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BitMEX Launches Fork Monitoring Website Targeted at Bitcoin Cash Hard Fork

November 6, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Altcoins, Development, Exchange, News

The research arm of Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency derivatives platform BitMEX, BitMEX Research, has launched a new network monitoring tool for both bitcoin (BTC) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH), the company announced in a blog post on November 5, 2018. Fork Monitoring Website Targets Bitcoin Cash Hardfork The company described ForkMonitor as...

ICO Exit Scams: Bad Actors Cart Away $100 Million in 2018

November 5, 2018 by contributor at Altcoins, Business, ICO/IEO, Investment, News

A Bloomberg report on November 5, 2018, pointed out the vast inconsistencies in the amount of capital raised by Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) raised in 2018, as per data compared on several websites. Lacking Consistency and Incentives In an industry that banks on providing transparency and accuracy to every dataset...

China’s Largest Taxi-Hailing App Will Soon Get a Blockchain-Based Counterpart

Remixpoint Inc. Ally with Hinomaru Limousine to Let Travelers Pay for Airport Rides with Bitcoin

November 5, 2018 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Altcoins, Bitcoin, Business, Finance, News

Remixpoint Inc., the parent company of BITPoint cryptocurrency exchange, which is one of the 16 licensed digital assets trading venues in Japan, has joined forces with Hinomaru Limousine Inc., a local firm that claims to operate a fleet of 362 limos and 161 taxis, to make it possible for travelers...

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Bitcoin Closes the Week Softer on Back of Little Newsflow: BTCManager’s Week in Review November 5, 2018

November 5, 2018 by Alex Lielacher at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Blockchain, Business, Finance, News, News Digest, Regulation

The price of bitcoin closed the week around two percent lower - reaching the $6,350 level - on light volumes and a lack of major market-moving headlines. The main headline of the week was the publication of a research paper that suggested that bitcoin mining may accelerate global warming due...

Taiwanese Government Amends Cryptocurrency Laws for Privacy-Focussed Transactions

November 5, 2018 by Cindy Huynh at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Finance, News, Regulation, Tech

The Taiwanese Government recently amended their anti-money laundering and Countering Finance Terrorism (AML/CFT) laws concerning cryptocurrency regulations. According to an Asia Times article published on November 5, 2018, these revisions and changes will give Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC), the ability to crack down on any anonymous cryptocurrency transactions. The...

Exclusive: CoinGecko's TM Lee Talks Evaluation, Malaysian Crypto Scene, and Interoperability between Blockchains

CoinGecko Q3 Report Shows Rise in Non-Fungible Tokens, Infrastructure, and Novel Exchange Activity

November 5, 2018 by Liam J Kelly at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Exchange, Finance, News, Platform, Tech

In part of a long read series on quarter three (Q3) reports from a handful of different perspectives, BTCManager will flesh out some of the summer trends as well as give a better idea for future steps. In the following analysis, CoinGecko provides some insight into which projects are earning...

App Mining; Blockstack’s Method of Rewarding Decentralized Applications

November 5, 2018 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Altcoins, Blockchain, News, Platform, Tech

The Internet has evolved over a couple of decades and has changed the way software companies work and make money. In the nascent days of the internet, software developers spent time in building some crucial infrastructure and shared protocols like HTTP, SMTP, and TCP/IP which opened doors to the world...

10 Causes that Accept Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Contributions

November 5, 2018 by Alex Lielacher at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Business, Cryptocyclopedia

Donations in cryptocurrency have been increasing in frequency. Due to their transparency and accountability, non-profit organizations have started to accept contributions in digital currencies, and this is has helped them to raise more funds from a new subset of donors. As trust in charities continues to fall and donations decrease...

Tron Foundation Completes Seventh Coinburn Event; 98 Percent of Token Supply now Burnt

November 5, 2018 by Rahul Nambiampurath at Altcoins, Blockchain, News

On November 1, 2018, Justin Sun, founder of the blockchain platform Tron, has announced the successful burning of $800 million worth of TRX tokens. Ninety-Eight Percent of Supply Burned In a related tweet, he said, “I just burned 800 million USD worth $TRX ERC20 tokens. $TRX ERC20 tokens will soon...

Stablecoin Gemini USD Gets Listed on Biggest Fiat-Crypto Platform Liquid

November 5, 2018 by Pratik Makadiya at Altcoins, Ethereum, Exchange, Finance, News, Regulation

In a joint effort to bring liquidity and stability to the comprehensive crypto space, global digital asset platform Liquid in partnership with U.S. digital asset exchange Gemini Trust Company, LLC have listed the U.S. dollar-pegged Gemini USD (GUSD). Bringing Stability and Liquidy to Crypto Space This was a natural partnership...

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Grayscale Investments’ Q3 Report Shows Institutional Investors Are Taking Positions in Bearish Crypto Market

November 4, 2018 by Alex Lielacher at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Commentary, Finance, Investment, News

The Digital Currency Group-owned digital currency investment company, Grayscale Investments, has published its quarter three (Q3) 2018 report. The report highlights that institutional investors have made up the majority of its fund inflows in the last three months, which suggests that “smart money” may be buying into digital currencies in...

Coinbase Roundup: Series E Funding, Institutional Interest, and Listing the Basic Attention Token (BAT)

November 4, 2018 by Rahul Nambiampurath at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Business, Ethereum, Exchange, Finance, News, Regulation

American cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has closed its fifth Series E funding round. On October 30, 2018, the company announced that it had successfully secured a $300 million investment “to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrencies and digital assets.” This new influx of capital gives Coinbase a total valuation of over $8...

Vitalik Buterin Thinks Ethereum Cannot Succeed Unless He Steps Back

November 3, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Altcoins, Ethereum, Interviews, News, Platform, Tech

During Ethereum’s annual developer conference, Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum, said that the technology could only succeed and become truly decentralized if it stopped depending on him, the Technology Review reported on November 1, 2018. No True Decentralization While there's no doubt that Vitalik Buterin is still the guiding...

Tether Confirms Banking with Deltec; Latter Confirms $1.8 Billion in Account

November 3, 2018 by Rahul Nambiampurath at Altcoins, Ethereum, Finance, Investment, News, Platform, Tech

Tether Limited, the company developing the USDT stablecoin, has announced a new banking partnership. In a statement published November 1, 2018, the company confirmed long-standing rumors that Deltec Bank & Trust Limited would be the next financial institution to hold its cash reserves. Headquartered in the Commonwealth of The Bahamas,...

South Korea: Crypto Exchange Bithumb Establishes Blockchain R&D Center

Korean Crypto Exchange Bithumb to Launch Security Token Platform in the U.S.

November 3, 2018 by Rahul Nambiampurath at Altcoins, Blockchain, Exchange, News, Platform, Tech

South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb is reportedly exploring the possibility of a security token exchange in the U.S., according to people familiar with the matter. Local news agency Yonhap News was able to confirm on November 2, 2018, that Bithumb has agreed to partner with American fintech company seriesOne. Security Tokens:...

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