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S Korean Crypto-Pay Company Dragged into Mega Burning Sun Scandal
13.6.2019
Seungri. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube/CNBC Indonesia
A South Korean cryptocurrency payments platform Nupay is the latest company to be pulled into the aftermath of the long-running major Burning Sun K-pop drug, sex and prostitution scandal.
The scandal originated with a police investigation...
FINRA Fines Ex-Merrill Lynch Investment Adviser Over Crypto Mining Sideline
13.6.2019
U.S. self-regulatory organization FINRA has fined and suspended an investment adviser over undeclared cryptocurrency mining activities
Governments Keep Unintentionally Pushing People into Crypto
13.6.2019
Source: A video screenshot, Youtube/CBS News
As people’s locked-away savings come under threat in Italy and citizens are increasingly worried about spying on them in China, the countries around the world are once again unintentionally pushing people into the arms of crypto.
One would think that...
John McAfee’s New Crypto Trading Platform ‘Magic’ Goes Live
13.6.2019
Noted cybersecurity expert and eccentric crypto fan John McAfee has just launched a non-custodial cryptocurrency trading platform
Indian Government-Backed Program Offers Crypto and Blockchain Course
13.6.2019
An Indian government-initiated program is offering a course for undergraduates to learn about cryptocurrency, blockchains, and their use cases. This 12-week interactive course is free to enroll and learn from. Among the topics covered are Bitcoin basics and consensus. Meanwhile, India’s...
Jack Dorsey's Crypto Team Just Got its First Member
13.6.2019
Jack Dorsey. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube/Ted
Payments company Square, co-founded and led by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, just hired the first member of its cryptocurrency-focused division, Square Crypto.
Steve Lee. Steve Lee, an angel investor, startup advisor, and former product director...
John McAfee’s New Trading Platform Aims to Give Traders a Magical Experience
13.6.2019
On June 11, following his latest tirade on social media, John McAfee announced the launch of his new cryptocurrency trading platform called McAfee Magic. The project allows for manual and automated crypto trading across a variety of digital asset exchanges all displayed in one user interface....
Square Hires Ex-Google Director as First Member of New Crypto Team
13.6.2019
Square has hired former Google director and Bitcoin Optech contributor Steve Lee as the first member of its new crypto team
Few Women Are Contributing Code to Major Crypto Projects, Report Finds
12.6.2019
Study finds that female coders participated in only 5% of the top 100 blockchain projects
Less Than 5% of Crypto Code Commits on Github Made By Women: Report
12.6.2019
Less than 5% of the code committed to the top 100 cryptocurrency projects on Github were contributed by women
Initial Exchange Offerings Are Showing No Sign of Slowing Down
12.6.2019
Six months in and initial exchange offerings (IEOs) are refusing to die. Following a year of ICO stagnation in 2018, it appeared that the crypto crowdfunding bubble had popped, sending tokenized projects back to the drawing board. Instead, the medium has been reborn under a different banner....
Opacity Storage: Handling Your Privacy with Crypto
12.6.2019
Opacity provides encrypted file storage that maintains your privacy by never requiring personal account information Technology Has Become Really Convenient! Right?!? It has been clear for some time that online technology trends have been focused on ‘learning’ about you and […]
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Monero (XMR) Price Prediction: Software Pruning & I2P Features Are Added to The Crypto Chain
12.6.2019
In order to enhance scalability, Monero (XMR) recently added blockchain pruning to its software. This feature allows users to optionally “prune” about 2/3 of the blockchain data, while still contributing to the network. An additional feature called I2P-zero is also bundled with Monero. This allows...
Buy From Home Depot and Walmart With Bitcoin Cash Through Alagoria
12.6.2019
Ordering from large retailers doesn’t necessarily have to involve fiat money, even when these merchants have yet to adopt crypto payments. A platform called Alagoria lets you buy items sold by Home Depot and Walmart and you can pay with decentralized currencies such as bitcoin cash. Also...
CEO of Major American VC Firm Digital Currency Group: Crypto Winter Is Ending
12.6.2019
The CEO of major American VC firm Digital Currency Group believes that the crypto winter is ending, based on the cyclical nature of bitcoin’s ups and downs
Coinbase Launches Crypto Debit Card in 6 European Countries
12.6.2019
Coinbase Card is being made available in six new countries across Europe. The service enables users to spend their digital funds in-store and online, supporting all crypto assets available to trade on the Coinbase platform such as bitcoin cash. Also Read: How to Buy a Cryptocurrency Hardware Wallet...
FATF to Release New Rules for Global Crypto Sector, Impacting Exchanges, Funds, Custodians
12.6.2019
On June 21, the Financial Action Task Force will reportedly publish a note clarifying how participant nations should exercise oversight for the digital assets sector
Justin Sun’s Over $7.75 Million Donations To Charity In 2018-19
12.6.2019
TRON Foundation is one of the most prominent blockchain projects that the crypto space has right now. Besides, it is always in the news – be it for its projects or interesting opinions shared by its founder Justin Sun. Recently, Tron, along with its founder, successfully created a buzz...
Mexican Crypto Exchange Makes 11th-hour Bid to Halt Regulations
12.6.2019
One of Mexico’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Bitso, has made a last-minute plea to stop the central bank imposing tough new fintech regulations, urging it to go with "international"-style guidelines instead.
As previously reported onCryptonews.com, Mexico’s central bank (known as Banxico)...
Former US Senator Rick Santorum Supports New Crypto for Catholics
12.6.2019
A new product, Cathio, is attempting to drag the Catholic Church into the cryptocurrency era