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Meet the cryptocurrency billionaires of 2018
The value of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, ethereum, and Ripple's XRP skyrocketed last year, minting scores of crypto billionaires.
Recently Forbes Magazine, known for tracking the world's most wealthy individuals, published a list of the world's richest crypto and bitcoin-billionaires.
The numbers are estimates based on the price of cryptocurrencies as of January 19.
more....http://www.ibtimes.co.in/meet-cryptocurrency-billionaires-2018-762735
2018 Global Blockchain Investment Summit Will Take Place in Silicon Valley
Uncovering Quality Projects around the World and Connecting the Global Blockchain Communities
SILICON VALLEY, Calif., March 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The blockchain technologies and their applications are developing very fast, and a technological and financial wave revolving on blockchain is overwhelming the entire world. How to get first-hand information about real blockchain technologies and how to weed through the market to find out quality projects are the common difficulties faced by all players in the global blockchain industry. Silicon Valley, as a traditional region with a high concentration of technology companies, provides a more inclusive blockchain environment and more mature blockchain technologies, where more useful applications are likely to come out.
more...https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/2018-global-blockchain-investment-summit-will-take-place-in-silicon-valley-300611946.html
Bitcoin price analysis: Flirts with falling wedge trendline after volatility returns
Cryptocurrencies' uncrowned king saw volatility coming back to the fore as the price of Bitcoin fell to as low as $8,376 on Friday before it could find its feet back on the groun on Saturday. BTC/USD now trading firmly above $9,000 mark at $9,260, marginally up 0.2% on day.
As this author reported last week, Bitcoin had falling wedge price breakout, but now has given up most of those gains and is trading just above the trendline breakout point of $9,000 and 200 DMA of $8,999 - crucial for the rally to resume.
more...https://www.fxstreet.com/cryptocurrencies/news/bitcoin-price-analysis-flirts-with-falling-wedge-trendline-after-volatility-returns-201803100423
How we regulate cryptocurrencies and ICOs is key to their success
“Every ICO I’ve seen is a security”, US Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Jay Clayton told a Senate hearing on February 6 this year, before conceding that not one ICO (initial coin offering) had been registered with the SEC as a securities offering. This somewhat tenuous position on regulating ICOs is typical of many jurisdictions, Hong Kong included.
more....http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2136527/how-we-regulate-cryptocurrencies-and-icos-key-their-success
Profit from Bitcoin while heating? SHOCKING new space heater can mine cryptocurrency
The retail price for the QC1 heater is a whopping $3,600 (£2599).
The QC1 product description states: “The heat of your QC-1 is generated by the two graphics cards embedded in the device and mining cryptocurrencies or blockchain transactions: While heating, you create money.
“You can watch in real time how crypto markets are trending, on your mobile app and on your QC-1 LEDs.”
Despite being able to mine cryptocurrency, the heater does not include a hard drive or an operating system.
more...https://www.express.co.uk/finance/city/929758/cryptocurrency-news-bitcoin-news-cryptocurrency-space-heater-crypto-news-bitcoin
Yep, mining for cryptocurrency can now heat your home
French startup Quarnot recently unveiled a space heater that could potentially pay for itself — someday. By harnessing the massive amounts of heat GPUs generate while mining cryptocurrency, Quarnot’s QC1 heater will not only keep you toasty during the winter months, it could very well earn you a little extra cash.
“The heat of your QC-1 is generated by the two graphics cards embedded in the device and mining cryptocurrencies or blockchain transactions: While heating, you create money,” the QC1 product description reads. “You can watch in real time how crypto markets are trending, on your mobile app and on your QC-1 LEDs.”
more....https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/cryptocurrency-heater-quarnot/
Credit Card Aims to Pay Users 1% Crypto Back Rewards
A new type of credit card aims to pay users cryptocurrency rewards rather than the typical ‘cash back’ incentives offered by traditional cards. The San Francisco based startup Blockrize aims to provide its customers with a 1% ‘crypto back’ rewards paid out in BTC or ETH.
more...https://news.bitcoin.com/credit-card-aims-to-pay-users-1-crypto-back-rewards/