Month: April 2018

Japan’s financial watchdog is applying pressure to local digital currency exchanges to drop cryptocurrencies such as Monera, Zcash, and Dash, according to a report. Altcoins Favoured by Criminals In a report from Forbes, sources close to the the Financial Services Agency (FSA), which approves licenses to digital currency exchanges, claim that the agency is taking the necessary steps to stamp out the use of certain cryptocurrencies that are favoured by criminals and hackers. According to the FSA, it is difficult, Read more …

Join our community of 10 000 traders on Hacked.com for just $39 per month. The Tron price rallied by 15 percent on Monday, defying the sluggish performance of the overall cryptocurrency market. Tron Price Makes 15% Advance in Defiance of Sluggish Market The cryptocurrency market cap shed $4 billion on Monday, continuing a reversal that began on Sunday. Eight of the 10 largest cryptocurrencies fell against the US dollar, while another — Ethereum — rose just one-half-of-one percent for the Read more …

It may sound like baloney, but American meat maker Oscar Mayer has entered the cryptocurrency space – sort of. The company announced on Monday the unveiling of “Bacoin,” which it is calling “the first-ever cryptocurrency backed by the gold standard of Oscar Mayer Bacon.” With the initiative, Oscar Mayer is offering bacoins as a kind of incentive to get users promoting the brand’s meat products on social media and email. Through the company’s official website, users “mine” bacoins that become Read more …

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. Roger Ver, founder of Bitcoin.com, and Mate Tokay join the advisory board of BlockChainWarehouse (BCW). To bring their insight and resources to help grow BCW and the companies that move through its’ accelerator program. BlockChainWarehouse Read more …

Join our community of 10 000 traders on Hacked.com for just $39 per month. Mastercard International Inc. has applied for a patent for a system for fast tracking navigation of blockchains by means of data manipulation, according to a filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The system is designed to facilitate quicker navigation and verification of blocks in a blockchain. This diagram demonstrates a system for fast track navigation and verification of blocks. David J. King of Read more …

The initial coin offering (ICO) ecosystem is what the wider securities marketplace would look like without regulation, a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) commissioner said Monday. Speaking to CNBC, commissioner Robert Jackson made the comparison when talking about the agency’s role in regulating cryptocurrencies and ICO-derived tokens – and the prospect of tighter controls in the market. “If you want to know what our markets would look like with no securities regulation, what it would look like if the SEC Read more …

Karate Combat league will feature the Bitcoin logo at the center of their fighting ring as they bring professional Karate competition to the world for the first time. Karate Combat Gets Funding From Non-Profit Bitcoin Organization The Karate Combat League being launched by web portal Karate.com claims to be the first international, full combat showcase for Karateka (professional Karate fighters) to compete at the highest level in events created by experts from within the sport. It will also be the first professional Read more …

News According to Le Monde, France’s State Council of taxation has announced a severe lowering of financial penalties on gains from cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin. The agency is signaling crypto tax will plummet from its current 45% to an across the board flat 19%. It’s a dramatic change in orientation from the government. Could it be France is ready for a decentralized, digital financial future? Also read: Telegram Urges Paper Airplane Protest, Pussy Riot Activist Arrested France Read more …

An Iranian government minister has confirmed that an experimental model of a domestic digital currency is now ready, Reuters reported Saturday, April 28. The move closely follows the country’s recent banking blockade on cryptocurrency trading. Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Minister Mohammad Javad Azari-Jahromi was quoted by state news agency IRNA as saying; “The central bank’s [ban] does not mean the prohibition or restriction of the use of the digital currency in domestic development […] Last week, at a joint Read more …

Join our community of 10 000 traders on Hacked.com for just $39 per month. The bitcoin price is hovering near its best levels of the year, and Comcast Ventures’ Managing Director Gil Beyda says it’s because people are realizing there’s “real value” in bitcoin and blockchain. While 2017 was a year where investors were focused on getting rich quick and doubling/tripling/quadrupling their money, the froth is now out of the way. Beyda told CNBC: “I think there was a pullback Read more …

When bitcoin was the only show in town, things were a lot less complicated for blockchain developers. You either used some variation of colored coins to support your decentralized application or you did not. Since then, a forest of blockchains has sprouted, each of them unique. Some are permissioned; some are public. Some use proof of work, while others rely on proof of stake. Some have substantial industry support, while some are rarefied and niche. How should decentralized application vendors Read more …