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Cryptocurrency is the rave of the moment, and Japan remains the crypto capital of the globe despite the recent clampdown on unregistered exchanges. Favorite Japanese internet heavyweight, Yahoo Japan, has announced plans to venture into the crazy world of crypto.…

The possibility of a fully functioning “stable coin” is something that has remained an ambition for many within the “cryptorati” for a few years now. A stable coin is a cryptocurrency that is immune to the wild price swings that…

Chinese smartphone manufacturing behemoth, Huawei is reportedly looking to build a blockchain-capable smartphone. If successful it, would be the first ever foray of a smartphone manufacturer into the world of blockchain and cryptocurrency. In the last couple of years, blockchain…

Who would think that a country, roughly a quarter the size of an Indian state and the population of a suburb, adorned with quaint valleys and fairytale castles could be a booming Blockchain enabler? Well, that seems to be the…

James Lovejoy, the lead developer of Vertcoin, recently spoke at the MIT Bitcoin Expo 2018, held March 18, on the subject of bitcoin’s upcoming Lightning Network and the technical challenges it may face once fully rolled out. During his presentation,…

According to reports, Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) plans to warn the cryptocurrency exchange Binance to cease its operations in the country, where it has been offering its services without FSA approval, or face criminal charges. In order to operate…

Alphabet’s subsidiary Google is working on a blockchain-related product to support its cloud platform. While it’s unclear when it will be released, the blockchain-related product will help differentiate the Silicon Valley giant from its cloud service rivals.  Google plans to…

A major security vulnerability has been discovered in Ledger hardware wallets, prompting the company to issue an official statement. The security flaw was first detected by a 15-year-old British security researcher, named Saleem Rashid. He discovered a hardware-based attack vector…

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has employed the blockchain technology to combat the biggest global issue – feeding the hungry. The ‘Building Blocks’ project uses Ethereum’s blockchain technology, which it considers to be a very efficient, to reach…

In 2017, the blockchain industry has grown further than ever before. By offering secure, public accessibility and tamper-proof features, the technology is slowly coming to the mainstream. It not only has the potential to disrupt just about every industry as…

Microsoft announced on March 19, 2018, significant enhancements to the Ethereum on Azure offering, which will make production-ready consortium Blockchain networks suitable for application in enterprise scenarios. One Click Cloud-Based Business Solutions: Ethereum and Azure The developments will bring improved…

The newest addition to the blockchain community craze is, unsurprisingly, the technologically advanced country of South Korea. The South Korean Financial Services Commission (FSC) has voiced plans to provide impetus to the use of blockchain technology in order to better…

Jonathan Hamel, the Canadian technology educator and entrepreneur, has told a parliamentary hearing which took place on March 19 that the forked Bitcoin Cash is nothing but an illegitimate scam. Calling the currency project a “downright scam,” Hamel was giving…

Give it another ten years and bitcoin will emerge the single currency of the internet, as opposed to more than 1,000 different digital tokens circulating today. As for fiat-equivalence, the most widely used cryptocurrency in the world could even overtake…

Weiss Ratings, an independent rating agency has been listing cryptocurrency ratings since January of 2018. The agency has helped a lot of investors pick cryptos with the highest potential while avoiding the least promising. The spotlight was on Bitcoin’s relatively…

On March 19, the Stellar team released technical specifications and guidelines for the implementation of the Lightning Network, the Bitcoin scalability solution enabled by SegWit. The move follows the introduction of Lightning to the mainnet of both Bitcoin and Litecoin…

Coinbase, one of the world’s most popular cryptocurrency exchanges, has had a nasty bug lurking in its system that would allow users to collect unlimited ether through a few simple steps. Thanks to a bug report, however, the company avoided…

There are over 1,500 different cryptocurrency projects. However, there are only a few dozens that stand out. The Russian blockchain platform Waves is one of them. In this guide, you will be introduced to the Waves blockchain platform, and you…