Two Turkish imams were spotted buying cryptocurrencies. The religious authorities decided to fire them as bitcoin is seen as something not compatible with the principles of Islam.

The social messenger Telegram has closed the second round of its token sale, attracting $850 million. Overall Telegram attracted $1.7 billion making it the largest ICO in history.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued a warning about tech support scammers who are trying to steal assets from crypto-exchanges' clients.

Charlie Shrem, one of the world’s leading crypto entrepreneurs, has joined the advisors of Eligma. Shrem’s expertise in token economy and management will help further Eligma’s mission to draw on the advantages of artificial intelligence and blockchain technology to make commerce easier, faster and more transparent for buyers and vendors alike. The Eligma advisor team is convinced that this cognitive commerce platform aiming to revolutionize the world of shopping comes in at the right time to offer effective solutions to the current commerce challenges.

EXMO international cryptocurrency exchange has integrated a new payment instrument - Visa/MasterCard for instant depositing of the user’s account on the platform in fiat funds without verification.

The headquarters of one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Bitfinex, can move to the Swiss crypto-friendly Zug, as Hong Kong-based crypto-exchanges face more scrutiny from financial authorities.

Social network LinkedIn has begun to block ICO and crypto-related advertising.

The shortage of Nvidia equipment on the market is caused by the popularity of the company's video cards among the Ethereum miners, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang believes.

The Lightning network is still at an early stage of development, has already more active nodes than the Bitcoin Cash network. It is another reason for the original bitcoin supporters to point out that the BCH hardfork was the wrong decision.

The decree on the digital economy development has come into force in Belarus. However, the country has so far adopted only one regulatory act on cryptocurrency circulation.

Gese is the blockchain based project which unites all key alcohol market participants. The application of this technology allows to track any particular product from manufacturers to consumers. With each bottle having an attached NFC tag it provides complete information about the product. A powerful artificial intelligence based analysis system generates recommendations for consumers and collects statistical data for producers.

CoinFox: In the WP you write, that such project as Eligma was your greatest dream for about 10 years. What inspired you to start making this dream real at the middle of 2017?