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CFTC busts fraudulent Bitcoin trading scheme; charges accused of swindling BTC worth $147 million

In sync with rising crypto-adoption, government bodies have stepped up and implemented stricter regulations, in light of the space’s history and susceptibility to fraudulent activities. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has been making a lot of effort in this regard and recently, caught a Bitcoin trading and investment company for fraudulent activities. дальше »

2019-6-19 18:30


Bitcoin worth $300,000 at the center of an alleged scandal involving Brazil’s Justice Minister, The Intercept

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have been in the news for all the wrong reasons several times over the years, after its use for a range of nefarious and illegal activities. The Silk Road, a darknet marketplace that was closed down by the FBI and DEA, is the most popular example of the same. дальше »

2019-6-18 21:30


Crypto wallet BRD partners with Wyre to enable in app purchase

Mobile cryptocurrency wallet, BRD, announced today it now allows US customers to purchase bitcoin, ethereum, and Dai using bank transfers. This added capability for US customers is supported by over 1,700 US banks, enabled through a new partnership with Wyre, a payments provider for the blockchain industry. “With over $6B USD worth in crypto assets […] дальше »

2019-6-14 18:46


Bitcoin worth over $150 million transferred from Coinbase to unknown wallet; community speculates foul play

Bitcoin has had a pretty active 2019, with major price fluctuations pulling the price of the world’s largest cryptocurrency up, while also pulling up the prices of other cryptocurrencies. Post the rise in value of the world’s largest cryptocurrency, many transactions and transfers of significant amounts have taken place. дальше »

2019-6-13 13:30


Sidechains vs Plasma vs Sharding

Special thanks to Jinglan Wang for review and feedback One question that often comes up is: how exactly is sharding different from sidechains or Plasma? All three architectures seem to involve a hub-and-spoke architecture with a central “main chain” that serves as the consensus backbone of the system, and a set of “child” chains containing actual user-level transactions. дальше »

2019-6-14 04:03