Colorado Regulators Crack Down on Four More ICOs
The state’s “ICO Task Force” has now issued 12 cease-and-desist orders since May of this year.
Amazon and ConsenSys-Built Kaleido Launches Full-Stack Marketplace
Blockchain software-as-a-service (SAS) project Kaleido has launched a marketplace to provide its users with a “full-stack enterprise platform.” Their “Blockchain Business Cloud” now features a “new marketplace [of] trusted tools and services from Kaleido, AWS, and members of the new partnership program, all offered as plug-and-play.” The suite of services will feature oracles, wallet and […]
The ‘Coinbase Effect’ Turns Bearish After BAT Prices Drop Post-Listing
The price of browser startup Brave’s Basic Attention Token (BAT) fell by as much as 20 percent in the past 24 hours.
For Bitfinex Users, Dollar Withdrawals Are Now a Weeks-Long Struggle
Three weeks after being assured everything was running smoothly, some customers at Bitfinex are wondering why they still can’t get their money out.
S’offrir une télé 4K ou 8K pour Noël
À l’approche des fêtes de fin d’année, vous souhaitez sans doute pour vous-même ou vos proches offrir un cadeau d’envergure. Pourquoi ne pas opter pour un téléviseur ultra haute définition ? Par exemple, vous offrir une télé 4K ou 8K pour Noël. Où acheter la télé 8K ou 4K de mes rêves ? La technologie 8K est […]
War: Bitcoin Cash Startup Launches Mining Pool to Attack Altcoins & BCH Forks
A prominent bitcoin cash startup has launched a mining pool designed to attack altcoins and BCH forks that it does not believe fulfill Satoshi Nakamoto’s original vision for the cryptocurrency. SharkPool: Supporting Bitcoin Cash by Attacking other Networks Dubbed “SharkPool,” the service aims to conduct a two-pronged attack on other cryptocurrency networks, exclusively mining empty […]
Bank of Israel Doesn’t Recommend Launching Bank-Backed e-Shekel
The central bank of Israel has published a summary of the work of its interdepartmental team to examine central bank digital currency and its eventual use in the country’s financial system. The research found there are no proper grounds for a decision to recommend issuing digital currency as of yet. Israel’s Central Bank Report Weighs Benefits […]
Maduro Bankrupted Venezuela — Now He’s Launching a Petro Savings Plan
The Venezuelan government has recently launched a Petro savings plan that allows the country’s citizens to put their money into the oil-backed cryptocurrency and “save by means of a certificate.” Venezuela Launches Petro Savings Plan for 18 Million Citizens According to local news outlet Telesur, the savings plan is part of the “Comprehensive National Cryptoasset […]
Will Recent Economic Sanctions Drive Iran to Cryptocurrency?
A recent FinCEN advisory has stated that the re-imposition of economic sanctions on November 5 could drive Iran to get more serious about the cryptocurrency experiments it began in 2013. Could Iran Follow North Korea’s Lead Evading Sanctions Using Crypto? Iran has made little secret of its interest in cryptocurrency. The nation is believed to […]
Hackers Exploit Tracking Service to Infiltrate Bitcoin Exchange Gate.io
Statcounter is one of the oldest third-party user tracking services on the web, having existed since 1999. Beginning as a simple statistics and visitor counting service, Statcounter over time grew into what it is today: a full-fledged, enterprise-quality analytics service. Gate.io, a more recent entrant in the bitcoin exchange space, used Statcounter to track user […]