Cappasity closes Phase 1 of the ARToken public crowdsale ahead of schedule

The Cappasity’s crowdsale has received wide public support – over 8,000 people registered on the portal and over 2,700 have already bought ARTokens. Cappasity decided to close Phase 1 of the ARToken public crowdsale ahead of schedule. In addition, the Cappasity platform will be launched in China as early as January 2018 on the Alibaba Cloud platform. Thanks to the public interest in the Cappasity project, the company’s executives succeeded in signing an agreement with an important strategic investment and Read more …

PR: Smartlands – the Platform for Agriculture Announces That It Will Integrate with the Stellar Network

This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material. Bitcoin.com does not endorse nor support this product/service. Bitcoin.com is not responsible for or liable for any content, accuracy or quality within the press release. Smartlands, the worldwide Platform for ICOs of low-risk future-proof tokens secured by agricultural assets, has announced that it will be integrating with Stellar, an open source blockchain network, to support its cryptocurrency platform for agricultural Read more …

Bitcoin All-Time Highs Keep Coming As Bloomberg Says it is now ‘Legit’

CME Group’s launch of Bitcoin futures makes it “legit,” the mainstream press reports after the virtual currency hit Wall Street Tuesday. Describing the impact of the world’s largest exchange owner offering futures trading by the end of 2017, Bloomberg said the “floodgates have been opened.” “Bitcoin is going legit, for better or worse,” it writes today. The move is an unexpected one, coming soon after CME said it had no plans to launch Bitcoin integration last month. Client hunger to Read more …

WHAT IS THE PARETO NETWORK PROJECT?

“For many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes” – Vilfredo Pareto The Pareto Network is the first real-time actionable intelligence platform, providing decentralised investment analysis through their peer-to-peer content marketplace. The information is produced by content providers who have the technical skillset and analysis needed to conduct due diligence of this emerging asset class. The network will enable participants to make informed investment decisions in the cryptocurrency markets. The Pareto network is made of Read more …

British Telecom Awarded Patent for Blockchain Security Method

The U.K.’s largest internet and telecoms provider has been awarded a patent for a proposed cybersecurity measure aimed at protecting blockchains. In the patent, awarded on Oct. 31, British Telecommunications PLC (BT) outlined a method designed to prevent malicious attacks on blockchains – outlining a way to limit who can commit transactions to the system through user-specific profiles. The blockchain’s underlying code would then be able to automatically reject transactions which do not match the pre-described accounts. One example use case Read more …

Qchain Charts New Native Advertising Roadmap

Today’s native advertising world, where a publication’s editorial content is paid for by an advertiser to promote their product or service is fraught with challenges threatening the ad industry. Due in part to the growing dominance of digital media giants like Facebook, Google, and Amazon, display advertising conversions continue to experience a decline. This trend has spurred efforts to find new solutions for navigating the prevailing advertising ecosystem in a scalable, trustworthy and secure way. A viable solution in the Read more …

Bitcoin blasts to new all-time high of $6,450

LONDON (Reuters) – Bitcoin climbed to a new all-time high of $6,450 on Wednesday, boosted by bets the cryptocurrency could enter the financial mainstream after the world’s largest derivatives exchange operator said on Tuesday it would launch bitcoin futures. A copy of bitcoin standing on PC motherboard is seen in this illustration picture, October 26, 2017. Picture taken October 26, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic CME Group Inc (CME.O) said it would provide a regulated trading venue for the cryptocurrency market and Read more …

Bounty Hunters Heavily Utilized in Bitcoin, Altcoin World

A bounty is a reward paid out for the completion of a certain task. In the “Old West,” sheriffs used to post bounties in order to encourage bounty hunters to capture dangerous criminals. This concept is alive and well in today’s world and the cryptocurrency space has made it a core concept of its very special culture. In the crypto world, bounty rewards are almost exclusively paid in Bitcoin and ICO tokens. Bitcoin faucets Bitcoin faucets are websites or apps Read more …

Swaziland Central Bank Governor: It’s ‘Not Wise’ to Dismiss Cryptocurrency

The central bank of the Kingdom of Swaziland is researching cryptocurrencies, according to its governor. Speaking at an economic forum last week, Central Bank of Swaziland (CBS) chief Majozi Sithole struck an optimistic note about the technology, according to a report from the Swazi Observer. While he didn’t issue any definitive statements on the topic, Sithole indicated that its a topic of study at the central bank, and that officials there don’t want to impede any possible financial innovation. “It Read more …

Ethereum Classic Price Technical Analysis – ETC/USD’s Correction Underway

Key Highlights Ethereum classic price started a downside correction from the $11.00 swing high against the US Dollar. There is a crucial bullish trend line forming with support at $10.40 on the hourly chart of the ETC/USD pair (Data feed via Kraken). On the upside, the pair is facing resistances near the $10.70 and $10.95 levels. Ethereum classic price is currently correcting lower against the US Dollar and Bitcoin. ETC/USD needs to stay above $10.40 to avoid further declines. Ethereum Read more …

Joel Osteen-Endorsed Pastor Sentenced to Five Years in Coin.mx Case

Featured Pastor Trevón Gross, endorsed by televangelist Joel Osteen, was sentenced to five years in prison for his role in the Coin.mx exchange case, which involved bribery and use of a long-established church credit union. He’s the third person to be sentenced in the case.   Also read: Wild Case of Religion, Bitcoin, Hacking, Ends in Prison Sentences Joel Osteen-Endorsed Pastor Sentenced to Prison in Church Exchange Case Non-denominational Christian Pastor Trevón Gross, founder of Hope Cathedral in New Jersey Read more …

How Blockchain Would’ve Saved Bitcoin Gold, Can Stop Hackers

They say to keep your friends close and your enemies closer. This may prove to be true for Blockchain technology as well, particularly when it comes to new platforms. As has reported already, the recent Bitcoin ‘fork,’ Bitcoin Gold, was the victim of a DDoS attack on the very day it started. According to the official Bitcoin Gold Twitter account, the platform was under a huge request barrage as the altcoin was seeking to get off the ground, with 10 Read more …