The Taiwan police arrested four persons suspecting in organizing a robbery of a large amount of bitcoins. It is the first robbery of bitcoins committed in Taiwan.

Venezuela, which managed to raise $735 million within the first day of El Petro presale, prompted other countries to follow its example. Ankara and Tehran started discussing possible launches of their national cryptocurrencies.

The development of truly decentralized applications requires creation of a decentralized repository for a massive data set. The Casper solution will scale DApps abilities and open a door to the mass market.

The Tangerine project launched a cryptocurrency exchange controlled by its users. Exchange token holders touch dividends, there are no limitations on withdrawal of funds from the exchange accounts and no need to undergo a long verification process – and this list of advantages of the new exchange platform is far from exhaustive.

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FOLK COIN, a new cryptocurrency created specifically for the end-users, has just started their ICO campaign that will comprise of ten different stages and run over a maximum period of seventy seven days. Unlike thousands of crypto projects with unrealistic goals and high risk-factor, FOLK COIN looks to develop a cryptocurrency for people with a strong technical basis that delivers real profit for everyone.    

Telegram has started a second closed presale trying to attract the same financing as in the first presale round. Telegram has already become the largest ICO in the industry history.

Quifas, an upcoming crypto exchange with an extraordinary focus on customer service, is all set to start a token sale campaign on March 9. Unlike the existing large exchanges struggling to deal with the heavy influx of new users, Quifas is in the process of building an innovative ecosystem with a user friendly interface that guarantees high security and allows for millions of transactions per second.

Cryptocurrency payment becomes more and more popular because of its convenience and simplicity. There are two reasons why it is not widely used: unclear legal status and the fact that the majority of people does not have an opportunity to provide such payments.

The Finnish authorities have to decide the fate of 2,000 confiscated bitcoins, taking into account new guidelines of the national Treasury.

Bitcoin should not be called currency as it has "failed" to act as traditional money, the Bank of England Governor believes.

The release of Bitcoin Core client version 0.16.0 has accelerated the implementation of SegWit support among the leading players of the bitcoin infrastructure. Shortly after a new client version came to the public, the two largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Coinbase and Bitfinex, informed about their immediate support of Segregated Witness.

The first day of presale of Venezuelan El Petro has attracted $735 million, while the president of Venezuela Nicholas Maduro orders large national corporations to support the cryptocurrency.