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FXCM Group Unveils Fresh Cryptocurrency Trading Product

FXCM Forex Trading Company now Offers Clients Bitcoin CFDs

October 3, 2018 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Business, Finance, News, Tech

Forex Capital Markets (FXCM), a London-based global foreign exchange brokerage has joined the bitcoin bandwagon just like some of its competitors in the forex and financial services industry including Admiral Markets, ICM Capital and others, reported Finance Magnates on October 1, 2018. FXCM Bitcoin CFD According to sources close to the...

Re-establishing Integrity: TokenPost Launch a Blockchain-based Platform to Leverage the Media Industry

October 3, 2018 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Altcoins, Blockchain, Business, News, Platform

Having successfully launched its PUBLISH protocol in September 2018, TokenPost, one of the top DLT and cryptocurrency based media outlets, is determined to outdo itself once again, this time with the help of “PUBLISH Alliance” – a non-profit decentralized platform, launched to connect media enterprises, academic bodies and tech start-ups...

Lightning Tasks Allows you to Earn Bitcoin for Completing Micro Tasks

Nano Launches new Update, Goes Live on investFeed, BitGrail Lawsuit Gets Withdrawn

October 3, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Altcoins, Development, Exchange, News, Regulation

Nano (NANO), the coin whose aim is to become the world's next digital currency, is celebrating the withdrawal of its Brola lawsuit by releasing a new update and going live on investFeed, the company announced in an October 1, 2018, Medium post. Lawsuit Dismissed Formerly called Raiblocks, Nano is known...

Monero Mikrotik Madness: Carrier-Grade Cryptojacking Scheme

October 3, 2018 by Jefferson Nunn at Altcoins, Crime, Mining, News

There are approximately 200,000 Mikrotik routers that are potentially vulnerable to the latest security breach devised by hackers to install and spread cryptojacking software that mines Monero (XMR). A team called Bad Packets has been monitoring the spread of the infections ever since the security vulnerability was first reported on...

Regulations Rock Markets but Bitcoin Has to Play Ball

October 2, 2018 by Eric Czuleger at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Business, Commentary, Finance, Regulation

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) recently released their report about the effect of regulation on the cryptocurrency market capitalization. This report reveals that in spite of their borderless nature, regulatory activities and the media cycles from which they spawn have a massive impact on cryptocurrency markets, both in the...

Indian Government Websites Keep Getting Hacked to Mine Cryptocurrencies

October 2, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Altcoins, Blockchain, News, Platform, Tech

With more than 100 government websites hacked in September alone, security experts in India are in a race against time to identify more websites hosting malware that allows the unauthorized mining of cryptocurrencies, India Today reported on October 1, 2018. Government Websites Fall Victim to Cryptojacking Despite the country's reservations...

Sia Plays Hardball with a Hardfork

October 2, 2018 by Eric Czuleger at Altcoins, Blockchain, Commentary, Mining, News

On October 1, 2018, Sia Tech, took the controversial step of resetting the Sia Proof-of-Work (PoW) function to brick the Bitmain and Innosilicon hardware which came online to mine the native cryptocurrency of Sia. This means gains for Obelisk miners and great divisions for the Sia community. Fighting with Forks...

Vision Hill Advisors Wants to Build a Better Bitcoin Benchmark

October 2, 2018 by Nigel Dollentas at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Finance, Investment

Vision Hill Advisors, cryptocurrency fund managers, carving themselves in the niche, published a report on September 20, 2018, proposing a new framework that could be used as a benchmark within the crypto asset industry. Hedge Fund Manager vs. Independent Investment As users purchasing cryptocurrency are exposing to themselves to an...

Singapore: MAS Partners JP Morgan to Develop Blockchain-Enabled Payments Network

Cryptocurrency Debit Card Provider Wirex Introduces Higher Limits after IBAN Approval

October 2, 2018 by contributor at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Business, Development, Ethereum, Finance, News

Wirex, a leading crypto and traditional currency payment platform, launched IBAN on EUR accounts for users in Spain and France while increasing account limits - making them some of the highest limits in the industry, according to a mail shared with BTCManager on October 1, 2018. Expanding Borders and Account...

BNB Token To Be Used As GAS On Binance’s Decentralized Exchange

October 2, 2018 by Rahul Nambiampurath at Altcoins, Blockchain, Business, Exchange, News, Platform

Binance, the digital currency exchange, has hinted at the upcoming launch of its decentralized exchange (DEX). A tweet by Changpeng Zhao, CEO, and founder of Binance, also revealed that Binance Coin (BNB) would be used as native GAS on the future DEX. According to data from Coinmarketcap, the current Binance...

Burstcoin Burstcoin Developers Complete On-Chain Crypto Transaction without internet

Burstcoin Burstcoin Developers Complete On-Chain Crypto Transaction without the Internet

October 2, 2018 by Rahul Nambiampurath at Altcoins, Blockchain, News, Press Releases

Burstcoin developer Daniel Jones announced that he managed to complete a blockchain transaction without access to electricity or the internet. The claim first came through his Twitter account, @nixops, on September 15, 2018, where he wrote, “It is with great honor I present to you the first $burst radio transaction....

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Institutional Investment Comes into Crypto Market Through OTC

October 2, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Altcoins, Blockchain, Business, Exchange, Investment, News, Platform, Tech

Crypto markets have long waited for the entrance of large investors as the ‘Holy Grail’ of crypto adoption, bringing with them huge injections of capital into the crypto market and pumping up the total market capitalization beyond it static $300bn level. A report by Bloomberg on October 1, 2018, makes...

Brave Browser CEO Calls for GDPR Laws in U.S.

October 2, 2018 by Eric Czuleger at Altcoins, Blockchain, Business, News, Platform, Tech

On September 28, 2018, Brendan Eich, CEO of Brave, and co-founder of Mozilla Firefox wrote to the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation to encourage the adoption of a General Data Protection Regulation. In the letter, Eich compels the US Senate to consider a European style model which...

Blockchain Startups Hiring Nobel Laureates as Advisors

October 2, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Altcoins, Blockchain, ICO/IEO, News, Tech

The latest emerging trend in the blockchain space seems to be hiring Nobel Prize winners, with Alvin Roth, who shared the economics Nobel in 2012, becoming the newest laureate to join such a startup, Bloomberg reported on September 30, 2018. Nobel Laureates Targeted as Advisors for Startups It seems like...

Bitcoin Remains Stable at $6,500 Mark Suggesting a Bottom Has Been Found: BTCManager’s Week in Review

October 2, 2018 by Alex Lielacher at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum, Exchange, Finance, News, News Digest

The price of bitcoin traded between the $6,800 to $6,400 range throughout the week, suggesting that this year’s bottom may have finally been found and that the $6,000 mark should remain a strong resistance line. Bitcoin closed the week effectively unchanged. Major market-moving news was scarce this week, but bitcoin...

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