Category: Cryptocurrency

June 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

AMF warns against four cryptocurrency investment websites

The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has published a list of new unauthorized cryptocurrency websites offering atypical investments. Here is the list of new websites recently identified: https://www.bitoraxe.com/ https://connect-coin.fr/ https://www.solutioncrypto.com/ https://www.solution-crypto.com/ A list of all unauthorized websites to offer atypical investments is available in the AMF’s website and also in Assurance Banque Epargne Info Service…

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June 17, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

OneCoin - one of the largest Ponzi Schemes in the "crypto" world

Probably the largest Ponzi scheme in the modern world was "designed" by Bernie Madoff who scammed corporate America with around $70 billion back in 2008. Now, as cryptocurrencies garnish share in the world's economy, it is not surprising to learn that there are also cryptocurrency Ponzi schemes. One such is called OneCoin. OneCoin is a…

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June 17, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

The first coffee machine powered by Bitcoin

Bitcoin is often hailed as the "people's currency", because of its decentralization and blockchain technology. Bitcoin is now entering people's everyday lives, it seems, as the first bitcoin-powered coffee machine is now available. The creator of the innovative technology is Ricardo Reis, an entrepreneur from Brazil. The idea behind the Bitcoin-coffee machine is to show…

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June 16, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

0xΩ - the blockchain-based religion

There is now a blockchain-based religion called  0xO, which stands for Zero Ex Omega. The idea is a new one and is being developed by the former CEO of Augur, the decentralized oracle and prediction platform based on the Ethereum network. Blockchain is everywhere. The number of industries that now use blockchain for business and…

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June 16, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

Ethereum Futures on their way?

The SEC has recently announced that Ethereum, the second largest cryptocurrency in the world by market cap, will not be treated as a security by the SEC. The news is an important one, especially for what it might mean for the development of ETH-related "offsprings". Bloomberg reported that the CBOE Global Markets President, Chris Concannon,…

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June 15, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

​B21 launches first personal wealth manager for crypto assets

The team behind the first cryptocurrency debit card have announced the launch of B21, the first personal wealth manager exclusively for crypto assets. B21 is a mobile-focused investment platform that allows anyone to create their own portfolio of cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, EOS and many others to be determined by users’ votes. Until now, investing…

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June 14, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

Coinbase Index Fund is now live

After Coinbase managed to become one of the largest cryptocurrency wallets and exchanges in the world, now, the company is expanding rapidly with new products. First, Coinbase introduced Ethereum Classic, in addition to its other "products", like Bitcoin and Ethereum. Now, the company has introduced the Coinbase Index Fund. Coinbase, in addition to servicing over…

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June 14, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Fusion and Talao team up to provide financial services for freelancers

Fusion Foundation LTD., creator of a public blockchain for fully fledged financial functions, and Talao, the first decentralized reputation protocol and infrastructure for the freelancing economy, have just announced that they have signed a partnership agreement to foster the development of new blockchain-based financial services for the work on demand economy. According to this agreement:…

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June 13, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Thomson Reuters expands sentiment data to track more cryptocurrencies

More news from information giant Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) today, as the company has announced that it has expanded its sentiment data offerings to track the top 100 cryptocurrencies through its partnership with MarketPsych Data LLC, a company specializing in quantitative behavioral science. This new MarketPsych Indices (TRMI) package uses machine learning and natural language processing…

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