Category: Cryptocurrency News

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Thursday he plans to study cryptocurrencies and other decentralizing technologies as part of a larger bid to improve the social networking service he founded. Aptly in a Facebook post, Zuckerberg outlined what he called personal challenges for the year ahead, noting that one is to study the “positive and negative aspects” of cryptocurrency and encryption. Zuckerberg went on to note that his theme for this year is to focus on “fixing important issues” in technology, media and Read more …

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Thursday he plans to study cryptocurrencies and other decentralizing technologies as part of a larger bid to improve the social networking service he co-founded. Aptly in a Facebook post, Zuckerberg outlined what he called personal challenges for the year ahead, noting that one is to study the “positive and negative aspects” of cryptocurrency and encryption. Zuckerberg went on to note that his theme for this year is to focus on “fixing important issues” in technology, media and Read more …

Key Points Bitcoin cash price declined further and breached a key support at $2450 against the US Dollar. Yesterday’s highlighted important bullish trend line with support at $2480 was broken on the hourly chart of BCH/USD (data feed from Kraken). The pair might continue to decline since it is now below $2400 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. Bitcoin cash price moved below the $2450 support against the US Dollar. BCH/USD could decline further toward the $2300 and $2200 Read more …

Finance The latest trading update from Plus 500 reveals a growing appetite for cryptocurrency exposure among contract-for-difference (CFD) traders. Also Read: Ethereum Over $1000 and $100B Market Cap, BTC Dominance at 32% Record Low Plus Bitcoin, Plus Ripple, Plus500 Plus500 Offices in Haifa London Stock Exchange AIM-listed online brokerage Plus 500 (LON: PLUS) has announced it achieved record quarterly revenues in the final quarter of 2017 on the back of strong trading volumes in cryptocurrency CFDs. The Read more …

Markets and Prices Anyone still sitting on the fence and considering whether to jump on the runaway cryptocurrency train way wish to make a move, because another door just slammed shut, reducing the number of on-ramps. The popular Binance exchange is no longer accepting new traders. Also Read: Several Bitcoin Exchanges Are Closing Their Doors to New Traders No Binance For You Binance exchange has announced today the immediate suspension of client registration. The company informed all Read more …

Nick Cowan is CEO of the Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange and the Gibraltar Stock Exchange Group, which operates the Gibraltar Stock Exchange. The following article is an exclusive contribution to CoinDesk’s 2017 in Review. Let’s face facts: initial coin offerings (ICOs) have done more this year to encourage the adoption of blockchain technology, as well as its activity, invention, debate and reaction, than just about anything else in the industry. Many technological purists are skeptical about this. They roll their eyes. They Read more …

The Texas Securities Commissioner today issued an Emergency Cease and Desist Order against Bitconnect for the selling of unlicensed securities. According to the Texas State Securities Board news release: “The Securities Commissioner found that the BitConnect investments are securities, but were not registered as required by the Texas Securities Act and State Securities Board Rules and Regulations. In addition, the company is not registered to sell securities in Texas.” British company, Texas ruling As the release clearly states, Bitconnect is Read more …

The popular exchange and wallet platform Coinbase has refuted recent rumors that Ripple (XRP) or other cryptocurrencies will soon be integrated into GDAX, its flagship digital currency exchange. Quashing rumors CEO Brian Armstrong firmly stated that neither Coinbase and GDAX have made a decision to integrate any cryptocurrency or digital asset in the short-term. The company said in a blog post: “A committee of internal experts is responsible for determining whether and when new assets will be added to the Read more …

The movers and shakers of the altcoin world certainly do move fast. The top ten crypto coins by market capacity shifts on an almost hourly basis with new contenders rapidly ascending the charts. The year has started well for cryptos and some altcoins are showing an early lead, Tron is one of them. Tronix has firmly taken 6th spot on the capacity charts, usurping Nem, Stella and Litecoin. Its market capacity at the time of writing stands at $18 billion. Read more …

Trezor and Ledger, two of the most widely utilized cryptocurrency hardware wallets, have reaffirmed that the recently discovered vulnerabilities on CPUs and the latest Spectre attacks have not affected hardware cryptocurrency wallets. Hardware wallets not vulnerable As Cointelegraph previously reported, Pavol Rusnak, the chief technical officer at Satoshi Labs, the parent company of Trezor, wrote: “As more people are asking: @TREZOR is not vulnerable to recent Meltdown and Spectre hardware attacks, because it has processor not affected by these. Also Read more …

Featured On Thursday the Texas Securities Commissioner (TSC) signed an Emergency Cease and Desist Order to stop Bitconnect from operating. The mysterious company is a popular bitcoin lending platform with a 4.1 billion USD market capitalization, and is long accused of being a scam. Also read: African Central Banks Told to Ditch Dollar and Buy Bitcoin Bitconnect Ordered Not to Mess with Texas “The Texas Securities Commissioner has entered an Emergency Cease and Desist Order to halt Read more …