Putin's Advisor: one of the countries from the Eurasian Economic Union will issue national cryptocurrency in 2018
Following the successful example of Venezuela, one of the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union will issue a national cryptocurrency. This will happen in 2018, a Russian politician close to Vladimir Putin claims.
Bringing Crypto Mainstream to an offline world - Eligma showcases their solution for easy crypto payments
Eligma, AI-driven and blockchain-based cognitive commerce platform that represents one of the most active crowdfunding projects, is increasingly getting world-wide attention. Its team is demonstrating how the product can solve problems of today’s e-commerce and asset management. Their token sale with a hard cap of 24 million U.S. dollars starts on April 17th, and their campaign promises to showcase what they have in store for future users and potential contributors.
Vitalik Buterin suggests charging a fee for storing data in Ethereum
The co-founder of Ethereum has supported the idea of charging fees for the use of Ethereum blockchain for storage. He proposed to link the amount of the commission with the time the data is available in the network.
How Far Along Is Cryptocurrency Adoption?
Last year was huge for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The market cap at the start of 2016 was just $18 billion, and by the end of the year had risen to over $300 billion. Those who got in early jumped for joy as more people piled into the market. Yet, the real factor for cryptocurrency's long-term survival is not the current value of Bitcoin, but the potential for its mass adoption.
Twitter bans ICO and cryptocurrency-related ads
Following Facebook and Google, Twitter has decided to ban advertising ICO, token sales, and cryptocurrency-related projects. The new advertising policy comes into force today.
US Treasury recommendations: hire blockchain skeptics in order not to be blinded
The US Treasury advises companies and other organizations not to give in to the hype and hire skeptical specialists to work with blockchain.
Major cryptocurrency exchange to stop Tether trading
Bit-Z, eighth by trading volume crypto-exchange in the world, has announced its plans to stop trading Tether pairs. The decision comes a few days after the record issue of 300 million USDT coins.
Arcona completes sale on Hong Kong exchange to kickstart ICO April, 15
Arcona, a blockchain-based augmented reality (AR) platform, has closed its token sale. The project successfully raised over 3,000 ETH during its pre-ICO. The funds came from the European real estate companies, advertisement industry and crypto enthusiasts around the globe.
Blockchain-based Container Shipping Platform 300cubits to start the TEU ICO on 12th April 2018
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance can move to Malta
Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, plans to move its headquarters from Hong Kong to Malta, as well as intends to launch its own decentralized crypto-exchange.
Bitstamp reportedly to be sold for $400 million to investors from South Korea
The sector of cryptocurrency exchanges seems to enter a mergers and acquisitions period. According to latest rumors, investors from South Korea can buy the Luxembourg-based crypto-exchange Bitstamp.
Clash of titans: if bitcoin crashes, which coin is likely to take the throne?
As bitcoin share in total the market cap hit the anti-record, crypto holders and even bitcoin fans realise that a very important question is now on the table: is there any cryptocurrency that can actually replace BTC as a godfather of crypto family?
Cryptocurrency exchanges lost half of their web traffic within a month
After experiencing extremely high traffic, the largest cryptocurrency exchanges seem to lose their audience. It coincides with the decline of the bitcoin price.
Putin ally reportedly enters mining business
One of the plants of the Russian state corporation Rosteh, headed by a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, plans to acquire hundreds of GPU equipment although Russia still lacks cryptocurrency regulation, leaving mining in a grey economic zone.
Creators of uTrener and KHL Fantasy Sport Apps Introduce Blockchain Powered Daily Fantasy Sports Platform MyDFS
A blockchain-powered daily fantasy sports platform, MyDFS promises to improve the gaming experience for uncountable amount of fantasy sports enthusiasts around the world by delivering better speed, ease-of-use, transparency, governance and accountability. This mobile based fantasy sports ecosystem has been created by the founders of uTrener and KHL Fantasy, two of European earliest and most popular daily fantasy sports platforms.
Every fifth Lightning Network node fails after DDoS attack
The Lightning micropayment network has faced a strong DDoS attack, which resulted in about 200 nodes being disabled. Crypto-enthusiasts attribute responsibility for the attack to the supporters of the failed SegWit2x fork.
