Category: Cryptocurrency News

Two committees of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission will hold meetings this month on digital currency matters, including the self-certification process used to approve new cryptocurrency derivatives products. In a statement issued Thursday, CFTC chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo said the commission’s technology advisory committee would discuss how virtual currencies could be used broadly, while the market risk advisory committee would hold a meeting on the self-certification process for new products and rules surrounding the product’s markets. Last month, a Read more …

Initial coin offerings have become a big liability in the world of finance. That’s not only because a fair few of them are outright scams, but also because most of the tokens are securities. As a result, we will see a growing list of projects which violate securities law, especially in the US. This is where Polymath comes into the picture, as this platform helps companies issue securities tokens. POLYMATH AND SECURITIES TOKENS It is evident a lot of companies taking the ICO route Read more …

Technology & Security On Wednesday, the tech world was rocked by revelations of a computer chip vulnerability that exposes critical data. Meltdown and Spectre are the names assigned to the newly discovered flaws which primarily affect Intel chips. From a security perspective, the bug concerns everyone who uses an Intel-powered device to connect to the internet, which is pretty much everyone. But from a practical perspective, the bug is already making its presence felt: today Bittrex exchange Read more …

From left to right: the Head of the G-Global Business Portal Denis Tsyro, the Deputy Chairman of the Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists Hanon Barabaner, Secretary-General of the Centre Party, Member of Parliament Mikhail Korb, ChronoBank Chief Executive Officer Sergei Sergienko In the Parliament of Estonia, Mikhail Korb, a Member of Parliament and the Secretary-General of the Centre Party of Estonia held the meeting with Sergei Sergienko, the owner of the Australian project ChronoBank, Denis Tsyro, the Head of the Read more …

In these past few years, there has been a tremendous growth in interest in blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies in general. It showed businesses a new capital investment model – Initial Coin Offerings. ICOs are the new way of startup financing due to the inclusivity and global outreach offered. The technology offers a number of unique benefits, and the token sale is quickly becoming a valuable way to raise startup funds. With the ever-growing number of startups and up-to-date technologies, there Read more …

Ripple’s native cryptocurrency, XRP, is on a bull run. According to CoinDesk data, the price of XRP is up over 1,000 percent in just the last month alone, eclipsing $3.50 per coin Thursday after spending much of 2017 under $0.30. With a market capitalization above $120 billion, the token has usurped ethereum as the No. 2 cryptocurrency after bitcoin, and social media is rife with speculation about when it might take first place. For instance, according to a tweet from Read more …

Researchers have published a report on two hardware bugs that allow programs to steal sensitive data on affected devices, which is “most” devices worldwide. For crypto users, these bugs are a direct threat to the security of their private keys, making the need for secure hardware storage of crypto funds even more pressing. How do the bugs work? The two bugs, known as Meltdown and Spectre, exploit security vulnerabilities in Intel, AMD, and ARM processors in any device, including PCs, Read more …

Get Trading Recommendations and Read Analysis on Hacked.com for just $39 per month. The recent ripple price surge has undoubtedly made many investors quite wealthy. On Thursday, the global average ripple price rose to an all-time high of $3.84, meaning that a hypothetical $1,000 investment made on Jan. 1, 2017, would now be worth more than $600,000. No one, however, has benefited more than Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen, who is currently the firm’s executive chairman and formerly served as its Read more …

Over the last month, bitcoin has seen large swings in price as the bulls scramble to call the bottom and the bears scramble to call the top of the market. The market saw a 50% retracement a few weeks ago, leading the bullish investors to “buy the dip” only to see it quickly top out and retrace again. Volatility is no stranger to bitcoin and the swings have been violent: Figure 1: BTC-USD, 2-Hour Candles, Macro Trading Range Zooming out, Read more …