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Banks Lose International Payments Business to Disruptive Solutions Like Blockchain

Banks Lose International Payments Business to Disruptive Solutions Like Blockchain

Transaction banking faces continued pressure from disruptive solutions from blockchain and cryptocurrency ventures, which are taking a significant share of...

24/05/2018
Regulatory Uncertainty Pushes Bitcoin Below $8,000, Tom Lee Predicts a $25,000 Return

Regulatory Uncertainty Pushes Bitcoin Below $8,000, Tom Lee Predicts a $25,000 Return

Bitcoin’s two-week sell off continued today, seeing the coin fall to below $8,000 — $7,500 at the time of writing...

23/05/2018
Bloomberg Reporters: “We’re Not Running Any Crypto Scams”

Bloomberg Reporters: “We’re Not Running Any Crypto Scams”

According to an article published earlier today, two of Bloomberg’s top crypto reporters are the latest to be targeted by scammers....

23/05/2018
India Considers 18% Tax on Cryptocurrency Trading as Blockchain Startups Leave

India Considers 18% Tax on Cryptocurrency Trading as Blockchain Startups Leave

India may apply the Goods and Services Tax (GST) to cryptocurrency trading as they could be classed as intangible goods....

23/05/2018
South Africa: Three Suspects in Custody Over Bitcoin Ransom Kidnapping

South Africa: Three Suspects in Custody Over Bitcoin Ransom Kidnapping

Three suspects have been taken into custody by local law enforcement in South Africa following the kidnapping of a 12-year-old...

23/05/2018
Verge Loses $1.7 Million as Hackers Double Down on Vulnerabilities

Verge Loses $1.7 Million as Hackers Double Down on Vulnerabilities

Verge, a cryptocurrency that boasts security, anonymity, and privacy as it’s strong points has been hit by another so-called 51% hack.Same...

23/05/2018
Bank of America Secures Another Permissioned Blockchain Patent

Bank of America Secures Another Permissioned Blockchain Patent

Financial institutions are paying close attention to the blockchain. Various patent filings have been made public over the past few...

23/05/2018
Binance Postpones Listing of ZenCash Following Pump and Dump

Binance Postpones Listing of ZenCash Following Pump and Dump

Binance, the world’s largest digital-asset exchange by traded value, has announced the listing of ZenCash (ZEN) today, only to see the...

23/05/2018
Asian Cryptocurrency Trading Update: Zcash Investment Keeps it Climbing

Asian Cryptocurrency Trading Update: Zcash Investment Keeps it Climbing

FOMO MomentsThe sideways market is over and the bears are in full control. A wave of panic selling seems to...

23/05/2018
London Mosque Becomes the UK’s First to Accept Bitcoin and Ether

London Mosque Becomes the UK’s First to Accept Bitcoin and Ether

The Shacklewell Lane Mosque, also referred to as Masjid Ramadan, has announced that it will accept donations in cryptocurrency. The...

23/05/2018
Argentinian Bank to Use Bitcoin for Cross-Border Transactions

Argentinian Bank to Use Bitcoin for Cross-Border Transactions

BMV bank has revealed a partnership with Bitex to allow customers to make cross-border payments in Bitcoin. They aim to...

22/05/2018
Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin Receives Proposition from Google

Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin Receives Proposition from Google

According to a tweet from the Vitalik Buterin, founder of the world’s second largest cryptocurrency Ethereum, Google has approached him...

22/05/2018
US Regulator Issues Guidance for Cryptocurrency Derivatives Contracts

US Regulator Issues Guidance for Cryptocurrency Derivatives Contracts

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has published new guidance to exchanges and clearing houses for cryptocurrency derivatives listings....

22/05/2018
You Can Now Buy Performance Enhancers with Verge After Partnership with Health Firm

You Can Now Buy Performance Enhancers with Verge After Partnership with Health Firm

Verge has announced that online supplement suppliers DIOXYME now accept payment in Verge (XVG) through the CoinPayments plugin. DIOXYME, which...

22/05/2018
It’s Bitcoin Pizza Day! The Most Delicious Holiday of the Year

It’s Bitcoin Pizza Day! The Most Delicious Holiday of the Year

If you had 10,000 BTC what would you spend it on? A mansion? The oh-so-typical ‘Lambo’? Two Papa John’s pizzas?...

22/05/2018
Japan’s Largest Bank to Run Blockchain Payments Network by Early 2020

Japan’s Largest Bank to Run Blockchain Payments Network by Early 2020

Blockchain technology is making inroads in the financial sector. Banks are experimenting with this technology for various purposes. Japan’s biggest...

22/05/2018
Monacoin Network Still Suffering From Selfless Mining Attack

Monacoin Network Still Suffering From Selfless Mining Attack

Cryptocurrency networks are under multiple threats on a near-constant basis One of the biggest concerns is the so-called 51% attack....

22/05/2018
Crypto Bull Explains Why Bitcoin Cash is a Must Own

Crypto Bull Explains Why Bitcoin Cash is a Must Own

Hedge fund investor and crypto bull Brian Kelly was back on CNBC calling Bitcoin Cash a must own currency and...

22/05/2018
Asian Cryptocurrency Trading Update: Only Decred Showing a Gain

Asian Cryptocurrency Trading Update: Only Decred Showing a Gain

FOMO MomentsIt appears that we’re in for another week of yo-yoing on crypto markets, Monday up, Tuesday down. Momentum could...

22/05/2018
Nobel-Winning Economist Shiller: Bitcoin Could Be Another Failed Monetary Experiment

Nobel-Winning Economist Shiller: Bitcoin Could Be Another Failed Monetary Experiment

The advent of the cryptocurrency market is mimicking that of some of history’s most failed monetary experiments, according to Robert...

21/05/2018
How Will Bitcoin Solve Its Energy Consumption Problem?

How Will Bitcoin Solve Its Energy Consumption Problem?

If Bitcoin were a country, it would be the 40th largest consumer of electricity in the world. A new research...

21/05/2018