowly becoming a trend
Physical Bitcoin and altcoin wallets need to be stored somewhere safe so that they don’t become stolen or lost by accident, and this is where the newly-arrived type of firms comes in handy
14 December 2017 21:00, UTC