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An Ethereum developer is claiming the state-backed petro (PTR) cryptocurrency, a plaything to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, has taken substantial amounts of its newly published whitepaper from Dash (DASH). Indeed, at least at first glance, it does appear there are close similarities between the altcoin and the world’s first national cryptocurrency. Also read: Bitcoin Cash … Read more
Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro has made several claims regarding his country’s digital currency this week. He announced the launch of the petro as a national currency on Monday, reportedly claiming that it is already “present in the world’s six topmost international exchange houses.” A new whitepaper has also been published showing that the petro is … Read more
Earlier this week news.Bitcoin.com received an email from an e-commerce shop owner who was having lots of issues dealing with traditional payment providers. Many of the problems stemmed from him not having a formal address and having bank accounts in different countries. However, the owner of store Bohemianbeachstyle.com quickly found out about Coinbase Commerce and … Read more
Ethereum is somewhat struggling to maintain its position in the cryptocurrency market rankings. This is primarily because of the success of Ripple’s XRP, and the lack of scaling on Ethereum’s side. That latter aspect will come to change soon, as the Constantinople hard fork will go live on the Ropsten testnet in less than a … Read more
Typically, there are no guaranteed profits or free lunches in the highly volatile markets of cryptocurrency. Airdrops however, provide one such example, as tokens are freely distributed to certain groups. While these airdrops typically do not amount to much, rare exceptions grant a batch of coins that have appreciated to hundreds or thousands of dollars … Read more
Cryptocurrency exchanges have fallen victim to hacking time and time again, with the vice greatly rising in the past two years as the prices of cryptos skyrocketed. According to a new report, crypto exchanges still have a long way to go to fully secure their users’ crypto assets. The report looked into possible security weaknesses … Read more
At press time, the father of cryptocurrency has dropped below the $6,500 mark and is now trading for $6,471. This means the currency has now lost approximately 54 percent of its value since the beginning of the year, and market players – particularly bitcoin-based hedge funds – are really starting to feel the heat. The … Read more
Coinbase, the largest crypto exchange, brokerage, and custodian solution provider in the global market, is on the verge of securing a $500 million funding round at a valuation of $8 billion. Recode exclusively reported that the exchange is finalizing a deal with Tiger Global, a major New York-based investment firm that has historically focused on … Read more
Later this month, the London Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Speaker Series II will take place at Huckletree Shoreditch. It’s one of the final times representatives from Coingeek and Bitcoin.com, among other BCH enthusiasts, will meet prior to the November 15th hard fork. Though not overtly about forks, it is a chance for the public to hear … Read more
Yes, it might sound a little like a broken record, but if the Coinbase blog announcement is to be believed, the exchange will be stocking many more cryptos soon. While indisputably one of the largest crypto exchanges and trading platforms in the world, it also stocks one of the fewest selections of cryptocurrencies. Currently, just … Read more
