Blockchain & Crypto Archives - Page 163 of 298

Russian Media Watchdog Blocks Six Crypto Websites

March 10, 2020

Russia’s media watchdog has added six cryptocurrency-related websites to it lists of banned internet sources. According to a report by Bitcoin.com, Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision of Communications,...

Mexican YouTuber Gets 50 Years Sentence For Bitcoin Extortion

March 9, 2020

A YouTuber associated with an alleged band of Bitcoin extortioners was captured in the wake of leaving a blockchain trail for authorities to follow. As indicated by a report by Milenio, the 25-year-old YouTu...

IOTA Founder To Reimburse Hack Losses Out Of His Own Pocket

March 9, 2020

The cyber attack against the IOTA’s Trinity Wallet occurred in mid-February. In those days, on February 12, IOTA had tweeted that the team was researching a suspicious circumstance with the Trinity Wallet. ...

Ripple And Coinone Expands Korean Remittance

March 8, 2020

Ripple, in an official publication, has featured the relationship between the two organizations. Ripple says that Coinone is entering the Korean remittance market by means of Ripple’s administrations. “Coino...

New York Power Plant Mines $50,000 Of BTC Each Day

March 7, 2020

A New York power plant goes to BTC mining in a fruitful offer to increase profitability. Bloomberg provided details today that a power plant in New York’s Finger Lakes locale presently mines about $50,000 of...

French Commerce Court Classifies Bitcoin As Currency In Recent Trial

March 7, 2020

A French Commerce court has classified bitcoin as currency during a recent trial. According to a report by French news outlet Les Echos, the Commercial Court of Nanterre likened bitcoin to fiat money in a Fe...

Bitcoin Cash To Avoid Chain Split Over Controversial ‘Mining Tax’

March 6, 2020

The Bitcoin Cash blockchain is seemingly going to avoid a potential chain split that could have occurred over a controversial “miner tax” proposal that divided the cryptocurrency community. The proposal was ...

HTC Launching Home Blockchain Router Capable Of Running Bitcoin Nodes

March 6, 2020

Taiwanese consumer electronics company HTC is launching a blockchain router that will allow users to run full bitcoin nodes from their homes. Following the launch of two cryptocurrency smartphones, the Exo...

Sweden Urges Ukraine To Look Into $70 Million Cryptocurrency Fraud Scheme

March 6, 2020

During a meeting with high-level officials in Ukraine, Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde has reportedly urged the country’s government to look into a $70 million cryptocurrency scheme that allegedly committe...

Tether Gold (XAU₮) Becomes Leading Gold-Backed Cryptocurrency

March 5, 2020

Tether Gold (XAU₮) has become the number one gold-backed cryptocurrency by market cap after launching earlier this year. The gold-backed cryptocurrency has reached a market capitalization above the $21 milli...