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Milligan Partners and Rufftup.io Join Forces to Launch a Blockchain-Powered Tolling System

January 21, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Altcoins, Blockchain, Business, News, Platform

Milligan Partners, a leading U.S. tolling company has allied with Ruuftup.io, a distributed ledger technology (DLT) firm to launch Tolling.Network, a tolling solution powered by the Hyperledger Fabric, aimed at enhancing toll interoperability, according to a PR Newswire press release on January 18, 2019. From Wall Street to Highways As...

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Bitcoin Remains Firm amid Mixed Newsflow: BTCManager’s Week in Review January 21, 2019

January 21, 2019 by Alex Lielacher at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Blockchain, Business, Development, Ethereum, Exchange, Finance, News, Regulation

The price of bitcoin remains firm, gaining two percent week-on-week, amid a mix of positive and negative news. The announcement by Bakkt that it has made its first acquisition shows that the institutional crypto trading venture is on track to become a serious player in the institutional digital asset trading...

Venezuela: First Bitcoin ATM Incoming amid Failing Economy and Sullen Petro

January 21, 2019 by Neil at Adoption, Altcoins, Bitcoin, Business, Finance, News, Regulation

In a country that many believe proves how fiat currencies can destroy an entire country’s infrastructure and economy, the first Bitcoin ATM in Venezuela will finally be installed, about two weeks from January 20, 2019. A Never-Ending Economic Crisis Venezuela actually tops the misery index thanks to the ongoing economic...

Bitcoin and Ether Market Update: January 9, 2020

Market Update and XRP Price Analysis: January 21, 2019

January 21, 2019 by Georgi Hristov at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency Market Outlook, Ethereum, Exchange, News, News Digest, Price Analysis

Total crypto market cap lost $3 billion of its value since January 19, 2019, and fell to $119. Bitcoin declined to $3,590 while Ethereum dropped down to $116. The much-anticipated Ethereum hard fork has been postponed until late February of this year. This was confirmed by Ethereum developer lead Péter...

Tron’s Native Digital Wallet Records Biggest Token Burn to Date

An Introduction to TRON Smart Contract Development

January 20, 2019 by John Iadeluca at Altcoins, Blockchain, Cryptocyclopedia, Development, Ethereum, Platform

When it comes to blockchain development, the community has bifurcated into assorted categories in terms of philosophy, preference, and tools. Among the various choices that companies have offered for developing and launching exclusive projects that can integrate blockchain technology, smart contracts have attained top-tier status when it comes to the...

Crypto Investment Firm 1confirmation Wants to Launch Second Fund

January 20, 2019 by Neil at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Business, Development, Ethereum, Finance, News

One of the earliest cryptocurrency venture capital firms in the world, 1confirmation, is looking to raise as much as $60 million for a new fund, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal published on January 17, 2019. Heavy Hitters back Long-Standing Firm While bitcoin is still hovering well...

ShapeShift Uncovers its Secret on How to Stay Compliant

January 19, 2019 by Nuno Menezes at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Business, Ethereum, Exchange, News, Regulation

Cryptocurrency is still an emerging industry and regulation is still trying to keep up. While there are few assertive regulatory frameworks in the world, crypto-related companies are often requested to provide information to law enforcement agencies. On January 18, 2019, ShapeShift came forth to reveal how it handles this matter....

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Thanks to BitWage, Companies Can now Pay Their Workers and Taxes in Bitcoin

January 19, 2019 by Tokoni Uti at Adoption, Altcoins, Bitcoin, Business, Ethereum, News

On January 16, 2019, BitWage announced their partnership with Simply Efficient HR, a Texas-based payroll and human resources company to enable the payment of W2 employee and payroll taxes in bitcoin or ether. This service will be available in all U.S. states as well as Puerto Rico. This comes only...

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Rocke Group’s Monero Mining Malware now More Powerful than Cloud Security Software

January 19, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins, Blockchain, Crime, Development, News

According to a January 17, 2019, press release from Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42, a threat intelligence team, a Linux mining malware developed by Rocke group has advanced to uninstall cloud security products from Alibaba Cloud and Tencent Cloud to illegally mine Monero (XMR) on compromised machines. Monero (XMR) Mining...

The DS (Digital Securities) Protocol: Securitize’s Infrastructure for Tokenized Securities

January 19, 2019 by John Iadeluca at Altcoins, Blockchain, Cryptocyclopedia, Development, Ethereum, Regulation

Cryptocurrency has come under serious scrutiny following incoming regulation and legislation. Despite this, however, things remain legally unclear for cryptocurrencies overall as well as token offerings and blockchain-issued assets in particular. While it would make sense to abide by the existing frameworks in reference to securities and issued assets, the...

Gate.Io Launches Monero (XMR) and Stellar Lumens (XLM) Perpetual Contracts

January 19, 2019 by Neil at Altcoins, Business, Development, Exchange, Finance, News

Many believe that institutional money will not flow into cryptocurrency markets until there are more adaptability and flexibility with the markets with regards to investment products such as futures contracts. Gate.io has recently added two new assets to its “perpetual contract trading,” Monero (XMR) and Stellar Lumens (XLM), on January...

Huobi Japan (BitTrade) Launch Operations as a Fully Regulated Exchange

January 18, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Business, Exchange, News, Regulation

Huobi Japan, the cryptocurrency exchange re-born as a result of a merger between BitTrade and Huobi Group, has now resumed operations as a wholly-regulated exchange by Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA), according to a press release on January 17, 2019. Huobi Japan Gets FSA Greencard As reported by BTCManager in...

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Academics and Pantera Capital’s “Better Bitcoin” Is still Slower than Visa

January 18, 2019 by Nuno Menezes at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Development, Ethereum, Investment, News

A non-profit group comprised of MIT and bay area academics, as well as hedge fund Pantera Capital was formed to develop a coin that can offer faster speeds of processing transactions than Bitcoin. How to Make Unit-e More than a “Nice Idea” Teachers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford...

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TRON Announces Key BitTorrent Features to Stimulate Native Token Adoption

January 18, 2019 by Tokoni Uti at Altcoins, Blockchain, Business, Development, News, Platform

TRON announced on January 17, 2019, that BitTorrent will be launching its streaming services and BitTorrent Speed in 2019. TRON has gotten off to a good start for 2019. After taking the time to address rumors of developer exploration on their platform, they have recently announced the release dates of...

Grayscale’s Stellar Lumens (XLM) Investment Trust to Lure Burned Crypto Investors

January 18, 2019 by Alex Lielacher at Adoption, Altcoins, Business, Finance, News

On January 17, 2019, Digital Currency Group’s investment subsidiary, Grayscale Investments, announced the launch of the Grayscale Stellar Lumens Trust, the first investment fund exclusively dedicated to the cryptocurrency Lumens (XLM). Stellar Gets an Investment Trust The Grayscale Stellar Lumens Trust is the ninth single-asset investment fund dedicated to cryptoassets...

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