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Global losses from hacker attacks in 2018 amounted to $1.8 billion, which exceeds the amount of losses for the period from 2011 to 2017. A sizeable share of victims are investors and users in the field of cryptocurrency and Blockchain…

The price of bitcoin closed the week on a softer note, dropping by four percent versus last week’s close to around $6,300. Bitcoin’s correction was caused by “Dr. Doom” Nouriel Roubini’s statement in front of Congress where he called the…

Blockstream has announced the launch of the Liquid Network, the world’s first production Bitcoin sidechain. The bitcoin startup revealed that the network went live on September 27, 2018. The announcement was made by Blockstream’s Chief Strategy Officer Samson Mow. Years…

Privacy-centric digital currencies are coming under more scrutiny as their use on dark web marketplaces is on the rise. Law enforcement agencies and several financial regulators are concerned that anonymous digital currencies could be used to facilitate terrorist financing and…

Day two of The Hackers Congress continued to shed light on the liberty fighting technologies emerging from decentralization. Naturally, observers recognize Bitcoin as the king of both freedom and innovation, but there are many other means (and reasons) for dismantling…

Air France-KLM, one of the world’s largest airlines, announced on October 4, 2018, its aim of cutting costs for passengers by removing intermediaries from its supply chain processes, was fulfilled after a partnership was signed with blockchain-based travel booking specialist Winding Tree.…

BTC saw a significant increase in value on September 27 and closed the day at $6,694, $230 higher than its biggest one-day jump since September 21. Bulls tried to push the price even higher on the next day, September 28,…

While many domestic cryptocurrency exchanges collapsed during China’s regulatory clampdown in 2017, Binance, is, however, thriving and on the way to becoming one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world. According to the South China Morning Post’s (SCMP) article…

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) recently released their report about the effect of regulation on the cryptocurrency market capitalization. This report reveals that in spite of their borderless nature, regulatory activities and the media cycles from which they spawn…

On September 26, 2018, Melbourne startup Konkrete Distributed Registries announced an ICO for its property tokenization platform according to The Australian Financial Review. What’s significant is the timing as the announcement was made in a market where cryptocurrencies’ value is…

Circle has become the latest in a recent series of crypto platforms and exchanges to launch a stable coin as the market increasingly looks to diversify from Tether. Announced on September 26, 2018, in a post on the official Circle…

On September 26, 2018, Wanchain announced integration with the Binance Trust Wallet for all of its users. At the moment, Wanchain clients enjoy a robust set of tools for managing their cryptocurrencies. Building a Better integration Wanchain and Wan Wallet…

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase plans on implementing critical changes in its listing policy that will enable it to significantly increase its asset offerings, the company announced in a September 25, 2018, press release. Coinbase’s new Asset Listing Process Digital currency exchange…

YouTube is more than just a source of entertainment. The video streaming platform has evolved into an important vehicle through which people across the globe acquire new information. It is especially popular as a learning tool because people prefer to…

After a turbulent mid-week action, we saw BTC trading around the $6,400 level on September 7, 2018. The biggest cryptocurrency did, however, briefly achieve 55 percent of market dominance, its highest point since December 2017. BTC-USD The cryptocurrency market continued…

Social networking websites have become an integral part of modern day society. While most of them once started out with the intention of catering to specific audiences, they’ve since ballooned in size and become an essential extension of many people’s…

On September 4, 2018, Casa, the crypto startup assisting in securely storing digital currencies, has launched a new lightning node dubbed the Casa Lightning Node. As per their Medium blog, the company is accepting payments in bitcoin and credit cards…

Bitcoin closed the day with a red candle on August 29, 2018, just above the $7,000 mark. The biggest cryptocurrency could not recover and dropped to $6,800 during the intraday trading session on August 30, before going back up to…