The world of cryptocurrencies is diverse, to say the least. There are blockchains cropping up for all sorts of use-cases, ranging from payment platforms and digital identity systems, to ambitious offerings such as decentralized operating systems, file storage, and voting systems. Out of all blockchain aspects, platform-based cryptocurrencies tend to be met with the most enthusiasm from the community, as […]
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Despite the many benefits attributed to cryptocurrency operation, there have been a number of ransomware attacks which have been said to be a product of these digital assets. To dive deep into these claims, Kaspersky, a Russia based cyber-security firm conducted a research, which concluded in highlighting a large spread of cryptocurrency related scams that resulted in a huge sum […]
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Ethereum Enterprise Alliance has announced the launch of a global TestNet for all network participants. According to the press release made on January 15, the EEA’s official TestNet provider is Whiteblock, the world’s first blockchain testing and development company. EEA’s TestNet is Ready The Ethereum Enterprise Alliance will use Whiteblock Genesis, an end-to-end platform that helps all phases of distributed […]
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Software AG, a Germany-based multinational enterprise-grade software provider established in 1969, has announced that it’s looking to massively integrate IOTA (MIOTA) distributed ledger technology (DLT), the MIOTA altcoin, Tangle, Qubic, and its other solutions into its operations this year, according to reports on January 14, 2019. IOTA (MIOTA) Gets a Huge Partner IOTA (MIOTA) remains one of the most active […]
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NEM (XEM), a leading peer-to-peer cryptocurrency and distributed ledger technology (DLT) project that has been in existence since 2015, has announced that members of its community can now choose their preferred ticker for the SYMBOL enterprise-grade blockchain solution powered by Catapult. The voting process is scheduled to run from January 13, 2020, at 1:00 PM PST to 17, 2020 at […]
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Changelly, the non-custodial instant cryptocurrency exchange has partnered up with Epoch BTC, a leading property investment consultancy that specializes in cryptocurrency real estate transactions focused around the Dubai off-plan residential development sector. This partnership, via Changelly’s crypto swap widget integration within the Epoch BTC interface, will effectively enable users to instantly trade over 150+ cryptocurrencies within the website’s front end. […]
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Why is Monero (XMR) rising so fast? Many altcoins have been pumped and dumped before, but XMR is a much different case. If you’ve monitored the price of the coin over the last few months, it’s spiked from nearly 0.003 BTC to almost 0.025. How and why is it rising? We’ve got the info. Why is it rising? The main reason […]
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Siam Commerical Bank, a 112-year-old financial institution, announced a mobile banking interface that facilitates cross-border transactions at a lower cost. Asia is the world leader in mobile banking with China and Thailand boasting 86 percent and 67 percent mobile penetration respectively. This is an important move for Ripple as they look to focus on countries with significant international remittance volumes. […]
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Crypto derivatives platform Deribit has announced a position building tool that helps traders simulate positions across a variety of the exchange’s products. The tool comes with portfolio analytics and dynamic positional P&L tracking. This tool will prove useful for traders looking to implement complex strategies that would be difficult to manually track and measure, January 9, 2019. Simulation Tool for […]
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