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How to Trade Crypto in Person Safely
20.10.2019
With mainstream exchanges becoming progressively cumbersome due to privacy invasive policy and regulation, some crypto traders are switching to more private, face-to-face trading. While this route isn’t for everyone, and comes with unique risks, it does offer a very real solution to many...
Bitcoin Cash Roundup: Adoption Stories and New Developments
19.10.2019
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) adoption, development, and participation continue to spread as there’s been a myriad of BCH-related announcements in the last few weeks. Moreover, there’s now over 18 million bitcoin cash in circulation and only three million coins left to mine. Also read: Ethereum...
HTC Launches Exodus 1S, First Phone That Can Run a Full BTC Node
19.10.2019
Taiwanese electronics giant HTC has launched its new smartphone Exodus 1s, enabling users to run a full Bitcoin node on mobile
Circle Drops Poloniex Leaving US Crypto Traders High and Dry
19.10.2019
According to a blog post published by Circle, the cryptocurrency firm is releasing its subsidiary exchange Poloniex which is now owned by an “Asian investment group.” The trading platform will become an independent company called Polo Digital Assets, Ltd., and after November 1, 2019...
Russia Blocks 2 Crypto News Websites
19.10.2019
Russian authorities have restricted access to a couple of cryptocurrency news outlets. The formal reasons for the censorship move are different in each case but the end result is the same. In both, regulators have acted on the basis of a law that empowers them to block online sources of information...
A Step-by-Step Guide to Exchanges: Learn to Buy Cryptocurrency [Part 2]
19.10.2019
Congratulations on being ready to purchase cryptocurrency! In this guide, we’ll walk you through the following steps: How exchanges work  Different types of exchanges  The process of buying cryptocurrencies Fiat gateways Considerations when choosing an exchange How Exchanges Work...
A Step-by-Step Guide to Exchanges: Learn to Buy Cryptocurrency [Part 2]
19.10.2019
Congratulations on being ready to purchase cryptocurrency! In this guide, we’ll walk you through the following steps: How exchanges work  Different types of exchanges  The process of buying cryptocurrencies Fiat gateways Considerations when choosing an exchange How Exchanges Work...
A Step-by-Step Guide: Learn to Buy Cryptocurrency
19.10.2019
Congratulations on being ready to purchase cryptocurrency! In this guide, we’ll walk you through the following steps: How exchanges work  Different types of exchanges  The process of buying cryptocurrencies Fiat gateways Considerations when choosing an exchange How Exchanges Work...
6 Darknet Markets for the Crypto Curious
19.10.2019
If you’ve got a few thousand satoshis burning a hole in your wallet, the darknet beckons. There’s no obligation to spend a single sat while scouring the darker recesses of the web, but it’s nice to know that should you get the urge, your crypto’s good. There are...
Telegram Offers to Postpone Launch of the TON Network
18.10.2019
Telegram, which was surprised with a last minute restraining order on the sale of its tokens in the U.S., is now ready to delay the launch of the TON network until the spring of next year. The company has informed the New York court reviewing the case that it can suspend all operations with grams...
Ethereum Name Service Adds Infrastructure for Multi-Currency Support
18.10.2019
On October 16, the Ethereum Name Service (ENS) announced multi-currency support and integration with 15 platforms and wallets. The fusion will provide users with the ability to use a single ENS name across a wide spectrum of crypto applications alongside leveraging a variety of digital assets. Also...
Options for Hosting Your Own Non-JavaScript-Based Analytics
18.10.2019
There are loads of analytics platforms to help you track visitor and usage data on your sites. Perhaps most notably Google Analytics, which is widely used (including on this site), probably due to it's ease of integration, feature-richness, and the fact that it's free (until you need to jump up...
Laying the Foundations
18.10.2019
Here’s a new book by Andrew Couldwell all about design systems and his team’s experience at Sprout Social. For a while now they’ve been building Seeds, a brand guide that the internal team can and reference for brand and design-related things, including patterns, variables, and components....
CME Bitcoin Futures Sees Institutional Interest and Demand from Asia
18.10.2019
Global markets business CME Group said that institutional interest toward the firm’s Bitcoin futures is thriving and 2019’s third-quarter data showed a record number of open interest. Moreover, despite the lackluster start, the Intercontinental Exchange’s (ICE) Bakkt platform...
Raiffeisen Among 18 Banks in First Global Tokenized Collateral Trial
18.10.2019
Raiffeisen amongst 28 organizations in the first global-scale trial on R3 Corda network
Global Crisis Looms as IMF Report Cites Its Own Policy as Dangerous
18.10.2019
In a new report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) entitled “Global Financial Stability Report: Lower for Longer,” the group gives an overview of the current debt-ridden and precarious state of affairs in global economics. Not lost on some economists, however, is the irony that...
SEC Wants Second Look at Bitwise Bitcoin ETF Proposal
18.10.2019
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reviewing its order issued last week pertaining to a rejected proposal for a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). The proposal was filed by NYSE Arca for the Bitwise Bitcoin ETF Trust. Meanwhile, the SEC is also evaluating a proposed rule change...
Alleged Las Vegas Scammer Charged for $11 Million Crypto Binary Options Ponzi
18.10.2019
A Las Vegas man is charged with raising at least $11 million from cryptocurrency investors he promised to trade binary options for, and make gains of up to 300%. According to the charges the money was sent from new clients to previous ones in a classic Ponzi scheme manner. Also Read: Binance to...
Facebook’s Libra Just Got Its First Major Supporter in Congress
17.10.2019
Bucking a trend, Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) wrote a letter praising Libra as a technological advance that he feels is needed
SLP Token Ecosystem Built on Bitcoin Cash Continues to Blossom
17.10.2019
The Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) has come a long way since its inception and more than 4,900 SLP tokens have been created to date. During the last few months, SLP usage has grown significantly with people constructing various types of unique ideas that create more use cases for these token...