Category: Cryptocurrency

September 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

nChain and Bitcoin Unlimited launch Gigablock Testnet for larger bitcoin block sizes

Blockchain research and development pioneer nChain and software provider Bitcoin Unlimited (BU) announced a joint Gigablock Testnet Initiative to test the bitcoin network's ability to handle significantly larger block sizes. This global test network is another step in nChain's growing collaboration with BU on initiatives to help achieve massive on-chain scaling of the bitcoin network.…

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Mt. Gox trustee granted another delay for distribution plan for victims
September 28, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

North Korean Hackers Failed Attempt To Steal Bitcoin

Korea JoongAng Daily, a North Korean news publication, announced that North Korean hackers tried, but failed to steal Bitcoin from several domestic exchanges. According to the North Korean magazine, the hackers used "spear-phishing", which basically means that the criminals sent what looked like "innocuous" emails that actually contained malicious software that harmed the host's computer.…

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Vitalik Buterin
September 27, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

The Founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, On ICOs and Issues with Cryptocurrency

The 23-year old co-founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, gave an interview to two of the largest news reporting companies in South Korea, JoongAng Daily and JoongAng Ilbo, expressing his thoughts on the future of Ethereum, ICOs and the cryptocurrency merits, as reported by Cointelegraph.  Vitalik spoke about the issues that Ethereum is currently facing with scaling.…

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September 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Tradency adds auto trading in cryptocurrencies to its Mirror Trader and RoboX platforms

Brokers offering cryptocurrency can boost trading by offering Tradency advanced automatic trading and Robo-advisory platforms Tradency, a financial technology provider, today announced the support of cryptocurrencies by its auto trade-by- knowledge platform, the Mirror Trader and its active robo-advisor the RoboX. Both platforms now support trading of cryptocurrencies pairs and offer especially designed cryptocurrency trading…

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Mario Draghi ECB
September 26, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Mario Draghi “Surrenders” to Bitcoin

On September 25th, at the hearing of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament, Mario Draghi, the President of ECB, talked about the current economic and inflation outlook for the European Union, the growth of the real GDP (coming at 2.3%), the corporate sector purchase program and the monetary policy in…

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September 26, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Japan To Launch Their Own Cryptocurrency: The J-Coin

The Financial Times reported that Mizuho Financial Group and Japan Post Bank are forming a consortium to launch a domestic digital currency: the J-Coin. The idea is to make Japanese people less dependent on cash and fiat money. According to FT, the Japanese consortium plans to launch the financial innovation just in time for the…

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September 25, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

The Rise of Cryptocurrency Jobs

Angel’s List reported that cryptocurrency job opportunities have increased by over 100% from March up until now. As Bitcoin price levels are going up and down constantly, the hunger for cryptocurrency jobs is going up with a tremendous speed. According to The Next Web, the current pay for crypto jobs is around 10-20% higher than…

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