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Fmr. Macau Gangster Raises $750 Million in 5-Minute ICO

July 17, 2018 0 0

An initial coin offering (ICO) operated by a little-known company in China and backed by a former Macau gangster raised $750 million in less than five minutes. The South China Morning Post reports that World Hung Mun Investment — led by former 14K Triad gangster “Broken Tooth” Wan Kuok-koi — sold 450 million “HB” tokens at three […]

Ethereum’s Next Big Game Will Offer Major League Baseball Collectibles

July 16, 2018 0 0

Major League Baseball (MLB) has taken a step into the blockchain and crypto world by launching its own Ethereum-based game, “MLB Crypto,” in partnership with blockchain dApp developer Lucid Sight, Yahoo Finance has reported. mlbcryptobaseball@MLBCrypto Welcome Baseball fans! Proud to be partnering with @MLB to bring True Digital Ownership to #baseball Stay tuned for more announcements! #MLBCrypto 4:11 PM […]

Venezuelan Launches “Adopt a Family” Movement After Buying 400 Kg of Food With Crypto

July 16, 2018 0 0

A Venezuelan Redditor recently decided to use donations received in NANO to buy over 400 kg of food for his friends and family in the country, which is facing one of the deepest economic recessions yet. He’s now launching a movement to support others. Venezuelan crypto enthusiast, going by Windows7733 on Reddit, initially received a 0.5 […]

4,500-Year-Old Board Game ‘Go’ Gets Blockchain Revamp

July 16, 2018 0 0

Lee Sedol, the world’s top player of 4,500-year-old Chinese board game Go, is working on a blockchain version of his beloved game in association with The Blockchain Inc. Sedol, was the fifth-youngest South Korean to become a professional Go player, at the age of 12, and he is widely considered to be the world’s most […]

Bitcoin Price Struggles but 0x and BAT Surge Upon Coinbase Announcement

July 15, 2018 0 0

Coinbase, the world’s largest crypto exchange, brokerage, and wallet platform has announced its intention to list Cardano (ADA), Basic Attention Token (BAT), Stellar Lumens (XLM), Zcash (ZEC), and 0x (ZRX), causing the price of tokens to surge, while bitcoin has struggled to demonstrate any major price action. The release of the statement of Coinbase was taken aback […]

Kraken Mocks Coinbase, Sarcastically Claims it is Listing 1,600 Cryptocurrencies

July 15, 2018 0 0

Major crypto exchange Kraken recently released a sarcastic statement in response to the unforeseen decision of Coinbase to list five new digital currencies. July 14, Coinbase, the world’s largest crypto exchange and brokerage, announced its finalized plan to integrate Cardano (ADA), Basic Attention Token (BAT), Stellar Lumens (XLM), Zcash (ZEC), and 0x (ZRX). While Coinbase […]

Bitcoin Cash Network Highly Centralized, 49% of all Nodes Run on Alibaba’s Facilities: Bitpico

July 15, 2018 0 0

Weeks after announcing they would be launching an attack on the network of Bitcoin Cash, hacker group Bitpico has disclosed that the altcoin suffers from massive node centralization. A screenshot of the hacker group’s discoveries was published with one selected instance showing 98% of the IP addresses were physically located close to each other. GrKSTyLa@grkstyla · 9 […]

Rogue Security Analyst Tries to Sell Top-Secret iPhone Malware for $50 Million in Cryptocurrency

July 14, 2018 0 0

A lead programmer working for NSO Group, the Israeli cybersecurity firm behind the notorious Pegasus iPhone malware has been arrested after a failed attempt to illegally sell the top-secret spyware to an unauthorized party via the dark web in exchange for $50 million worth of cryptocurrency. A report from the Times of Israel states that the 38-year-old engineer from […]

Bitmain-Backed Opera Web Browser Adds Built-In Ethereum Wallet

July 14, 2018 0 0

Popular internet browser Opera will become the first mainstream web interface to add native support for an ethereum wallet, the company announced on Wednesday. Opera Adds Ethereum Wallet in Web 3.0 Push The wallet, initially available through Opera’s Android browser and currently restricted to a private beta, aims to provide users with “friendly and seamless” access […]

Chinese Central Bank Official Pledges ‘Vigilance’ to Stamp Out Foreign ICOs

July 14, 2018 0 0

The People’s Bank of China committee charged with regulating cryptocurrencies recently gathered to discuss the next phase in their plan. China hasn’t wavered in its commitment to control cryptocurrencies within its territory — the country shocked the world when it announced a ban on all ICOs, deeming them illegal, back in September 2017. Not too long ago, it was announced […]