News Articles on Cryptocurrency

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News Articles on Cryptocurrency

Title: Bank-based blockchain projects are going to transform the financial services industry
Date2018-01-29T04:30:00Z

As the popularity of cryptocurrencies has grown, so has the banking industry’s interest in blockchain for fintech, with an increased and focused push on bank-backed blockchain projects. Read More



Title: The Margin: Elon Musk is now selling flamethrowers. Seriously. (Kinda)
Date2018-01-29T02:21:42Z

Elon Musk had the internet abuzz — er, aflame? — over the weekend with his latest product: a $500 flamethrower.



Title: A weak finale suggests Shameless wasn't even aware it needed to redeem a wasted season
Date2018-01-29T03:00:00Z

One of the central criticisms of the past few seasons of Shameless has been its attempts to rewrite its own history—the end of “Gallavich” (Ian and Mickey’s relationship) was necessary due to Noel Fisher’s exit, but the way the show reframed their relationshi…



Title: Making Sense of Bitcoin and Its Wild Price Ride
Date2018-01-29T02:48:38Z

The initial price of Bitcoin, set in 2010, was less than 1 cent. It crossed $19,000 last month. Since then, events have reminded the world that it’s wild ride involves downs as well as ups, as it fell to about $11,400. The ups have been driven by investors an…



Title: Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies – what digital money really means for our future
Date2018-01-29T06:00:39Z

Digital currencies such as bitcoin have caused a financial frenzy. Alex Hern explains what they are – and whether this is the end of ‘real’ money What is a cryptocurrency? Is it like bitcoin? In a word, yes. Bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency, and is still …



Title: Japan to punish hacked cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck on Monday
Date2018-01-29T02:35:13Z

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's financial regulator plans to slap an administrative punishment on cyrptocurrency exchange operator Coincheck Inc on Monday, the top government spokesman said, after the firm lost 58 billion yen ($534 million) worth of NEM coins to ha…



Title: Can Bitcoin Be Destroyed? The 7 (Unlikely) Paths to Irrelevance
Date2018-01-29T05:00:27Z

How likely is an end-of-days scenario for bitcoin? Not very, according to investor Sebastien Meunier in a piece that outlines the possibilities.



Title: Week in review: Intel testing new Spectre fixes, ICO protection, cybercrooks abusing travel industry
Date2018-01-29T03:06:10Z

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, and whitepapers: British teenager hacked top ranking US officials using social engineering How did British teenager Kane Gamble, who at the time was only 15 years old, manage to break …



Title: Cryptocurrency investors in a fix as banks stop taking deposits from wallets
Date2018-01-29T03:36:16Z

Investors said that they were unable to either trade on some of the bitcoin exchanges or withdraw the money they had invested into their bank accounts.



Title: Bitcoin Won’t Do a Lehman Collapse: Singapore Central Bank FinTech Chief
Date2018-01-29T03:22:17Z

The post Bitcoin Won’t Do a Lehman Collapse: Singapore Central Bank FinTech Chief appeared first on CCN The financial technology chief of Singapore’s central bank does not foresee a scenario where bitcoin would trigger a global financial meltdown akin to the …



Title: Bitcoin Atom: Exchange Disrupter?
Date2018-01-29T02:21:24Z

The post Bitcoin Atom: Exchange Disrupter? appeared first on CCN Bitcoin Atom (BCA) cut itself from the original Bitcoin blockchain in another controversial hard fork (a hard fork is a permanent software divergence from the previous version of the blockchain)…