The post Top Cryptocurrencies for 2018 – What are the best Bitcoin alternatives? appeared first on 99 Bitcoins. IMPORTANT: This post should not to be taken as investment advice. The writer focuses on the best coins in terms of actual use and adoption – not from a financial or investment perspective. During 2017, crypto markets […]
Following an incident on February 11th, eight rogue police officers and a lawyer in India’s western state of Gujarat have gone missing after allegedly kidnapping a local businessman and forcing him to transfer 200 Bitcoin — worth about $1.8 million at the time— to an as of yet unidentified account. The criminal investigation department (CID) of the […]
tZero, the blockchain subsidiary of Overstock.com, has announced the release of a demo version of the highly-anticipated prototype of its security token trading software. This demo video was released today, which demonstrates how security tokens may be traded on the platform. Overstock’s CEO Patrick Byrne — a longtime advocate for cryptocurrencies and associated blockchain technology — […]
Blockchain startups in China now have a new source of funding they can tap into. Today, April 9, 2018, the Xiong’An Global Blockchain Innovation Fund launched with $1.6 billion (10 billion yuan) to funnel into promising Chinese blockchain startups. The announcement took place during the grand opening of the Hangzhou Blockchain Industrial Park in China. […]
The cryptocurrency exchange’s hiring spree continues with the naming of a new vice president of communications.
While most of the early buzz around Bitcoin centered on it as a new, fast, cheap and permissionless method of online payment, the focus has moved from medium of exchange to store of value over the past few years. It’s clear that bitcoin is useful for censorship-resistant payments that may not otherwise be possible without […]
Mark Cuban has come out with some strong views on both Bitcoin and gold as a long-term store of value. The American entrepreneur and investor deemed both assets as nothing more than “collectables”. Mark Cuban Prefers Bitcoin to Gold, Albeit Marginally Speaking to gold news platform Kitco, the billionaire Shark Tank personality said that he […]
Gemini, the cryptocurrency exchange founded by the Winklevoss twins, has added a new feature that will reduce the impact that large buy and sell orders have on the Bitcoin price. Announced on Monday, Gemini Block Trading will allow cryptocurrency “whales” to execute large trades outside of the exchange’s continuously-updated order books, where a single trade […]
Cryptocurrency investigation enterprise Chainalysis is releasing a product called Know Your Transaction (KYT) designed to help businesses track customers that may be involved in illicit cryptocurrency-related activity. The company’s clientele includes the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Europol. Per a recent blog post, Chainalysis stated that it holds a […]
Blockchain startup Stably has garnered $500,000 in seed funding to launch its stablecoin.