New all-time high in dash masternodes count has been achieved. Genesis Vision traders challenge has started. Power Ledger platform will be used in development of smart city project in Fremantle, Australia. Eric Duprat joined Monetha as a Chairman of Monetha’s Advisory Board. Bits.Farm, the first simulation game based on BitShares platform, is about to launch. NEO token holders … [Read more...] about Blockchain news roundup (February 17, 2018): Dash, Genesis Vision, Power Ledger, Monetha, Bits.Farm, Ontology
Coinbase launches merchant solution accepting cryptocurrencies
Coinbase, the largest US cryptocurrency exchange, announced the launch of a new service which allows merchants to accept payments in bitcoin, bitcoin cash, ethereum and litecoin. … [Read more...] about Coinbase launches merchant solution accepting cryptocurrencies
Crypto news in brief (February 15, 2018): Abu Dhabi, Gibraltar, Western Union, Ripple
Abu Dhabi financial regulator works on cryptocurrency regulatory framework. Gibraltar will introduce world’s first ICO regulations. Western Union is testing Ripple platform for money transfers. … [Read more...] about Crypto news in brief (February 15, 2018): Abu Dhabi, Gibraltar, Western Union, Ripple
LitePay to be launched in late February
LitePay, a new payment service for merchants, will be launched on February 26, 2018. It will allow businesses to accept litecoin for goods and services. … [Read more...] about LitePay to be launched in late February
Energy consumption for bitcoin mining in Iceland is expected to double in 2018
This year the energy consumption for mining bitcoin is expected to surpass energy consumption for powering all households in Iceland. … [Read more...] about Energy consumption for bitcoin mining in Iceland is expected to double in 2018
Cryptocurrency market capitalization can top 4 trillion USD, under conservative estimates
Blockchain's purpose is to store and transfer information. Blockchain makes data transactions available publicly, easily accessable and immutable. Blockchain can solve tons of issues of modern industries, which hugely depend on continuous exchange of information (i.e. IT, finance, logistics, etc.). Nowadays we are in the very early stage of development of blockchain … [Read more...] about Cryptocurrency market capitalization can top 4 trillion USD, under conservative estimates
Blockchain news roundup (February 10, 2018): Ripple, InvestFeed, Enigma, Qtum, Power Ledger, WePower
LianLian International will adopt Ripple to offer faster and less expensive cross border money transactions. Enigma launched the Enigma Data Marketplace. Vanywhere announced collaboration with Qtum. Power Ledger will cooperate with Thai-government backed renewable energy developer BCPG. WePower partnered with Eleon. … [Read more...] about Blockchain news roundup (February 10, 2018): Ripple, InvestFeed, Enigma, Qtum, Power Ledger, WePower
Winklevoss twins disagree with 60-80-year-old bitcoin critics
During the past several months investment gurus like Warren Buffett and J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon fanned out their skepticism about cryptocurrencies. … [Read more...] about Winklevoss twins disagree with 60-80-year-old bitcoin critics