KodakCoin Token Sale Delayed By ‘Several Weeks’

The initial coin offering (ICO) for the Kodak-branded cryptocurrency, dubbed KodakCoin, has been delayed. The public sale was originally supposed to launch on Jan. 31, as previously reported by CoinDesk, following a pre-sale during which 8 million KodakCoins were sold. Per the statement, the delay is being attributed to an extended process of verifying that those trying to invest are actually accredited in the U.S., meaning that they have a net worth of more than $1 million or an income of at least $200,000. The statement Read more …

Big Investors Coming: A New Decentralized Exchange Mak… | News

The Legolas project, founded in France in 2017, is going to launch an innovative cryptocurrency and fiat exchange in Q3 2018. Despite its relatively recent emersion on the Blockchain startups map, the Legolas Exchange has definitely made a splash, having raised over 1,500 BTC (about $15 mln) during its private sale that was closed at the beginning of 2018. Previously, in November 2017, the project team announced a partnership with the Makor Group, an international brokerage firm specialized in cash equities, Read more …

Bitcoin Transaction Fees Are Pretty Low Right Now: Here’s Why

The relatively high transaction fees on the Bitcoin network were a major topic of conversation last year, but these fees have been plummeting so far in 2018. According to data from CoinMetrics, bitcoin miners are now collecting less than a third of the value they were collecting in fees at one point in December 2017. So what’s causing this decline in the costs of on-chain transactions? Is it as simple as declining demand leading to a lower price? Are there Read more …

Rent A Rig And Mine Any Coin You Want With Rent A Hash

If you are looking to get into the cryptocurrency mining game or you have a special project that requires additional hashing power, Rent A Hash is the kind of service you are looking for.  Rent A Hash is a professional mining platform that allows you to rent hashing power as it becomes available on the platform for the period of time you need to achieve your goals. You will not have to deal with setting up rigs, importing machines or Read more …

Samsung ASIC Chips – Positive News for Miners | News

Technology giants Samsung are said to be entering the cryptocurrency world in a move that has positive ramifications for miners at large. As reported earlier this week in Korean news outlet The Bell, the South Korean conglomerate will produce Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC) processing chips in its own foundry in a deal with Taiwanese manufacturer TSMC. Ironically, TSMC provides the ASIC chips used in Bitmain’s Antminers, but it’s new partnership with Samsung could well provide the first real competitor to Read more …

Square Adds Bitcoin Buying for More Cash App Users

Digital payments company Square is rolling out the ability to buy and sell bitcoin to more users of its popular Cash App. The company announced today that, following news last year that it was testing the feature with a limited number of users, the option is being expanded further. That said, users in the U.S. states New York, Georgia, Hawaii and Wyoming – which have more restrictive regulations around the brokering of cryptocurrencies – won’t be able to access the Read more …

PR: BCShop.io Aids Ethereum Business Adoption

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. Blockchain revolution is happening. Sure, we are in first days yet, in “stone age” of cryptocurrency. Nevertheless, practical business solutions are already emerging. One of the most known and functional is Ethereum blockchain. Ethereum not Read more …

Portfolio Chiefs Quit World’s Largest Asset Manager to Launch Cryptocurrency Hedge Fund

Get Trading Recommendations and Read Analysis on Hacked.com for just $39 per month. Two senior portfolio managers have tendered their resignations at BlackRock ahead of launching a cryptocurrency hedge fund. Michael Wong, a senior portfolio manager who led BlackRock’s fixed income asset allocation division, and fellow fixed income specialist Adam Grimsley left the world’s largest asset manager to found Prime Factor Capital. The duo will be joined at the firm by Nic Niedermowwe, an Oxford-trained mathematician, according to a Financial Read more …

SEC Halts AriseBank ICO, Calling It “an Outright Scam”

In a statement from the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), an emergency relief action was filed to shut down AriseBank, which it described as “an outright scam.” In a growing list of enforcement actions by the SEC, the complaint against AriseBank stated that the Dallas-based company had used deceptive tactics to raise what they claim was $600 million of its $1 billion goal in just two months. Co-founders Jared Rice Sr. and Stanley Ford are being charged with alleged fraud and Read more …

Bitcoin Tax Payments Bill Advances in Arizona

Lawmakers in Arizona have advanced a proposal that would allow residents in the state to pay their taxes in bitcoin. CoinDesk reported earlier this month that a proposed law before the Arizona legislature would, if approved, let taxpayers make their payments in bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies. The bill was submitted on Jan. 9. “The Department [of Revenue] shall convert cryptocurrency payments to United States dollars at the prevailing rate within twenty-four hours after receipt and shall credit the taxpayer’s account Read more …

NordFX’s 1:1000 Leverage Offering Is a Revolution in the World of Cryptocurrency Trading

  NordFX’s 1:1000 leverage offering is a revolution in the world of cryptocurrency trading   Since December 2017, the clients of brokerage firm NordFX have been enjoying the unprecedented opportunity of trading the most popular cryptocurrencies – bitcoin, Litecoin, and Ethereum – with a leverage ratio of 1:1000. This is tens and even hundreds of times the size of the leverage offered by the firm’s competitors.   Cryptocurrency transactions can now be made on Pro and Zero accounts. This gives Read more …

Lisk Price Spikes 65% on BitFlyer Listing

Get Trading Recommendations and Read Analysis on Hacked.com for just $39 per month. The Lisk price surged more than 65 percent following its listing on Japan-based cryptocurrency exchange bitFlyer. Lisk Price Makes 65 Percent Advance Wednesday has been brutal for the cryptocurrency markets. The Bitcoin price dropped below the $10,000 barrier, while the cryptocurrency market cap entered sub-$500 million territory for the first time since Jan. 17. One token, however, bucked this trend and posted a strong advance against the Read more …