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Beyond Bitcoin: Fidelity May Expand Crypto Custody to More Assets

December 4, 2018 1 0

The world’s fourth-largest asset manager, Fidelity, is exploring the possibility of expanding its custodian services beyond Bitcoin to other assets in the crypto market. Tom Jessop, the head of Fidelity Digital Assets, a cryptocurrency custodial service provider operated by Fidelity, said that the organization is evaluating the demand for the top five cryptocurrencies in the market […]

Bitcoin Trader Drugged, Beaten, & Tortured in South Africa

December 4, 2018 0 0

A Bitcoin trader from Lanseria in South Africa narrowly escaped death after being drugged, beaten, and tortured by suspected kidnappers. Narrating his near-death experience in a report in local news outlet Soweto Urban, the man, who is known only as Andrew, was invited for a presentation on cryptocurrency through a new contact on Facebook. The […]

GDPR Uncertainty a Key Concern of 74% of Blockchain Firms in the UK: Report

December 3, 2018 0 0

Regulatory uncertainty in Britain’s blockchain sector has emerged as one of the biggest concerns for distributed ledger technology firms in the country. According to research conducted by digital innovation agency Digital Catapult, 74% of blockchain firms in the United Kingdom cited regulatory issues as being one of their key concerns, surpassing other issues such as access to […]

Bitcoin Price Falls to $3,900 After Poor Weekend, Crypto Market Loses $12 Billion

December 3, 2018 0 0

The cryptocurrency market has lost more than $12 billion from its valuation in the past 24 hours, as the Bitcoin price fell under the $4,000 mark. Major cryptocurrencies including Stellar (XLM) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) lost around 6 percent in value on average, demonstrating a lack of momentum and trading activity. Bloodbath On December 2, CCN reported that if the price of the […]

G20 Countries to Regulate Cryptocurrencies in Line with FATF Standards

December 3, 2018 0 0

The G20 Countries have signed a joint declaration in Buenos Aires, where it promises to regulate cryptocurrencies and combat its use for money laundering and the financing of terrorism in line with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards, per a Saudi Gazette report. Section 25 of the declaration signed by the forum reads: “We will […]

Asus Wants to Let Gamers to Mine Crypto with Idle GPU Power

December 2, 2018 0 0

Tech giant Asus is now making it possible for gamers to use the excess processing power of their graphics cards to earn some profit from crypto mining. In an announcement made on Thursday, the Taiwan-based tech company stated that it has entered into a partnership with a mining app provider known as Quantumcloud. Under this partnership, Asus […]

Craig Wright Claims Bitcoin SV Will Process 1TB Blocks in Two Years

December 2, 2018 0 0

Dr. Craig S. Wright has a mission in mind for Bitcoin SV (BSV) to process terabyte-sized blocks. It’s a “2 year target” according to a tweet he published yesterday. Dr Craig S Wright ✔@ProfFaustus 2 year target. 2-4 Million TPS peak 500k sustained Terranode Bitcoin 395 7:20 PM – Nov 29, 2018 Twitter Ads info […]

Hands-on with the Sirin Labs FINNEY, the World’s First Crypto-Native Smartphone

December 2, 2018 0 0

Sirin Labs, the blockchain startup funded by nearly $158 million in initial coin offering (ICO) proceeds, has released its much-anticipated “blockchain smartphone,” the FINNEY. The firm unveiled the device on Thursday at a release party in Barcelona, which featured presentations from several Sirin executives along with an appearance by football legend and Sirin brand ambassador Lionel Messi. […]

Vitalik Buterin: Blockchain Utilities To Be More “Purely Digital”

December 1, 2018 0 0

Vitalik Buterin was at Devcon4 recently and gave an interview to Quartz in which he said a few things about Ethereum in general. For one, he feels that a “world computer” is still a valid way to describe the Ethereum project – “a shared computing environment that anybody can build and run stuff on is still a totally […]

Bitcoin Price Nearing ‘Capitulation Moment’: IG Market Analyst

December 1, 2018 0 0

Bitcoin is not far from a critical loss of investor confidence that will lead to the market hemorrhaging vast amounts of value as nervous investors dump their holdings. This is the opinion of Chris Beauchamp, an analyst at the online trading platform IG. Speaking to the Financial Times, Beauchamp stated that the crypto market leader is heading […]