Bitcoin Unlimited Adds ABC Client Upgrade Features for November’s Hard Fork

The Bitcoin Unlimited development team have published the full node clients’ Bitcoin Cash edition version 1.5.0, which includes an implementation of all the November 15 upgrade features from Bitcoin ABC. According to the development team, support for the Bitcoin SV team’s ruleset is “pending” and Bitcoin Unlimited’s lead programmer, Andrew Stone, has explained he would … Read more

Trouble In Paradise As Cardano’s Founder Clashes With The Foundation’s Chairman

With three separate entities running Cardano, some conflicts and disagreements were bound to arise at some point. And it has, with Cardano’s founder Charles Hoskinson accusing the Cardano Foundation of being a stumbling block towards the progress of the project. In an open letter and later a video interview, Hoskinson has accused the foundation chairman, … Read more

DMG Blockchain Will Build a Blockchain-Based Platform for the Cannabis Industry

In a press release published earlier today, DMG Blockhain announced that it will build a blockchain based supply management platform for the Cannabis industry. Using DMG’s platform, producers, distributors, retailers, shippers, regulators, and others in the Cannabis supply chain will be able to ensure product traceability, safety, and transparency when it comes to the Cannabis … Read more

Bitcoin Price Watch: Currency Moves Up, Correlates with Stock Behavior

At press time, the father of cryptocurrency has moved up from its recent drop and is trading for over $6,400. While this doesn’t compare with the oh-so-spectacular $6,500 range of roughly one and two weeks ago, the currency is making headway considering its recent – and frightening – drop to $6,200. Late last week, bitcoin … Read more

Three Major Projects with Shockingly Little Activity

“Build it and they will come” has unfortunately proven to not translate well with the crypto space. In 2017, ambitious projects raised record setting amounts of money and today, many of these projects have utilized their warchest to bring their dreams to reality. While there are a handful of major projects that have already garnered activity … Read more

Wall Street Giant Fidelity To Open A Crypto Storage And Trading Platform

Fidelity Investment has announced that it’s launching a cryptocurrency storage and trading platform. Dubbed Fidelity Digital Assets LLC, the new platform will cater mainly to institutional investors, offering custody solutions for digital assets, institutional advisory services and a crypto trading platform for its clients. Fidelity made the announcement today, October 15 during the Bloomberg Institutional … Read more

Fbot’s Blockchain-based DNS Service Tracks Down Crypto Mining Botnets

No one can deny there has been a notable increase in cryptocurrency-related malware over the past few years. Nipping these threats in the bud has been a major challenge, although researchers have launched an intriguing tool. Known as Fbot, this botnet uses blockchain-based DNS discovery to shut down malicious crypto mining botnets. The Fbot Botnet … Read more