Quebec Mining Drama: Bitmain Money Muscle or Local Sour Grapes?

Tempers are flaring in Quebec, as its climate and relatively cheap electricity have made it a magnet for the burgeoning cryptocurrency mining industry. The provincial government and its energy concern, Hydro-Quebec, have been accused of playing favorites to the likes of mining giants such as Bitmain. Also read: Troll Slayer: Derek Magill Defends Peer-to-Peer Electronic … Read more

ORCA Alliance release crypto portfolio tracker tool PYGMY

ORCA Alliance announced releasing a tool to track all crypto assets – ORCA PYGMY. The major difference between PYGMY and other tracker tools available now is the auto-update function. PYGMY will be free of charge and accessible for everyone. Disclosure: This is a Sponsored Article The framework is rather simple: user connects one’s cryptocurrency exchange … Read more

What Is Ternio Cryptocurrency?

As things currently stand, the digital advertising industry is plagued by an array of issues related to domain fraud, increasing bot traffic, and poor transparency. Consequently, many advertisers and publishers have been forced to lose out on a lot of untapped revenue. Ternio is an all-new blockchain-based utility token that aims to disrupt the advertising … Read more

Understanding Color’s PureChain PUF-Based Consensus Engine

Currently, it is believed that mass adoption of blockchain technology is not achievable, due to the prevalent scalability issues and lack of simplicity present in the industry. The Color Platform represents a 3rd generation blockchain platform that efficiently solves scalability problems and allows non-technical users to easily develop their own smart contracts and dApps. Disclosure: … Read more

The Daily: Bittrex Invades Europe and Blockchain Gets Raunchy

From the sublime to the smutty, today’s Bitcoin in Brief runs the full gamut of emotions and stories. These include Bittrex’s new foray into Europe, EOS’ quest to offload its billion-dollar warchest and Jackson Palmer’s viral new project, 50 Shades of Blockchain. Also read: Switzerland Considers Granting Crypto Businesses Access to Banking Services Bittrex Teams Up … Read more

Global Data Report: Cryptocurrencies are Expensive, Slow, Unspendable, Cannot Scale

Cryptocurrencies – Thematic Research, a report recently issued by Global Data, is attempting to smash what it views as myths and huge untruths about the hype surrounding crypto. Among their findings, the company concludes cryptocurrencies are expensive, slow, mostly unspendable, and cannot scale to meet their projected demand. Also read: Troll Slayer: Derek Magill Defends … Read more

PR: Quoine’s ICO Platform Adds BCH as Funding Currency

The Bitcoin Cash community can now use their BCH to take part in ICOs and Private Sales on QUOINE’s ICO platform. The global fintech company already allows token sale participants to use BTC, ETH and QASH. The addition of BCH adds a new layer of flexibility to participation in the token sales presented by QUOINE. … Read more

Japanese Man Exploits Free Company Electricity to Make $500 Secondary Income Mining

Trading isn’t the only way to acquire crypto. Daily SPA, a Japanese media outlet, has reported on a Japanese man using his company dormitory’s free electricity to mine cryptocurrencies without asking permission. Also read: Japan Gives Jail Sentence to Crypto Miner in a Remote Mining Case An Extraordinary Income “Virtual currencies are processed cryptographically,” Sora-san, a Japanese … Read more