Russia and Limiting U.S. Sanctions Using Bitcoin With the USA imposing sanctions on Russia, the country has taken steps to limit the impact. Over the last week, an Australian news site quoted that there is an economist who has ties to the Russian government as having said the sanctions are forcing the country to take …
Facebook Hinting at Blockchain Interest Outside viewers have seen that Facebook is on a recruitment drive for blockchain developers. These will be tasked with working on a payment industry product. Unfortunately, there are a few recruitment hurdles because of the somewhat obscure project and the ongoing concerns of personal data protection from the side of …
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Bitcoin Mining Takes a Second Major Downturn All the news is full of Bitcoin, and now it is showing itself in the world of mining that has thus far fended off any effects of the BTC price dropping. In summary, Bitcoin adjusts the complexity of mining to keep a level of a block being mined …
Crypto market takes a bashing As the holiday season approaches, it is time to start reflecting back over the past year. Bitcoin is going to generate some fascinating conversations ever since the BTC mania this time last year. At that point, college grads were returning home with news of the all-new digital cash, and of …
Crypto market performing poorly In 24-hours, $3 billion has been dropped from the value of cryptocurrencies as some of the major ones have declined between 3% and 6%. What is strange though is that 2 of the fallers, Stellar and Cardano are among 3 cryptos with Zcash that are expected to soon be integrated into …
Wallet Hardware Updates Trezor and Ledger are facing stiff competition from each other with their new product innovations that were released almost at the same time. Meanwhile, Sony is jumping on board and joining the party. The firm has announced they are working on their own take on a crypto hardware device. The tech company …
Another Stablecoin? It is time for another Stablecoin to be released, and this time it is from a blockchain startup which has been founded to take on the dominant, but somewhat controversial Tether (USDT) token. It was announced on Thursday, Nov 1, 2019, by Stably their StableUSD (USDS) is ready for purchase and redemption. Prime …
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Massive Crypto Mining Venture A new crypto mining farm has been opened in Armenia. A ceremony was held between the Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and the heads of the consortium who have constructed the USD 50 million mining farm. There are 3,000 mining rigs in place, and the company is seeking to increase this to …
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Cryptocurrencies are pretty new, and with it, there is a whole raft of new terminology. However, there is one specific area where people can get confused. This is a Coin vs. Token, and what the difference is, and why there is a difference in the first place. Here we’ll try and explain what each is, …
Gemini Supports Litecoin As of the 13th of October 2018, Gemini is now supporting Litecoin on their platform according to Eric Winer. Gemini’s vice president of engineering said during the Litecoin Summit. It so happened this date is the seventh birthday of Litecoin, and many investors said the date was chosen specifically. Gemini did go …
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There has been a lot of talk regarding ICO’s in the past few months. Many people have heard the term but are still a little unsure of what they are, or what they can do with them. Are they the investment opportunities they are made out to be or are they a get rich quick …
Earlier this year, there was a host of major social media platforms which banned the advertising of cryptocurrencies and ICO’s (Initial Coin Offerings). Not long after this was mentioned, even Google joined in and said they would be following suit and also introduce very similar regulations in the middle of the year. All of this …