Žiga Štiftar, Author at 2100 NEWS

BitFlyer gets permission to fly in Europe

January 24, 2018 0 0

Japanese bitcoin exchange BitFlyer has announced its launch into Europe after being granted a payment institution license to operate in the European Union (EU). BitFlyer has become the first bitcoin exchange in the world to be regulated in Japan, the US and Europe. The license was granted by the Luxembourg regulator, Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF). Pierre Gramegna, […]

Cryptocurrency invasion of WALL STREET

January 24, 2018 0 0

If you are thinking about investing, the first thing that must come to your mind is Wall Street. The term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, the American financial services industry (even if financial firms are not physically located there), or New York-based financial interests and also most […]

Goldman Sachs on the Bitcoin bubble

January 23, 2018 0 1

Goldman Sachs has claimed that bitcoin is a bubble bigger than the dot-com era and the famous Dutch tulip mania. In a research letter to investors, the banking firm’s analysts warned about the increase in cryptocurrency values. It highlighted the price moves in bitcoin and ether, as well as the stock price increases for companies which pivot to blockchain. One […]

1 Bitcoin = 1 Million US Dollars

January 23, 2018 0 1

Dan Schulman, chief executive of PayPal, talks with bitcoin pioneer Wences Casares about bitcoin, blockchain and fintech in a Facebook interview. Casares, a serial entrepreneur, has launched startups across South America and the United States, not the least of which is bitcoin wallet startup Xapo, which he currently leads. Casares is also a member of the PayPal board. Schulman […]

FACEBOOK is coming to cryptocurrency world

January 22, 2018 0 2

Mark Zuckerberg, worth $71 billion at just 33, has done rather well by Facebook’s centrally managed system. Over the past decade and a half, the social media behemoth’s closed-source algorithm has quietly manipulated its millions of users’ news feeds to capture maximum ad dollars and steer them all to Zuck and his shareholders. So, why’d Zuck do […]

7 million worth of cryptocurrencies STOLEN using Pyeongchang Olympics as a lure

January 22, 2018 0 0

US cybersecurity firm Recorded Future has released a new report. It is linking Lazarus, a North Korean hacking group, to various South Korean cryptocurrency exchange hacking attacks and security breaches. Recent reporting regarding North Korean attacks against cryptocurrency exchanges and using Pyeongchang Olympics as a lure describe techniques that are unusual for the Lazarus Group. These include leveraging PowerShell, HTA, JavaScript, […]