Bitcoin’s First Public Mining Pool Is Rebranding
3.6.2019
The company behind Slush Pool, the first cryptocurrency mining pool to make its services publicly available, is rebranding. The Prague-based company Braiins is perhaps less well-known than Slush Pool, one of the largest bitcoin mining pools as it makes up more than 9 percent of...
Creation Of Ethereum – The World’s Largest Adopted Blockchain, By Vitalik Buterin
3.6.2019
Vitalik Buterin is one of the most decorated and influential names in the global crypto space. More than anything, he is credited for creating arguably the most dominant blockchain platform after Bitcoin, Ethereum. At the beginning of his career, Buterin joined which called the Bitcoin Space. After...
EOS Based Block.One Announced Reward and Privacy-Focused Social Media Platform, Voice
3.6.2019
Blockchain tech is booming and blooming in almost every know internet based sectors, and social media is one of them. EOS has been among the leading platforms for dapps, and certainly among the best in terms of innovation. One of EOS prominent development sub-networks, Block.one has introduced...
Facebook in Talks With Another Top Regulator Over its 'GlobalCoin'
3.6.2019
Social media giant Facebook is in “very early stages of conversations” with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) over its digital coin, Christopher Giancarlo, the outgoing head of the CFTC, told the Financial Times.
These talks should help clarify whether the company’s plans for...
Bitfinex Plans to Launch Lightning Network Support for Stablecoin Tether: Report
3.6.2019
Lightning Network support for the tether stablecoin is reportedly set to be launched by major cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex
EOS Holders Vote to Reduce the Annual Inflation From 5% to 1%
3.6.2019
Coin holders voted on whether to reduce the EOS inflation rate from 5% to 1% per year
Why Bitcoin’s ‘Culture War’ Matters
3.6.2019
Michael J. Casey is the chairman of CoinDesk’s advisory board and a senior advisor for blockchain research at MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative. Let’s talk about bitcoin, toxicity and inclusiveness. (Boy, my Twitter feed is going to have fun over the next few days.) To start with, let me take...
Facebook Holds Talks With CFTC Over GlobalCoin Cryptocurrency: Report
3.6.2019
Facebook has started discussion with the U.S. CFTC over potential regulatory issues over the social media giant's crypto stablecoin initiative
Federal Preemption or States’ Rights? Crypto Advocates Clash Over Regulatory Approaches
3.6.2019
America’s fundamental political divides come to define approaches to crypto regulation
Venezuelan Mining Parts Supplier Coincoin Now Accepts Bitcoin Cash
2.6.2019
Venezuela is among those nations where cryptocurrencies enjoy faster adoption. The South American country suffers from a political and economic crisis causing hyperinflation of the national fiat, the bolivar. Coincoin, a mining equipment supplier based in Caracas, is one of many Venezuelan...
Cryptopia Suits Gather Steam as Another Failed Exchange Is Bound for Court
2.6.2019
When cryptocurrency exchanges fail, a seismic shock shudders through the cryptosphere. With thousands of users, from traders to companies, left out of pocket, litigation is inevitable in a bid to claw back some of the losses. Cryptopia is the latest in a long line of exchanges to face a litany...
Binance DEX Will Geoblock Users From 29 Countries, Including the US
2.6.2019
Access to the decentralized exchange developed by major cryptocurrency exchange Binance will be blocked from 29 countries