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Tata Consultancy Services Becomes Gold Sponsor For Blockchain Expo 2020
7.2.2020
Tata Consultancy Services, the leading software technology giant based in India, has announced that it will be acting as a Gold Sponsor at the highly anticipated crypto event, the Blockchain Expo 2020. The biggest names from the crypto community will grace the stage of the Blockchain Expo, which...
World Markets – Managed Trading Accounts
4.2.2020
Trading in any market can be a difficult thing, especially if you lack technical knowledge. Luckily, there are services like managed investment accounts, where a professional does all the work for you. A managed investment account (or portfolio) can be defined as a set of assets that are given to...
Coronavirus Outbreak Forces Chinese Crypto ASIC Manufacturers to Delay Orders
3.2.2020
Bitcoin mining rig deliveries from China are delayed due to the coronavirus according to a few Chinese manufacturers. Microbt and Ebang sent notices to customers via the firm’s Wechat channels. Sources say Bitmain and Innosilicon are delaying mining device shipments as well. Also read: How...
Gold vs. Fiat Money vs. Bitcoin
3.2.2020
Since the time we have been out of the barter system, two items work as the intermediary: Gold and Fiat money. Though both of them have been used as a medium of transactions, there is a basic difference between the two that is Government’s back. Fiat money is issued and controlled by...
Hierarchies of Money: Why You Use Bank Money But the Bank Wants Reserve Currency
31.1.2020
While people tend to think of money as being all the same, the fact is governments and banks use different types of money than the everyday individual. From the top of the economic pyramid of world reserve currencies, down through central bank and commercial bank money, the capacities and function...
Investigators Bust €6 Million Bitcoin and Gold Fraud Scheme
31.1.2020
Investigators take down fraudulent crypto and gold investment scheme
Bitfinex Users Can Now Trade Tether Gold Stablecoin Against Bitcoin
31.1.2020
Bitfinex rolls out Tether Gold trading against Bitcoin after launching support for the gold-backed stablecoin last week
Bitfinex Adds Margin Trading on Tether Gold With Pairs of Up to 5x Leverage
31.1.2020
Bitfinex has launched margin trading for Tether Gold with select pairs of up to 5 times leverage
Crypto News Roundup for Jan. 27, 2020
27.1.2020
Today's daily podcast features trouble at TRON and an attack on Bitcoin Gold. It's CoinDesk's Crypto News Roundup
Bitcoin Gold Blockchain Hit by 51% Attack Leading to $70K Double Spend
27.1.2020
A 51% attack on the Bitcoin Gold blockchain lead to double spend of $70,000 worth of the cryptocurrency
Bitcoin Gold Suffers Two 51% Attacks, BTG Rallies 20%
27.1.2020
On Sunday, Bitcoin Gold (BTG), the cryptocurrency that was forked from Bitcoin (BTC) in 2017, confirmed that it once again suffered a 51% attack (two attacks on January 23rd, to be precise). However, investors do not seem worried - BTC rallied almost 20% in the past 24 hours.
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Bad Actors Rent Hashing Power to Hit Bitcoin Gold With New 51% Attacks
27.1.2020
The two attacks last Thursday saw over $87,000 in the cryptocurrency double spent
Bad Actors Rent Hashing Power to Hit Bitcoin Gold With New 51% Attacks
27.1.2020
The two attacks last Thursday saw over $87,000 in the cryptocurrency double spent
Bad Actors Rent Hashing Power to Hit Bitcoin Gold With New 51% Attacks
27.1.2020
The two attacks last Thursday saw over $87,000 in the cryptocurrency double spent
More Than 77 Crypto Projects Claim to Be Backed by Physical Gold
26.1.2020
The last few years have seen the creation of blockchain projects that claim to have tokens backed by physical gold. In October, Coinshares and Blockchain.com launched a digital gold token (DGLD) backed by physical gold that uses BTC’s security. Tether just announced a new token called tether...
Bitcoin Gold 51% Attacked – Network Loses $70,000 in Double Spends
26.1.2020
The Bitcoin Gold (BTG) network suffered another set of 51% attacks on January 23-24, as roughly 29 blocks were removed in two deep blockchain reorganizations (reorgs). Reports indicate that more than 7,000 BTG was double spent as the chain suffered a loss of $70,000 in two days. Also read: Bitcoin...
Bitcoin ‘Needs More’ PR from People Like Peter Schiff: Binance CEO
25.1.2020
Peter Schiff continues to see his Bitcoin criticism backfire after his BTC wallet password fiasco
Trump ‘Loves’ Negative Rates and ‘Could Get Used to’ Them, Criticizes Fed at World Economic Forum, China Trade Deal
24.1.2020
U.S. President Donald Trump spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland Tuesday saying the U.S. and other nations are “forced to compete … with nations that are getting negative rates, something very new.” Trump took direct shots at the U.S. Federal Reserve, claiming...
Tether Launches Gold-Backed Stablecoin and Begins Trading on Bitfinex
24.1.2020
Tether launches a gold-backed stablecoin while trading on Bitfinex has already started
Tether Says Its Newest Stablecoin Is Backed by Gold in Swiss Vault
23.1.2020
Tether is issuing a new stablecoin as ERC-20 and TRC20 tokens, backing their price with one ounce of gold