The EOS blockchain is congested by the EIDOS token airdrop, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase reports on Nov. 9. In a post on its blog, Coinbase claims that it had trouble in processing itsRead More…
10Nov/19
10Nov/19
Why Bitcoin’s Next ‘Halving’ May Not Pump the Price Like Last Time
Noelle Acheson is a veteran of company analysis and CoinDesk’s Director of Research. The opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own. The following article originally appeared in Institutional Crypto byRead More…
09Nov/19
Tunisia to Launch E-Dinar National Currency Using Blockchain
Tunisia has become the first country to start moving its national currency to a blockchain platform. Russian ICO startup Universa will help issue and manage Tunisia’s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), reportedRead More…
09Nov/19
How Bitcoin’s Lightning Can Be Used for Private Messaging
Bitcoin’s lightning network might have a use case beyond faster and more scalable payments. Last week Lightning Labs developer Joost Jager revealed an experimental, new proof of concept: Whatsat, a version ofRead More…
09Nov/19
10% of MoneyGram’s US-Mexico Business is Crypto-Enabled
An estimate by the World Bank pegged 2016’s global remittance market at $573 billion, and a whopping $422 billion of that went to developing countries. The simple act of transferring money fromRead More…
08Nov/19
Tencent to Build Virtual Bank After Hong Kong Regulator Approves License
Chinese internet giant Tencent is set to open a blockchain-based virtual bank after the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) approved a new license. Speaking at the World Blockchain Summit inRead More…
08Nov/19
Bitcoin Falls 4.3%, Slipping Below $9,000 for First Time in Two Weeks
Bitcoin fell 4.4 percent Friday, slipping below $9,000 for the first time in two weeks. Analysts cited a lack of positive market drivers and speculation that the U.S. Federal Reserve might pauseRead More…
08Nov/19
Pension Funds Double Crypto Asset Exposure in Morgan Creek’s Fund to 1%
Morgan Creek Digital now takes up around 1 percent of the assets of two Fairfax Retirement System pension funds – an investment which has more than doubled since taking their first positionRead More…
08Nov/19
VeChain Unveils Food Tracing Solution Foodgates at China’s Import Expo
Singapore-based blockchain application platform VeChain has unveiled a new blockchain tracking system for the food and beverage industry. In a blog post on Nov. 7, the company confirmed it was working withRead More…
07Nov/19
Crypto Miner Steals $5M Worth of Computing Power Using Identity of Riot Games Founder
The millionaire game developer, Marc Merril, was a victim of the Singaporean man who stole identities to utilize Amazon Web Services’ and Google cloud computing power for crypto mining. A case ofRead More…