Stellar Lumens was recently leveraged in IBM’s blockchain solution, World Wire, which uses the technology to help eliminate intermediaries involved in cross-border money transfers. Following the announcement, the price per lumen rose…
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Why Switzerland’s Biggest Retailer Accepting Bitcoin is Crucial For Adoption
Digitec Galaxus AG, Switzerland’s biggest online retailer with nearly a billion dollars in annual revenue, has integrated various crypto assets including bitcoin as a payment option. The announcement, which was first reported…
Watch Out WhopperCoin, McDonald’s Joins LoyalCoin for Crypto Rewards
McDonald’s in the Philippines has partnered with LoyalCoin to provide a cryptocurrency-based rewards program for customers. Now, users of the app can earn crypto on transactions at McDonald’s and spend it on…
VISA Hiring Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Expertise
VISA is recruiting project managers to work on its crypto team. A recent job posting indicates the company is searching for a full-time technical product manager position familiar with blockchain for the company’s Palo…
‘Bitcoin Creator’ Craig Wright “Satoshi Nakamoto” Deletes Twitter Account After Getting Heckled?
Today, Craight Wright—a computer scientist who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto (to the skepticism of many) and one of the figureheads behind BCH fork Bitcoin SV—allegedly deleted his Twitter account after sustained…
The Cryptocurrency Down Market: Don’t Lose Sight of Fundamentals
We are now entering the sixth month of the seemingly never-ending bearish market that has become the new norm within the crypto world. Regardless of whether you see this current market as…
Ethereum Leads in Active Developers, Bitcoin’s Developer Count Healthy, Litecoin and Dogecoin “Being Abandoned”
Ethereum is strongly leading in the total number of active developers working on both its core protocol and in total development; Bitcoin boasts a strong developer ecosystem 10 years after launch, while…
Japan: 18 Year Old Charged for Stealing $100,000 in MonaCoin in Country’s First Crypto Theft Case
Japanese authorities in the city of Utsunomiya have charged an 18-year-old for stealing crypto from Monappy, a digital wallet service for MonaCoin. The unnamed teenager was reportedly referred to prosecutors in what…
Binance Coin (BNB) Rallies, Triples in Value in Three Months
Binance Coin (BNB), the native token of one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, has seen its value triple in the past three months, arguably making it the best performing…
Public Blockchain Company Tendermint Inc. Secures $9 Million in Series A Round
Tendermint, a respected public blockchain development company, announced the successful completion of their series A round. Paradigm, a crypto asset investment company, led the $9 million round with support from prominent co-investors including…
Steemit.com Experiences DDoS Attacks
The tokenized blogging front-end built on the Steem blockchain, Steemit, recently experienced sustained distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. There was no reported impact on the Steem blockchain or any other apps…
Bitcoin Breaks $4000, Data Indicating the Crypto Market are Shifting
Bitcoin has once more returned to $4,000 per coin. The warming markets could be attributed to a number of positive factors around Bitcoin usage, adoption, and awareness, However, assuming the largest driver…
Digitex Futures Leading the Way in Sustainable Project Financing
Like many blockchain companies, 2019 didn’t start well for Digitex Futures. In January, the commission-free, non-custodial futures exchange postponed its beta launch to pool its resources for a robust public delivery in…
Chicago Board Options Exchange Delists Bitcoin Futures
Documents from the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) show that no new contracts were added for its “XBT” Bitcoin futures for March 2019, effectively delisting the BTC derivative. The Chicago Future Exchange…
Scam Emails and Clipboard Hijackers Proliferate to Pilfer Bitcoin
Receiving Bitcoin investment related emails could cause a Windows clipboard hijacker to be installed on your computer, researchers warn. The new malware spam campaign that aims to steal bitcoins from its victims…
Tether’s New Update Suggests USDT Is Not 100% Backed With Fiat
Tether, the company behind one of the biggest and most widely used stablecoins on the market (USDT), has updated the terms on its website to further clarify how their reserves work. The…
Binance Announces Bounty for Submitting Crypto Jargon Definitions
Binance Academy announced a bounty program that will reward individuals for submitting terms to be included in a crypto glossary. The program is part of a broader project aimed at providing free…
Global Banking Standard Setter Admits Bitcoin and Crypto are a Risk to Banks
A group of international banking authorities, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, which is part of the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), has issued a statement on the current situation of the…
Founder of Hacked Bitcoin Exchange Mt.Gox Mark Karpeles Sentenced to Over Two Years
Mark Karpeles, the founder of the now-defunct bitcoin exchange Mt.Gox, was found guilty of tampering with records and given a suspended prison sentence of two years and six months. The High Court ruling…
Coinbase Custody Unveils New Cold Storage Cryptocurrency Trades
Coinbase, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the US, announced that its Coinbase Custody service is now directly integrated with the company’s newly launched OTC desk. Custody clients will be able…