Take the Cryptocurrency Quiz and test your Cryptocurrency Knowledge! Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Ripple (XRP) have been taking center stage in everyday conversation, and many people have differing opinions on cryptocurrency regulations, blockchain technology, and the possibility of cryptocurrencies taking over from ‘real’ currency. In the midst of all this debate,…
What is happening to crypto today? The majority of coins are suffering, including Monero (XMR), Cardano (ADA), and IOTA (MIOTA). Monero (XMR) Monero is currently selling for $258.39, which puts the coin down 14.37% in the past 24 hours. Source: CoinMarketCapThat chart looks like the kind of roller coaster that would leave you with a…
McAfee Labs, the popular cybersecurity company owned by renowned hacker and crypto investor John Mcafee, released a report on March 8, 2018 indicating that several businesses in Turkey could have been compromised due to the spread of a malware that gave attackers control over much of the information they handled as well as various remote…
RegTech startup Velix.ID has been wheeling and dealing the past couple of weeks, adding a handful of strategic partnerships ahead of their upcoming ICO. New partners include crypto exchanges Coinsecure and Bitxoxo, and the online marketplace Bazista. The Bazista deal is focused on keeping user data secure and creating an easy and intuitive shopping experience.…
Monero Price (XMR) tumbled at a double-digit rate today, extending its declining trend for a third day straight after hitting a two-month high earlier in the week. The broader selloff in cryptocurrencies impacted XMR price; the fresh wave of downside volatility in digital currencies was pinged by regulators and the surprise drop in trading volume.…
Everyone got very excited a few years ago about blockchain technologies, the ledger system that was spawned by the arrival of bitcoin in 2009. It allows the recording of transactions to be automated and completely trusted, as the ledger system is tamperproof. The resulting excitement was that this could therefore replace many systems of contracts…
Notice that most of these are simple, commonsense principles, which do not rely upon decades of legal precedents. That said, we have seen obvious violations of these principles from many ICOs and SAFT launches. Let’s go through each: Tell the truth: I do not want to single out individual ICOs that I believe to be guilty…
Diversifying a US retirement portfolio with digital assets is growing in popularity and a nascent industry is emerging — cryptocurrency IRA and 401k providers. BitcoinIRA, CryptoIRA and BitIRA are some of the big names in the space but what exactly do they do? Providers like these are generally not a custodian, not a digital wallet…
I had the pleasure of getting to sit down and talk with the world’s most decorated winter Olympian, Apolo Ohno, in an exclusive CryptoCurrencyNews.com interview today. After retiring from speed skating just five years ago, Ohno quickly jumped head first into the business world. With a heavily competitive spirit and tenacious drive to do everything…
Last year was quite a run for cryptocurrencies. Led by a crazy run by Bitcoin but also boosted by ICO funding craze. The media kept the eye-popping amounts some of these companies were raising via token sales in the headlines which created a feeding frenzy that hasn’t really slowed down yet. To many, it certainly…
