Litecoin surges 14% after Mimblewimble privacy protocol announcement
Litecoin has jumped into fourth position by market capitalisation after it announced its partnership with the new blockchain protocol with a Harry Potter-inspired name.
Bitcoin price “screams bearish” as Tweets hit 2014 level – we need “speculation and greed” says analyst
Murad Mahmudov, a widely followed crypto analyst and market commentator, has released research uncovering the fact that the number of tweets about Bitcoin have dropped to “the same level as 2014.” which in his opinion “screams bearish.”
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey carries the Lightning Network torch
Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter, has participated in a trust-based game being run on Bitcoin’s layer-two scaling solution, the Lightning Network.
QuadrigaCX granted creditor protection – but did it ever actually have $145 million?
Cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX has recently been granted creditor protection by the Nova Scotia Supreme court judge Michael Wood – but questions are being asked whether the firm ever had the $145 million it owes its users?
Who said ICOs are dead? TRON’s Bittorrent Token surges to ten times its ICO price in first week
Bittorrent Token, the TRON-based TRC-10 token for transacting in computing resources shared between BitTorrent clients, has risen to almost ten times its ICO price in little over a week.
NEM Foundation almost broke and planning mass layoffs after it spent $23 million marketing
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.
Report: $1.7 Billion of Crypto lost to thefts and scams in 2018
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.
Three reasons why we should be bullish on Bitcoin
A rash of delays and disappointments have hit the cryptoindustry. At times like these, it’s tempting to throw in the towel and give up on Bitcoin. What are the reasons to be hopeful? What changes coming soon will change the mood?
JPMorgan warns Bitcoin could drop to $1260
Analysts at JPMorgan, a New York-based international investment bank with over $2.6 trillion in total assets under control, have said that the value of cryptoassets is unproven and its underlying blockchain technology will not help improve traditional banking processes for at least the next few years.
LocalBitcoins hacker uses phishing attack to steal funds
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.
Ripple announces blockchain research scholarship programme with Chinese university
Ripple has announced it will partner with Tsinghua University in Chinese and launch a Blockchain Technology Research Scholarship Program (BRSP) for graduate students in China in 2019. The announcement said that the “BRSP will focus on international regulatory policies and the development of blockchain technology”. Students admitted to the program will be involved in “cutting-edge […]
