Coinbase is definitely going all-in the cryptocurrency game, as it continues to expand its current portfolio. The latest addition, however, has sparked some conversation as to why the exchange has decided to list one of the most experimental coins out there - ZRX, or simple, 0x. The coin was added on October 16th, across the…
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Cointelegraph just reported that a young man from Russia is currently facing court allegations, as he illegally mined Bitcoin through state-owned servers. Reportedly, the man is from Kurgan, a Siberian city. The "theft" was reported by the local office of Russia’s Federal Security Service or FSB. The breach, however, occurred not only in his region,…
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Fidelity Investments, one of the biggest US financial companies in the world, managing around $7 trillion in client assets, is now launching a completely new company that will only handle cryptocurrencies for their clients. The new entity, called Fidelity Digital Asset Services, will handle cryptocurrency trades and help institutional investors with their digital asset businesses.…
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Hackers are reportedly selling hacked Facebook accounts, and the sensitive data in them, through the dark web. Estimation shows that the stolen data is currently worth anywhere between $120 and $600 million. Individual Facebook accounts are now sold for anything between $3 and $12 per account, and people wishing to obtain those can pay in…
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According to CipherTrace, hackers have already stolen $927 million in cryptocurrencies for the first three quarters of 2018. The other staggering statistic is that of all payments made between criminal groups, 97% used unregulated crypto exchanges. There are two major mishaps that contributed to the large amount of stolen cryptocurrencies. The first one was the…
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David Swenson, or as many will call him, the "Warren Buffet of Yale", is the investment guru that has been running the Yale Endowment Fund for over 33 years now. Managing around $30 billion in assets under management, Swenson is famous for his wealth management abilities and his shrewdness when it comes to allocating the…
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With the cryptocurrency boom, it is no wonder that the 2020 Olympic Games can have their own official digital payment, recognized by all participants and countries. The cryptocurrency that can make history is none other but Ripple. The person who has started a petition on Change.org is Ken Takahashi, a Japanese former professional baseball player.…
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The Wall Street Journal has reportedly launched its own digital coin, called WSJCoin and killed it almost immediately, says a report from Finance Magnates. Interested investors did not even have time to access the coin. The WSJ reporter, who was given the task to explore the option of launching the coin, Steven Russolillo, did not manage…
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Dubai is one of the most advanced countries in the world. The cryptocurrency sector is no exception. Dubai is one the countries that is cryptocurrency "friendly" and is embracing the technology of blockchain. However, the risks associated with altcoins are rising. The police in Dubai warned the community that users and investors can expect fraud,…
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Coinbase "stole" Linkedin's head of data science just recently. Michael Li, who was Linkedin's Head of Analytics and Data Science has now joined the cryptocurrency unicorn to be its Vice President of Data, according to his Linkedin profile. With a educational background in Engineering in China and the US, Mr. Li worked in Capital One,…
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