Second TerraMiner ICO – Scaling Up on Success

The end of 2017 saw one of the most prominent companies on the Russian ICO landscape, the TerraMiner project. It has successfully developed and implemented the concept of mobile mining farm’s hashpower for sale. The end of 2017 saw one of the most prominent companies on the Russian ICO landscape, the TerraMiner project. It has successfully developed and implemented the concept of mobile mining farm’s hashpower for sale. During the first ICO investors had a chance to buy TRM tokens, Read more …

The Massive Plunges of Cryptocurrency Are Not to Be Feared

When January 2017 rolled around precisely one year ago, Bitcoin was valued at 900 dollars per unit on the forex market. Although this was already a good price, firm believers in the future of cryptocurrency predicted even better days were to come. And they were right. As the end of the year was nearing, BTC reached the coveted 10,000-dollar cap, and then quickly doubled it. However, the recent plunges BTC, ETH and even XRP experienced in late December and early Read more …

South Korea says no plans to ban cryptocurrency exchanges, uncovers $600 million illegal trades

South Korea’s finance minister said the government has no plans to shut down cryptocurrency trading, welcome news for investors worried that authorities might go as far as China’s tough action in blocking virtual coin platforms. The comment by Kim Dong-yeon on Wednesday comes as traders at home and around the world have been spooked by conflicting comments from government officials in South Korea, a major hub for cryptocurrency trade, that Seoul was planning to ban local digital coin exchanges. “There Read more …

Hackers Behind $530 Million Coincheck Heist Begin Moving Stolen Funds

Get Trading Recommendations and Read Analysis on Hacked.com for just $39 per month. The hackers behind last week’s $530 million Coincheck heist have once again begun moving the stolen XEM tokens, marking the beginning of what will likely be a cat-and-mouse game to launder the funds. Blockchain data demonstrates that the hackers made a litany of transfers from their primary address to a variety of other addresses on Jan. 30. Each transaction transferred 100 XEM, worth approximately $77 at the Read more …

National Media Campaign in Hong Kong Warns Against Cryptocurrency Investments

Financial authorities are not the biggest proponents of cryptocurrencies. Nor do they like initial coin offerings all that much either. Warnings have been issued in many different formats over the past years regarding these investments. In Hong Kong, the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau will take things one step further. A dedicated TV ad campaign will warn against investing in cryptocurrencies and ICOs. Ignoring this message will prove to be rather difficult. This new public campaign will go live Read more …

US Court Freezes BitConnect Assets as Lawsuits Mount

A temporary restraining order (TRO) freezing BitConnect’s assets has been granted in the U.S. after a second lawsuit was filed against the cryptocurrency exchange and lending platform on Monday. The order – granted by Chief District Judge Joseph McKinley, Jr. at the U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky  – requires the parties to disclose cryptocurrency wallet and trading account addresses, as well as the identities of anyone to whom BitConnect has sent digital currencies within the last 90 days. Read more …

Number of People Looking for Crypto-Careers Increased 10-Fold in 2017

Economics New data from the UK shows that interest in crypto careers more than doubled in December 2017 when the all time high Bitcoin price record dominated headlines​. The average salary for roles requiring “Blockchain” expertise ranges from £30,117 per year for a Research Analyst to £67,209 per year for a Software Architect. Also Read: Vegetables on a Blockchain ICO Exit Scams After Paying People to Write On Their Bodies Interest in Crypto Careers is Surging The Read more …

Bull Breakout? LSK Jumps 60 Percent on Exchange Listing

The price of Lisk’s native token LSK is flirting with a bullish breakout following a new exchange listing. Price charts indicate LSK ran into bids at $21.63 at 05:34 UTC today before ultimately jumping more than 60 percent to $35.26 in the next 30 minutes. So far, it’s a development the investor community is associating with its listing on the Japan-based exchange bitFlyer, one that holds water as it’s one of the largest domestic exchanges in terms of trading volume. However, bitFlyer encountered Read more …

Venezuela Says Crypto Mining Now ‘Perfectly Legal,’ An… | News

Venezuela’s government has said cryptocurrency mining is now “completely legal” as it plans the presale of its Petro coin for next month. In comments during a TV address quoted by local news outlet TeleSur, the country’s newly-dubbed ‘cryptocurrency superintendent’ Carlos Vargas confirmed that citizens mining Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were not breaking the law. Last year, Venezuela made headlines on several occasions after reports emerged that police were cracking down on mining operations, accusing those involved of sapping power from Read more …

Cómo comprar Bitcoin Cash directamente en tu cartera

Después de comprar bitcoin en la cartera de BTC.com, ¡los usuarios ahora pueden comprar directamente Bitcoin Cash con su tarjeta de crédito! Dado que los usuarios de la cartera BTC.com mantienen sus llaves privadas, cada BCH que compres será realmente de tu propiedad. Cómo funciona Crea una nueva cartera o inicia sesión en tu cartera de BTC.com en wallet.btc.com. Muy pronto también lanzaremos esta característica para los usuarios de la aplicación en iOS/ Android. Navega a la sección Bitcoin Cash de Read more …

Over 1 Mln People Sign Up For Early Access To Robinhoo… | News

One of the biggest gripes in the current crypto space, especially with the most popular Bitcoin being at the helm, is the expensive fees that are part and parcel of trading. Robinhood, however, took the whole scaling issue and flipped it on its head simply by offering zero-fees. It is a bold move by the mobile trading app, and the one that immediately challenges the hegemony of the major exchanges that currently rule the crypto space, such as Coinbase. Coinbase Read more …

Crypto Exchange Bittrex Outlines Token Listing Criteria

Seattle-based cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex has today made public its criteria for listing and delisting tokens. Bittrex chief executive Bill Shihara had already provided some details of the exchange’s decision-making process during a panel at CES 2018, saying the company looks at whether a token is innovative, the team that developed it and its compliance with various legal statutes. A document provided exclusively to CoinDesk (see below), further breaks down the procedures followed by the exchange, starting with a preliminary review Read more …