People Are Paying Thousands of Dollars for Crypto Celebrities on the Blockchain

Anything can be placed on the blockchain with a little ingenuity – even Hollywood celebrities. Cryptocelebrities is this week’s Cryptokitties, a smart contract-based trading game which profits from digital scarcity. Only one copy of each celebrity is released, compelling traders to spend thousands of dollars to snap up ‘celebs’ like Satoshi Nakamoto and Emma Watson. … Read more

Belgian Student Completes the DNA Storage Bitcoin Challenge

It does not happen all that often that the medical sector and Bitcoin come together in a meaningful way. A PhD student at Belgium’s University of Antwerp successfully completed the DNA Storage Bitcoin challenge. By successfully cracking a DNA sequence a week before deadline, Sander Wuyts has won one Bitcoin. At today’s value, that is close to US$11,000 … Read more

Analyst: IOTA Sharply Overvalued Due to “Overwhelming Evidence of Serious Flaws”

Analysts have found that IOTA is trading well above any real value it might have. The project is said to have no real product market fit and the network is centralized and unstable. Additionally, the approach taken by the IOTA team, like knowingly allowing critical vulnerabilities to exist in the software, presents many reasons to be … Read more

South Korean Prime Minister Imposes Crypto Code of Conduct on Government Officials

The South Korean prime minister has ordered a new code of conduct to be prepared and implemented specifically to address the actions of government employees regarding cryptocurrency regulations. This follows the recent case of possible insider trading which is being investigated. Also read: Cryptocurrency Activities Will Be Legal and Tax Free in Belarus Starting in March … Read more

Clarification of South Korea’s Cryptocurrency Regulation Hints at Positive Future

It seems there is still a fair amount of confusion as to what South Korean regulators aim to do about cryptocurrencies. With new regulations going into effect later this week, it is due time to clarify a few things. First of all, there will no longer be an option to trade cryptocurrencies anonymously. Additionally, it seems … Read more

The Upcoming ICO and CEDEX Coin

2018 is set to be an exciting year for anyone looking to expand or divesify their investment assets. With the rapid growth of cryptocurrencies around the world, the main challenge is deciding where to invest. CEDEX is set to answer that question when it launches its new and revolutionary Blockchain-based diamond exchange beginning with an … Read more

Survey: 60% of Americans Have Heard of Bitcoin, 5% Own

Global Blockchain Business Council and Survey Monkey teamed for an appraisal of American attitudes toward the world’s most popular cryptocurrency, bitcoin. Awareness of the decentralized currency is way up, but those who actually own the digital asset remains relatively low. Also read: Tezos Swiss Foundation Concept is “Old, Inflexible and Stupid” Americans More Bitcoin Aware, … Read more

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