Coinhive to stop working from 8 March
The team of developers of the Coinhive mining script designed to mine Monero on web site visitors' computers announced that the service would stop working due to its economic inexpediency.
Robbers torture bitcoin investor in front of his daughter
In the Netherlands, three unknown persons attacked a cryptocurrency owner when he was at home with his 4-year-old daughter. In front of the child's eyes, criminals wearing police uniforms tortured the investor, demanding his cryptocurrency.
New Samsung smartphone equipped with wallet for four cryptocurrencies
South Korean smartphone maker Samsung released a new gadget Galaxy S10, which is equipped with a device for storing private cryptocurrency keys. According to the media, it will be possible to store 4 cryptocurrencies in it, including bitcoins and ETH.
South Korean exchange Youbit to file for bankruptcy
South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Coinbin, previously known as Youbit, declared its plans to file for bankruptcy after losing $26 million due to employee’s embezzlement.
IBM Vice President expects bitcoin to rise to $1 million
IBM Vice President of blockchain Jesse Lund expects that bitcoin could grow to $1 million in the long term. IBM develops its own blockchain-based payment system aimed at competing with SWIFT.
ICO project from Spain to return $68 million to investors
The Spanish cryptocurrency project CryptoSolarTech, which promised to launch mining farms using solar energy, decided to reimburse all funds collected within the ICO to investors. The reason is that it did not manage to receive permits from the Spanish authorities.
Elon Musk: cryptocurrency may replace conventional money
Tesla CEO spoke again in favor of decentralized currencies, forecasting that cryptocurrencies will be able to replace traditional paper money in the furutre.
Parity and Ethereum dev leaves social networks due to harassment
Afri Schoedon announced that he quits social media as he fell victim to criticism after he had compared the Serenity technology, which Ethereum developers are working on, with the Polkadot protocol, whose infrastructure is being developed by the Parity team.
