Blockchain & Crypto Archives - Page 218 of 298

Paragon Spikes 9,650% in 24 Hours in Apparent Pump and Dump

January 2, 2019

In the current bearish crypto market, good news is rare for traders. However, one project stunned the market as the new year kicked in. Paragon (PRG), the token issued by a blockchain firm aiming to reshape ...

DMM.com Pulls Plug on Japanese Crypto Mining Business

January 2, 2019

It appears that another large financial firm is leaving the cryptocurrency industry in Japan. Last week it was GMO Internet and this week, it’s e-commerce giant DMM.com, which is reportedly closing down its m...

FCA Probes 18 Crypto Firms Operating in UK

December 31, 2018

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the United Kingdom’s financial watchdog, is investigating 18 companies in connection with cryptocurrency transactions amid market threats, according to a Sunday Telegrap...

Litecoin to Sponsor Upcoming UFC Jones-Gustafsson Title Fight

December 27, 2018

In the race for better marketing tactics, Litecoin Foundation has become the first cryptocurrency company to enter the lucrative world of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), the world’s leading mixed ma...

India Might Legalize Cryptocurrencies, Says Report

December 26, 2018

It’s been a while since the tug of war between the Indian authorities and the country’s crypto community started. Although the government wants to ban the digital assets, pressure from the community is pushin...

Litecoin Founder Still Criticized 1 Year After Liquidating LTC

December 21, 2018

One year after the big crypto boom, founder of Litecoin Charlie Lee is reportedly continuing to focus on increasing the usage of Litecoin. However, some in the crypto community have pointed out that Lee is st...

TokenSoft Broker Dealer Taps Coinbase Custody Service

December 20, 2018

TokenSoft Global Markets, the broker-dealer arm of TokenSoft, has partnered with Coinbase custody service which safeguards cryptocurrencies and digital tokens in a manner similar to traditional securities. T...

McAfee: Cryptojacking Increased by 4,000 Percent in 2018

December 20, 2018

Cybersecurity firm McAfee released a report this Thursday which showed a massive uptick in the use of cryptojacking malware over the course of 2018. A word that could have been coined only in the strange wor...

eToro Crypto Arm Receives Gibraltar Blockchain License

December 19, 2018

Gibraltar’s financial services watchdog has awarded eToroX, the cryptocurrency arm of social trading network eToro, its bespoke license for blockchain firms using distributed ledger technology. The move comes...

eToro Survey Finds Huge Demand for Cryptocurrency Education

December 18, 2018

Social trading firm eToro released the results of a survey covering a number of different questions surrounding cryptocurrency this Tuesday. The survey, which was carried out by eToro’s US division, suggests ...