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SEC Imposes Multimillion Dollar Fine for Unregistered EOS Token Sale
1.10.2019
The United States securities regulator has announced hefty fines for two crypto companies. The penalties have been imposed for EOS’ unregistered token sale and a fraudulent public offering. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) intends to use some of the collected money to indemnify...
Bankers Start to Recognize Bitcoin’s Role in Financial Evolution
29.9.2019
Digitization, disruption, blockchain, and frictionless payments. It’s amazing how prominent figures from the financial elite can provide a pretty detailed description of decentralized money without uttering “bitcoin” or “crypto.” But the fact of the matter is that...
Bitcoin’s LN Developer Discloses the Network’s Vulnerability
28.9.2019
BTC’s Lightning Network developer Rusty Russel discloses the network’s vulnerability
Software Engineer Reveals Oracle Creation Platform for Bitcoin Cash
27.9.2019
On September 23, Bitcoin Cash (BCH) developer Gabriel Cardona revealed a project called Oracles.cash, a platform he constructed at the Wyohackathon. The application allows anyone to launch oracles on the BCH chain for things like prediction markets, trust-less wagers, and BCH contracts tethered...
Bittrex to Use Chainalysis Tool to Identify High-Risk Transactions
27.9.2019
Bittrex is using Chainalysis’ know your transaction tool to spot high-risk transactions
10,000 Nodes Are Running BTC Lightning Network in New All-Time High
26.9.2019
The number of Bitcoin Lightning Network nodes passes 10,000
Daimler Conducts Transaction on Marco Polo Trade Finance Network
25.9.2019
Daimler AG and mechanical engineering firm Dürr AG have tested a transaction on R3’s Corda-powered Marco Polo network
H&R Block Offers Solutions for Taxpayers With Crypto Transactions
25.9.2019
U.S.-based accounting firm H&R Block rolls out a new service for crypto currency transactions
How Merge Mining and Anchored Blockchain Projects Capitalize on Bitcoin’s Security Model
21.9.2019
Since 2011, just after Satoshi Nakamoto left the Bitcoin project for good, networks have emerged that leverage the BTC chain in some way. A variety of projects over the last nine years have found value in anchoring some sort of feature set to BTC in order to bolster the satellite’s underlying...
Justin Sun Reveals New Plan for TRON’s Proof-of-Stake Mechanism
21.9.2019
Justin Sun lists key developments in the new plan for TRON’s proof-of-stake mechanism
Waves Transitions to Self-Regulating Monetary System
20.9.2019
Waves moves to a self-regulating monetary system, allowing the community to determine block generation reward size and coin supply
New IMF Blog Considers Pros and Cons of Adoption of Stablecoins
19.9.2019
The IMF outlines potential risks and benefits related to the adoption of new digital payment methods, including stablecoins
Brazilian Government Forcing Higher Transparency and Auditability for Cryptocurrency Transactions
19.9.2019
Regulators all over the globe are worried about the future of cryptocurrency. The rapidly increasing value of Bitcoin might disrupt the dominance of fiat currency. Recently, the Brazilian government has targeted cryptocurrency and asked all the legalized crypto startups to provide more transparency...
Tiny Block Advocates Speak Up After Veriblock ‘Abuses’ Bitcoin’s Block Size
19.9.2019
The BTC community recently celebrated the fact that Segregated Witness (Segwit) transactions accounted for 50% of transactions and bech32 transactions doubled as well. However, the celebration quickly came to an end when a few Bitcoin Core developers found out where the transactions derived from...
Israeli Startup That Allows Offline Crypto Transactions Secures $4M
19.9.2019
Blockchain transactions can now purportedly be recorded without the internet as an Israeli cybersecurity startup introduces its new technology
Hedera Hashgraph — Deep Look Into 10,000 Transactions Per Second Claim
17.9.2019
While Hedera continues to attract major companies to its governing council, the Hashgraph’s performance is being questioned
BitPay Adds Ethereum to its Network for Fostering ETH Crypto Transactions
17.9.2019
The globally reputed cryptocurrency, Ethereum has added another feather to its credit as leading payment processor, BitPay, lends support to ETH on its platform, thereby facilitating traders to initiate acceptance of Ethereum. On September 16, the official press release concerning ETH and BitPay...
Wells Fargo to Pilot DLT-Based Cross-Border Settlement Platform
17.9.2019
Financial services company Wells Fargo & Company is planning to pilot a DLT-based internal settlement service in 2020
BCH Microblog ‘Member’ Shows the Future of Reddit-Like Forums
16.9.2019
Since the Bitcoin Cash upgrade in May 2018, software developers have unleashed a slew of microblogging protocols that utilize OP_return transactions. One application called Member is a BCH-based browser that makes use of these types of transactions and the extra space added to the data carrier...
Cryptocurrency Payments Processor BitPay Adds Support for Ether
16.9.2019
Crypto payment services provider BitPay has announced support for Ether