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Blockchain Summit Day One: Highlights From Shanghai

A busy first day of Blockchain Summit, part of International Blockchain Week in Shanghai, was filled with product demonstrations and discussions on security and regulation. Presenters included Joseph Lubin, founder of ConsenSys; Tim Swanson of R3; Feng Xiao, founder of conference sponsor Wangxiang Blockchain Labs; Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville of Circle; Josh Whelan of Santander […]

Tendermint Wins Innovation Award and Announces Cosmos at International Blockchain Week

Blockchain app specialist, Tendermint, winner of the 20,000 RMB prize for the “Most Innovative” Award at the International Blockchain Week Demo Day in Shanghai, has announced the unveiling of Cosmos, a novel blockchain network designed to solve an array of problems that currently hinder blockchains and digital currencies: a lack of interoperability, scalability and capacity for upgrades. […]

BlockApps Expands Ethereum’s Presence in China; Announces New Funding and Key Partnerships

Ethereum is gaining ground in China as innovators have announced key developments and partnerships during International Blockchain Week in Shanghai. BlockApps, an enterprise blockchain platform developer specializing in Ethereum technology, has unveiled today a pre-Series A funding round led by Fenbushi Capital, with participation from Black Pine Capital and its affiliate Jen Advisors, the Novogratz […]

Could Digital Currencies Become a Target in the Fight Against Ransomware?

According to a former assistant attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Security Division, tackling the rise in ransomware attacks could see action taken against hard-to-trace digital currencies such as bitcoin.   The post Could Digital Currencies Become a Target in the Fight Against Ransomware? appeared first on CCN: Financial Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency […]

Cryptocurrencies Can Destroy Russian Economy, Says State Official

The deputy general director of Russia’s Federal Financial Monitoring Service has reportedly stated that cryptocurrencies -like bitcoin- threatens the Russian economy and could lead to its destruction. Paul Livadniy, the deputy director at the Federal Financial Monitoring Service of the Russian Federation, aka Rosfinmonitrong, has warned that the cryptocurrency industry represents a threat to the […]

Bitcoin Price Watch; Trading The Weekend Action

So that’s it, another week out of the way. As we noted in this morning’s bitcoin price analysis, things have been pretty wild this week. Price gave us plenty to go at with our intraday scalp strategy (and in turn, plenty to discuss as part of our intraday analyses) and we have managed to close […]

Bitcoin Price Reaching for $600

Bitcoin price has held support and advanced on $600 and 4,000 CNY earlier today. However, the bear is not yet out of the woods. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? Join now. Bitcoin Price Analysis Time of analysis: 12h00 UTC Friday Bitstamp 1-Hour […]