Blockchain & Crypto Archives - Page 257 of 298

Allegations Surrounding Tron’s Whitepaper Spark Twitter Backlash

January 8, 2018

Tron has been headlining cryptocurrency news over the past week. Some of the news was extremely positive, due to the unquestionably strong gains posted by TRX over the past 10 days. However, some of the nois...

New York Stock Exchange Tries for Bitcoin Futures ETFs

January 8, 2018

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has officially asked the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for permission to launch five new Bitcoin-related ETF funds via NYSE Arca, according to Cointelegraph. The...

Coinbase Deflects Rumors of Ripple Integration

January 5, 2018

In establishing itself as a leading cryptocurrency, demand for Ripple (XRP) has naturally increased, sending many investors to seek an avenue to acquire as many shares of XRP as possible. Coinbase operates th...

Royal Bank of Scotland Snubs Gibraltar Blockchain Accounts

January 4, 2018

The Royal Bank of Scotland has informed Gibraltar International Bank that it will no longer process its transactions if they are connected with cryptocurrency firms, only a few days after Gibraltar began offe...

Rumours of Demise of Chinese Bitcoin Mining Greatly Exaggerated

January 4, 2018

It was widely reported yesterday that the Chinese government was planning to crack down on cryptocurrency mining, in what could have been the final death knell for cryptocurrency in China. However, it has no...

Venezuela Begins Registry of Cryptocurrency Miners

January 4, 2018

In December, we reported when President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela announced the intention of the government to launch a national cryptocurrency, ‘El Petro’, to mixed reception. Now, his government has laun...

DMM Announces Official Founding of Cryptocurrency Mining Lab

January 4, 2018

Japan’s DMM.com is widely known for its presence in the forex (FX) industry, through its trading subsidiary DMM.com Securities. As the world adapts to the growing cryptocurrency market, the company is taking ...

ISA Proposes Temporary Expulsion of Crypto Firms from Stock Exchange

January 4, 2018

The Israeli Securities Authority (ISA), the financial regulatory authority of Israel, today proposed an amendment to Israeli law which would temporarily limit the ability of cryptocurrency-related firms to en...

Trade.io Completes ICO, Raising Over $31m in the Process

January 4, 2018

Trade.io published on its website that its ICO has been completed. The company has successfully raised $31,169,749. The number of participants in the ICO was listed at 15,073, purchasing a total of 65,782,147...

Chinese Central Bank Pushing to Curb Bitcoin Mining

January 3, 2018

After successfully banning ICOs and then all cryptocurrency exchanges within the country’s borders, the eyes of the Chinese authorities are now on the Bitcoin mining industry. According to a local source, t...