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Shares of Blockchain Company that soared 900 percent in 2017 Halted by SEC

January 11, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Business, News, Regulation

It has been confirmed that a company based in Hong Kong has had the trading of its shares suspended by the regulators in the United States, after incorporating the word 'blockchain' into its name. This comes after they leveraged the surge in popularity for blockchain related investments in 2017 and...

WWF building Blockchain-based system that will Tackle Problems in Commercial Fishing

January 10, 2018 by Rahul Nambiampurath at Blockchain, News

The World Wildlife Fund is reportedly building a new blockchain-based system designed specifically for the commercial fishing industry. The project has been conceived of in response to the alarmingly high rate of reports of illegal operations and slavery in the South China Sea and Australian regions. As such, the WWF...

Estonian Enterprises will use the Ethereum Blockchain-based TIME token

January 9, 2018 by Guest Post at Press Releases

In the Parliament of Estonia, Mikhail Korb, a Member of Parliament and the Secretary-General of the Centre Party of Estonia held the meeting with Sergei Sergienko, the owner of the Australian project ChronoBank, Denis Tsyro, the Head of the international organization G-Global Business Portal and Hanon Barabaner, the Deputy Chairman...

Yet Another Leap for Bitcoin: Real Estate Agents Embrace it for Property Payments

Buying a House With Bitcoin? There Are Ways to Make It Work

January 8, 2018 by Robert DeVoe at Bitcoin, Business, News

During 2017, there were some high profile luxury properties that went up for sale in exchange for bitcoin. For example, high-rise apartments in Dubai, an exclusive townhouse in London, and even a medieval castle on the Spanish coast went on sale accepting the digital cash as payment. But what...

Get oCoin Cryptocurrency Everytime You Ride a Bike

January 8, 2018 by Tabassum Naiz at Altcoins, News, Tech

How do you start your day? Jogging, biking or exercise? Here is a new way to stay fit whilst also earning some money. One startup based in Singapore, oBike, presents the first station bike-sharing platform with a cryptocurrency called oCoin. oCoin was developed as the result of a partnership between...

From A Small Catering Business To Blockchain Empire – Simon Yu Has Quite A Story To Share With Budding Entrepreneurs

January 7, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Altcoins, Blockchain, Business, Commentary, News

For StormX co-founder Simon Yu, the road to success couldn’t have been thornier. Things got notably worse after his family was left with no choice but to declare bankruptcy. Yu was in college back then and with no source of substantial income. Food Trucks to Crytpo Desperate to break free...

Hooters Joins Blockchain Mania in Recent Announcement

January 7, 2018 by Rahul Nambiampurath at Blockchain, Business, Commentary, News

Chanticleer Holdings, the owner of several burger brands, including nine restaurants franchised by Hooters, announced on January 2, 2018, that it would be using a form of blockchain-related technology for its rewards program. Rising Stocks and Blockchain Craze Shortly after the press release, the company’s stock prices shot up over...

Mark Zuckerberg Hints at Future Facebook-Cryptocurrency Connection

January 5, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Blockchain, Business, Commentary, News, Tech

Since 2009, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg christens each new year by posting his annual personal challenge that he uses as the basis of reflection and further development throughout the year to come. In 2017, his goal was to travel to all the American states that he was yet...

Blockchain Revolution Redefines the Reward System in Film Industry

January 5, 2018 by Guest Post at ICO/IEO

One of the existing problems of the present day filming industry is that a huge percentage of the films that are made each year do not make it into the marketplace and are not seen by the audience. This is as a result of the centralized nature of that has...

Café that Shuns Cash and Welcomes Bitcoin Opens in Singapore

January 4, 2018 by Julia Travers at Bitcoin, Business, News

On December 21, 2017, cryptocurrency firm and mining company Ducatus opened the doors of the new cashless, cryptocurrency-accepting Ducatus Café in Singapore, where, according to their Facebook page, “Cafe life meshes with the Crypto life.” Ducatus said its café is the first of its kind in Singapore and unique in...

Cryptocurrency Bridges Investment Gap for Millennials

Bitcoin’s Gender Split Could be Indicative of a Bubble

January 4, 2018 by Tabassum Naiz at Blockchain, Business, Commentary, News

Just as the internet transformed how we share information, cryptocurrencies look to turn the financial world on its head. No matter where you stand on the innovative impact the technology may have, there is another feature of the debate that has gone long unconsidered. Is Bitcoin a Boys Club Only?...

Barry Silbert Catches the Attention of Securities Lawyers with Ethereum Classic “Hype”

January 2, 2018 by Nigel Dollentas at Altcoins, Ethereum, News, Regulation

Barry Silbert, founder and CEO of Digital Currency Group (DCG), has recently caught the attention of some market regulators due to possible violations of US securities laws. Buying in to Ethereum Classic early and his continuous promotion of the currency may put him in hot water from regulators. Silbert bought...

Hedge Fund Manager: Near Impossible to Short Bitcoin Bubble

Tilman Fertitta: Bitcoin Here to Stay, Similar to the Dot-Com Bubble

December 30, 2017 by Akshay Makadiya at Bitcoin, Business, Commentary, News

Tilman Fertitta, American billionaire businessman and television personality, explains that Bitcoin is no different than the dot-com bubble of the late 1990’s. “It’s no different than anything new. Everybody forgets that if you put ‘.com’ at the end of your name just 20 years ago, your stock ran up.” Fertitta...

Bitcoin Mining in 2018: Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze?

December 28, 2017 by Priyeshu Garg at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Business, Commentary, Mining, News

2017 has been ablaze with investors and opportunists making money from bitcoin in every way imaginable. While some buy to hold and some trade between cryptocurrencies, others are still mining new coins. Bitcoin Mining Profitability – USD/Day per THash/s Although mining is considered highly lucrative by those who know how...

Winklevoss Brothers Unwaveringly Bullish on Bitcoin

December 28, 2017 by Priyeshu Garg at Bitcoin, Business, Commentary, Finance, News

The Winklevoss twins are celebrities in the overlapping worlds of finance, investing and cryptocurrency. Having bought $11 million worth of bitcoin when it was still relatively unknown, the pair made headlines in the first week of December 2017, when they became the some of the first investors to be made...

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