Tag: cryptocurency

Popular cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex announced on November 7, 2018, the trading support for two competing cryptocurrency tokens, Bitcoin Cash ABC and Bitcoin Cash SV. The scheduled Bitcoin Cash hard-fork goes live on November 15, 2018. Poloniex Takes a Neutral Stand The upcoming Bitcoin Cash (BCH) fork is due on November 15, 2018, and there are two competing development teams proposing two…

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Opera is planning to expand its popularity among blockchain and crypto savvy users by embedding a cryptocurrency wallet into its desktop browser. With the move announced on August 8, 2018, it is expected to handle cryptocurrencies easier, as no other significant browser currently offers a similar service. If successful, Opera hopes to disrupt the browser market by removing the need…

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Thursday, April 4, 2018 – BitStarz player grabs a 19.995 BTC win on Greedy Goblin! It’s common knowledge that BitStarz plays host to some of the biggest slot games around, but that’s certainly not all that’s helping this casino make huge waves. The big wins just keep falling, as the action is roaring at the world’s leading cryptocurrency casino. Taking…

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With all the talk that surrounds crypto’s nature on a daily basis, the most recent term to be associated with it is “extremely volatile.” On Tuesday, the digital currency got called out for their extreme volatility by one of the members of the Federal Reserve’s board of governors. Owing to the sudden rise of bitcoin of over 1000 percent in…

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To expand its airline service and tap into more markets, AirAsia is setting foot into the digital realm. In a recent interview, CEO Tony Fernandes mentioned that being the region’s largest budget airline, its launching forays into fintech services and cryptocurrencies using mountains of its operational data. The currency will be called as BigCoin. In Flight Crypto Valuables Starting in…

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Thailand’s Finance Minister Apisak Tantivorawong announced on March 27, 2018, that the country’s military regime is planning to tax cryptocurrency. The move is creating uncertainty in a region which is promoting Singapore to stay ahead and take control of the leadership in the sector. Cutting out a Slice of the Pie The country’s military leaders want to impose taxation on…

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The fate of the United States’ top cryptocurrency watchdog appears to have fallen victim of the quintessential internal Washington politics that is, government funding. With both Democrats and Republicans scrambling to reach an accord over a new spending plan to prevent another government shutdown, some compromises were surely going to be made. As part of the new spending plans released,…

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The social media giant is investigating bitcoin advertisements that have been bypassing the recent ban on crypto ads on the platform. Last week, it banned all publicity that promoted financial products like Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) and digital currencies. According to experts, the ban was not employed with perfection, as some users reported to see crypto ads after the ban….

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Leaders in cryptocurrency will address the future of digital currency, how to buy and trade it and how it will impact U.S. businesses and industries during FinTank CryptoCon 2018, an unprecedented all-day Summit in Chicago, Thursday, February 15, 2018.  Sponsored by FinTank, a leading Fintech hub in Chicago, the Summit is being held at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law Thorne…

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On January 26, 2018, BTCManager reported on how Russia was softening its stance on the legal status of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies after the country’s finance ministry drafted a law to regulate the domestic crypto market. It looks like now its the Philippines’ turn to follow suit by taking, by and large, a similar stand on the ever-polarizing issue. The…

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