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India Won’t Pay for Venezuelan Oil With ‘Petro’ Cryptocurrency

May 31, 2018 0 0

Despite being offered a reported 30% discount in crude oil imports from Venezuela for payment in petro, India has no plans to use the South American nation’s cryptocurrency after being hindered by its central bank crypto curbs. Indian foreign minister Sushma Swaraj was addressed reporters during a news conference this week when she was asked […]

Average ICO Investor Makes 82 Percent Profit: Boston College Researchers

May 30, 2018 0 0

Much has been made about the prevalence of scams within the initial coin offering (ICO) industry. However, a new report published by researchers at the Boston College Carroll School of Management suggests that the average ICO investor is still raking in a significant profit. The 54-page report, titled “Digital Tulips? Returns to Investors in Initial Coin […]

Italy’s Economic Pain Is the Bitcoin Price’s Gain

May 30, 2018 0 0

Perhaps it took an economic crisis of another kind to lift the cryptocurrency markets. Italy’s economy is reeling amid a political crisis that has placed a spotlight on the cracks in the EU’s economic foundation. Bitcoin Price Trends up as Italy’s Economy Falters Italian bonds are going bust, and the negativity has spilled over into […]

Crypto World ’Definitely in a Bubble’: Wikipedia Creator Jimmy Wales

May 30, 2018 0 0

The co-founder of the world’s largest online encyclopedia said that he believes the current state of the cryptocurrency market bears many of the characteristics of an asset bubble. Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales made this claim on Tuesday at cryptocurrency conference Blockshow, which is being hosted in Berlin. “Right now, we are in a bubble. The […]

Indian Businessman Conned $130,000 in Bitcoin Purchase Scam

May 29, 2018 0 0

On the pretext of being offered bitcoins, a businessman from India’s capital city fell victim to a rather novel fraud – buying absolutely nothing in exchange for paying the pioneer cryptocurrency’s global prices to a purported cryptocurrency exchange representative. Purchasing Bitcoins Which Don’t Exist During a bank visit in 2017, the unnamed businessman was approached by the […]

Average Blockchain Project Dies in Less Than Two Years: Report

May 29, 2018 0 0

Recent years have seen a huge surge in the number of blockchain projects entering the space, with 871 ICOs raising over $6 billion last year compared to just 29 ICOs raising $90 million in 2016. Already this year there have been 777 ICOs and counting as more startups get on the ICO bandwagon – but not all of them […]

331 Japanese Cryptocurrency Investors Made at Least $1 Million in Profit Last Year: Tax Agency

May 29, 2018 0 0

Mainstream media outlets in South Korea and Japan JoongAng and Nikkei have reported that the National Tax Agency (NTA) of Japan is fully aware that 331 investors in the Japanese cryptocurrency sector recorded a profit of $1 million through trading, generating more than $331 million in total. Chasing Cryptocurrency Taxes By the end of 2017, […]

South African Authorities Investigate $8 Million Crypto Investment Scam

May 28, 2018 0 0

South African authorities are investigating a company called Bitcaw Trading Company for investment fraud following a loss of more than 1 billion rand (approx $8 million) affected 28,000 people, according to a news release from the South African Police Service. A unit called the Serious Economic Offenses Unit will investigate the fraud. Authorities believe certain individuals were targeted […]

Movers of the day

May 28, 2018 0 0

$2,99 USD (25,14%) 0,00041523 BTC (26,55%) 0,00571206 ETH (39,42%) There is alpha Celestine comming. And there is also this: ”We are going to announce big news next week!” from their Medium post. All Sports (SOC) $0,169235 USD (24,88%) 0,00002343 BTC (26,12%) 0,00031985 ETH (37,98%) No info. Docademic (MTC) $0,335529 USD (21,97%) 0,00004648 BTC (23,24%) 0,00064286 ETH (36,65%) McAfee strikes again. Updated […]

Ripple (XRP) Going For The Big Guys: Amazon Rumors

May 26, 2018 0 0

Despite many believing that the previous market recovery during May was what Bill Barhydt – CEO of Abra, stated that the gold-craze and hype will overtake the market again, did not go so well. “I talk to hedge funds, high net worth individuals, even commodity speculators. They look at the volatility in the crypto markets and they […]