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FOAM: The Consensus Driven Map of the World

September 20, 2018 by Pratik Makadiya at Altcoins, Blockchain, Finance, Investment, News, Tech

Maps and addressing systems have been the foundation of our lives that have had a significant contribution to shaping the way one commutes. Maps have been an integral part in setting up global business and commerce from pre-colonial days and continued to do today. With the introduction of technology, these...

What is ZEN And is it a Good Investment?

September 20, 2018 by Alex Lielacher at Altcoins, Investment, News

Horizen is a privacy-oriented blockchain network for borderless, decentralized communications and transactions. The platform provides a secure framework which is designed to support a range of applications that prioritize privacy. Horizen is built on the core belief that individuals should have the right to control which information about them is...

Dmunity: A Rewarding Social Media Platform Built with Blockchain

September 20, 2018 by Rahul Nambiampurath at Altcoins, Blockchain, Investment, News, Platform, Tech

The rise of blockchain in the past few years has led to the introduction of some rather novel use cases. In that vein, Dmunity is a decentralized social media website that is built on top of the Ethereum blockchain. The development team categorizes it as a social curation market, which...

Could This Be the End for Bitmain?

September 20, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Mining, News, Tech

It has not been a good year for cryptocurrency mining manufacturing giant Bitmain, as the company is suffering from inventory losses, a lack of new manufacturing and the dwindling crypto mining market, a Bloomberg report on 18 September 2018, revealed. Bitmain Forgot the Rule for Selling Shovels The world's largest...

U.K. Lawmakers Believe Britain’s Cryptocurrency Market Should Be Regulated

September 20, 2018 by contributor at Altcoins, Bitcoin, News, Regulation

British lawmakers mentioned on September 19, 2018, that the cryptocurrency market needs urgent regulations. The Government should take action to protect retail investors from volatile prices, technical vulnerabilities, and position U.K. to become a global leader in the cryptocurrency industry, given its position as a financial hub. Lack of Comprehensive...

Have you Ever Heard of the ERC-721x Token Standard?

September 19, 2018 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Altcoins, Blockchain, Cryptocyclopedia, Ethereum

Thanks to the overly popular Ethereum blockchain game CryptoKitties, the ERC-721 tokens have come into the foray of the DLT world. CryptoKitties is basically a collectible card game where the players have the option to buy, sell and exchange virtual cats. What sets CryptoKitties apart from most of the other...

Lightning Network capacity increases by 10 BTC in two days, total now at 50 BTC

Bitcoin Core Bug Resolved in 0.16.3 Client: Threatened Security of Lightning Network

September 19, 2018 by Liam J Kelly at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Development, Mining, News

A GitHub report opened on September 17, 2018, revealed a recent bug in the Bitcoin Core versions 0.14.0 to 0.16.2. The exploit threatened to crash Bitcoin Core if the most recent version wasn’t updated. The anonymous reporter reached out to developers of the pioneer cryptocurrency with their findings, after which...

IronX Cryptocurrency Exchange Obtains Regulatory Approval in Crypto-Friendly Estonia

September 19, 2018 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Business, Exchange, Finance, News, Regulation

IronX, a cryptocurrency exchange established in June 2018 by the IronFX Group and EmurgoHK, the founders of the Cardano (ADA) distributed ledger technology (DLT) project, has received the approval of the Estonian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), to conduct business in the region as a fully regulated cryptocurrency trading venue. The...

Hong-Kong Based Blockchain Firm Set to Raise $12.7 Million to Finance Yen-backed Stablecoin

September 19, 2018 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Altcoins, Blockchain, Business, Finance, News, Regulation

Grandshores Technology Group, a Hong-Kong based real estate firm turned blockchain investor, is set to raise HKD 100 million ($12.7 million) to finance a Japanese Yen backed cryptocurrency project The South China Morning Post reported on September 18, 2018. From Real Estate to Blockchain Investment Formerly known as SHIS Ltd.,...

Statue of Liverty with a Bitcoin Torch illuminating New York

NY AG Underwood’s Report Identifies High Risk of Market Manipulation in Cryptocurrency Industry

September 19, 2018 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Business, Exchange, Finance, News, Regulation

In an exhaustive 32-page report published by the New York Attorney General’s office, dated September 18, 2018, found that cryptocurrency exchanges appear to lack basic consumer protection mechanisms and do next to nothing to prevent market manipulation. The "Virtual Markets Integrity Report” went on to claim that as many as...

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