The government of Thailand has announced plans to adopt distributed ledger technology to fight tax avoidance. Director-general Ekniti Nitithanprapas said the Revenue Department intends to use blockchain to verify whether taxes were paid correctly and to speed up the tax refund process. Thai Government Announces Plan to Use Blockchain Technology to Improve Tax Collection System The […]
A drop in the bitcoin price’s daily moves has lowered the market’s expectations of reclaiming a five-figure valuation anytime soon. Options Traders Not Bullish on Bitcoin Skew — a crypto analysis blog authored by two London-based derivative traders — claimed that bitcoin has only a 19 percent chance of breaching the $10,000-mark by June 2019. The […]
Bancor, a popular decentralized exchange (DEX) protocol on the Ethereum blockchain announced in September that they’d build a bridge to the EOS network. The new platform, called BancorX, is now live. BancorX enables token conversions between 110+ Ethereum and EOS-based assets. Projects launching on the platform include Everipedia, eosBLACK, BetDice, MEET.ONE, KARMA, Prochain, and Chaince. […]
Bitcoin shed some of the gains made earlier in the day, erasing $40 from its daily high at $6,500. The BTC/USD pair trades at $6,460 in a ranging market with support at $6,300. A significant bearish trend line may have been thwarted as the market moves above the $6,400 line. Bitcoin Trades Above Significant Bearish […]
Celebrities and cryptocurrency have a long and complex history together. Seemingly everyone from boxers to rappers has publicly supported or even endorsed various types of cryptos, from ICOs to bitcoin proper. DJ Khaled and Floyd Mayweather have even been sued over their alleged misrepresentations regarding an ICO they promoted called Centra Tech whose operators were later […]
Crypto exchange Bitstamp is getting a new matching engine developed by Cinnober, whose clients are mostly traditional stock and commodity markets.
A report published today has stated that mining $1 worth of Bitcoin requires more electricity than mining almost any material traditionally dug from the earth. The authors state that between three million and 15 million tons of carbon emissions have been caused by the sector over the last two years. Another Report into the Environmental […]
BitMEX just launched a website to make it easier to keep tabs on hard and soft forks on the Bitcoin blockchain. According to a recent blog post, the research arm of BitMEX is sponsoring a new website, ForkMonitor.info, which is connected to 13 nodes of Bitcoin and its hard forks, most notably Bitcoin Cash. The […]
A number of verified Twitter accounts were hacked to look like Elon Musk’s as part of an effort to defraud owners of bitcoin.
The People’s Bank of China (PBoC), China’s central bank, has its eyes on cryptocurrency companies that run airdrop campaigns in the country. In its most recent financial stability report for 2018, which was published on Friday, November 3, 2018, the bank said there has been a surge in the number of “disguised” Initial Coin Offerings […]