LinkedIn has been keeping its finger on the pulse of the United States’ most thriving startups, and crypto organizations are showing tremendous signs of life — and growth. The business and employment social media site released its LinkedIn Top Startups list this Thursday, September 6, 2018. Split into two articles, the list details the U.S.’s […]
French energy firm Engie announced Friday that it will help commercial customers build blockchain platforms with its new “Blockchain Studio” spinoff.
On the latest episode of Distributed Dialogues, Dave and Rick from the Let’s Talk Bitcoin Network host interviews on the risks and rewards of government interference in the cryptocurrency space. The first guest, John Collins, got his start in government on the Senate Committee of Homeland Security, and quickly moved to working with Coinbase after […]
Despite bears slowing in the last day, altcoins are poised to further shed in the coming days. It all has to do with Sep 5 candlestick rejecting higher highs often at or around key resistance levels. Since altcoins as EOS, XLM and Tron are still moving inside an eight month consolidation, trading with the trend […]
Ethereum’s price fell to a 12-month low of $228.8 today, falling below the $255.05 of Sept. 17, 2017, fulfilling expectations of those who have predicted a weakening of support that ICOs have bestowed on the second largest cryptocurrency since early last year. Ethereum’s price has been on a roller coaster since it began climbing above […]
Kraken exchange has been forced to comment on a persisting rumor that a Halifax, Canada office of the crypto exchange was shut down following a security breach resulting in the loss of hundreds of jobs. A post on Reddit made by ‘throwaway34032324’ yesterday states: “Kraken Currency exchange in Halifax unit 102 at 60 Highfield park […]
A Rolls-Royce dealership in Houston, Texas, is now allowing prospective customers to pay for their new luxury vehicles using Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash. The move to allow customers to pay with crypto comes as it becomes an increasingly popular trend to pay for luxury and exotic cars using cryptocurrency. The dealership, called Post Oak Motors, […]
Winklevoss IP, LLC has won a patent outlining how it may use air-gapped computers to protect cryptocurrency keys from theft.
Based on blockchain technology, most cryptocurrencies have an open and public ledger. While this is required for these systems to work, it comes with a significant downside: Privacy is often quite limited. Government agencies, analytics companies and other interested parties — let’s call them “spies” — have ways to analyze the public blockchains and peer-to-peer […]
In an effort to expand its institutional services, Coinbase is joining an industry chase for the ever-elusive bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF). As reported by Business Insider, the cryptocurrency exchange provider has been liaising with BlackRock, a U.S. investment management company with some $6 trillion in assets under its purview. Individuals close with the matter […]