The brother of deceased Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar has created his own cryptocurrency. It’s called Dietbitcoin (DXX), and it’s perhaps even more bizarre than you would imagine. Roberto Escobar, who served more than 11 years in a maximum security prison for his role as an accountant for the Medellin cartel, is launching the coin […]
The wildly popular messaging app has taken a page out of the books of Facebook and Google and is pushing back against cryptocurrencies. Snap Inc has banned ICO ads on its messaging app, Snapchat, according to Cheddar. While it’s not a blanket ban on all cryptocurrencies, Snapchat doesn’t appear to give too much warning on […]
The Saga Foundation is developing a stablecoin with the help of CME Chairman Emeritus Leo Melamed and Nobel Laureate Myron Scholes among others.
The U.S. Marshals auctioned more than 2,100 bitcoins off on March 19.
The post TREZOR T Model Review: Is It Worth the Price Tag? appeared first on 99 Bitcoins. I love reviewing hardware wallets—it’s kind of a hobby of mine. Today I have the privilege of reviewing the latest addition, the TREZOR T model. This new device became available for preorder a few months ago, and it’s recently […]
Not to be mistaken for another Jason Bourne thriller, the Edward Snowden papers show a US government/bitcoin connection. The Intercept is reporting classified documents leaked by Snowden prove that the US National Security Agency (NSA) in fact was keeping tabs on bitcoin users globally, as evidenced by a report that’s surfaced from March 2013. The timing […]
A team of German blockchain researchers have discovered images of child abuse on the Bitcoin blockchain. Since many network participants need to download a copy of the entire blockchain and it is entirely immutable, the legal implications of this might be damning for the world’s most popular cryptocurrency. Indecent Content on the Blockchain Could Render […]
Venezuela’s oil-backed cryptocurrency, the Petro, was the work of a joint collaboration between Venezuelan and Russian government officials with Putin’s personal approval, Time Magazine said Tuesday. Citing anonymous sources close to the ‘half-hidden joint venture’ between Venezuelan and Russian officials, Time Magazine is reporting that Russian president Vladimir Putin signed off on Kremlin aiding Venezuela […]
It was our expectation that altcoin prices: NEO, LTC, IOTA, EOS and Stellar Lumens will continue edging higher as the market gets a reliever. But really, will the new realization by the G20 that cryptocurrencies doesn’t pose a systemic risk to the establishment continue buoying prices? Well, that’s a question everyone else is asking and […]
CryptoKitties will break away from its developer, Axiom Zen, after raising $12 million of venture capital.