The NEM foundation, a not-for-profit organisation established to support the ongoing development of the NEM blockchain platform, is almost broke with only “one month” of funding left after “mismanagement” of its cashflow. As a result it is being forced to restructure.
2019 is tipped to be the year that more and more tech companies will begin to incorporate digital currency into their services.
A recently published report claims that in 2018, $1.7 billion mark was lost to scams and thefts, a figure 3.6 times more than the amount stolen in 2017.
The peer-to-peer cryptocurrency exchange LocalBitcoins has shut down its forums amidst reports on social media that its users have been subjected to a phishing attack.
The UK’s financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, is today consulting on guidance, which, once finalised, will set out the cryptoasset activities it regulates, and could extend the expected ban on the retail sale of crypto derivatives to other cryptoassets.
As investments in cryptocurrency become more popular, threat actors have started to develop coin mining malware to take advantage of its increasing popularity. But what is coin mining and why has it become so attractive to would-be attackers?
Speaking on Bloomberg TV in Davos, Huw van Steenis, senior advisor to Bank of England Governor Mark Carney, said “cryptocurrencies fail fundamental tests of financial services.”
It has been a busy week for Binance with the launch of another new exchange and a four day blockchain event that’s just wrapping up in Singapore. Running from January 19 to 22, the Binance Blockchain Week drew thousands of attendees to see some of the biggest names in the crypto industry. The week has focused primarily […]
After four years of effort, tZERO, a security token trading platform and subsidiary company of online retail giant Overstock is finally going to launch this week.
U.S. crypto payments processor BitPay says it processed over $1 billion-worth of transactions last year.
Bitcoin has moved past key resistance levels to reach the highest price since the 10th January. Much of the volume is coming from two Chinese exchanges – ZB and LBank – which have both exceeded Binance as the top crypto exchange by volume in recent hours.
