Congestion No More: Researchers Successfully Mine 1st 1GB Block
Researchers with Bitcoin Unlimited (BU), Nchain and the University of British Columbia have just successfully mined the 1st 1GB block on Gigablock, a testnet administrated by BU chief scientist Peter...
View ArticleJust Getting Started: Ethereum Transactions Reach All-Time Daily High of 505,000
Ethereum use is on the rise like never before, as Ethereum’s network saw transactions spike to an all-time daily high of 505,611 on October 17th, 2017. This number beats the #2 crypto’s previous daily...
View ArticleBlockchain for Nuclear Security? One Harvard Researcher Thinks So
Aaron Arnold—a Harvard College researcher—just wrote an op-ed in “The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists” arguing that blockchain ledgers can and should be used to prevent illicit trade of nuclear materials...
View ArticleSponsored Interview: Overview and Q&A With TopICOList.com
Today CryptoAnalyst is looking at Henrik Harju’s new ICO listing website, Disclaimer: This post was sponsored by TopICOList.com in a partnership with CryptoAnalyst to provide you the most up to date...
View ArticleBitcoin Gold is Coming This Week: a Brief Crash Course
This October 25th, the resulting coin of the Bitcoin Gold hard-fork will be made available to the general public. Bitcoin Gold (BTG) will accordingly arise from Bitcoin (BTC). Users who held BTC during...
View ArticleTezos Falling Apart? Top Leadership Bickering Into Chaos
Outrageous, unnecessary, acrimonious—these are but a few of the words being used to describe the ongoing dispute between the founders of “Ethereum-killer” Tezos and the founders of the Tezos...
View ArticleBacked by Dollar Scarcity, Price of Bitcoin Caps $10,000 in Zimbabwe
Global crypto markets saw the price of Bitcoin sag a few percentage points on Monday, but what’s a few percentage points when BTC is worth nearly $10,000 each? That incredible price point is being...
View ArticleThe Consequences of Bitcoin Mining in Venezuela: Extortion and Theft
As the economy of Venezuela continues to experience catastrophic collapse, a growing segment of Venezuelans are turning to Bitcoin mining—and are paying the price for it, too. Per a breaking report...
View ArticleGo Fork Yourself: Ethereum Booming, Near Doubling the Transactions of Bitcoin
Collegiate for some and bitter for others, the sibling-esque rivalry between Bitcoin and Ethereum is surely only just beginning. Now that Ethereum’s reaching all-time transaction highs of 540,000...
View ArticleAbacus Weekly Crypto Recap #5 | Traditional Finance Joins the Cryptocurrency...
The Abacus returns with their fifth weekly crypto recap. Their recurring column will bring you up to speed on the most significant recent headlines you need to know about. The Abacus Crypto Recap is...
View ArticleCrypto Market Plunges as Top 100 Coins Sink in Price
There was blood in the streets of the global crypto markets today, December 22nd, as investors woke up to virtually the entire top 100 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization being down by...
View ArticleFrom Regulation to Mass Adoption, What is the Future of Bitcoin in the...
European Union officials and governments are becoming wary and skeptical of the growing cryptocurrency market, specifically bitcoin. Concerns that the digital currency is being used for drug...
View ArticlePayPal Co-Founder Peter Thiel Reveals Huge Bitcoin Investment
Former PayPal co-founder, venture capitalist, and entrepreneur Peter Thiel has reportedly been passionate about the cryptocurrency space for a long time. According to reports from the Wall Street...
View ArticleBitcoin-related investing and trading now banned for Merrill Lynch customers
News of another bank coming forward against bitcoin has surfaced once again. This time, it’s the American bank Merrill Lynch who announced that it was banning bitcoin-related trading and investing for...
View ArticleVenezuela Announces the Petro, It’s Own Cryptocurrency
Venezuela has been going through a very rough economic crisis since 2013. Because of shortages of essentials like milk, flour and toilet paper, the country decided to devalue their own currency. In...
View ArticleMeet KodakCoin, Kodak’s Very Own Cryptocurrency
Former photography giant Kodak has been in the news for the wrong reasons over the past few years. In 2013, the company filed for bankruptcy and has struggled to recover since then. Nowadays, Kodak...
View ArticleGiants Who Accept Bitcoin As Payment, and Why It Could Become the New Standard
Satoshi Nakamoto’s original vision was to create a cryptocurrency that would eventually replace fiat currencies and turn into the new standard payment system that would work across the world. Many will...
View ArticleRussia: Cryptocurrency Trading Allowed on Certain Exchanges, Own...
Russia is making the headlines with three different cryptocurrency news. One concerning the state of cryptocurrency exchanges in the country, another in regards to a proposal for a national currency...
View ArticleBank Indonesia Issues Warning About Cryptocurrency
Governments and financial organizations across the globe have been insistently attempting to crack down on bitcoin and other virtual currencies. Most banks and government officials are against the...
View ArticleGetting close: 80% of Bitcoin Supply Now Mined, Road to the End
It is now official, 80% of bitcoin’s supply of 21,000,000 coins has been mined and is in circulation. According to CoinMarketCap, there are now 16,804,275 BTC available. This leaves approximately 4.2...
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