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DIGIT Mining industry overview: Who will prevail in the cryptocurrency mining market in 2018? Top five biggest farms which mine Bitcoin on an industrial scale Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
At press time, bitcoin is retaining its $6,100 price from yesterday. The currency fell to this position from $6,700 after Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) sent notifications to more than five digital currency exchanges saying that they must heighten their security measures against money laundering after noticing weaknesses in their infrastructures. Bitcoin has continued to … Read more
Exchange hacks are becoming the new normal. Just two weeks after Conrail’s $37.2 million hack, it was time for Bithumb’s $31 million hack, with the difference being that Bithumb is the world’s sixth largest cryptocurrency exchange based on CoinMarketCap data, far larger than Coinrail. Last December, another South Korean exchange called Youbit filed for bankruptcy after suffering … Read more
As more and more people join the cryptocurrency conversation, Bitcoin mining has been thrust into the limelight. And just like everything surrounding this inherently controversial industry, it’s shrouded in misconceptions. Bitcoin mining is disastrous for the environment. It’s expensive. It’s draining the earth’s natural resources. These are all valid arguments, but they are based on … Read more
Over the past year and a half bitcoin and cryptocurrencies have caused a serious hype that’s stretched a bit into the mainstream. These days people hear about digital currencies more often and one reason is due to all the fantastic crypto-infused products that have invaded pop culture. Cryptocurrency clothing, knitted sweaters, socks, coffee mugs, and … Read more
Charlie Lee, the developer behind the world’s sixth-largest cryptocurrency, Litecoin, believes the price of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies will recover “fairly soon”. Lee shared his thoughts on the current bear market, what developments in the industry excite him the most, and the recent hack on Bithumb, the South Korean crypto exchange. The hack does not … Read more
Cardano co-founder Charles Hoskinson: Wall Street’s interest in crypto once regulation is sorted will bring in “tens of trillions of dollars” Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
American multinational technology company Intel has partnered with Enigma on research and development of privacy in computational technologies. Announcing the partnership in a blog post, Enigma said that it was excited to work with Intel as it seeks to advance its protocol and privacy technologies for public blockchains. The partnership comes a few weeks before … Read more
The US Secret Service is worried about the illicit use of cryptocurrencies. A high-ranking official of the agency has urged Congress to consider additional legislation to address anonymity-enhanced cryptocurrencies and services intended to obscure transactions on blockchains such as tumblers or mixers. Also read: Yahoo! Japan Confirms Entrance Into the Crypto Space Undermining US Laws Deputy … Read more
The time to take a stand on cryptos for US House members has come. Those who have bashed cryptos in public but have secretly been investing in them will now be outed, thanks to a new memo issued by the House Ethics Committee. The committee announced that it had decided to consider cryptos as “other … Read more