Posted by Editor – Technology News | Apr 5, 2018 | Technology | 0 | When the virtual currency exchange Mt. Gox collapsed into bankruptcy in 2014 following the disappearance of hundreds of thousands of bitcoins and tens of millions of dollars, those who lost money were understandably furious. For a small group of people,…
Month: May 2018
Good Luck Buying Bitcoin In India As Central Banker Bans
There goes India’s cryptocurrency market. The Reserve Bank of India banned banks from allowing people to transfer money from their bank account into Bitcoin wallets. If banks, e-wallets and any other entities regulated by RBI are not allowed to facilitate sale or purchase of cryptocurrencies, individuals will not be able to transfer money from any…
How Republic Protocol allows whales to trade without wrecking the market ⋆ Tech Talk
OldTwitter Nope. It’s not those trading in Bitcoins or ETH or even their hard forks. The biggest players in the crypto space right now are the people in possession of at least several million dollars. You can call them WHALES or if you are a fan of old-school ways then High Net Worth Individuals will…
How Embarrassing! Litecoin’s Touted Payment Platform Closes Prior to Launch — Motley Fool
How Embarrassing! Litecoin’s Touted Payment Platform Closes Prior to Launch April 05, 2018, 09:21:00 AM EDT By Sean Williams, Motley Fool Chances are good that we’ll be discussing the performance of cryptocurrencies in 2017 for a very long time. The more than 3,300% increase in market cap that virtual currencies logged last year might very…
Bloomberg Vice Index shows cost of drugs and alcohol around the world
Bangkok/Brussels/New York — The cost of maintaining a drugs, booze and cigarettes habit got a lot more expensive in the US last year, rising the most of almost anywhere in the world, the annual Bloomberg Global Vice Index shows. Americans had to fork out more than $200 more for a basket of so-called vice goods…
Op-ed: Is it Acceptable for Altcoins to use “Bitcoin” in Their Names? | CheapHotAlts
Home Altcoin Op-ed: Is it Acceptable for Altcoins to use “Bitcoin” in Their Names? Op-ed: Is it Acceptable for Altcoins to use “Bitcoin” in Their Names? April 4, 2018 CheapHotAlts Altcoin 0 One of the key talking points near the end of 2017 was that 2018 would be the year of the Bitcoin forks. After…
Bitcoin Cash Price Down 24% Over Last 7 Days (CRYPTO:BCH)
Bitcoin Cash Price Down 24% Over Last 7 Days (CRYPTO:BCH) Posted by Stephan Jacobs | Apr 4th, 2018 Bitcoin Cash (CURRENCY:BCH) traded down 8% against the U.S. dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 16:00 PM Eastern on March 20th. Over the last seven days, Bitcoin Cash has traded 24% lower against the U.S.…
Verge Is Forced to Fork After Suffering a 51% Attack
23444 Verge Is Forced to Fork After Suffering a 51% Attack Verge, a ”privacy coin” famed for the zealotry of its community, has fallen prey to a 51% attack. A malevolent miner gained majority control of the network hashrate, a feat that makes it possible for the controlling entity to modify transactions, calling the integrity…
Bitmain Launches ASIC Ethereum Miner – Antminer E3
Subscribe Folks at Wall Street might be developing a few jitters with the new coming out of Bitmain, the largest crypto mining hardware manufacturer in the world. With the mining giant set to release its newly created EtHash ASIC miner, AMD and Nvidia are about to face stiff competition. While Bitmain dominates the bitcoin mining…
Goldman Sachs to Open a Bitcoin Trading Operation – The New York Times
Goldman Sachs to Open a Bitcoin Trading Operation Image Goldman Sachs will begin using its own money to trade with clients in a variety of contracts linked to the price of Bitcoin. Credit Spencer Platt/Getty Images May 2, 2018 SAN FRANCISCO — Most big banks have tried to stay far away from the scandal-tainted virtual…