The first hard fork for Litecoin is already a fact and it’s called Litecoin Cash. It was announced today, early in the morning, and since then, Litecoin is sliding down in value. The digital currency is currently down with 2.5% after the announcement went public. According to the Litecoin Cash Foundation, each user who holds…
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Thailand has now joined the long list of countries that went against Bitcoin and digital currencies as a whole. According to press, Thailand’s central bank said on Monday, February 12th that it had asked financial institutions not to get involved in cryptocurrency transactions for fear of possible problems from the unregulated trading. What that means…
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As the world has gone mad on cryptocurrencies and mining them, the latest casualty became millions of Android users, whose phones were hijacked and redirected to a website that mines Monero. The cybersecurity company, Malwarebytes, discovered that the so-called 'drive-by cryptomining' malware had managed to infect Android phones and redirect them to a website running…
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By the end of this month, El Segundo-based startup Aperture Real Estate Ventures plans to launch a real estate-backed cryptocurrency. The idea behind the project is to give investors the opportunity to own a portfolio of real estate assets via the blockchain. How this will happen is whenever an investor buys the new coin, Property Coin,…
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Bitcoin investors are now beginning to put a smile on their faces. Bitcoin's wild ride continues with full force, this time for the better however. Bitcoin recently dropped just under the $6,000 mark and now, just a week after the great fall, Bitcoin is back with vengeance. Since last week, the "people's currency" has appreciated…
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Amid the crypto sell-off these days, Bitcoin Cash is the only cryptocurrency out of the biggest five by market cap to be "in green" on Thursday. Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple and Cardano are all losing some of their value, after noting high volatility of ups, downs and some stability just two days ago. Bitcoin Cash, on…
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Binance is one of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world. It just came under fire and doubts whether the Hong Kong-based exchange is being hacked. Binance is currently under halt in trading activities and said it won't resume trading or enable customer withdrawals until Friday due to a continued blackout that is essentially the result…
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Blockchain is certainly everywhere. The technology behind Bitcoin has topped new heights these recent months and is now poised to receive a huge support from Wikipedia. Wikipedia is one of the most widely used searches in the world. Just now, Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger’s Wikipedia blockchain alternative, Everipedia, has just received a $30 million dollar investment…
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Bitcoin undoubtedly took a few huge losses these two weeks. The currency dropped below $6,000 for the very first time since November. This morning, Bitcoin surged up to $7,200 and is now trading at around $8,200, signalling an upcoming stability in the crypto market. At its lowest, the crypto market saw a drop of $550…
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From 7th of January to 6th of February, over $550 billion have been lost in value, as major altcoins and Bitcoin took huge hits to their prices and ultimately, to their market capitalizations. On January 7th, the total market cap of the cryptocurrency market was around $836 billion, close to the market cap of Apple.…
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