Bitcoin Theft Fugitive’s Thai Passport Revoked After no Show
The Foreign Ministry has revoked the passport of fugitive Prinya Jaravijit, believed to be in the United States and the prime suspect in the theft of bitcoins said to be worth 797 million baht from a Finnish investor, according to the Crime Suppression Division. Deputy commander Pol Col Chakrit Sawasdee said on Wednesday the Foreign […]
Operator of Crypto Scam That Duped Bollywood Celebrities Apprehended
Asif Ashraf Malkani, the accused mastermind behind a multi-million-dollar scam that targeted scores of prospective Indian cryptocurrency investors, has been arrested by police in New Delhi. According to local media, Mr. Malkani ‘launched’ the fictitious cryptocurrency ‘Kassh Coin’ during 2016, before promoting the coin during December 2017 at “a grand function held at a farmhouse […]
Bitcoin Core and Credit Card
Bitcoin Core developers are expected to advocate the use of the cryptocurrency protocol they help to maintain. Jimmy Song’s invocation to use credit cards, where possible, has thus been greeted with incredulity in some quarters. “If you want to use bitcoin as a method of payment,” he began his tweet, implying that there was something […]
Binance Announces ‘Listing Fees’
Binance will make a change to listing fee policy. Starting immediately, and going forward, Binance will make all listing fees transparent and donate 100% of them to charity. Project teams will still propose the number they would like to provide for a “listing fee,” or now more appropriately called a “donation.” Binance will not dictate […]
Spencer Bogart: Bitcoin is Close to Bottoming
“We’re down about 70 percent from our highs, so I think that bitcoin is close to bottoming and so is the rest of the market,” Spencer Bogart, an expert from digital currency and blockchain venture firm Blockchain Capital said Friday on CNBC’s “Fast Money.” Cryptocurrency has had a big week. On Wednesday, TD Ameritrade announced a strategic […]
Italian Bank Consortium Trials Interbank Transfers on R3’s Corda
The second largest bank in Italy, Intesa Sanpaolo, and 13 other banks have successfully completed the first phase of an interbank reconciliation blockchain trial. The tests, which started on June 4, were held in conjunction with ABI Lab – a research lab supported by the Italian Banking Association (ABI) – and finished last week. The […]
Yale University Said to Invest in $400 Million Paradigm Crypto Fund
CNBC is also reporting that Yale’s chief investment officer, David Swensen, has also invested for the university in Andreessen Horowitz’s $300 million crypto fund, which closed in June. The news source also cites anonymous sources. Has Yale University just plunged into the turbulent waters of the cryptocurrency space? That’s a big yes, according to an […]
Wall Street Thinks Bitcoin Have Bottomed but Twitter Users Doubt it
Wall Street institutions and Twitter users are split on bitcoin. But institutions, usually the more cautious ones, are more optimistic when it comes to calling a bottom, according to new surveys. Fundstrat managing partner and head of research Tom Lee polled 25 institutions during a recent dinner and compared their responses to the answers to […]
Risen to Develop up to 300MW of PV for Cryptocurrency Miner
Risen Energy will develop up to 300MW of PV capacity in Spain for a cryptocurrency miner. Cryptosolartech is building two energy-intensive cryptocurrency farms in Malaga. The firm aims to power each of its mining facilities with renewable power to negate an increasing criticism of cryptocurrencies, their carbon footprint. The first phase will see two farms […]
Blockchain: Manufacturing Market Forecast until 2025
The blockchain in manufacturing market is anticipated to rise at a significant rate from 2020 and 2025. The blockchain in manufacturing market is anticipated to be worth $30.00M by 2020 and $566.20M by 2025, increasing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 80.00 percent from 2020 and 2025. Key factors driving the rise of […]
Passware: The First to Recover Bitcoin Wallet Passwords
Passware, Inc., a provider of password recovery, decryption, and electronic evidence discovery software for computer forensics, announces Passware Kit recovers passwords for popular Bitcoin wallet services: Blockchain.com (known previously as Blockchain.info) and Bitcoin Core. Bitcoin is the first and number one ranked decentralized peer-to-peer digital payment network that is powered by its users with no […]
CryptoManiaks Unveils Guaranteed Bitcoin Course for Cryptocurrency Beginners
CryptoManiaks, a Premiere Cryptocurrency Education Platform, Reveals The Ultimate Beginners Guide on How To Invest in Cryptocurrency. CryptoManiaks has launched the first-ever Bitcoin course with a 100 percent money-back guarantee, Monday, October 01, 2018. The course contains three core modules that function as a step-by-step, interactive guide for those who are interested in getting started […]
Crypto Investors Are Using Back Door for Bitcoin Buys
Crypto Investors are becoming more involved in the $220 billion cryptocurrency market than many observers may realize. Buyers such as hedge funds have replaced high-net-worth individuals as the biggest buyers of large swaths of digital coins worth more than $100,000 through private transactions, according to Bobby Cho, global head of trading at Cumberland, the Chicago-based […]
Shining Light on WSJ’s Attack on ShapeShift and Crypto
Erik Voorhees is among the top-recognized serial Bitcoin advocates and entrepreneurs. He founded ShapeShift in August 2014 as an elegant, secure, and fast solution to digital asset exchanges. Erik has been a featured guest on Bloomberg, Fox Business, CNBC, BBC Radio, The Peter Schiff Show, and numerous blockchain industry conferences. His past affiliations include: BitInstant, […]
AlphaWallet Announced to Launch First Open Class Blockchain Decalogue
Singapore based blockchain startup, AlphaWallet, hopes to change this and get you talking like a pro at your next bbq with friends. They are releasing their first open class, ‘the Blockchain Decalogue: what would Weiwu say on blockchain‘, consisting of 10 epic talks designed to get you fired up and fluent in the fintech scene. AlphaWallet’s CTO […]
How StellarX Will Take Over The World
Last week StellarX is fully open. There’s a lot we still need to do (and I’ve listed some of that at the end of this post.) But we’re excited about what we’ve built — been up just 24 hours and DonaldTrump is talking to SatoshiNakamoto in the trollbox, why not, and JesseLivermore shrewdly came back from the […]
Fundstrat’s Tom Lee Sees Catalysts That Will Drive Bitcoin Higher
Throughout 2018, Bitcoin has continued to record lower highs, testing major resistance levels at $10,000, $8,000 and $7,000. According to Fundstrat’s Tom Lee, the stability of Bitcoin at $6,000 regardless of its lower highs is optimistic. In early 2018, Fundstrat emphasized in a report that the $6,000 level will likely be held by Bitcoin in […]
The London Block Exchange is Planning to Develop a Crypto Pound
The London Block Exchange startup has announced plans to launch a new cryptocurrency pegged to the British pound as interest in so-called “stablecoins” booms. The London Block Exchange, which does over-the-counter crypto trades and operates a crypto exchange, said on Friday that it had received permission from an unnamed banking partner to launch a new […]
