Žiga Štiftar, Author at 2100 NEWS

IS cryptoworld going mainstream?

January 29, 2018 0 0

IS cryptoworld going mainstream? A race might be on as merchants try to gain a competitive advantage through far lower fees and by opening themselves to a new half a trillion global crypto market. Starbucks opened the firing shot, with its chairman, Howard Schultz, making it clear the world is going the crypto way. He said: […]

Cryptocurrency trading without fees launched by robinhood investing app

January 26, 2018 0 0

Cryptocurrency trading without fees Watch out crypto exchanges as popular stock trading app ‘Robinhood‘ is coming to steal your space in the crypto world. It has absolutely streamlined, no-commission approach. On Thursday, Robinhood announced that by February next month, it will allow its customers to buy Bitcoin and Ethereum without any added transaction fees. However, […]

IS China finnally ready to accept cryptocurrency?

January 26, 2018 0 0

Cryptocurrencies and Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) have been hardly punished in China with regulations. But apparently, new regulations prepared for 2018 would end the ban over ICOs. China’s People’s University Law School vice president Yang Dong released the information. Will Chinese ban of ICOs end in 2018? The Southeast Asia Blockchain Summit was important for the cryptocurrency […]

Canada’s energy supply is too small to support all its miners

January 25, 2018 0 2

It seems that cryptocurrency miners based in Canada will have to restrain their activities. The miners began flooding with messages the electricity suppliers in Quebec. They seem to have big plans to create new virtual currencies, said Reuters. Numerous miners are looking after the Canadian market. Following several requests from them, Hydro Quebec renegotiates that the country […]

RUSSIA offering legal cover for cryptocurrencies

January 25, 2018 0 1

Russia is offering legal cover for cryptocurencies as Central banks dissent. Finance Ministry published draft legislation to regulate operations using cryptocurrencies, putting it at odds with the central bank’s resistance to allowing their exchange into rubles and other currencies. President Vladimir Putin said this month that the central bank is right to be cautious about the […]

Theresa May’s take on cryptocurrencies

January 25, 2018 0 1

Theresa May sat down with Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Theresa May stated: I think in areas of cryptocurrency like bitcoin we should be looking at this very seriously. Precisely becouse of the way they can be used, praticulary by criminals. That is something that is being […]

ROOTPROJECT – INITIATING PROJECTS WHILE HELPING THE COMMUNITY

January 25, 2018 0 0

RootProject – First project of its kind. It is trying to restrucure capitalism and help the community by outsourcing labour to the people below the poverty line. RootProject is a new way of improving communities and individuals’ lives by combining the power of cryptocurrencies, crowd funding, and a non-profit approach to get public-benefit projects implemented. […]

Arsenal FC becomes the first football club promoting cryptocurrency

January 25, 2018 0 0

Arsenal Football Club will be the first sports club to promote cryptocurrency. It partnered with CashBet who is online gambling platform that enables real-money online gambling in social and mobile games. The company operates in the United States. It says it plans to raise $40 million to $70 million in a sale of CashBet Coins set […]

Cryptocurrencies trending on Shutterstock

January 24, 2018 0 0

Most cryptocurrency users will agree that the year 2017 was rather exceptional. We saw all markets grow in spectacular fashion, and the general public’s interest in Bitcoin and altcoins increased by leaps and bounds. As a result, it is not entirely surprising to see cryptocurrency being recognized as a trend on Shutterstock. Searches for “cryptocurrency” on the platform are […]

Total of $130,000 in fines to South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges

January 24, 2018 0 0

Domestic cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea have been issued a fine for providing insufficient user data protection. In a public announcement, the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) said the penalty is a result of an investigation that the agency conducted from Oct. 10 to Dec. 28 in 2017 across 10 domestic crypto exchanges. Launched as a ministry-level agency, KCC […]