Month: January 2019

How Indian Cryptocurrency Users Avoid Banks Closing Their Accounts

by

Banks in India have been closing the accounts of customers they believe have made transactions involving cryptocurrencies. The majority of crypto users in the country, however, have reportedly found a way to avoid their accounts being closed by their banks which are complying with the crypto banking ban imposed by the country’s central bank. Also … Read more

Venezuelan President Raises Petro’s Value Again in Bid to Create ‘New System’

by

For the second time in a little over a month, Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro has hiked up the value of the national cryptocurrency, the petro, this time to 36,000 sovereign bolivars. The move has again been met with criticism.  Also read: Russia Not Ready for the Petro, Proposes Plan to Aid Venezuela Without It ‘A New Monetary System’ … Read more

№1: Streamity team announced StreamDesk service launch dates and explained its future plans

by

There is little time left until the launch of Streamity project’s main service. In the run-up to this event Streamity team presented its alpha-version, which is accessible for testing to those people who want to check out service functionalities. StreamDesk is a decentralized platform for cryptocurrency exchange, which is based on the smart-contract architecture and … Read more

Cashshuffle Developer Says Privacy Project Nears Completion

by

One of the Cashshuffle development team contributors, Josh Ellithorpe, revealed on Jan. 14 that the BCH-focused privacy shuffling protocol is near completion. The developers are planning to run a security audit on the code and have launched a fundraiser on the Bitbacker.io platform to help secure funding for the audit. Also read: Crypto Luminary Impersonation Scammers … Read more

French ATM Glitches and Bank Closures Reported After Scheduled Bank Run

by

The grassroots yellow vest movement in France has been participating in protests for weeks on end. Just recently, high profile yellow vest members have been promoting a “bank run” on financial institutions and automated teller machines in Paris. According to reports, the scheduled bank run began in phases, the first of which started on Jan. … Read more

You have not selected any currencies to display