Square, a financial service provider, has just won a patent which enables payments to be made in multiple types of assets, including cryptocurrencies. The application was submitted by Square to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and has been approved. It does not only facilitate merchants to deal in the traditional modes of payment but also enables them to accept […]

Binance has been hit with its second security breach this year as a hacker has begun releasing customers’ personal information related to the exchange’s know-your-customer (KYC) processes. The hacker began releasing the information after Binance refused his extortion demand of 300 Bitcoins. Although Binance is downplaying the significance of this incident, it is cooperating with authorities and has offered a […]

If you are a crypto enthusiast, or you have spent some time surfing the niche, you probably are aware of Hashflare standing out among cloud-based mining services. However, it just went hard on BTC and disabled all BTC mining contracts. An official statement was issued by the company, where they explicitly mentioned that all of the SHA-256 based mining contracts […]

Bitcoin is the first successful cryptocurrency, rising to prices above one thousand dollars before it settled to the current range of between six hundred and seven hundred dollars. But how is Bitcoin generated? The creators of Bitcoin actually came up with a really smart way. Bitcoin is generated through Bitcoin Mining. Whenever a miner ‘mines’ a block, he is rewarded […]

Donald Trump’s victory is incredibly impressive mainly because it shows that unexpected things can happen that can catch many off-guard. Currency and stocks are always on the move and traders utilize major events to manipulate the markets and create profit for themselves. With the positive initial change, it is suggested that a significant portion of the Fiat market is looking […]

Bitcoin has risen to a new all-time high of over $6000, rapidly gaining popularity among the media and spectators. Despite the unrealized potential of the digital currency, we should not forget the time it receded 40% just a few weeks ago. Investing in cryptocurrencies is still extremely volatile. Perhaps, we must take a look at how the company executives and […]

If you have taken a look at all the news that goes around in the past about Bitcoin, you must be wondering about what exactly the forks are. A fork can simply be defined as a technical scenario, which takes place when several participants get the need to come up to an agreement based on common rules. When it comes […]

During the last couple of months, bitcoin has had numerous ups and downs, yet the number of total investors has increased exponentially. Judging by this practice, it seems like there is a clear demand for the digital currency. In fact, the year of 2015 represented the year of venture capitalists, especially on the blockchain, after the number of investemnts in […]