Bitcoin is bullish and then some. The coin is still on an impressive bull-run. The run has extended over 10 days and doesn’t seem to be slowing. Yes, Bitcoin may have taken a step back here and there in its climb, but it has continually managed to take two steps forward. At the time of…
Bitcoin (BTC) lived to die another day this week, rising 10% after breaking US$6,800. Overall, price remains down 63% from the record high in December. The market cap stands at US$114.69 billion, with US$3.58 billion traded in the past 24 hours. Despite mining profitability currently near an all-time low, hash rate and difficulty continue to…
While all businesses collect data about their customers, some did so under stronger oversight than others. Businesses in industries from healthcare to banking have for years collected identification data within a regulatory compliance framework. Now with continuing global alignment of data and privacy laws, companies are facing similar requirements and precise data collection is more…
Multi-national company the SoftBank Group, which is a major mobile carrier business in Japan, has announced that it will make a tender offer for shares of Yahoo Japan Corporation, Japan’s leading Internet portal operator. SoftBank plans to buy Yahoo Japan’s shares for approximately 221.0 billion yen, securing around 11% of the 35% of Yahoo Japan Corporation…
The Robert Mueller-led investigation has indicted 12 Russian Intelligence operatives, acting in their official capacity as members of the Kremlin’s’ Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff (GRU), for a litany of acts each designed to undermine the integrity of the election. The indictment states: “The object of the conspiracy was to hack into protected…
Rumor of BlackRock bitcoin ETF (High Impact) The market got a shot of adrenaline on Monday on rumors that the world’s biggest asset manager BlackRock was looking into trading cryptocurrencies and even establishing a bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF). Although the BlackRock chief executive dispelled the rumors shortly after, saying clients had “zero interest” in…
What’s one of the worst things that can happen to a gamer? They build up a character—experience, inventory, what have you—and then the game stops being supported and they lose everything. Well, that may be a thing of the past from now on. Immortal Player Characters are game characters built on the blockchain—which means, they’re…
The crypto world’s most used cryptocurrency index, CoinMarketCap, has recently been under the line of fire lately for its protocols. Now, CoinMarketCap addresses issues, at least some of them. It all started with Reddit… We’re happy to announce our new subreddit! Please join the discussion at https://t.co/FQowKFktV5. — CoinMarketCap (@CoinMarketCap) July 9, 2018 CoinMarketCap Adopts…
The third round of blockchain rankings has been released by the Chinese government. Yet again, China ranks EOS number one. The rankings, released by the government-backed China Electronic Information Industry Development (CCID), evaluate the public blockchain networks with three different metrics. The metrics include technology, applicability, and innovation. Previous Leaders CCID released its first set…
We know their names, but that’s not always enough. To appreciate the young in the world of business, Fortune, a multinational magazine, publishes its ’40 under 40′ list every year. Yesterday, the 2018 Fortune 40 under 40 list was released—and four crypto players made it. Vitalik Buterin makes Fortune 40 under 40, plus more! Crypto Makes…
