It may seem trivial in some cases, but digital anonymity is no joking matter to American whistleblower and privacy advocate Edward Snowden. “We need someone to be able to post something truly idiotic on the internet and not have it haunt them for the rest of their lives,” he said through a webcam to a crowd...Read More
The White House issued two advisories on drug purchases in the U.S. Wednesday, using the communications to make specific references to the role of cryptocurrencies in such transactions. The advisories, addressed to both financial institutions and digital payment platforms, state that “convertible virtual currencies,” particularly bitcoin, bitcoin cash, ethereum and monero, can be and have been used...Read More
Blockchain.com will integrate Polkadot tokens into its wallet following a new partnership in order to drive more decentralization. Luxembourg-based crypto data supplier and crypto wallet Blockchain.com has partnered with blockchain interoperability protocol Polkadot. Driving decentralization On Aug. 20, Blockchain.com announced it will integrate its Blockchain Wallet with the Polkadot Network in order to drive the...Read More
Nonprofit organization Kiva along with the government of Sierra Leone have launched a country-wide blockchain solution for credit history. San Francisco-based nonprofit Kiva, a company that crowdfunds loans for financial inclusion, has launched a blockchain platform for credit history with the government of Sierra Leone. According to a Reuters report on Aug. 21, Kiva and...Read More
11 open-source code libraries written in Ruby contained cryptojacking code and were downloaded thousands of times. A Cryptojacking code was found in 11 open-source code libraries written in Ruby, which have been downloaded thousands of times. Industry news outlet Decrypt reported on Aug. 21 that cryptojacking code has been added to 11 open-source Ruby libraries...Read More
The U.S. Department of Treasury has sanctioned three alleged narcotics operators and their crypto addresses. The United States Department of the Treasury has added multiple cryptocurrency addresses to its Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, also known as the Kingpin Act. These addresses, and the individuals associated with them,...Read More
ETH price started a fresh decrease after it failed to climb above the $202 resistance against the US Dollar.The price is down more than 8% from the high and it is now trading well below $190.There is a connecting bearish trend line forming with resistance near $190 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed...Read More
Casa, a crypto firm that provides a private key management service and Bitcoin node machine, has unveiled a node monitor and accompanying rewards program to promote Bitcoin network health. Casa announced the new projects in an official blog post on Aug. 21. Per the announcement, the node monitor — called Node Heartbeats — relies on...Read More
The Spanish bank is creating ‘payment corridors’ in Latin America employing Ripple’s xCurrent technology Image via Flickr Santander, the biggest bank in Spain, will be integrating Ripple’s xCurrent technology to establish payment channels that would let customers in Latin America send money to the US, writes CoinDesk. The bank’s clients will get a chance to...Read More
The Tron Foundation entered the cryptocurrency market only in 2018, fairly late when compared to other cryptocurrencies. However, this hasn’t posed as a hindrance to the Tron Foundation’s growth as there seems to be no stopping to the Foundation’s accomplishments. Several people have speculated that Tron’s Founder and CEO, Justin Sun, and his marketing skills,...Read More
The Global Trimethylchlorosilane (Cas 75-77-4) market 2019 research provides a basic overview of the market including definitions, applications, classifications and industry chain structure. This research report also brings with detailed information on the market size and growth rate, revenue forecast, Trimethylchlorosilane (Cas 75-77-4) regional market scope and opportunities for key players from 2019 to 2024. The...Read More
Vitalik Buterin was in the news after speaking to the newspaper, ‘Toronto Star’, and stating that “Scalability is a big bottleneck because the Ethereum blockchain is almost full.” High transaction fees are obstructing widespread adoption, he said. His words were, “If you’re a bigger organization, the calculus is that if we join, it will not...Read More
American cryptocurrency exchange Kraken will add support for Basic Attention Token (BAT) and Waves (WAVES). According to an announcement on Aug. 21, the exchange’s users will be able to deposit and withdraw the aforementioned coins starting tomorrow, Aug. 22, as well as trade with both assets. Kraken will roll out trading pairs between BAT and...Read More
September is going to be a buzzling month for the blockchain scene where we kick start the first week with Korea Blockchain Festival (2-7 September 2019) which will feature several major events and a series of fringe activities: Korea Blockchain Immersion Trip (From Singapore) Date: 2 – 6 September 2019 Hosts and organize with Walletton...Read More
Sichuan province in China is well known for being a mining hub, thanks to the abundance of clean hydroelectricity available in the region at dirt cheap prices. However, the availability of cheap clean energy has also made the province a growing hub for illegal mining activities. Sichuan province was recently hit by flash floods which...Read More
Last week Lamborghini announced the all new Aventador SVJ 63 Roadster, a new addition to the Lambo family which has many fans excited. With a 0-60 time of under 3 seconds, the SVJ 63 is a beast from another planet, let’s take a deeper look at this vehicle and the tech under the hood. We...Read More
An interesting stock market pattern suggests the market will be moving higher, but it doesn’t tell the entire story. | Source: AP Photo/Richard Drew By CCN Markets: The S&P 500 is showing an intriguing pattern of behavior. May 30 was the ninth consecutive day that the stock market index closed above the 200-day moving average but...Read More
Harmony One, the deep sharded scalable blockchain built by a team of engineers from Google, Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Harvard and Stanford, has announced its launch on KuCoin exchange. The trading will start at 6pm (UTC+8), August 22nd and supported trading pairs include ONE/BTC and ONE/USDT. With over 5 million registered users from about 100 countries...Read More
The digital landscape has altered the way in which communications and payments are made. Not all these changes have been for the better as consumers incur several costs at the benefit of large corporations. The Problem with Traditional Social Media Platforms It is indeed more convenient to catch up with friends or check out what’s...Read More
The protests in Hong Kong, which have been taking place since late March, now represent the most significant domestic disturbance in China in thirty years. Fearing government reprisals, protesters are employing a wide variety of methods to evade the sophisticated surveillance techniques the authorities are believed to be using. These include wearing masks to block...Read More
The US Treasury is blacklisting specific bitcoin addresses related to Chinese druglords. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: The U.S. Treasury Department blackballed the bitcoin addresses of Chinese drug kingpins operating international drug-trafficking rings. It’s part of a move to curb the opioid epidemic ravaging the United States. The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control...Read More
Ukraine’s top law-enforcement and counterintelligence agency uncovered crypto mining equipment on site at a nuclear power plant. According to local media reports, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) confiscated six Radeon RX 470 GPU video cards, a motherboard, power supplies and extension cords, a USB and hard drive, and cooling units installed in the South...Read More
The merchant payments startup Flexa will soon allow any other app to run payments in crypto just like its own SPEDN app has since May. Staking with the company’s Flexacoin (FXC) will enable apps to trustlessly provide payments to merchants without any danger of malicious apps reversing a transaction after Flexa has transferred funds. The...Read More
Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini announced Wednesday that it is officially opening its doors to customers in Australia. The exchange’s fifth international move, the development means that Australian users can buy and sell five cryptocurrencies on Gemini including bitcoin, bitcoin cash, ethereum, litecoin, and zcash. The startup, founded by investors Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, is also making...Read More
Travelport, a business and consumer travel services provider, announced it is using IBM’s Hyperledger Fabric to guarantee commissions paid to travel agencies. According to a statement released on August 20, the blockchain was designed with input from IBM, travel management company BCD Travel, and three unnamed hotel chains. The system aims to “put the lifecycle of...Read More
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned three Chinese nationals and their cryptocurrency addresses, alleging they violated money laundering and drug smuggling laws. OFAC named Xiaobing Yan, Fujing Zheng and Guanghua Zheng as narcotics traffickers under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, freezing any property they own within the U.S. and listing...Read More
Tether is planning to issue a stablecoin pegged to the Chinese renminbi, according to a trader with ties to the company. Zhao Dong, an over-the-counter (OTC) trader in China and a shareholder of crypto exchange Bitfinex – which shares managers and owners with Tether – revealed the move on WeChat on Wednesday, saying Tether plans call...Read More
Food delivery is about to get a little sweeter for the users of the bitcoin rewards platform Lolli. The startup announced Wednesday that is has partnered with delivery service Postmates, making the popular app the latest partner for Lolli’s rewards program. One of the most popular food services, Postmates mobile app saw 2,094,920 downloads in the last...Read More
Woori Financial Group, one of South Korea’s largest banking companies, has agreed to work with Ground X in developing blockchain financial services. Group Chairman Chairman Son Tae-seung made the announcement on the 21st at the company’s headquarters in central Seoul, some reports said. Further detail appeared in Shin-A Ilbo, CoinDesk Korea, and other publications. Under the agreement,...Read More
Target delivered a big upside earnings surprise on Wednesday, driving the stock up by 20% and casting some doubt on Amazon’s world dominance. | Source: Shutterstock; Edited by CCN By CCN Markets: Target Corporation reported shockingly good earnings on Wednesday, casting some doubt as to whether Amazon has in fact conquered the retail world. As...Read More
