UK Telecom Regulator Receives £700,000 Blockchain Grant for Managing Phone Numbers: Conor Maloney
UK national telecoms regulator Ofcom has received £700,000 ($912,000) to explore blockchain solutions in UK landline telephone management. The grant was issued by the Department of Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy. An Ofcom announcement states that b…
Binance Delists 4 Cryptocurrencies, Sending All of Them Crashing: Mauro Sacramento
As of yesterday, October 9th, 2018, Binance, one of the world’s largest and most popular cryptocurrency exchanges, has announced that they will be delisting four tokens from their trading platform until further notice. The announcement was made early yesterda…
Bitcoin Volume Improves: Crypto Market Primed for a Major Short-Term Rally?: Joseph Young
Yesterday, on October 10, the price of Bitcoin broke out of the $6.600 mark after stabilizing at the $6,550 level for a few weeks. The volume of Bitcoin saw an increase of 12 percent from $3.2 billion to $3.6 billion on Coinmarketcap and $2.1 billion to $2.38…
Venezuelans Must Now Pay Passport Fees with the Government’s Petro Cryptocurrency: Jimmy Aki
Starting next week, Venezuelans will have to pay their passport fees with the petro, the controversial state-supported cryptocurrency that is allegedly backed by oil. This was announced in a press conference on Friday, Oct. 5, by the country’s vice president,…
Analyst: Ethereum Sell-Off in August Shows Crypto Has Hit a Bottom in 2018: Joseph Young
According to cryptocurrency analyst Eric Thies, the crypto market may have hit a bottom in September as the price of Ethereum (ETH) declined by more than 50 percent. Since delving below the $180 mark, ETH has since recovered to $230, likely due to the demonst…
EU Watchdog Will Evaluate ‘Every’ ICO for Potential Regulatory Push: Habiba Tahir
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is assessing every single ICO operating within its jurisdiction, Reuters reported on Oct. 8. ESMA chair Steven Maijoor — who warned crypto investors in Jan. 2018 that they could potentially lose all of thei…
Binance Donating Crypto Listing Fees to Charity Should be Praised, Not Criticized: Joseph Young
On Oct. 8, CCN reported that Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, will donate all crypto listing fees to charity. The majority of investors and traders in the cryptocurrency industry reacted positively to the praiseworthy decision of the exch…
Indiegogo’s First Security Token ICO Raised $18 Million: Josiah Wilmoth
The owner-operator of the St. Regis Aspen Resort has concluded its security token offering (STO), raising $18 million in the first equity ICO hosted on the Indiegogo platform. Asset management firm Elevated Returns, the owner of St. Regis Aspen, on Tuesday an…
Bitcoin Price Intraday Analysis: BTC/USD Confirms Bull Trap: Yashu Gola
The Bitcoin-to-dollar exchange rate on Tuesday dropped 1.69 percent from 6734-fiat to 6620-fiat after confirming a bull trap. The current market volume is lower than expected to excite a steady upside – even downside. In our previous analysis, we had stated t…
Bitcoin Price Heading into ‘Classic Breakout Pattern’: Analyst: Josiah Wilmoth
The bitcoin price has been remarkably stagnant in recent weeks, with the flagship cryptocurrency’s volatility declining to a 17-month low on Oct. 8. Analysts including Bloomberg Intelligence commodity strategist Mike McGlone have said that this could be an in…
Roubini Calls Buterin a Dictator, Falsely Claims Crypto is Centralized: Joseph Young
Nouriel Roubini, a proclaimed critic of the crypto sector, characterized decentralization as a myth, claiming that no system, currency, or protocol can exist in a peer-to-peer ecosystem. “Decentralization in crypto is a myth. It is a system more centralized t…
A Look at the CYBR Ecosystem: Mauro Sacramento
This is a sponsored story. CCN urges readers to conduct their own research with due diligence into the company, product or service mentioned in the content below. Lately, there has been a lot of talk about cybersecurity, and the risks associated with the bloc…
Bitcoin Cash Evangelist Roger Ver May Launch a Cryptocurrency Exchange: Josiah Wilmoth
Bitcoin cash evangelist and Bitcoin.com owner Roger Ver is considering launching a cryptocurrency exchange that would use BCH as its base currency. The controversial bitcoin cash promoter, once known as “Bitcoin Jesus” for his early support for the cryptocurr…
CNBC Analyst Predicts Bitcoin Price Is ‘About To Explode,’ Citing ETF Buzz: Samantha Chang
Cryptocurrency analyst Ran Neuner — host of the CNBC show Crypto Trader — believes BTC prices are “about to explode,” citing bullish market buzz about the near-term possibility of an SEC-approved bitcoin ETF. “I just bought bitcoin for my parents. It’s too ob…
‘We Got Spanked’: Adult Entertainment ICO Suffers $38,000 Hack: Josiah Wilmoth
“We got spanked.” That’s the message that SpankChain, the initial coin offering (ICO) funded adult entertainment website, used to inform its users that a hacker had exploited a bug in one of its smart contracts to abscond with 165.38 ETH, worth about $38,000 …
Jack Ma: I Pay Special Attention to Blockchain & Bitcoin to Create Cashless Society: Joseph Young
Jack Ma, the chairman of Alibaba and $150 billion China-based financial conglomerate Ant Financial, has said in a recent speech that he pays special attention to Bitcoin and blockchain technology, and the potential of establishing a cashless society. Although…
How Betform Is Changing Gaming’s Rules With Its Blockchain Platform: Press Release
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Coingame Announces Huge Bonuses and Prizes for Early Birds: Press Release
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Australia Trials Citizen Disability Insurance Payments on a Blockchain: Samburaj Das
The Australian federal government is testing a blockchain application to explore the use of blockchain technology to create ‘smart money’ for the country’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Dubbed “Making Money Smart”, the trial is jointly develope…
Bitcoin Mining Firms are Seeing Record Revenues, But Little Profit: David Hundeyin
New research from Diar has revealed that while the price of bitcoin remains 40 percent higher than a year ago, and bitcoin miners have achieved record revenues of $4.7 billion this year, a host of factors including increased competition and computing power ha…