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South Korean Jury Deliberate on Auctioning Pornography Merchant’s Seized Bitcoin

January 2, 2018 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Bitcoin, News, Regulation

South Korean Authorities are at crossroads over the decision on how to handle the approximately 216 bitcoin seized from a Korean web developer and "porn lord." Long-Standing Case The case began in April when a web developer was indicted for allegedly distributing 235,000 copies of illegal pornographic material on adult...

Managing Director Of EXMO Cryptocurrency Exchange Kidnapped In Kiev

December 31, 2017 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Bitcoin, News

In the past, kidnappers abducted their victims for cash ransoms or to leverage power in their favor. Recently, with the proliferation of digital cash, these bandits are adding a new reward to their list of bounties; cryptocurrencies. Crypto-Investor Abducted Pavel Lerner, a Russian crypto investor, programmer and business mogul was...

Israeli Authorities Set to Ban Cryptocurrency-Related Firms From Listing On the Stock Exchange

Israeli Authorities Set to Ban Cryptocurrency-Related Firms From Stock Exchange

December 30, 2017 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Commentary, Finance, News, Regulation

While some claim that cryptocurrencies have been one of the most significant creations of man in the 21st century, some governments and financial institutions see digital cash as a considerable threat that could make them obsolete if not adequately handled. In a slew of events, Israel has revealed itself as...

Asian Countries That Have Contributed To The Growth Of Bitcoin So Far

December 29, 2017 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Bitcoin, Business, News, Regulation

It is no longer news that bitcoin is the world's most valuable and most expensive cryptocurrency, neither is it news that the Bitcoin market capitalization is over $270 billion. Moreover, its market cap has established itself far above some blue-chip firms like Visa, Mastercard, Walt Disney, IBM, McDonald's and many...

Spike in Crypto Job Posts and Searches Indicate Growing Employment Opportunities

December 27, 2017 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Bitcoin, Blockchain, Commentary, Mining, News, Tech

Despite the atmosphere during the initial stages of bitcoin’s development, which attracted software developers, cryptographers, and technology enthusiasts primarily, the digital money has been on the run in 2017. Since the first signs of the massive bullish bitcoin trend set-in, the demand, and investments in digital money has drastically increased,...

Australian Company Set To Launch A National Cryptocurrency Exchange

December 24, 2017 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Business, Finance, News, Regulation

The constant volatility and Bitcoin price fluctuations have not deterred many investors from joining the “Bitcoin spacecraft to the moon.” Instead, with each passing day, new businesses are springing up in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Startups and new firms who previously were nowhere near the Blockchain path are now re-engineering their...

Chinese Businessman Buys 27 percent Stake in US-owned Cryptocurrency Exchange

December 24, 2017 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Blockchain, Business, Commentary, News

The mere mention of the term 'blockchain' has a magical effect on the stock prices of companies who have integrated the technology into their operations. For example, Longfin Corp shares went from trading at just above $5 per share to over $142 after it announced it had acquired blockchain firm...

Mr. Anonymous puts $1 Million at Stake, betting Bitcoin Price will hit $50,000 in 2018

December 23, 2017 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Bitcoin, Commentary, News

Right now, volatility is bitcoin's second name. Regarding price swings, no other commodity dead or alive does it better than the world's number one blockchain-based cryptocurrency. Bitcoin demonstrated how volatile it could be, when it kissed $19,666 earlier in the week, from just trading at less than $1,000 before January...

Centra ICO, Promoted by Mayweather, is Sued as Investors Request Refunds

December 22, 2017 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Finance, News, Regulation

With the proliferation of bitcoin and cryptocurrencies into the world economy, an uncountable number of startups have taken advantage of the unregulated nature of the ICO ecosystem, and now ICOs, not IPOs are the new ways to raise capital for startups. In recent times, there have been quite many ICO...

Lawmaker Introduce Four Blockchain Bills To New York State Assembly

December 20, 2017 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Bitcoin, Blockchain, Commentary, News, Regulation

Blockchain Technology has been in existence for several years with the first instance of a cryptographically secured chain of blocks completed by Stuart Haber and W. Scott Stornetta in 1991. The Blockchain is built upon a peer-to-peer network and a distributed time stampingserver. While it is true that Stuart Haber...

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