No, South Korea Is Not Banning Cryptocurrency Trading

It is not the first time mainstream media outlets haven’t fully grasped a situation affecting the cryptocurrency world. Depending on which source you believe, the South Korean government is either doing nothing or wants to ban all cryptocurrency trading. The truth of the matter is somewhere in the middle, as there is no intention to ban … Read more

Vitalik Buterin and OmiseGo

OmiseGo is Vitalik Buterin’s favourite token model Vitalik recently posted on his twitter account three main reasons why OmiseGo, right now, is his favourite token model. OmiseGo is not a medium-of-exchange token; it has a clear valuation model (expected discounted future transaction fees minus node operation cost); and it requires running node to get returns, … Read more

SEC Suspends Trading of UBIA Securities Until January 22

The SEC will continue to crack down on potentially fraudulent initial coin offerings for the foreseeable future. Most recently, it temporarily suspended all trading of UBI Blockchain Internet LTD securities. Known as UBIA, the Hong Kong-based venture has gotten in the crosshairs of the SEC in recent weeks. There are quite a few questions regarding this project … Read more

The Growing Pains of Binance’s Meteoric Rise to Success

Cryptocurrency enthusiasts will all agree that the year 2017 was rather spectacular. Not only did we see all prices increase in a significant manner, we also saw exchanges struggle to keep up with demand. And just last week, Binance was forced to halt user registrations due to overwhelming success. The company has released some interesting details as to why … Read more

Stellar Price Retakes $0.65 as all Markets Show Signs of Recovery

Most cryptocurrency enthusiasts were surprised to see Stellar in the cryptocurrency top 10 ranked by market cap at the end of 2017. A lot of people ignore currencies which won’t net them quick profits or don’t serve their specific cause. Even so, the Stellar price has successfully surpassed $0.50 last year. Fast forward to today, … Read more

What Is AppCoins?

AppCoins (APPC) has held its ICO and is up nearly 300% since being added to Binance last Friday. But that’s not what interests me the most about this small market cap asset. Beyond the Big Boys If using bitcoin is one way of saying “f*** you” to the banks who until now have largely controlled … Read more

Australian Taxation Office Wants to Curb Bitcoin-Related Tax Evasion

People may have been using cryptocurrencies to evade taxes all over the world. Whether or not anyone will ever uncover evidence of people doing so remains subject to speculation. In Australia, the Australian Taxation Office wants to find out how people are using cryptocurrencies. A new task force has been created to investigate any reports … Read more

BitFury Group De-Anonymizes Over 15% of the Bitcoin Network With New Blockchain Analysis Tool

The ability to analyze and link Bitcoin transactions is something many governments and regulators hope to do more of moving forward. A lot of officials still think Bitcoin is anonymous, even though that is far from the case. BitFury Group recently demonstrated their latest analysis tool by de-anonymizing several million Bitcoin transactions. It’s an interesting turn of events, … Read more