Cryptocurrency News
Scams are nothing new in the crypto industry. From ICOs that received money and then vanished to trading sites that went down with investors’ funds, there is no shortage of people who’ve lost their hard-earned money in their pursuit of the Bitcoin millions. For most, the logical next step was […]
We have all heard about the crypto millionaires; people who invested in cryptocurrencies before the rest of us had a clue about what Bitcoin was. These investors saw their investments rise 10, 20 and even 50 times and reaped millions of dollars in months. However, very rarely do we hear […]
Bitcoin’s energy-intensive mining process has been one of its greatest challenges and while various solutions have been proposed, none has quite solved the challenge. However, a group of farmers in a small village in Iceland have found an innovative way to earn cryptos while warming up their houses. The farmers […]
OKEx may have trailed Binance as the biggest exchange in the world by trade volume, but there was no stopping it from being declared best in the world in Malta. The exchange was named the crypto exchange of the year during the inaugural Malta Blockchain Awards. OKEx was fighting for […]
It was a landmark week for the cryptocurrency industry as the king of cryptos marked ten years since Satoshi Nakamoto released the Bitcoin whitepaper. Bitcoin turned 10 on October 31, but there was little to celebrate as the crypto shed close to $200 just a day before its 10-year anniversary. […]
In what’s turning out to be a popular trend, Bitstamp cryptocurrency exchange has been acquired by a South Korean investment firm. Bitstamp, which is the oldest major exchange in the world, disclosed the deal today, October 29. NXC, the South Korean tech investment giant made the purchase through its Belgium-based […]
The cryptocurrency industry has come a long way, with Bitcoin celebrating its ten year anniversary yesterday. However, despite the great strides made, one challenge has continued to plague the industry: fraud. Nasdaq believes that it might have the answer and is willing to help the crypto industry weed out fraud […]
On this day in 2008, the world was introduced for the first time to a peer-to-peer digital currency called Bitcoin by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto. At the time, very few would have anticipated that the digital currency would gain traction, let alone revolutionize the entire financial services industry. In ten […]
Cryptocurrencies may have shed three-quarters of their market capitalization from January to date, but one company is rising from the ashes like a phoenix and raking in the big numbers. Occupying three floors in San Francisco’s Market Street, U.S’ largest cryptocurrency exchange has been steadily growing since it was founded […]
Holding huge amounts of cryptocurrencies is a risky endeavor which in a number of cases has led to life-threatening experiences. With the value of cryptos having risen exponentially in 2017, crypto millionaires became a target for criminals. This created a huge demand for crypto safekeeping solutions and a number of […]
It was touted as a blockchain-powered maritime investment project, but it has turned out to be yet another ingenious method of raising funds by the North Korean government. Known as Marine Chain, the startup claimed it would tokenize maritime vessels for their owners, but it has done anything but. According […]
Barely a week after installation, India’s first Bitcoin ATM has been seized by the police. The ATM was installed in one of the country’s most popular malls and facilitated the withdrawal and deposit of Bitcoins. The police also arrested one of the co-founders of Unocoin, the company that had installed […]
They may have been fierce competitors in the past, but Coinbase and Circle have now come together to boost Circle’s USDC stablecoin. Known as the CENTRE Consortium, the joint venture between the two industry giants aims to take the lead in the stablecoin market by ‘establishing the standards required and […]
Launched at the height of the 2008 financial crisis, bitcoin had a singular purpose then: to fight the centralized nature of the mainstream financial system and give the ultimate power back to the people. Satoshi Nakamoto’s vision has gradually been achieved, with cryptocurrencies and the blockchain technology that underpins them […]
In January this year, Nordea bank banned its 31,000 employees from buying Bitcoin and other cryptos. The bank, which is the largest in the Nordic region, termed Bitcoin as too risky and as having the potential to be used in crime. Nine months later, the bank has been implicated in […]
The race for the cryptocurrency custodial king is quickly heating up. Just days after Fidelity Investments announced that it would offer crypto security and storage services, BitGo has announced the closing of its Series B funding round. The startup offers crypto custody solutions through its BitGo Trust subsidiary. The $58.5 […]
With three separate entities running Cardano, some conflicts and disagreements were bound to arise at some point. And it has, with Cardano’s founder Charles Hoskinson accusing the Cardano Foundation of being a stumbling block towards the progress of the project. In an open letter and later a video interview, Hoskinson […]
Tether and controversy have gone hand in hand over the past year, and other stablecoins are capitalizing on it. Huobi has announced that it will list four new stablecoins, just a day after OKEx announced a similar move. The four, all of whom are pegged to the U.S dollar will […]