PR: Repo Blockchain Set to Release Repo Coin

or many people, the cryptocurrency market seems far out of reach. Repo Blockchain is about to change that. The Repo Coin project is not fundraising through an ICO, but plans on allowing participants to earn their tokens instead. This avoids the public sale FOMO frenzy that gets people throwing their money around. Repo Blockchain is … Read more

South Carolina Declares Cloud Mining Contracts to Be Securities

The Attorney General of South Carolina has served a cease and desist order on Genesis Mining. In documents filed before its Securities Commissioner, it has declared cloud mining contracts to be securities, in a move that could have repercussions beyond the confines of the Palmetto State. Also read: ‘Cryptomatoes’ Using Excess Mining Heat to Grow Produce … Read more

PR: Multiversum Delivering 4th Generation Blockchain – a Crypto Relational Database Pre ICO Raises $2.9million in Just 6 Days

Multiversum, the new innovative fourth generation blockchain technology platform has raised $2.9million in just 8 days in its Pre ICO. The hard cap for the Pre ICO is 60MLN$ and it will run until 31/3/2018 A spokesperson for the company indicated that they were very happy with the results so far and moreover they expected … Read more

Binance Offers $10 Million Hacker Bounty

In the wake of Wednesday’s market manipulation incident which caused all kinds of mischief, Binance has issued a hacker bounty. A total of $10 million has been earmarked towards catching hackers and other unscrupulous attackers, with $250,000 offered for information leading to the prosecution of last week’s viacoin pump and dump perpetrators. Also read: Bots Blamed … Read more

Hackers Target 400,000 Computers with Mining Malware

More than 400,000 personal computers have been attacked in a large-scale attempt to distribute cryptocurrency mining malware. The hackers used sophisticated trojans to infect PCs mostly in Russia, but also in Turkey, Ukraine, and other countries. The coordinated assault lasted more than 12 hours. Also read: New Monero Mining Malware Sends Proceeds to Kim Il … Read more

Coincheck to Start Compensating Hack Victims and Resume Operations Next Week

Hacked Japanese exchange Coincheck is getting ready to start compensating its customers next week as it plans to resume operations. The exchange has been slapped with two business improvement orders so far by Japan’s financial regulator and may stop trading some cryptocurrencies for safety reasons. Also read: Japan’s DMM Bitcoin Exchange Opens for Business With 7 … Read more

Retirement Custodian Bitira Offers Insured Multi-Cryptocurrency IRAs

The cryptocurrency retirement account firm Bitira has announced the launch of two new features added to its business model, which includes fully-insured cold storage accounts and a variety of new cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin cash, ethereum, and more. Also Read: Japan’s SBI Holdings Claims 40% Stake in Hardware Wallet Company Digital Asset Retirement Funds Bitira is … Read more

Japan’s SBI Holdings Claims 40% Stake in Hardware Wallet Company

This week the Japanese financial services management group SBI Holdings has announced that it has acquired 40 percent of the Taiwanese digital currency hardware wallet startup Coolbitx. Over the past few months, SBI has been entrenched within the virtual currency industry as the bank plans to incorporate multiple types of cryptocurrency business models.    Also … Read more