St. Louis Fed VP: A Private Crypto Could Solve the ‘Triffin Dilemma’
An economist with the St. Louis Federal Reserve said that cryptocurrencies could solve a problem faced by global currency reserves like the dollar.
John McAfee-Linked Bitcoin Mining Firm Hit with Lawsuit over Pump-and-Dump Scheme
MGT Capital Investments, a bitcoin mining and cryptocurrency investing firm formerly associated with John McAfee, has been hit with a class-action lawsuit over allegations that its former CEO participated in a pump-and-dump scheme that manipulated the price of MGT shares. Bitcoin Mining Firm Faces Class-Action Suit The suit, which was filed by Rosen Law Firm […]
BitMEX Appoints Hong Kong Regulator to Position of Chief Operating Officer
In an effort to help them navigate the global regulatory landscape, BitMEX, one of the planet’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has appointed Angelina Kwan to the position of chief operating officer. Kwan is something of a veteran in the Hong Kong financial regulation space. Regulatory Expert Angelina Kwan Drafted into the BitMEX Team BitMEX has become […]
‘Bitcoin Bug’ Exploited on Crypto Fork as Attacker Prints 235 Million Pigeoncoins
Using a major bug found and fixed on bitcoin last month, an attacker was able to print 235 million coins on “pigeoncoin.”
Mining Giant Bitmain Acquires Bitcoin Cash Wallet Startup
Bitmain has acquired Telescope, an open-source, browser-based wallet for bitcoin cash.
Cardano Launches Rust Project to Entice Third-Party Developers
Cardano, the platform underpinning ADA, the ninth largest cryptocurrency by market cap, is opening its doors to third-party developers through a new client, written in systems programing language Rust. “As a project matures and grows, you need to satisfy the demands of different clients,” Charles Hoskinson, CEO at IOHK, the blockchain development company behind Cardano, […]
BitMEX’s New COO Angelina Kwan Joins the Crypto Space at “An Exciting Time”
Angelina Kwan, former managing director and head of regulatory compliance for Hong Kong Exchange and Clearing, is taking on the position of COO of BitMEX, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, at a time when the challenges facing these exchanges are greater than ever. In an interview with Bitcoin Magazine, Kwan told […]
Battle of the Privacycoins: What We Know About Grin and Beam’s Mimblewimble
Based on blockchain technology, most cryptocurrencies have an open and public ledger of transactions. While this is required for these systems to work, it comes with a significant downside: Privacy is often quite limited. Analytics companies and other interested parties — let’s call them “spies” — have ways to analyze the public blockchains and peer-to-peer […]
Bitcoin News Summary – October 1, 2018
The post Bitcoin News Summary – October 1, 2018 appeared first on 99 Bitcoins. Here’s what happened this week in Bitcoin in 99 seconds. Google is ending its ban on crypto-related adverts across the US and Japan. The ban was put in place this June. It’s expected this will boost adoption by exposing […]