Mongolian Mining Takes a Leap Forward with Japanese Investment
With the announcement that Japanese company Ginco is expanding its mining capacity, Mongolia is set to experience a surge in crypto mining in 2019, despite the downturn in Chinese mining activity. The company best known for its Japanese crypto wallet is tripling its output this year from 600 to 1600 miners in the Chinese province. The […]
SEC Cites Cryptocurrency as Top Priority for 2019
The US Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) has suggested that 2019 will be a year of great activity on the cryptocurrency front for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The latest report released by the OCIE says that the SEC will prioritize what it sees as risky crypto products and services, and monitor […]
Africa and the Middle East: Crypto and Blockchain News Roundup 5th to 11th January 2019
Africa and the Middle East Welcome to another weekly blockchain news roundup from around the world. Here, we present to you all the latest Bitcoin news, continent by continent and country by country. South Africa South Africa Deliberating Tax with the Crypto Task Force: The South African government has set the wheels into motion to create […]
Escobar Inc. Wants to Take Down Trump With a Stablecoin
The brother of infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar has plans to get US President Donald Trump impeached. After having its GoFundMe account allegedly shutdown, Escobar Inc has announced it will be launching its own stablecoin to fund the effort. The Impeach Trump Fund crowdfunding campaign had its GoFundMe page taken down after just one day and is now […]
BitcoinNews.com Daily Podcast 11th January 2019: Crypto Market Mixed After Yesterday’s Crash
Listen to the 11 January 2019 BitcoinNews.com Daily Podcast below. [su_audio url = “https://anchor.fm/s/58aba88/podcast/play/2087870/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fproduction%2F2019-0-11%2F8239888-44100-2-4ff287ae4a264.mp3”] On this edition of the BitcoinNews.com Daily Podcast, we do a deep dive market analysis. Bitcoin is slightly up following a 10% crash yesterday, while Litecoin and Tron are down 2% and 4% respectively. Overall, the crypto market cap has recovered USD 1.5 […]
The Day Bitcoin Became Electronic Money
Ten years ago, coder and cryptographer Harold Thomas Finney II, more commonly known as Hal Finney, posted the first known Tweet about Bitcoin, telling the world that he was “running Bitcoin”. Running bitcoin — halfin (@halfin) January 11, 2009 The Bitcoin genesis block was mined on 9 January 2009 by Satoshi Nakamoto, bringing the first […]
Coincheck Granted Exchange License a Year After Major Hack
Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck has been granted an operating license a year from its notorious hack that resulted in a loss of USD 530 million. Effective immediately as of 11 January 2019, Coincheck is now registered with the Kanto Financial Bureau. This will be its first time operating as a licensed cryptocurrency exchange. In January […]
NASA Looks to Blockchain for Air Traffic Management
The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is examining the potential of employing a management blockchain to enable secure, private and anonymous communication with air traffic services. The prototype has already employed Hyperledger and has proven to researchers that this infrastructure would offer rapid deployment at an affordable cost. The paper published by […]
