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Facebook-owned WhatsApp Looks to Launch Digital Payments in Indonesia
21.8.2019
WhatsApp is reportedly looking to partner with local firms to launch digital payments in Indonesia
Telegram’s Crypto Offered Its Early Investors 400% Returns
21.8.2019
According to the latest reports, Telegram’s still-to-be-launched cryptocurrency, termed as GRAM, is trading in the unauthorized secondary market already and it is the early investors who are gaining record returns on these tokens. As the crypto community already knows, Telegram is scheduled...
High-Powered Mining Rigs Drive Bitcoin’s Accelerating Hashrate
20.8.2019
On August 19, the combined SHA-256 hashrate between the BCH and BTC networks touched a massive high of over 91 exahash per second (EH/s). One notable contribution to today’s network hashrates is the manufacturing of next-generation mining rigs that produce a significant number of terahash....
RBI Defends Its Power Over Crypto in Indian Supreme Court
20.8.2019
The Indian supreme court heard the case against the crypto banking restriction by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in detail Tuesday. After many arguments challenging the RBI’s power over crypto were presented, the counsel for the central bank began making the case against cryptocurrency. Also...
China Is Racing to Launch a Digital Currency Ahead of FB’s Libra
20.8.2019
China’s central bank will soon launch its state-backed digital currency, influenced by Facebook’s Libra
How to Bequeath Your Digital Assets to Your Descendants
20.8.2019
Depending on your belief system, death is either the endgame or the next level. Whatever lies on the other side, your bitcoins are no good there. Just as we entered this world with nothing, we are destined to leave it with nothing. All those years spent stacking sats needn’t be in vain...
Cryptocurrency Exchange Binance is Planning to Launch Venus, similar to Facebook Cryptocurrency Libra
20.8.2019
Binance, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, is initiating to launch “Venus,” by calling it as an “independent regional version of Libra,” as per the recent announcement. Binance further revealed that it is initiating a project that will develop digital assets...
Bank of America Files Patent for Multi-Tiered Digital Currency Wallet
19.8.2019
Bank of America has filed a patent for a digital asset wallet with multiple passwords and corresponding layers of access
Japan’s E-commerce Leader Rakuten Publicly Unveils Its Cryptocurrency Exchange
19.8.2019
Rakuten, Japan’s e-commerce giant, has publicly unveiled its digital currency exchange called Rakuten Wallet. The company made an official announcement on Monday in which it disclosed that the users could begin spot trading activity through a dedicated mobile application in three digital currencies...
China Outlined Plans for Development of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, Which Includes Promotion of Digital Currency
19.8.2019
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on 18th August laid out the strategies for the future improvement of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, which includes the research and development of digital assets and the national cryptocurrency dependent on the renminbi. Especially,...
Trescon Inks Partnership with Global Digital Crypto Exchange – Future1Exchange
19.8.2019
Future1Exchange,a digital crypto exchange based in Estonia announced their partnership with global business events and consulting firm Trescon. Kishore Mansinghani, CEO of Future1Exchange with Mohammed Saleem, CEO of Trescon, at World AI Show & World Blockchain Summit,that took place on 24th...
The Most Important Aspect of Bitcoin Is the Separation of Money and State
19.8.2019
Many cryptocurrency supporters believe the technology allows for the separation of money and state in a manner that’s never been seen before. Governments inflict two forms of robbery against nonviolent citizens by forcing them to pay taxes while also stealing from them silently through...
Digital Piggy Banks And Books: How Crypto Industry Targets Kids
18.8.2019
While there are not many things that everyone in the cryptocurrency community can agree on, there is a shared belief that decentralized digital currencies will play an integral role in the future of money. As a result, a handful of companies are building their business on products that aim...
Philippines Increasingly Crypto Friendly – A Look at Driving Forces
18.8.2019
There are many reasons why the Philippines is becoming increasingly crypto-friendly. Not only has its central bank registered more crypto exchanges recently, but the Securities and Exchange Commission has also been actively finalizing crypto guidelines. The country has an active crypto community...
Lendingblock receives License as DLT Provider from GFSC Supported by ISOLAS
17.8.2019
Lendingblock, the open trade for institutional lending and borrowing of digital assets has obtained a License as a DLT (Distributed Ledger Technology) provider from the GFSC (Gibraltar Financial Services Commission) upheld by the blockchain law office, ISOLAS. This License is a significant...
How Coinbase Quietly Became the World’s Biggest Bitcoin Bank
17.8.2019
On August 15, the San Francisco-based digital currency exchange Coinbase announced that it had acquired the cryptocurrency custody service Xapo’s institutional branch. The business move puts Coinbase in the limelight, making it the largest custodial service for digital assets worldwide, with...
Privacy Token Beam Completes First Hard Fork Against the ASICs
16.8.2019
Beam, the privacy coin based on Mimblewimble protocol, completed its 1st hard fork on 15th August 2019 at 19:00 hrs. (UTC) away from the ASICs. The scheduled fork was carried out at 321,321 blocks, according to the reports. Beam’s hard fork adapted the mining algorithm owing to the ASIC mining...
China’s Digital Fiat Wants to Compete With Bitcoin – But It’s Not a Crypto
16.8.2019
China may be about to launch a fiat digital currency, but in all likelihood, it will only resemble a cryptocurrency on the surface
Hong Kong Protest Leader Hopes to Incite Run on Chinese Banks
16.8.2019
The 11th week of protesting in Hong Kong has passed as the world has witnessed massive sit-ins at the national airport and demonstrations across several locations citywide. The 2019 anti-extradition bill protests have affected Hong Kong’s local economy, investors have dumped on the benchmark...
Samsung Adds Bitcoin Support to Its Blockchain Keystore
15.8.2019
On August 13, Samsung, the South Korean multinational conglomerate, published the company’s new Blockchain Keystore SDK for developers and the latest release supports Bitcoin Core (BTC). The version follows Samsung’s previous Keystore release which only supported ETH and the ERC20...