Bitcoin Price Watch: Currency Drops Again, but Volatility Remains Low
At press time, the father of cryptocurrency has dropped by roughly $100 since our last price piece and is now trading for just over $6,200. The currency has been trapped in a serious slump for several weeks, where the trading range appears locked between $6,200 and $6,300. Some analysts – like Victor Dergunov – are … Read more
Massive Sexstortion Scam Linked to Bitcoin Laundry Site Bitblender.io
November 13, 2018, Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT): A massive “sexstortion” scheme that has been raking in millions of dollars in Bitcoins from terrified victims has been traced to the Bitcoin money laundering site Bitblender.io. All the sextortion emails follow a similar sinister formula: a message is sent from a supposed hacker who’s … Read more
Amex Files Patent for Blockchain System to Match Images of Receipts With Stored Records
American Express’ travel arm files new patent for a blockchain-based system to receive, record and transmit images of receipts Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Bitcoin Unlimited vs Bitcoin ABC vs Bitcoin SV – Estimated Hashrate Edition
There are still a lot of unknown factors when it comes to the upcoming Bitcoin Cash hard fork. With numerous camps emerging, one has to wonder how many chains will exist after the fork itself completes on November 15th. So far, the hashrate statistics are quite telling, although that only tells one part of the … Read more
Chinese City in Hunan Province Launches Blockchain Platform for Real Estate Data
Loudi, a city in China’s Hunan province, launches a real estate-focused blockchain platform and issues its first electronic certificate Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Amazon Wins Patents for Cryptography and Distributed Data Storage Solutions
E-commerce giant Amazon wins two patents related to methods for protecting the integrity of digital signatures and distributed data storage Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Russia: Raiffeisen Bank, Gazprom Partner to Issue Bank Guarantee on Blockchain
The Russian branch of Raiffeisen Bank and major oil company Gazprom Neft have conducted a trade finance transaction via a blockchain-issued bank guarantee Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Huobi’s US-Based Strategic Partner HBUS Hires Former Exec of VC Firm Draper Athena
HBUS, the four-month-old U.S.-based partner of major exchange Huobi, has hired a former exec of VC firm Draper Athena Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Electronics Giant Bosch Partners with IOTA to Launch New Device for IoT Data Collection
Engineering and electronics giant Bosch has partnered with IOTA, integrating its new data collection IoT device with the IOTA Data Marketplace Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
