Technical Maintenance By BTC-E Causes Unjustified Panic Among Bitcoin Users
The BTC-E exchange has been down earlier today due to scheduled maintenance. As is usually the case when this happens, there is a lot of confusion and panic over …
Category: News
OneCoin Claims To Have Largest Cryptocurrency Market Cap After Doubling Event
Yesterday was quite an interesting day in the world of Bitcoin scams and Ponzi Schemes. OneCoin, the world’s biggest pyramid scheme to date, doubled all user coins last night. …
Venezuela Set For Mass Bitcoin Adoption As China Cuts Off Cash Flow
The financial situation in Venezuela is very dire right now. The problems are only compounded now that China is cutting off cash transfers to the country. China has poured …
Spells of Genesis Closed Beta Sees Over 500 Players Competing On The Leaderboards
The Spells of Genesis online beta is seeing tremendous success so far. After being launched on September 22nd, the leaderboards are becoming very competitive in quick succession. Even though …
Not Every Bank Needs Their Own Private Blockchain
It is no secret that every financial entity in the world wants to create their distributed ledger. Rather than embracing an open standard, banks want to control everything that …
Multipurpose Point of Sale Devices Are Needed To Boost Retail Bitcoin Adoption
Getting retailers to accept Bitcoin payment is a very delicate process. Not only do they need to see the added value of such a change, but the costs to …
Number of Bitcoin ATMs Has More Than Doubled In Past 18 Months
The Bitcoin ATM market is a very competitive space, and devices are being rolled out every month. The growth between March 2015 and September 2016 has been quite spectacular, …
Bitcoin Unlimited Team May Have Received Stolen Kraken Funds
A few months ago there was a report regarding a Kraken exchange user suffering from a minor hack. Although this news has gone by largely unnoticed, some users have …
A Case for Decentralized Identity And How uPort Might Solve The Problem
October 1, 2016
Crypto, News, Security, Technology
When Bitcoin was released, people started to talk about (and eventually enjoy) the decentralization of money. Today, big companies have dedicated resources to Blockchain labs and research groups, each …