“Forkcoins,” or “Initial Fork Offerings” — alternative coins that “split off” from Bitcoin — are all the rage right now. The latest trend in the cryptocurrency world was kicked off last summer with the launch of Bitcoin Cash. The Bitcoin offshoot is a top 3 cryptocurrency by market cap according to websites like Coinmarketcap. Perhaps […]
In the days leading up to the various bitcoin futures markets opening, bitcoin saw a push to fresh all-time highs near $20,000. However, shortly after reaching these values, the market saw a steady decline in price as demand dwindled and supply began to dominate the market. In the last bitcoin market analysis, we discussed a […]
Bulletproofs, presented in a paper titled “Bulletproofs: Short Proofs for Confidential Transactions and More,” describe a new zero-knowledge proof system. The proposal uses on-chain scaling for privacy and suggests a new, faster and more compact way to verify privacy-enhancing Confidential Transactions (CTs). Specifically, Bulletproofs can decrease the size of these verifications for these types of […]
The post BitMEX Review – Is it a Legit Bitcoin Margin Trading Exchange? appeared first on 99 Bitcoins. Bitcoin Mercantile Exchange, or BitMEX, is a trading platform created by a selection of finance, trading, and web-development experts. Arthur Hayes, Ben Delo, and Samuel Reed launched the exchange in 2014 under their company HDR (Hayes, Delo, […]
Everyone and their dog seem to be trying to cash in on cryptocurrency at the moment. Perhaps the clearest indication of this is the rapid increase in stock price a once-fruit juice company who have undergone something of a re-brand experienced today. SkyPeople Fruit Juice changed name to Future FinTech (FTFT) back in June. The […]
Embleema Inc. announces the formation of its Advisory Board and the appointment of three members effective immediately: Adel B. Al-Saleh, Member of the Board of Management of Deutsche Telekom AG and CEO of T-Systems; Frédéric Duchesne, CEO of Pierre Fabre Pharmaceuticals; and Bernard Gilly, Ph.D., Founder and President of iBioNext. “I am humbled and grateful […]
In the digital age identity is a nightmare. There’s no other way to put. We’ve all been through password hell. We’ve all had alerts on our phones telling us we’ve just requested to change our password when we didn’t or received unsolicited phishing emails trying to get information under false pretenses. There have been solutions […]
The post Bitcoin.com Co-Founder Switches To Bitcoin Cash, Says Transaction Issues Doom Bitcoin appeared first on CCN Emil Oldenburg, co-founder and chief technology officer at Bitcoin.com, has sold his bitcoin and switched to Bitcoin Cash because he is skeptical about its future, according to Breakit, a Swedish website. Oldenburg said bitcoin is now the riskiest […]
The post (+) Technical Analysis: Bitcoin Slides as Litecoin and Ethereum Hit Highs Again appeared first on CCN It’s been a two-faced session in the cryptocurrency segment, as the most valuable coin drifted lower in a choppy fashion, while several major altcoins posted lofty gains amid the capital rotation before turning lower in late trading. The total […]
South Korean exchange Youbit announced on its website today that it is closing down after a hack early Tuesday, December 19, 2017, that resulted in the loss of 17 percent of its assets. The exchange, previously known as Yapizon, did not indicate how many bitcoins or other cryptocurrencies were stolen or what the total fiat […]