Indian Bitcoin Exchange Unocoin Raises $1.5 Million
Indian bitcoin exchange startup Uncoin has raised $1.5m in a new funding round. Source
Bitcoin Price Watch; Our Take On The Late US Session
So that’s it for another session in the bitcoin price. Things have been pretty wild all week, but there haven’t been too many opportunities to get in to the market other than on short, scalp breakout entries. We’re looking for some degree of sustained action so that we can get into a longer term trade, […]
MMM Global Ponzi Scheme Now Infects Nigerian Investors
Over the past few years, people across the world have been getting emails from “Nigerian princes”. These self-proclaimed royals promise riches in return for a small deposit. But overall, they were a scam even a child could tell. Replacing the Nigerian princes in latest events is MMM Global, a company that has notoriously conned people off […]
Ethereum vs Ethereum: Which Is the Ship of Theseus?
Imagine this scenario: Tom owes you money. Years later, Tom clones himself and claims the clone to be the real Tom, trying to write off all his debt to you. Tom the clone looks just like the original Tom, except for the memory. He doesn’t know you at all, let alone the debt. This would […]
Understanding Soft Forks: A Core Developer’s View on Network Monopoly
Since the beginning of the development of Segregated Witness, an increasing number of alternative Bitcoin hard fork supporters have criticized the implementation process of soft forks on Bitcoin Core, claiming that Core developers have a complete monopoly over the process. Former Bitcoin Core developer Jeff Garzik and Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin particularly stated that proposed […]
Bitcoin Takes on Eastern Europe as Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Lands in Kiev
Ukraine is one of these countries where people require no explanation about the value of hard money. As war in the east of the post-Soviet country helped put its economy into a recession, the Ukrainian national currency — the hryvnia — lost some 70 percent of its value over the past two years. Perhaps that’s […]
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to Host Public Fintech Forum
In an announcement today, the Securities and Exchange Commission said it will host a public forum to discuss Fintech innovation at its Washington D.C. headquarters in November. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the federal body which serves as the regulator for all of the United States’ stock exchanges and electronic securities markets, has given […]
SEC to Discuss Blockchain at November Forum
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is set to discuss blockchain at an upcoming public forum. Source
The Needham Report Forecasts Bitcoin Price to Hit $848
How is Bitcoin faring in the market and what’s in store for the digital currency community in the near future? A recent assessment made by Needham report draws an outline of all the things that might soon happen with the most popular cryptocurrency. One glance at the report, and it is quite evident that the […]
South Korean Fintech Firms Petition Against Apple’s NFC Barricade
Several South Korean fintech companies plan to petition the Korean Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) to object to Apple’s policy of not opening its near field communication (NFC) to outside app developers, according to Pulse, an English-language news site of Maeil Business Newspaper in South Korea. The Korean firms claim Apple’s policy prevents them from offering […]