After Impressive Early Growth, SegWit Adoption Seems to Have Dropped Quite Substantially as of Late

According to statistical data available online, Segwit-based BTC transactions witnessed a steady growth of around 35%-40% between August 2017-18. However, over the course of the past 5-6 months, the adoption of this technology seems to have tapered of by a whopping 50% (which is not a good sign to say the least). For those of […] дальше »

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AirPlay 2 is coming to more TVs, proving Apple can change its mind

Apple hasn’t had the best few weeks. Not only did the company have to drop its revenue forecast for Q1 2019 by a whopping $9 billion, it has also had to reduce the amount of iPhones it’s making by 10 percent. дальше »

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Bakkt Raises a Whopping $182 Million Funds for Further Expansion

CoinSpeaker Bakkt Raises a Whopping $182 Million Funds for Further Expansion A group of 12 high-profile investors and partners have poured this large sum of money for the further development of the Bakkt infrastructure and its expansion. дальше »

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Institutional Investments Entering the Crypto Market in 2019 Will be Amazing Says Coinbase President

With the price of Bitcoin [BTC] plummeting all through Nov-Dec, it seemed as if many investors had finally given up on the idea of a crypto rally during the final stages of 2018. However, in a completely unexpected turn of events, Bitcoin suddenly surged by a whopping 25% within the last week or so. In […] дальше »

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McAfee: Crypto-Mining Malware Grew By Over 4,000 Percent in 2018

Instances of crypto-mining malware increased by a whopping 4,467 percent this year, according to research from McAfee. дальше »

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Poloniex Lists 3 More Assets, Bringing the Total to 14 New Assets Added This Year

Poloniex – a top cryptocurrency exchanged – recently added support for three more assets to its platform. Specifically, the exchange listed Livepeer (LPT), Numerai (NMR), and Polymath (POLY). дальше »

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Bitcoin nears $4000 breakout, Altcoins attain a whopping 82.76% in Gains

At the moment of writing this article, nays are turning to yays, speculators who branded the bull run as a “pump and dump” situation are now on a boat of skepticism. Yes, there’s a ball of excitement bouncing in the cryptocurrency community, and HODLers are interpreting it as Santa’s Christmas gift. дальше »

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What is behind EOS’ 35% soar? Ripple’s XRP now has more than 300 trading pairs and working hard on decoupling from BTC

EOS, which was the sixth most valuable cryptocurrency last week ranked behind stablecoin Tether (USDT) and Stellar (XLM) outpaced Stellar with a whopping 35 percent price surge from $1. 94 to $2. 62. дальше »

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Why Factom is On the Rise

Over the past few weeks, the price of the Factom token (FCT) has increased a whopping 300%. Why is…

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Bitmain Q3 Figures Leak And Could Spell Disaster For The Bitcoin Mining Leader’s Upcoming IPO

Bitmain’s Leaked Q3 Figures Could Spell Disaster For The Firm’s Upcoming IPO According to Twitter user BTCKING555, Bitmain’s third-quarter (Q3) financials have been leaked onto the internet and it appears as though the company has lost a whopping total of $740 million during the aforementioned time period. While no official statement has been released by […] дальше »

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A New Litecoin Whale Moves 60% of Coin’s Market Cap in One Day

A new Litecoin whale has emerged out of the blue. On November 30, about 35. 4 million LTC, which accounts for 60% of the coin’s total market cap was moved by one address. The transactions were revealed by BitInfoCharts which total to a whopping $1. дальше »

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Crypto Merchant Bank Galaxy Digital lost $136 million between January and October 2018

Galaxy Digital Holdings, a cryptocurrency merchant bank owned by former Goldman Sachs macro trader Mike Novogratz, has revealed that it lost $41 million in the third quarter of 2018 in an official filing. дальше »

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Bitcoin Price Analysis: Wait and See Where Recent Signs of Strength Lead

This week realized a big gain as bitcoin enjoyed a 25% rally from its local bottom before topping out around $4,400. Support currently appears to be established in the mid-$3,000s as the market remains indecisive over its next move:Figure 1: BTC-USD, Daily Candles, Current Support LevelFigure 1 shows the relevance of the current support level as it represents a previous support level that was never properly retested during last year’s parabolic bull market. дальше »

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AriseBank CEO Charged in $4 Million Alleged ICO Scam

Jared Rice Sr. , CEO of the Dallas-based bank AriseBank, was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Wednesday, November 28, 2018, and charged with six counts of securities fraud and wire fraud. дальше »

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Bitcoin Miner’s Future Looks Bleak as Hash Rate Drops by 24% in Three Months

According to a report published by Bloomberg, November 26, 2018, the Bitcoin Network’s hash rate has dropped by a whopping 24 percent from its ATH in late August 2018. This, in turn, could force many small and medium scale bitcoin miners to abandon their mining operations due to the inability to breakeven costs. дальше »

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Blockstack CEO: Crypto Winter is Here But the Next Wave Will be Massive

Since the introduction of blockchain in 2008, there have been more than 80,000 digital ledger technology projects launched around the world. In 2016, a total of 29 crypto projects raised over $6 billion via tokenized crowdfunding (ICO). дальше »

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Cryptocurrency Market Massacre Continues, Bitcoin Falls Below $4000

CoinSpeaker Cryptocurrency Market Massacre Continues, Bitcoin Falls Below $4000 Cryptocurrency bloodbath continues as the overall market cap slips below $120 billion. In just last 12 days, crypto markets lost a whopping $89 billion. дальше »

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What Could Have Caused The Year’s Biggest Crypto Crash?

Bitcoin is undergoing a bullish correction on Wednesday, recovering as high as 10% since this week’s low at $4,200. Crypto markets are also recovering slightly. Nevertheless, the insignificant recovery still does not compensate a whopping $70 billion that has been wiped from the crypto market since last Wednesday. дальше »

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Bloodbath Continues as Crypto Markets Collapse 33% in a Week Losing $70 Billion

There has been no letup in the pain that crypto markets are currently in. Since they started to head south last Wednesday a whopping $70 billion has been dumped resulting in a 33% slump in total market capitalization. дальше »

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Facebook removed 1.5 billion fake accounts between April and September

Facebook released its community standards report today, in which it detailed how it dealt with fake news, spam, hate speech, and terrorist propaganda on its platform. The company noted that, between April and September 2018, it removed a whopping 1. дальше »

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BitStarz player wins a whopping $70,000 – are you feeling lucky?

There are many pretenders to the crown, but there really is only one king of cryptocurrency casinos. BitStarz has been changing the gaming scene since day one, with it able to boast a stacked 1800+ game collection, 10 minutes cashouts, and the friendliest customer service around. дальше »

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To the Moon? Little Known Cryptocurrency Etheera (ETA) Gains 80,000 Percent in 14 Days

A little-known cryptocurrency project dubbed Etheera is currently enjoying a massive culminating in an appearance in Coinmarketcap’s top 100 coins. The Ethereum-based real estate token project has risen more than a whopping 80,000 percent in the space of fourteen days. дальше »

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Decentraland Sees A 2.7 Million MANA Token Transaction For Sell of Virtual Land for $215,000

Virtual Land Sold For a Record $215,000 on Decentraland A virtual piece of land on the Decentraland blockchain-based virtual reality platform has been sold for a whopping $215,200. This is according to a tweet by DCLBlogger which also noted that this sale was the platform’s record high. дальше »

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Why poor teens haven’t abandoned Facebook

A Pew Research study published earlier this year showed that, statistically, a large number of teenagers from families with lower-than-average annual income still use Facebook. While 36 percent of teens from families making $75,000 or more per year, and 56 percent of teens from the $30,ooo-$74,999 range said they used Facebook, the number rose to a whopping 70 percent when it came to teens in families earning $30,000 or less. дальше »

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Coinbase Crypto Company To Utilize Hundreds Of Millions In Funding To ‘Fix Bitcoin’

Bitcoin has been having trouble this year and not just in the form of stagnating in value. Interestingly enough, Coinbase exchange is interested in using its new funding round, which has gathered a whopping $8 billion, to resolve bitcoin’s issues. дальше »

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Connecticut’s West Haven City Council Agrees to Pay a $2,000 Bitcoin Ransomware Demand

Connecticut’s West Haven City Council Agrees to a $2,000 Demand to get rid of a Ransomware Connecticut’s West Haven City Council has paid a whopping $2,000 in bitcoin to cyber criminals in order to get rid of a malware. дальше »

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Fintech Firms Are Taking Business Away From Banks: Study

Management guru Peter Drucker has a simple definition for business: “It’s other people’s money. ” And when it comes to their wallets, apparently more people around the world are having less confidence in traditional banks. дальше »

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Cybersecurity Report: Hackers Stole $882 Million from Crypto Exchanges Since Feb 2017

Report Reveals That Hackers Stole $900 Million From Crypto Exchanges Since 2016 In a recently conducted research, Group-IB, a cybersecurity company based in Moscow, discovered that crypto exchanges have lost a whopping $882 million worth of digital assets to hackers since 2016. дальше »

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CME Report: Bitcoin Futures Trading Has Surged By 41 Percent in Three Months

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange, also known as the CME Group, has said in a tweet on October 17, 2018, that bitcoin futures trading on its platform is up by a whopping 41 percent in Q3 of this year as compared to the poor performances of the cryptocurrency futures trading product in previous quarters. дальше »

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Surprise Bull Run Pulls XRP Up Over 10%

After the market surged over the weekend, HODLers of XRP were slightly shocked as they were carrying the third biggest digital currency with them. When the surge peaked, the coin was reflecting a growth of over 10%, on par with the biggest gainer in the market, Ethereum. дальше »

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Samsung A9 Pro’s 4 cameras may include telephoto, ultra-wide, and depth-sensing optics

I’ve long been clamoring for phones to embrace multiple cameras at various focal lengths, and it seems manufacturers are really starting to go all out. Case in point: the upcoming Samsung A9 Pro will sport a whopping four cameras on its rear. дальше »

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Blockchain’s Report Examines Benefits (and Failures) of Today’s Stablecoins

Stablecoins have garnered serious investor attention over the past few weeks. Unlike bitcoin and similar cryptocurrencies, they are digital assets built to lessen price volatility and are often paired against the U. дальше »

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One third of ICOs launched in the past two years aren’t listed anywhere

Despite investors dropping a whopping $12 billion into Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) in the past year, 70 percent of cryptocurrencies outside of the top 100 are now valued less than the amount initially raised. дальше »

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Credit Card Cartels Landed With $6.2 Billion Price-Fixing Bill

Visa and Mastercard have run up the mother of all credit card bills. The monopolistic payment providers had been embroiled in a long-running lawsuit instigated by merchants protesting their excessive fees. дальше »

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Billionaire Investor Tim Draper Predicts $80 Trillion Crypto Market within 15 Years

Billionaire venture capitalist and early Bitcoin proponent Tim Draper has cooked up his most extravagant forecast for the cryptocurrency market yet, predicting it will skyrocket to a whopping $80 trillion valuation within 15 years—approximately the value of all global currency in existence. дальше »

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Crypto Exchanges Turn to Dubious Tactics to Offset 80% Volume Plunge

With trading volumes a whopping 80% lower than their January peak, some of the biggest trading exchanges are implementing controversial practices to stay profitable.   Exchange Listing Fees:  Pay to Play From the ‘stick’ of listing fees to encouraging ‘carrots’, the crypto exchanges are finding ways to get their money. дальше »

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Ethereum Set To Be The Most Lucrative Investment

Ethereum is forecasted to rise to more than $750 per unit by October 2018 – a whopping 173% increase. New data also recommends avoiding Alphabet Inc, which could experience a slump of -10% per share. дальше »

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Dogecoin Price Soars 60% Amid ‘Dogetherum’ Launch

Dogecoin price has soared nearly 60% possibly on reports that an alpha release of Dogethereum has been made available. Dogecoin price soars 60% The meme-spawned, inflationary-friendly cryptocurrency Dogecoin  has potentially benefitted from the recent release of Dogethereum, confirming previous rumors Bitcoinist reported in February. дальше »

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Bitcoin Hashrate Hits New Record With 35% Gain in Last Two Days

What bear market? The bitcoin hashrate has broken another record high this week as the world’s most popular cryptocurrency network gets stronger with each day.   Bitcoin Hash Rate Hits 62 Quintillion The Bitcoin hashrate, or the computing power of the Bitcoin network, has broken yet another all-time high of 62 quintillion hashes per second. дальше »

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Bitcoin Hashrate Hits New Record With 50% Gain in August

What bear market? The bitcoin hashrate has broken another record high this week as the world’s most popular cryptocurrency network gets stronger with each day.   Bitcoin Hash Rate Hits 62 Quintillion The Bitcoin hashrate, or the computing power of the Bitcoin network, has broken yet another all-time high of 62 quintillion hashes per second. дальше »

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Research Shows Ethereum Blockchain Miners Get Paid Almost $2.5 Billion per Year

Research Reveals That Ethereum Miners Make $2.5 Billion On An Annual basis While the prices of Ethereum have been faltering and its network faced with endless scalability challenges, investors who mine the second largest digital currency somehow managed to rake in an annual payout worth a whopping $2.5 billion. As per a report published by […] дальше »

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AT&T Sued for $224 Million for Negligence In Case of Cryptocurrency Theft

Reports of cryptocurrency thefts have been no stranger to our news feeds of late. In one of the latest cases, the investor is suing his cellphone provider. After having reportedly lost $24 million in digital coins, the investor is suing AT&T for a whopping $224 million citing negligence. дальше »

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Blockchain Powered Content Sharing Marketplace Rally Launches Airdrop Offering 2 Billion Rally Tokens

Rally, a user-centric marketplace for content sharing built on Ethereum, has just started the Rally Airdrop with an allocation of a whopping two billion Rally coins as rewards for new users joining, referring and engaging. дальше »

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Private Equity Firm GSR Capital Invests $270 Million in Blockchain Startup tZero

Hong-Kong private equity company GSR Capital is set to invest a whopping $270 million in Overstock’s blockchain based startup tZero. According to a press release published on August 9, 2018 Overstock also confirmed that GSR Capital would make an additional investment of about $30 million in tZero’s ICO, thus pushing the total amount being invested in the blockchain startup to. дальше »

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Blockchain Powered Content Sharing Marketplace Rally Launches Airdrop Offering 2 Billion Rally Tokens

Rally, a user-centric marketplace for content sharing built on Ethereum, has just started the Rally Airdrop with an allocation of a whopping two billion Rally coins as rewards for new users joining, referring and engaging. дальше »

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Blockchain Powered Content Sharing Marketplace Rally Launches Airdrop Offering 2 Billion Rally Tokens

Rally, a user-centric marketplace for content sharing built on Ethereum, has just started the Rally Airdrop with an allocation of a whopping two billion Rally coins as rewards for new users joining, referring and engaging. дальше »

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Review: iHoment’s smart strip lights make it easy to set the mood

Here’s some unsolicited relationship advice: A strip of inexpensive LED lights can turn any room into a date night destination. I spent a month testing two of iHoment’s Minger branded smart lighting strips. дальше »

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Sirin Labs Chooses Ethereum Over IOTA for Blockchain Smartphone

Sirin Labs, the maker of the whopping US$16,000 Solarin Android smartphone is building a blockchain phone and have decided to build their new line of devices named “Finney” to work with a private Ethereum blockchain, rather than IOTA’s Tangle distributed ledger technology as initially stated in its whitepaper. дальше »

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Crypto Hedge Fund Pantera Capital Records 10,000 Percent Capital Return

According to an e-mail sent to its subscribers on July 27, 2018, cryptocurrency investment company Pantera Capital has registered a whopping 10,000 percent plus lifetime return on crypto holdings in a relatively nascent age of just five years in the business. дальше »

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Investment Banks challenged by blockchain upstarts

This combination of available financial data and new possibilities for blockchain-driven efficiencies have made the climate ripe for the disruption of traditional investment banks. “Accenture has estimated that some major investment banks could make a whopping $10 billion in efficiency savings by utilizing blockchain technology,” explains Thomas Levene, founder of Best Blockchain Solutions Consultancy. Thus, дальше »

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