Many have been accused of hiding this identity, and some have even claimed the name for themselves. Few, however, have put in as much effort as the latest aspirant, who on Sunday published a 21 page teaser of a book that will allegedly spill all the secrets of the early days of Bitcoin. On a…
Day 19 of the Crypto World Cup is over, and so is the fourth day of the round of 16. The games today were definitely something else. While the score count remained low, the matches saw other things occur that made up for that. However, those things weren’t necessarily all good. Let’s dive in. If…
Yesterday saw a successful day in Zug — Switzerland’s “Crypto Valley”, as the city completed its first trial municipal vote using blockchain. The success was first reported by the Swiss News Agency. Trial Municipal Vote Using Blockchain The vote was held using a trial digital ID system; city authorities used this system since 2017 to issue…
We are through the first half of 2018 and already Reuters has estimated that there has been roughly $761 million worth of cryptocurrency stolen from exchanges. The number of exchange heists is growing. This is an increase of nearly three times the amount stolen from exchanges last year— $266 million, and it seems the battle is not…
The cryptocurrency market made a comeback this weekend, but it seems it has begun correcting itself this morning. Cardano (ADA) and NEO are some of the coins doing well today. News broke that India’s Supreme Court denied the lifting of the Crypto Bank Ban. The ban will begin on July 5th but could be potentially…
India crypto ban: According to various media outlets, the Reserve bank of India (RBI) will succeed in its ban on cryptocurrencies starting July fifth. India’s Supreme Court has refused the extension of the grace period in which cryptocurrency entities could continue their banking services. This means that businesses that handle digital currencies will no longer…
IBM blockchain platform: We.trade, a European blockchain trading platform, has just announced that it has completed its first live operations. The platform was established by the major European banks Deutsche Bank, HSBC, KBC, Natixis, Nordea, Rabobank, Santander, Societe Gererale, and UniCredit. This consortium was put together to address the current issues many banks face with cross-border transactions.…
Even in the amusement park that is cryptoland, Nano investors have been on a particularly stomach churning rollercoaster. The cryptocurrency formerly known as Raiblocks went public in 2017 at a price of 0.0091. Since then it has been on a parabolic ride to all-time highs of $37.62 in January only to retrace over 90% of its gains…
These two very different blockchains now have the two largest market caps of any cryptocurrencies, with BTC at $128,469,761,721 USD at time of writing, and ETH at $58,534,876,766 USD. But beyond their mutual success, how have these two cryptocurrencies performed relative to each other over the years? Here’s how Ethereum stacked up to Bitcoin back…
Day 18 of the Crypto World Cup was full of dramatics and broken hearts. Today’s big match was between Cameron Winklevoss and Brian Armstrong. Day 18’s second match was between Satoshi Nakamoto and Andreas Antonopoulos. Yesterday, saw the losses and elimination of two defenders in the Crypto World Cup – John McAfee and Vitalik Buterin.…
