When Facebook first announced its VPN service, a lot of people scrutinized it. It later turned out that was for a good reason, as the Onavo VPN App has been marred in controversy for some time now. The VPN app itself is apparently used to spy on teens and harvest […]
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Zuckerberg Talks Blockchain Potential, Calls Facebook an Innovator in Privacy
When you think of Facebook today, a pioneer in privacy isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. But you should, at least according to its founder Mark Zuckerberg. In a recent interview, Zuckerberg broke down all the efforts that the social media giant has made to secure user data. […]
Facebook Allegedly Still Rejecting Crypto Ads and Showing Bias against Some Firms
In 2018, global internet giants took a stand against cryptocurrencies. Google, Microsoft, Snapchat, LinkedIn, MailChimp and Facebook all banned crypto ads from their platforms. The reason they gave was that advertisers were using their platforms to promote crypto and ICO scams. Cryptos took quite a beating from the bans, losing […]
Bitcoin Price Watch: A Final Look Back at 2018
At press time, bitcoin is trading for just over $3,700. While the currency has managed to keep up a small bit of momentum in the past seven days to stay above $3,600, the currency has failed to meet the expectations of most die-hard investors and enthusiasts. This will be our […]
India in No Hurry to Regulate Cryptos, Blames Global Regulatory Uncertainty
India hasn’t been the friendliest jurisdiction to cryptocurrencies. The crypto industry in the country has been involved in an endless row with the country’s Reserve Bank, and the RBI has thus far had the upper hand. The animosity has pushed some crypto firms out of business this year. And now, […]
Facebook Developing a Whatsapp Crypto, Should the Bitcoin Community Be Worried?
It has been long been known that Facebook was working on a blockchain and crypto project. Most suspected that the new token would facilitate payments for Facebook’s 2.5 billion users on its social media platform. However, it turns out that Facebook’s maiden crypto project will focus on Whatsapp. According to […]
Bitcoin Knocks On $4K As Expert Claims Facebook Crypto Will End Bitcoin
After weeks of heartache for Bitcoin enthusiasts, the currency has bounced back. Bitcoin hit its yearly low weeks ago and since then, it has gained 27 percent to hit $3,945 earlier today. The currency had gained 3.8 percent in the past 24 hours and was trading at $3,770 at press […]
Drug Sales on Instagram Remain a Growing Problem
The modern era of technology has introduced a lot of positive changes over the years. Unfortunately, for every positive aspect, at least one negative topic is created as well. It seems more and more drug vendors are flocking to social media networks such as Instagram. This trend has been apparent […]
Facebook Hacked – What Information Was Compromised?
This Friday the Guardian reported that nearly 50 million users’ accounts were compromised. According to Facebook the breach was discovered on September 25th and patched two days later. However, the vulnerability allowed hackers to gain sensitive information about users’ accounts, such as photos, private conversations, and the ability to log […]
Jihan Wu, Randi Zuckerberg Join Huobi Blockchain Advisory Committee
Randi Zuckerberg, the sister of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, is one of eight industry experts that have joined the Huobi cryptocurrency exchange in an advisory role. Zuckerberg worked at Facebook for more than six years where she served as a spokesperson as well as a marketing director. She later left […]
Blockchain Patents Will Shape Innovation – and That’s a Little Bit Scary
There were 1,240 blockchain patents filed last year. That’s not normal. The number of blockchain patent applications, in fact, has grown over 600 percent since 2016. This year, retailing giant Wal-Mart secured blockchain patents for crypto household energy payments, wearable medical records, and a security system. They also filed patents […]
Facebook’s Record-Setting Stock Market Wipeout Revives Crypto Comparisons
Security and volatility. They are the two aspects of cryptocurrencies that are attacked the most. While there are other challenges such as scalability, the energy consumption associated with mining, and privacy, cryptos’ volatility is often cited by skeptics as the reason they could never become a mainstream payment method. In […]
Top 3 Reasons for Bitcoin Bulls to Be Cheerful
Okay, so Bitcoin Bulls does sound a lot like a basketball team. But hey, investing in Bitcoin has a lot in common with an adrenaline-packed b-ball game. Highs and lows, wins and losses, regrouping in the locker room after a thrashing from regulators and cybercriminals… 2018 has been a tough […]
Bitcoin Price Watch: Currency at $8,095
At press time, the father of cryptocurrency has fallen by about $150 and is down to about $8,095. This isn’t something enthusiasts need to concern themselves with too much, considering it’s still very early in the game and bitcoin has been on a speedy roll as of late. The currency […]
Facebook Lifts Its Cryptocurrency Ad Ban – Sort Of
Facebook has made changes to its policies concerning cryptocurrency. Rob Leathern, Product Management Director for the popular social media site, recently noted, “In January we announced a new policy to prohibit ads that promote financial products and services that are frequently associated with misleading or deceptive promotional practices such as […]
Positive News Keeps Flowing in, but Bitcoin’s Price Still Down
There was a time when even the slightest hint that a new development was taking place in the crypto industry would drive prices up instantly. Reddit accepting Bitcoin was enough to drive the price of Bitcoin up by hundreds of dollars in just a few hours; rumors that Coinbase would […]
Facebook Unbans Cryptocurrency Advertisements but Still Disallows ICOs
Multiple technology companies have taken a harsh stance on cryptocurrency advertisements. Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Twitter have all removed cryptocurrency advertisements from their platforms. Surprisingly, Facebook has already reversed its decision in a very peculiar way. Facebook Changes its Mind The proposed ban on cryptocurrency advertisements on the Facebook platform […]
Bitcoin Price Watch: Currency Spikes by $100
At press time, the father of cryptocurrencies is up to $6,100. That’s about $100 more than where it stood during yesterday’s afternoon hours. The currency seems to be incurring small changes each day: $100 here, $200 there, etc. Thus far, the coin is going through a rough patch of weak […]