Prominent Economist: Cryptocurrency Market Is Embraced By Apocalypse
Nouriel Roubini, professor of economics from New York and renowned economist, once again cracked down on cryptocurrencies, blockchain and bitcoin. According to him, cryptocurrencies are collapsing and, sooner or later, will disappear.
Leading Chinese Search Engine Baidu Censors Cryptocurrency-Related Chats and Forums
Following the Chinese IT-giants Tencent and Alibaba, Baidu, the third largest search engine in the world, cracked down on cryptocurrencies. It started censoring cryptocurrency-related topics on forums and chats.
ICO Projects Still Retain $1 billion In Ethereum
Projects that attracted funding through initial coin offerings, are still holding large amounts of ETH. Given that many of them are selling ETH, the price of the second cryptocurrency by capitalization may further go down.
Bitcoin Fluctuating Below $7000. What's next?
Bitcoin, while demonstrating a slight price increase, continues to trade below $7,000. The cryptocurrency market has been swinging this year, forcing us to forget about earlier demonstrated unrestrained growth. Analysts predict a further drop in the bitcoin price, still insisting that it will be followed by subsequent rapid growth.
Former Mt. Gox Creditors Start Applying For Refund Via Website, Deadline Set On 22 October
The site of bankrupt Mt. Gox start receiving creditor's claims for refund after court ordered to begin the civil rehabilitation of the notorious cryptocurrency exchange. Deadline for claims is set on 22 October.
Research: Dash Blocks Larger Than 890 Kb Are Not Economically Rational
Scientists from the Arizona University analized the Dash network in order to find its scalability limits and determined the most optimal block size limit.
Scammers Cheat South Korean Businessman Exchanging Bitcoins For Fake Euros Worth €2 million
Two fraudsters from Serbia deceived the bitcoin seller from South Korea and paid him for bitcoins wirh counterfeit euro notes, drawn in Photoshop. The damage amounted to €2 million.
US Regulator Rejects Again To Approve Bitcoin ETF Launch
The US Securities and Exchange Commission published refusal on proposals from three companies to launch exchange traded funds, tied to bitcoin. The decision was expected, as experts predicted that a positive decision is unlikely to be taken before 2019.
Opinion: Bitmain Looses Its Domain As Rivals Snapping At Its Heels
An american analyst claims to see evidences that Chinese mining giant Bitmain is loosing its edge. And volumnous assets in Bitcoin Cash only aggravate the situation.
GOeureka: Next-Gen Solution Shaping the Future of Online Hotel Booking
Discover how GOeureka’s blockchain hotel booking platform is unlocking new value for hotels and consumers globally
Research: Mining Does Not Adversely Affect Planet
A researcher at the University of Pittsburgh argues that concerns related to high electricity consumption by miners have no basis.
Thailand To Iissue Central Bank-Backed Digital Currency Using Corda Platform
The central bank of Thailand in cooperation with a group of financial institutions and banks will soon release a digital currency, which will be used in wholesale interbank operations. The platform the digital currency is built on is R3's Corda.
NYSE Operator's Bakkt To Renounce Margin Trading
Bakkt, a trading platform for digital assets, which is set to be launched this fall by the operator of the New York Stock Exchange, will not offer margin trading on bitcoin contracts.
Alibabacoin Foundation updates their Multi-Crypto wallet, providing new ways to earn free ABBC coins
Alibabacoin Foundation has made improvements in their multi crypto wallet and recently launched the upgraded version. The much-awaited updated version of the MC wallet is now available for download from Google Play store while the App Store version for iOS users will be available soon. By downloading the Multi Crypto wallet, the users can get 100 ABBC coins for free but they have to be as early as possible because only first 500,000 users will get this benefit.
Gartner: HYIP Around Blockchain Enters Stage Of Disillusionment
The world-famous research company Gartner published a report 'Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies', according to which the excitement around the blockchain will soon come to naught, which, incidentally, does not mean the disappearance of interest in this technology.
Chinese Experts Detected Critical Vulnerability In NEO Code
Specialists of the Chinese cybersecurity firm Qihoo 360 revealed that they had found a bug in the NEO code, which makes the NEO blockchain vulnerable to the DoS attack. Representatives of NEO confirmed the existence of this vulnerability.
