The official Twitter account for cryptocurrency project Vertcoin has been compromised by scammers, developers confirmed on Tuesday. Shortly after 20:00 UTC, Vertcoin’s Twitter account tweeted that the coin’s developers were holding a 10 bitcoin giveaway and that users should send 0.005 BTC to a specific address to enter the contest. Hey, everyone! Vertcoin and staff […]
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinsecure said it was not yet legally able to refund its customers due to an ongoing investigation.
Bitfinex, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has added Stellar Lumens and Verge to its list of supported currencies. This follows recent news of new fiat pairs including British pounds GBP and Japanese Yen JPY. Bitfinex Adds Two Coins and More Trading Pairs Bitfinex now supports 56 cryptocurrencies, all of which can be traded […]
Major crypto exchange Bitfinex has listed two new currencies as of today: Stellar (XLM) and Verge (XVG). Both currencies are in the top 30 coins with Stellar in 8th place boasting a market cap of $8 billion while trading at $0.431 and Verge in 23rd place valued at $1.2 billion and currently trading at $0.08. […]
A new open-source think tank oriented around blockchain technology has been formed and has announced its first initiative, JOBS Crypto Offering, which aims to solve the regulatory issues surrounding initial Coin Offerings (ICO). The newly announced Institute for Blockchain Innovation (IBI) has nearly 60 members, including global leaders in banking and technology. Companies include Finova, […]
Vertcoin’s Twitter account was compromised around May 1, according to public messages by the team behind the startup.
In a step towards mainstream adoption, Peter Thiel’s venture-capital firm is backing a startup that intends to bring Wall Street electronic-trading expertise to the cryptocurrency market. Thiel’s firm, San Francisco-based Founders Fund, is one of the investors behind the early-stage startup, called Tagomi Systems Inc., according to people familiar with the situation who spoke with […]
Bitcoin rallied more than 33 percent in April, making it the coin’s best month of the year to date.
Since bottoming in the mid $300s, ETH-USD has managed to almost double in price over the course of a month. The support at the bottom came from the top of the previous reaccumulation trading range shown below: Figure 1: ETHUSD, 12-Hour Candles, Previous Trading Range Whether this is nothing more than a brief respite in […]
Cryptocurrency and blockchain technology continue to disrupt the global marketplace; organizations that leverage these innovative technologies can expect to see an increase in regulatory intervention in 2018. As a result of the proliferation of blockchains and cryptocurrencies, the market is witnessing a fight for talent to fill leadership roles involved with driving adoption of, and […]