Bitmain Releases Ethash ASIC Miners
Bitmain has released its Ethash ASIC miner with the first units set to ship in mid-July. #NEWS Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
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Markets Update: Cryptocurrency Prices See Some Slight Recovery
The price of bitcoin and a slew of other cryptocurrencies have started to see some slight recovery on Tuesday, April 3rd’s morning (EDT) trading sessions. The entire economy of over 1,500 different cryptocurrencies has increased in value surpassing a $278 billion market capitalization with 5-20 percent gains. Also read: Huobi’s Sentiment Index Shows Cryptocurrency Investors Still … Read more
PR: Lavenir, the Cryptocurrency Lending Platform Will Launch Its ICO on April 4th
Lavenir is the latest addition to the cryptocurrency world that is going to begin its ICO on April 4th and conclude on May 4th. It is all set to bring a new revolution into the market by digitizing the lending process. Lavenir, the newly launched cryptocurrency lending platform is going to launch its ICO on … Read more
Japan Gathers 500 Agents to Fight Cybercrime and Crypto Theft
Japan has decided to set up a new agency to better address cybercrime. The Tokyo-based center gathers 500 analysts and investigators who will also combat cryptocurrency theft. Over 3 million attempts to steal digital information have been registered last year. Hackers have stolen funds worth over 17 billion Japanese yen. Also read: Hackers Target … Read more
Bitcoin in Brief: Blockchain Wars and a Sleuth of Bears
Welcome to Bitcoin in Brief, a new feature debuting today. Breaking stories, crypto drama, exchange updates, and other talking points from the fast-paced cryptocurrency world can all be found in this daily roundup. Bitcoin in Brief is for everyone who’s long on bitcoin but short on time. Also read: Chinese Engineer Arrested for Stealing 100 Bitcoin … Read more
Ethereum Community Considers Hard Fork To Fight ASIC Miners
Ethereum community stirred by a possible hard fork to invalidate ETH ASICs, with rumors that Bitmain’s centralized hashpower is targeting the Blockchain. #NEWS Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Ethereum Developers Advocate Anti-ASIC Fork and Hard Cap on Supply
Ethereum’s Github has recently seen several significant proposals made for development. On April 1st, Ethereum co-founder, Vitalik Buterin, proposed the introduction of a hard fork on the supply of ETH tokens at approximately 120 million. Several days prior, developer Piper Merriam advocated that Ethereum conduct a hard fork in order to “demonstrate a willingness” to … Read more
Is Vitalik Buterin Serious About Hard Capping the Ethereum Supply?
Even though any sort of cryptocurrency-related announcement made on April 1 needs to be taken with a grain of salt, not everything can be dismissed easily. According to GitHub, Vitalik Buterin is actively contemplating limiting the Ethereum coin supply at some point. That would be an intriguing development that a lot of community members have … Read more
Capitalization of Cryptocurrency Markets Loses 59% in Q1 2018
The first quarter of 2018 dealt heavy losses to the cryptocurrency markets, with Coinmarketcap data indicating that the capitalization of the combined crypto markets has dropped by 59% since the start of January. Q1 2018 has also been among the bloodiest quarters in recent memory for the bitcoin markets – with BTC suffering an approximately … Read more
Test Drive: New Cryptocurrency Mobile App ‘Circle Invest’
This week news.Bitcoin.com gave the beta version of the new Circle Invest application a trial on Apple’s Testflight platform. The new Circle app aims to be a Coinbase competitor by the looks of the user interface as the platform has a lot of similarities. See also: How to Buy Bitcoin When You’re Underage The Circle Invest … Read more