Monero (XMR) shocked the crypto markets recently when anonymous hackers mined Monero from smartphones and computers. The malware to do this was spread to more than 4000 sites. Its malware’s potential to mine smartphones or computers has again raised concerns about social security and privacy. However, some are impressed with the malware’s power to read a computer’s processing power. For…
Following yesterday’s rally back to $10,000, BTC/USD remained steady above that level today, trading between $9,900 and $10,200 throughout most of the morning. Bitcoin Shows Strength Above $10,000 After bouncing back to $10,000, Bitcoin is now showing strength and gearing up for possibly a run toward $10,500. For the past few hours, BTC has been…
NEO and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) lead the rally in the crypto market while other coins are struggling. Several top ten coins were doing well all week, have now begun to waver. Ripple (XRP) is down; as are Stellar (XLM) and EOS. Within in the top ten cryptocurrencies, NEO and Bitcoin Cash are in the lead.…
Inflating prices through Pump and Dump schemes isn’t new to the stock markets; the unregulated and anonymous nature of cryptocurrencies makes it easier for scammers to manipulate stock prices. NEM (XEM) President Lon Wong believes price manipulation is unavoidable in cryptocurrency markets saying: “Price manipulation is not something new. You see it in mainstream markets as…
Welcome to the Crypto Olympics: Day 7 Check out Day 6 of the Crypto Olympics Coin vs. Coin – who will be crowned the Crypto Olympics Champ? We’ve finally made it to our first round of semi-finals! Congratulations to all our participating coins so far, but there can only be one Ultimate Coin. Today’s semi-finalists…
You have only $2 to your name now and can’t afford food or bills? No big deal! Sorry for your loss. Some Coinbase account holders are currently in this position, as a glitch has caused the exchange to withdraw an excessive amount of money from its user’s linked bank accounts. We all knew jumping in the…
How do you regulate something that is completely decentralised and has no office? I struggle to find an answer for this. I know that when my exchange is hacked or my hard wallet is lost, I am frustrated and have no authority to report it to or bail me out. What is the answer? Luckily,…
VeChain (VEN) is a top performer on today’s cryptocurrency market. Perhaps this is because its rebranding is just ten days away? Set for February 26th, the rebranding is on the same day that LitePay is released. As the VeChain team ramps up for the big release, it seems investors are buying up VEN coins. VeChain will be…
Key Highlights: Litecoin continued its bullish run, breaking through the $200 barrier LTC/USD hit a weekly high of $236.30 today, now up over 50% over the past week It is now on a bullish trend, testing a major resistance point at close to $224 Litecoin Blasts Through $200 Barrier Litecoin continued its bullish run this…
With the re-launch of Lisk (LSK) fast approaching, we thought it would be a good idea to delve a little deeper into this coin and ask what is Lisk? and why should you care about this crypto? What is Lisk (LSK)? The Lisk Foundation is building a blockchain application platform that can be built upon…
