Venezuela Picks FX Platform to Auction Petro ‘Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency’

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Venezuela has chosen a platform on which to auction its “oil-backed cryptocurrency”, the petro. While the country’s National Assembly has repeatedly declared this new currency illegal, the Venezuelan government will proceed with the auction of the petro on the country’s official foreign exchange platform. Also read: Japan’s DMM Bitcoin Exchange Opens for Business With 7 Cryptocurrencies … Read more

Domains Running Cryptocurrency Mining Scripts Surge 725 Percent

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The number of domains with cryptocurrency mining scripts installed has skyrocketed 725 percent in four months, according to a security firm’s research. Approximately 2.7 million users were attacked by malicious crypto miners last year, with the most successful cybercriminals earning millions of dollars. Also read: Japan’s DMM Bitcoin Exchange Opens for Business With 7 Cryptocurrencies Domains … Read more

Google Searches for All Cryptocurrencies Decline Significantly

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It seems overall interest in various cryptocurrencies is on the decline. More specifically, Google searches for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin are undergoing a major decline as of right now. Given the current sentiment across these markets, it will be interesting to see how things evolve. Crypto’s Popularity Declining After the crazy year we had in 2017, it is only … Read more

Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission Suspends Mining Scheme

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Brazil’s Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) recently suspended the operations of mining investment scheme, Hashbrasil. The CVM has accused the company of violating securities laws by conducting an unregistered public offering. Also Read: Chinese Altcoins Can’t Stop Failing Hashbrasil Suspends Operations After Warning From Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission The Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission has … Read more

PR: Betex Blockchain P2P Binary Options Platform Launches the Main Token Sale

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Betex, the blockchain peer-to-peer binary options platform has launched its main ICO campaign on March, 1st, after successful completion of the two preliminary rounds. Betex is bringing transparency and fairness to the financial derivatives trading through the use of Ethereum smart contracts and letting the users bet against each other in a peer-to-peer way. The … Read more

Scotiabank Bans Bitcoin Purchases with Payment Cards

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Various banks have begun preventing customers from purchasing cryptocurrencies with their payment cards. It seems this trend will not slow down anytime soon. Scotiabank is the latest institution to take this aggressive course of action, even though their reasons for doing so may raise a lot of questions in the end. Scotiabank Blocks Cryptocurrency Purchases … Read more