Why Luno won’t add more cryptocurrencies
MyBroadband-Oct. 19, 2018
Luno South Africa country manager Marius Reitz has affirmed the cryptocurrencyexchange’s stance on adding support for other cryptocurrencies. Speaking at …
Hacked, scammed and on your own: navigating cryptocurrency ‘wild …
CNBC–Oct. 18, 2018
When Peggy and Marco Lachmann-Anke learned in January that hackers cracked a 40-character password and cleaned out their cryptocurrency wallet, they did …
Essential Advice When Trading Cryptocurrencies
UseTheBitcoin (blog)-Oct. 19, 2018
Cryptocurrency is a type of digital currency designed to work as a medium of exchange using Blockchain technology. Without going into too much detail, what …
‘Cryptocurrency Fever’ Has Begun to Diminish, Russian Central Bank …
Cointelegraph–Oct. 18, 2018
Nabiullina, while speaking at finance innovation forum Finnopolis held in the South Russian city of Sochi, said that she believes cryptocurrencies and blockchain …
Only 39 Percent of Chileans Are Aware of Cryptocurrencies, Study …
Cointelegraph–Oct. 18, 2018
The results of the first Financial Knowledge Index conducted in Chile reveal that only 39 percent of citizens have ever heard of cryptocurrencies, according to a …
Could Celebrity-Issued Cryptocurrencies Become a New Trend?
newsBTC-Oct. 19, 2018
The founders of the platform hope that by involving figures from popular culture in cryptocurrency, it will encourage more people to embrace the idea of a token …
Caroline Wozniacki To Launch Cryptocurrency, Partners With GCOX
Crypto Block Wire, LLC-Oct. 19, 2018
Crypto Block Wire, LLC-Oct. 19, 2018
Most cryptocurrency offerings trading below listing price
The Globe and Mail-Oct. 19, 2018
Almost a third of all cryptocurrencies that were financed through online fundraisers last year have lost “substantially all value,” while the vast majority are trading …
Fidelity just made it easier for hedge funds and other pros to invest in …
CNBC–Oct. 15, 2018
Financial services giant Fidelity is taking a huge step into cryptocurrency. The 72-year-old firm announced the launch of a separate company, Fidelity Digital …
Fidelity launches new company for trading, storing cryptocurrencies
The Globe and Mail–Oct. 15, 2018
The Globe and Mail–Oct. 15, 2018
Financial watchdog: Regulate cryptocurrencies now, or else
CTV News-Oct. 19, 2018
PARIS — A global financial body says governments worldwide must establish rules for virtual currencies like bitcoin to stop criminals from using them to launder …
Genesis Trading CEO gives his bull case for cryptocurrencies
CNBC-Oct. 19, 2018
CNBC’s Dom Chu on whether bitcoin has finally become digital gold. And Michael Moro, Genesis Trading, discusses the rise of altcoins. With CNBC’s Melissa …
Neha Narula and Alexis Ohanian Say It’s Early Days Yet For …
WIRED–Oct. 15, 2018
Ohanian thinks cryptocurrency world could be heading towards a similarly productive period. “Now is a good time because it’s scattered all the hucksters and …
Crypto M&A is on a tear as deal-makers see opportunity in bitcoin’s …
CNBC–Oct. 18, 2018
As of Monday, 115 deals involving cryptocurrency or blockchain had been … During this deal frenzy, cryptocurrencies have lost more than 65 percent of the total …
Report: Decentralized Cryptocurrencies Losing Market Share to …
Dash Force News-Oct. 19, 2018
Cryptocurrency was original created to be a decentralized, permissionless, peer-to-peer digital currency so individuals could cheaply and quickly send/receive …
Can Cryptocurrencies Become Viable Currencies?
HuffPost Canada–Oct. 15, 2018
Cryptocurrencies have become very popular in the last several years and have attracted significant attention from various stakeholders including governments.
Cryptocurrencies suffer $18 billion drop in value over three days
CNBC–Oct. 12, 2018
This was a tough week for cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin finally began to stabilize Friday, but not before the total cryptocurrency market lost $18 billion of its already …
Major cryptocurrencies jump as the controversial dollar-pegged token …
CNBC–Oct. 15, 2018
The price of bitcoin, ether and XRP — collectively the three biggest cryptocurrencies by market value — rose by around 7 percent higher, according to data from …
The Prophets of Cryptocurrency Survey the Boom and Bust
The New Yorker–Oct. 15, 2018
Not long ago, I was in Montreal for a cryptocurrency conference. My hotel, on the top floor of a big building downtown, had a roof garden with a koi pond.
Zambia is the latest African country to kick against crytocurrencies
Quartz–Oct. 18, 2018
Cryptocurrencies might be enduring tech rave of the moment—but not for Zambia’s apex bank. The central bank has warned against using cryptocurrencies like …
World’s Largest Security Firm to Offer Offline Vault Storage for …
Unhashed-Oct. 19, 2018
Security Giant G4S has recently announced its plans to offer high-security offline cryptocurrency vault storage services. The company celebrated the success of …
Cryptocurrencies can never emerge from the shadows
gulfnews.com–Oct. 18, 2018
More generally, cryptocurrencies have entered a not-so-cryptic apocalypse. The value of leading coins such as Ether, EOS, Litecoin, and XRP have all fallen by …
Cryptocurrencies can never emerge from the shadows
gulfnews.com–Oct. 18, 2018
More generally, cryptocurrencies have entered a not-so-cryptic apocalypse. The value of leading coins such as Ether, EOS, Litecoin, and XRP have all fallen by …
CryptoCompare Report Reveals Only 16% of Cryptocurrencies Are …
Bitcoin Exchange Guide–Oct. 18, 2018
This investigation suggests that the remaining cryptocurrencies and tokens are semi-centralized or fully centralized. That means that those development teams …
“Dr. Doom” Suggests That 99% of Cryptocurrencies Are Worthless
Investopedia–Oct. 16, 2018
On October 11, 2018, Roubini continued his campaign as he testified before members of Congress, saying that cryptocurrencies were the “mother and father of …
The regulation of cryptocurrencies
Lexology–Oct. 17, 2018
Currently cryptocurrencies are mainly used for private transactions, raising funds via initial coin offerings and making purchases. Certain websites including …
Opinion | Cryptocurrencies and the big blockchain lie
Livemint–Oct. 16, 2018
With the value of Bitcoin having fallen by around 70% since its peak late last year, the mother of all bubbles has now gone bust. More generally, cryptocurrencies …
4 reasons why cryptocurrencies will rally sooner rather than later
Born2Invest–Oct. 18, 2018
The cryptocurrency market has a value of $211 billion as of this writing. While there a few more months remaining in the year, financial experts still theorized that …
Centralized Cryptocurrencies Dominate Market, But What About Bitcoin?
newsBTC–Oct. 17, 2018
Cryptocurrency research firm CryptoCompare released its annual Cryptoasset Taxonomy Report, and their findings reveal that only 16% of cryptocurrencies are …
South Korean Financial Regulator Maintains Negative Stance on …
Blokt–Oct. 18, 2018
The top financial regulator of South Korea doesn’t believe that cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings (ICOs) have positive connotations. During the …
Cryptocurrencies “on the brink of an implosion” – Juniper
GamesIndustry.biz–Oct. 16, 2018
Skepticism about cryptocurrencies is spreading. In its latest whitepaper, “Can Bitcoin Bounce Back?”, Juniper Research identifies a number of trends that have …
Could cryptocurrencies be the key to wealth redistributions?
CoinNewspress (blog)-Oct. 19, 2018
Could the rise of cryptocurrencies allow the creation of a more balanced and fair system? In this article, we examine a few issues behind the conundrum on …
Nouriel ‘Dr. Doom’ Roubini: ’99 Percent of Cryptocurrencies are Worth …
Cointelegraph–Oct. 14, 2018
I would say 99 percent of cryptocurrencies are worth zero. Just because some people believe in something alternative to fiat currencies — alternative to gold …
Paxos fluctuates around the top 100 cryptocurrencies in the world
Coin Insider (press release)–Oct. 18, 2018
Took us just 39 days to crack the top 100 cryptocurrencies. Fully backed by dollars 1:1, fully regulated. https://t.co/X0uMMiGhoC. — Dorothy Jean Chang (@dj) …
This Firm Wants Legacy Financial Players Trading Cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin News (press release)–Oct. 16, 2018
On Tuesday, the institutional-grade cryptocurrency trading platform Caspian announced the end of its beta stage. Caspian claims 15 institutions are utilizing the …
Markets Update: Stable Cryptocurrencies and Unstable Pegged Coins
Bitcoin News (press release)–Oct. 17, 2018
Since our last markets update, cryptocurrencies have been steadily moving sideways as traders are patiently waiting for the next big move. On Wednesday, Oct.
The growth of cryptocurrencies and their impact on the financial …
Crypto Economy (blog)-Oct. 19, 2018
The IMF puts in perspective the growth of cryptocurrencies in terms of enormous rapidity that affects the traditional financial system generating vulnerabilities.
Hong Kong Regulator: Cryptocurrencies ‘May Not Qualify as Securities’
Bitcoin News (press release)–Oct. 16, 2018
Cryptocurrency falls into a legislative gray area in many jurisdictions, which is why governments should take a particularly nuanced approach to developing …
Bitcoin [BTC] and other cryptocurrencies have growing legs, says …
AMBCrypto–Oct. 17, 2018
Furthermore, she stated that banks will not hold cryptocurrency assets on their balance sheet anytime soon. She added that banks need to consider the liquidity …
What Millennials Need To Know About Cryptocurrency Exchanges
Forbes–Oct. 16, 2018
With over 1,600 cryptocurrencies in existence, there are only a select few exchanges available, allowing holders to convert their fiat or paper currency into the …
Blockchain isn’t about democracy and decentralisation – it’s about greed
The Guardian–Oct. 15, 2018
More generally, cryptocurrencies have entered a not-so-cryptic apocalypse. The value of leading coins such as Ether, EOS, Litecoin and XRP have all fallen by …
Meet Slovakia’s expert on cryptocurrencies. He is 18
The Slovak Spectator–Oct. 17, 2018
He is only 18 years old, but can be considered one of Slovakia’s experts in cryptocurrencies. Mário Havel, who is currently in his final year of the Secondary …
Neteller launches in-wallet buy-and-sell cryptocurrency feature
Finextra-Oct. 19, 2018
NETELLER, a leading digital wallet provider and part of Paysafe Group, is now offering its customers the opportunity to instantly buy and sell cryptocurrencies, …
Cryptocurrencies: A Commodity or Security?
ChipIn–Oct. 18, 2018
Ambiguities concerning the categorization and legality of cryptocurrencies allow this market to thrive when taken at a general level. One of the biggest …
Reddit Cofounder: Cryptocurrency Needs Its ‘Netscape Browser …
Bitcoinist–Oct. 16, 2018
The co-founder of Reddit, Alexis Ohanian, and the Director of MIT Media Lab’s Digital Currency Initiative, Neha Nerula, compare cryptocurrencies to different …
Pioneer of Central Washington cryptocurrency boom falls on hard times
The Seattle Times-Oct. 19, 2018
A year ago, Giga Watt was the golden child of the state’s bitcoin boom. Today, the company faces huge debts and angry investors, while the cryptocurrency …
What Are the Best Cryptocurrency Exchanges for Beginners
unblock.net-Oct. 19, 2018
Those just beginning to learn about cryptocurrencies and the workings of exchanges for Bitcoin and other coins will be best served if they begin their education …
4 Cannabis Cryptocurrencies To Keep In Mind
Crypto Block Wire, LLC-Oct. 19, 2018
More people than ever used cryptocurrencies in 2018, and at BitStarz, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin wagering went through the roof!
Cryptocurrency market update: Market miserably grinds towards 2018 …
FXStreet-Oct. 19, 2018
The old adage says that silent waters run deep. This saying befits the situation in the cryptocurrency market at the moment. A recent article published by …
Roubini and Buterin to Debate About Cryptocurrencies
UseTheBitcoin (blog)–Oct. 18, 2018
During the last week, both of them exchanged some comments on Twitter about virtual currencies. This has clearly attracted the crypto community that …
Cryptocurrency: UK tax issues for fund investors
Lexology–Oct. 17, 2018
Building upon our recent Insight which looks at the taxation of cryptocurrencies across Europe, in this article we drill down into the specific UK tax issues which …
Zambia central bank warns against use of cryptocurrencies
africanews–Oct. 15, 2018
Bank of Zambia (BoZ), the country’s central bank has cautioned members of the public against cryptocurrencies. BoZ says cryptos are not legal tender in the …