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Bitmain’s Antminer E3 Will Allegedly Stop Ethereum Mining in 1 Month: Report
24.2.2020
Bitmain’s Antminer E3 will allegedly stop mining Ethereum in April 2020, altcoin mining pool 2Miners reports
Shopify Joins Libra While Quitter Vodafone Advertises Bitcoin on Facebook
24.2.2020
Facebook’s coin project, Libra, continues to draw attention despite setbacks, including a shrinking pool of backers and a growing number of worried regulators. But now with JP Morgan seeing potential for the social network’s cryptocurrency and e-commerce giant Shopify joining the Libra...
Insolvent Exchange FCoin Had Bitcoin Outflow Problems Just Two Months After Launch: Report
21.2.2020
The exchange, which revealed its insolvency this week, may have already had issues as early as July 2018
Blockstack Releases Annual Public Benefit Report Describing 2019 Achievements
20.2.2020
Taking pride in being a highly acclaimed open-source decentralized computing platform, Blockstack has released the Blockstack PBC annual public benefit report for its wide customer base to review its accomplishments. The report highlights the details about the working pedagogies followed by...
Lightning Network Increasingly Fragile to Attacks – Hope Turns to Drivechain for Bitcoin Scaling
19.2.2020
A report published February 7 and authored in part by Blockstream researcher Christian Decker found that the BTC Lightning Network is “evolving towards an increasingly centralised architecture.” Proponents of LN say this is not a problem, and even critics of the network point to...
‘Central Banking Is Socialism for the 1%’ – Report Cites Wealth Inequality Driven by Stimulus
18.2.2020
For a while now, central banks like the Federal Reserve have been participating in quantitative easing (QE) practices, despite the fact they don’t like to call it QE. Following the massive dollar injections, a recent report from the wealth insights provider Wealth-x details the number...
Bank of Korea Seeks to Deploy Blockchain in Bond Market: Report
18.2.2020
South Korea’s central bank is working on a project to distribute bond records on the blockchain, a report says
Max Keiser Predicts $400,000 BTC on Alex Jones Show, Jones Compares Bitcoin to ‘Power of Fire’ From the Gods
18.2.2020
The moment many conspiracy-minded bitcoin enthusiasts have been waiting for arrived yesterday when Info Wars muckraker Alex Jones compared bitcoin to a “power of fire” gifted from the gods to humankind. The bold commentary took place in the context of a Max Keiser interview, in which...
Tradeblock Estimates Post-Halving Mining Cost of $12,500 per BTC
15.2.2020
On February 7, the blockchain analytics provider Tradeblock published a report about the upcoming BTC reward halving. BTC’s block reward is expected to halve on or around May 12, 2020, and Tradeblock’s report estimates that the cost to mine BTC will be over $12,500 after the halving....
Report: Middle East and Africa’s Blockchain Spending to Surge 400% by 2023
14.2.2020
Governments across the Middle East and Africa to increase blockchain spending by 400% in four years, a new IDC report says
Ledger Reignites Trezor Beef With 'Dishonest' Report on Crypto Wallet Hardware
14.2.2020
Cryptocurrency hardware wallet manufacturers, Ledger and Trezor, have again clashed over which has the most secure device
Digital Remittances Reach Record High of $96 Billion, Fees Charged by Traditional Providers Open Door for Cryptocurrencies
14.2.2020
In a globalized world where labor follows capital, the remittance industry has been growing constantly in both volume and users. Traditional providers like banks and money transfer companies have been charging high fees for their services which creates opportunities for alternative digital...
New Report Finds North Korean Mining of XMR Increased Tenfold in 2019, Online Activity 300%
13.2.2020
A report published by cybersecurity organization Insikt Group claims internet use in North Korea has grown significantly in the past three years. The group cites a “300% increase in the volume of activity to and from North Korean networks since 2017,” and part of this activity involves...
North Korea Is Expanding Its Monero Mining Operations, Says Report
12.2.2020
The regime may be boosting its monero mining efforts in order to evade UN-imposed sanctions and avoid being tracked
CipherTrace Releases Anti-Money Laundering Report for Q4 2019
12.2.2020
Crypto-blockchain forensic project CipherTrace has released the anti-money laundering report for the last quarter of 2019, and the results are saddening, to say the least. The results indicate that the doubts raised by politicians globally are not mere speculations, but have a certain level...
Monero Hacker Group ‘Outlaw’ Is Back and Targeting American Business: Report
11.2.2020
Outlaw, a group specializing in cryptojacking machines to mine monero, has returned after a brief hiatus and is expanding its global reach, according to Trend Micro
Hacking Group Outlaw Upgrades Malware for Illicit Income Sources: Report
11.2.2020
Outlaw has been updating its toolkit to steal enterprise data for nearly half a year at this point
JPMorgan Might Merge Quorum With ConsenSys - Report
11.2.2020
Within the next six months, U.S.-based investment banking giant JPMorgan Chase is likely to announce that its blockchain unit Quorum is merging with major bockchain company ConsenSys, Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the plans.
Both companies are already in talks over this potential...
Report: JPMorgan Considers Merging Blockchain Unit with Consensys
11.2.2020
JPMorgan Chase is reportedly considering a merger of its blockchain unit Quorum with the Ethereum-focused firm ConsenSys
JPMorgan May Merge Its Blockchain Project With Ethereum Studio Consensys: Report
11.2.2020
The banking giant is apparently in talks to merge Quorum with ConsenSys, the ethereum-focused software developer and investor