New Colombian president plans to make country a crypto-powerhouse
Ivan Duque, the newly elected president of Colombia, has announced plans to make his country a leader in technology, particularly blockchain. Though cryptocurrencies have been
Author : Alistair Johnston
Bank of America applies for patent for crypto storage system
In another sign that financial giants are starting to move into the cryptocurrency space, Bank of America, the second biggest bank in the United States,
Bakkt platform will not allow margin trading
Bakkt, the new cryptocurrency platform formed as a collaboration between the Intercontinental Exchange, Microsoft and Starbucks, has released new details on how it will do
Chinese police arrest 3 for $87 million crypto hack
Chinese authorities have announced the arrest of three men suspected of stealing cryptocurrency worth around 600 million yuan ($87 million). Police in the Chinese city
Big potential for Wall St involvement in crypto say analysts
Despite the depressed state of the cryptocurrency markets so far in 2018, Wall Street firms are becoming increasingly interested in the space. According to analyst
British financial watchdog warns investors over cryptocurrency scams
Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned the public that, “UK consumers are being increasingly targeted by cryptocurrency-related investment scams.” Cryptocurrencies are currently unregulated in
Nvidia shares down 5% as crypto mining demand dries up
Shares in computer hardware manufacturer Nvidia fell 5% yesterday after the company announced that the market for its chips used for cryptocurrency mining had largely
Bitcoin falls below $6,000 in crypto market panic
The Bitcoin price sunk to its lowest level since June as a 6% fall took it to $5,887. As is often the case in the
Finnish man loses $35 million in Thai crypto scam
Finnish businessman Aarni Otava Saarimaa had amassed millions of dollars in cryptocurrency by the time he was 22. Yet even someone savvy enough to play
Could decentralized exchanges be the answer to crypto corruption?
More and more major figures in the cryptocurrency world are pointing to decentralized exchanges as the solution to the industry’s problems with fake data, corruption
