#Altcoins

Brazil’s President promises to Open “black box” Amid Scrapping of Indigenous Cryptocurrency Project

January 9, 2019 by Tokoni Uti at Altcoins, Blockchain, News

On January 7, 2019, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonar tweeted that the government was going to open a "black box" into the operations of the national development bank, days after an Indigenous cryptocurrency project was halted. The Project In late 2018, there were plans by the Brazilian government to launch an indigenous...

Nano (NANO) and BitGrail Crypto Exchange Dragged to Court by Silver Miller and Levi Korsinsky

January 9, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins, Exchange, News, Regulation

Silver Miller, a United States-based securities law firm committed to investment fraud and consumer class action cases, has joined forces with Levi Korsinsky to file a class action lawsuit against Nano (NANO) and the controversial BitGrail cryptocurrency exchange for allegedly defrauding investors according to a press release on January 7,...

PayIOTA.me Payment Gateway Plugin for WordPress Blogs

January 9, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins, Business, Development, News, Platform

There are a number of cryptocurrency payment gateway plugins which can be used on WordPress blogs to send invoices and receive payments. Notable among them is the recent PayIOTA.me WooCommerce Plugin developed by Dan Darden & Laszlo Molnarfi, a group of GitHub developers. The two broke the news in a...

Bitcoin, Ether, and XRP Weekly Market Update December 23, 2019

Bitcoin and Ether Market Update: January 9, 2019

January 9, 2019 by Georgi Hristov at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency Market Outlook, Ethereum, Exchange, Finance, News, Price Analysis

Bitcoin and Ether are hovering around $4,000 and $150 respectively as they are looking for short to mid-term support levels. BTC-USD Bitcoin lost $60 of its value on January 7, 2018, and dropped from $4,170 to $4,110 on the Bitfinex daily chart. Bulls were trying everything possible to hold $4,000...

PIVX Becomes First Anonymous PoS Coin to Launch iOS Wallet

January 9, 2019 by Alex Lielacher at Altcoins, Development, News, wallet

The popular privacy-centric digital currency PIVX announced the long-awaited release of its dedicated iOS mobile wallet. Due to the tight guidelines that Apple places on cryptocurrency apps, the release of the new iOS wallet not only marks a milestone for PIVX but also for the entire cryptocurrency community as PIVX...

Steemit Office Doors Cancelled Sign Hanging

Steemit Bans The Dark Overlord; Community Questions Censorship-Resistance

January 9, 2019 by Neil at Altcoins, Business, Commentary, News, Platform

While many have championed Steemit as a platform where no one can be censored, January 8, 2018, reports indicate that the decentralized social media platform has banned a hacker group who is threatening to publish documents related to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Steemit: Decentralized and Censorable For the past several...

Hong Kong Cryptocurrency Entrepreneur Accused of Scamming Investors of Millions

January 9, 2019 by Tokoni Uti at Altcoins, Crime, Mining, News

On January 7, 2019, The South China Morning Post reported that several residents had been duped of over HK$3 million (~$382,000) in a crypto mining scheme by entrepreneur Wong Ching-kit. Backstory: Face of a Mining Operation Wong Ching-kit, a cryptocurrency entrepreneur, has been accused of running a scam by several Hong Kong...

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Earn Crypto Part 6: Video Streaming Platforms

January 8, 2019 by Alex Lielacher at Altcoins, Blockchain, Cryptocyclopedia, Platform

In BTCManager’s series titled “Earn Crypto,” readers are being introduced to a wide range of platforms, applications, and ways that they can earn bitcoin and other digital currencies as a member of the cryptocurrency community. In this article, readers will learn how they can earn cryptocurrency by participating in video...

Coinbase Suspends Ethereum Classic Transactions after Double Spend Attack

January 8, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Altcoins, Blockchain, Business, Exchange, News

Shortly after detecting a deep chain reorganization of the Ethereum Classic blockchain (ETC) on January 8, 2019, cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase Tweeted that it has stopped all transactions related to the cryptocurrency. Ethereum Classic Blockchain Reorganized After having a monumental 2018, Coinbase would have hoped to carry the positive momentum into...

Parity Technologies Gets a $5 Million Grant from the Ethereum Foundation

January 8, 2019 by Priyeshu Garg at Altcoins, Blockchain, Development, Ethereum, Finance, News

Parity Technologies, the company behind one of the fastest Ethereum clients on the market, has secured a $5 million grant from the Ethereum Foundation to increase scalability, usability, and security of their product, the foundation announced on its website on January 7, 2019. A New Ethereum Foundation Grant Goes to...

ECB Policy Maker: Crypto Bubble Has Collapsed, Bitcoin Will Die as a Complete Load of Nonsense

January 8, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Altcoins, Bitcoin, News

According to an article by Bloomberg, published on January 7, 2019, European Central Bank (ECB) policymaker Ardo Hansson opines that cryptocurrencies are destined to die as a “complete load of nonsense.” The Crypto Bubble Has already Started to Collapse While the crypto market has somewhat recovered from its recent slump...

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Where Are They Now?: The United Kingdom’s Slow, yet Proactive Approach

January 8, 2019 by Eddie Mitchell at Adoption, Altcoins, Bitcoin, Blockchain, Business, Cryptocyclopedia, Finance, Regulation

During this series covering the regulation of blockchain and cryptocurrencies, BTCManager has taken a look at nations who have all taken relatively unique approaches in their attempt to accommodate the technology. While there may be some similarities, the pieces have focused on events that make them stand-out amongst the rest....

CoinFLEX Beats Intercontinental Exchange and ErisX to Launch First Physically-Delivered Bitcoin Futures

January 8, 2019 by Tokoni Uti at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Exchange, Finance, News

According to a January 6, 2019, report from Bloomberg, CoinFLEX, an offshoot of CoinFloor, has launched the first physically-delivered Bitcoin futures, beating out heavyweights like ErisX and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). CoinFlex has announced that it will begin offering physical Bitcoin futures to investors in Asia as from February 2019. This...

UNICEF France Calls for Donation in DAI Cryptocurrency to Fund Open Source Blockchain Projects

January 8, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Altcoins, Blockchain, Development, Ethereum, News

The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in France has begun a series of events and has called for donations in Dai (DAI), a cryptocurrency that will help in funding blockchain-based projects to educate youths around the world, the organization announced on its portal on January 6, 2019. Investing...

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Five Cryptocurrency Exchanges Join the JVCEA to Protect Investors in the Industry

January 7, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Blockchain, Business, Exchange, News, Regulation

The Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA), a self-regulatory body focused on promoting best practices in the Japanese cryptospace, has announced on January 4, 2018, that five new companies have obtained type II membership. The JVCEA Waxing Stronger The JVCEA is a self-regulatory agency set up in June 2018 and...

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