Bitcoin Price Watch: Currency Hasn’t Moved in 48 Hours

At press time, bitcoin is still standing at the $7,600 mark. For the last two days, bitcoin hasn’t moved, and has been trapped in the red over news of a Coinrail hack and subpoenas issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regarding bitcoin futures trading data. But is all this negativity short-lived? While it’s … Read more

Former Macau Triad Boss Launching Cryptocurrency

Various entities, users, and companies commonly seek to introduce their own cryptocurrencies. It’s quite challenging to do so successfully, as not all currencies are created equal. Wan Kuok-toi, a former Macau triad boss, is looking to launch his own cryptocurrency and associated blockchain ecosystem. It’s a remarkable development, albeit one that will be criticized. Another … Read more

Russian Government Website Was Affected by a Malicious Cryptocurrency Mining Script

There have been a lot of incidents involving cryptocurrency mining. This has become especially apparent where malicious mining scripts on various websites are concerned. It seems one official website in Russia has fallen victim to a malicious mining attack which ran for ten full days. Another Cryptocurrency Mining Incident It is neither the first nor … Read more

Devolver Digital Makes a Point With Lootbox Coin “Currency”

The pattern of projects issuing their own tokens and currencies willy-nilly has attracted a fair amount of criticism. A lot of ICO projects don’t need their own currencies, or even their own blockchains. Even so, there have been a few projects poking fun at this concept. Devolver Digital, a well-known game development studio, is joining … Read more

Tezos Foundation Announces Investor KYC and AML Procedure One Year After Raising Money

Even though it appears the Tezos team has successfully addressed most of the problems holding the project back, more controversy looms on the horizon. More specifically, the team has made it clear they will perform thorough KYC and AML checks for all investors. It’s a remarkable decision, considering that those users contributed nearly a year … Read more

Bitcoin Price: $6,800 Seems to Hold Despite More Imminent Bearish Pressure

The uneasy situation affecting all cryptocurrency markets will remain in place for some time to come. Despite some minor gains for most currencies, it seems there is still plenty of negative pressure. As such, the question becomes whether or not the Bitcoin price will remain above $6,800 today. So far, it’s not looking too promising. … Read more

Twitter Experience Worsens, Ether Fake Giveaways Taking Over

Fake ether token giveaways are clogging Twitter threads, and seemingly by the second. Targeting well-known ecosystem figures, doppelganger accounts are created, complete with matching avatars. A particularly active post can almost assuredly be counted on to receive seemingly organic calls for participation in free crypto programs hosted by the respective personality. And now they’re incorporating … Read more