BLOCKCHAIN NEWS Matter.cash: Founder of new Bitcoin Cash (BCH) social media blockchain platform shares details about it Matter.cash, a new on-chain social media platform entered the
Bitcoin Cash ecosystem recently. The details of which were shared by the founder of the platform Attila Aros in a recent interview.During the one-on-one session with CoinGeek, some interesting facts behind the platform were shared by the founder. Aros mentioned why the platform was developed in the first place by stating his love for internet discussion forums and social media platforms such as Reddit.
Read more Ripple’s Cory Johnson speaks about prospect of future innovations in blockchain, regulatory bodies & more Cory Johnson, chief marketing strategist at
Ripple Labs Inc, recently shared his views regarding future innovations in the field of blockchain, regulatory bodies and other related topics. His statements were made in a recent
interviewwith Lara Wozniak - head of growth markets media relations at Accenture - at the Milken Institute Asia Summit 2018.While discussing future innovations in the field of blockchain, he stated that the financial services sector has the scope of transforming the most with the help of this new technology.
Read more WEF outlines 65 plus blockchain use cases for environmental challenges The
World Economic Forum (WEF) foundation, in a
report published on Friday, has outlined more than 65 blockchain use cases where blockchain can be used to the world’s most pressing environmental system challenges. Along with that, they have added eight ‘game changers’ where the technology could disrupt the current system and approaches.
Read more CRYPTOCURRENCY NEWS Charles Hoskinson shares why he left Ethereum & how Cardano came into being Charles Hoskinson, Cardano founder, in a recent interview shared why he branched out from
Ethereum and how Cardano came into being.During a conversation with Mpho Dagada, Cardano founder was asked why he left Ethereum and decided not to complete the project. While answering that he said, “I didn’t think Ethereum was going to succeed after I left”. He added that there was a lack of rigorous structure and discipline and believes that these are the “recipe for too much indulgence”.
Read more Tezos Mainnet finally arrives after a smooth betanet period The much-awaited Tezos Mainnet was launched on Monday after the betanet period experienced a smooth completion. The Foundation had already said on Friday that the
Tezos Mainnet network would be launched on Monday.On reaching the new status, all balance transactions that were previously on the betanet would automatically be transferred to the mainnet.
Read more India’s government websites fall prey to cryptojacking: research Cryptojacking has spread its roots to India as well. This time, the mining malware has chosen to infest the websites of the authorities. Economic Times, a local daily,
reported that official government websites have become the prime targets for hackers to illegally mine cryptocurrencies. According to the report, a research by a group of cybersecurity analysts analyzed over 4,000 websites by running a software script or code on their homepages from goidirectory.nic.in to recognize
cryptojacking scripts.
Read more Ethereum network may not be strongly correlated with ETH’s diminishing value: report A sudden surge in cryptocurrency prices earlier this year led to a sharp increase the value of
Ethereum [ETH] to over $1,400. However, the coin has since dropped to levels hovering around $220. Michael Casey, chairman of CoinDesk's advisory board, in a recent article explored a new speculation that's going around - the correlation between the Ethereum network and its token's valuation is probably not as strong as previously thought.
Read more Following Binance’s praise, Africa welcomes mCoin: Crypto accessible without the internet ONEmCommunications, a global mobile ecosystem, had earlier in the year launched its revolutionary coin that operates independent of the internet - the
mCoin. Now, the world’s first cryptocurrency accessible without the internet has expanded its reach and is all set to enter the untapped market of
Africa.
Read more The mainland ban cannot stop China’s growing crypto-industry Since last year, the Chinese government has enforced a strict
ban on crypto-exchanges, aimed at driving them out of the mainland. However, these regulations seemed to have missed their mark as the crypto-industry in
China has continued growing.
Read more Popular Ethereum Wallet gets targeted more by attackers than Fortune 500 banks: Report Cybersecurity firm Segasec recently found out that a popular
Ethereum wallet, MyEtherWallet (MEW), has had more attempted attacks by hackers than any of the Fortune 500 banks.The high attack rates are not surprising, given the amount of valuable tokens that are accessed through the wallet. In fact, users are cautioned on the platform's homepage itself that they should keep their wallets safe, with steps detailed on how to ensure this security.
Read more Payouts may “completely crash the market”: warns Mt. Gox trader The infamous Bitcoin exchange
Mt. Gox, which handled nearly
70% of all BTC transactions in 2014 shortly before filing for bankruptcy protection, is currently in the middle of a massive payout. Mt. Gox was the victim of a heist orchestrated by Russian hackers, who stole
800,000 BTC, worth
$450 million at the time.
Read more Popular Ethereum Wallet gets targeted more by attackers than Fortune 500 banks: Report Cybersecurity firm Segasec recently found out that a popular
Ethereum wallet, MyEtherWallet (MEW), has had more attempted attacks by hackers than any of the Fortune 500 banks.The high attack rates are not surprising, given the amount of valuable tokens that are accessed through the wallet. In fact, users are cautioned on the platform's homepage itself that they should keep their wallets safe, with steps detailed on how to ensure this security.
Read more Payouts may “completely crash the market”: warns Mt. Gox trader The infamous Bitcoin exchange
Mt. Gox, which handled nearly
70% of all BTC transactions in 2014 shortly before filing for bankruptcy protection, is currently in the middle of a massive payout. Mt. Gox was the victim of a heist orchestrated by Russian hackers, who stole
800,000 BTC, worth
$450 million at the time.
Read more Bitcoins will fluctuate, get used to it: Jeffrey Tucker Jeffrey Tucker, a renowned Bitcoin enthusiast, economics researcher, libertarian and a
Forbes contributor, has warned the crypto-industry to be prepared for market fluctuation and not be complacent during such instability.Tucker has long been an advocate of cryptocurrencies and is known for buying Bitcoin in its initial stages for a
meager price of $14. He recounts that his early interest was merely theoretical, stating,
"my interest was purely intellectual, just as my fascination with money as a topic had been since I first bumped into the subject […]" Read more Online Bitcoin Bragging will attract Malicious Actors, warns Google The crypto-industry is pretty well-engaged online, so it comes as no surprise that investors like to blow their own trumpet when they're on the verge of a massive gain. However,
Mark Risher - Google’s director of product management, Google identity, account security, and spam & abuse - advises these users against it.Risher, in an
interview with
CNBC, recommended that crypto investors should keep their investment gains to themselves and not boast about it on online.
Read more Binance to open fiat-crypto exchange in Singapore, initial beta testing in 2 days The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange company, Binance, continues to expand by opening crypto exchanges all around the globe.
Binance CEO, Changpeng Zhao, recently announced their plans to open live money trading for its upcoming fiat-to-crypto exchange in Singapore starting on September 18.
Read more Roger Ver shares why Bitcoin lost its way and coins like Litecoin [LTC] have become so popular In the recently concluded Coinsbank Blockchain Cruise, Roger Ver shared his views on
Bitcoin [BTC], Bitcoin Cash [BCH] and Litecoin [LTC].According to AMBCrypto report, Ver stated that he got into cryptocurrency for because of the inspiration he got from science fiction stories and how using cryptocurrencies, it could be implemented. The Bitcoin.com CEO believes that cryptocurrencies enable the marriage of computer science engineering and economics.
Read more Vitalik Buterin shares his view on EOS, Bitcoin, Monero, Zcash and Ethereum Ethereum co-founder,
Vitalik Buterin, recently shared his view on which blockchains will have better future and which ones have the capability of improving over the time. In a new video for the Zcash channel, Buterin shared his opinion on on-chain governance structures such as EOS that gives the coin holders the voting power to elect delegates to power the network and validate transactions.
Read more Joseph Lubin shares about current relation with Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, ConsenSys strategy in China & more The co-founder of
Ethereum and ConsenSys, Joseph Lubin recently shared about some projects ConsenSys is working on, scalability issues, his current relationship with Ethereum & Vitalik Buterin, and ConsenSys strategy in China in an interview at TechCrunch Disrupt SF. In the interview with
CCN, Joseph Lubin shared that they have concrete plans for Hong Kong.
Read more The Satoshi United UnConference travels from Singapore to Dubai After being done with a successful conference in Singapore,
Satoshi United is conducting its first ever conference in the Middle East.Satoshi United is the biggest UnConference in the world and the Dubai conference will be held from 22-23 October. The UnConference setting lets one’s hearts and minds to bring forth new ideas. It has always been a hit among the attendees as there is usually a high level of engagement.
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