CEO of Messari has confirmed that the threatening calls he has received after his company criticized XRP were made by people unaffiliated with Ripple.
Research Firm Messari CEO: Threatening Calls After Critical XRP Report Were Made by ‘Punk Kids’ Breaking: Google to Reverse Crypto Ad Ban for Exchanges Advertising in US, Japan In an official announcement Tuesday, Google said that it will allow registered crypto exchanges to advertise in the U.S. and Japan.
Citrix Survey: More Than Half of UK Companies Hit by Cryptojacking Malware at Some Point Fifty nine percent of U.K. companies have been hit by cryptojacking attacks at some point, with 80 percent of those cases taking place in the past 6 months, survey shows.
Mastercard CEO Calls Anonymous Cryptocurrencies 'Junk,’ Again CEO of Mastercard, Ajaypal Banga compares anonymous cryptocurrencies to “snakes,” says they don’t “deserve” to be considered a medium of exchange.
Winklevoss Twins Bitcoin ETF Application Rejected by SEC U.S. SEC rejects the Winklevoss’ twins second attempt at applying for a Bitcoin ETF.
U.S. CFTC Chair: We Need to Test Blockchain Because We Are ‘Four Years Behind’ During a Congressional hearing July 25, CFTC chair Christopher Giancarlo said the agency is “four years behind” on blockchain research and regulation.
MetaMask Browser Extension Pulled From Google Chrome Store for 5 Hours, ‘Unsure’ of Cause MetaMask, an Ethereum network browser extension, got pulled from the Google Chrome Web Store for 5 hours for currently unknown reasons.
Controversial Blockchain Project Tezos to Be Audited by ‘Big Four’ PwC Tezos, a controversial blockchain project that launched its beta network a year after its ICO, has announced that it will be audited by ‘Big Four’ firm PwC.
S. Korea’s Top Telephone Company Reveals Its Own Blockchain Network South Korean KT Corporation has built a blockchain layer on top of its existing network to make it more secure and transparent, local media report.
Crypto Markets Hold Weekly Gains Amidst Little Action With crypto markets seeing little action over the past 24 hours, all major coins have nevertheless managed to keep their weekly gains.
Kraken Crypto Exchange, Community Blast Bloomberg Article on Tether ‘Red Flags’ Major crypto exchange Kraken issues a harsh response to a recent article on Bloomberg that alleged possible “manipulation” of USDT price on the platform.
Local Media: Floods in China Heavily Damage Major Crypto Mining Operation Floods in Sichuan province, caused by 2 days of heavy rains, have reportedly resulted in the destruction of “tens of thousands” of cryptocurrency mining devices.
Morgan Stanley Research: Defined Regulations Main Factor For Crypto Exchanges When Choosing Country Well-defined, not necessarily lenient regulations are the main factor for crypto exchanges in deciding which country to settle in, say Morgan Stanley researchers.
Breaking: Trading Platform Monex Offers To Buy Coincheck Crypto Exchange For “Blns Of Yen” Japanese crypto exchange Coincheck, hacked for $530 mln worth of NEM in Jan, has received a “several billion yen” acquisition offer, Nikkei reports.
Google AdWords: ‘Ecosystem That Works For Everyone’, Except For A Lot Of Good People In a strange turn of events, Google promises that it is “protecting the open web” by censoring all cryptocurrency ads on its platform.
UK Secretary Diane Abbott: If Everyone Used Bitcoin ‘The Whole Thing Would Collapse’ UK’s Shadow Home Secretary says that Bitcoin should be heavily regulated by the Labour party, claiming that the cryptocurrency is “just a gigantic Ponzi scheme.”
Facebook Bans Cryptocurrency, ICO Ads Because Of ‘Deceptive Promotional Practices’ Social media platform Facebook has announced that it bans ads that use “deceptive promotional practices,” which apparently includes ICOs and cryptocurrencies.
Combined Crypto Market Capitalization Races Past $800 Bln The total market capitalization of cryptocurrencies has increased past $800 bln on Jan. 7th, keeps growing.
BitPay Issues Statement On Visa Card Discontinuation: Money Safe, Refunds Pending Three cryptocurrency card providers have issued statements regarding the recent suspension of WaveCrest by Visa. Users’ money is safe, and will be refunded, companies claim.
Crypto Market Crash - Not The New Year’s Present Everyone Hoped For Most of the cryptocurrencies have lost a lot of value over the past two days, including the majority of top-20 by market cap, followed by a slight recovery today.
What the Fork? New SegWit2x Launches With Massive Premine, Unknown Development Team “New” SegWit2x launches; involves half-finished LinkedIn accounts, brand new Github repository, and enormous premine.
Upcoming Blockchain Connect Conference Emphasises Cooperation Between East And West Blockchain Connect Conference, set to happen in San Francisco in January next year, is a result of cooperation between US and Chinese companies and experts.
BitPay Stops Processing Payments Less Than $100, Backpedals Two Days Later After increasing the minimum limit of payment on its platform from $5 to $100 on Friday, BitPay reverses the change just two days later.
Ethereum Breaks Through $400, Reaches All-Time High Closely following the announcement of the first regulated Ethereum bond, the cryptocurrency hits a new all-time high.
Bitcoin Cash Might Soon Be Worth 1/10 of Bitcoin After a hectic weekend, both BTC and BCH are returning to the last week’s trends.
How Blockchain Technology Made It to Real Estate Business The real estate industry has been gradually adopting the Blockchain over the years, mostly under the radar.
Companies Applying Blockchain For Better Loyalty Programs Blockchain tech can offer great advantages if implemented in loyalty programs: security, tamper resistance, tokenization.
Blockchain Powers Shift To Decentralization In Media Decentralized media has existed for a couple of years. Is the industry finally ready?
Blockchain is the Technology of Now: Interview with Anneliya Garifulina Model, economist, Blockchain brand ambassador talks about her experience in crypto and the future of the Chinese market.
Tapping into Mental Assets of Individuals Propels Hybrid Intelligence to New Heights Hybrid intelligence: unlocking the immense hidden power of AI by throwing some human thinking into the mix.