Big Mac’s 50th Birthday is being celebrated by the launch of the Mac Coin

America-based fast-food giant McDonald’s has found a unique way to celebrate the 50th birthday of its Big Mac burger, and guess what, it has adopted the crypto path. The company has launched a new global cryptocurrency called MacCoin wherein each token will be supposedly worth one Big Mac burger. MacCoin, the universal “food currency” is launched дальше »

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First Cryptocurrency SIM Jacking Case Brought In California

In California, the first case has been brought against an alleged SIM hijacker charged with stealing over $5 million worth of cryptocurrency with the help of accomplices.

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Introducing Top eToro Popular Investor Stephen Bliss

Stephen Bliss is a burger-van owner by day, and a top Popular Investor on global trading platform eToro by night. The crypto-crazy 34-year old manages assets worth around $6 million, and almost 5,000 investors match his trades using the unique CopyTrader tool. дальше »

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Wormhole Project Launches — $1.2M Worth of BCH Burned So Far

Last week, news. Bitcoin. com reported on the Wormhole announcement of a tokenization and smart contract platform project for the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network. The Wormhole protocol was initiated by the firm Bitmain Technologies, and the codebase is a fork from the Omni Layer protocol. дальше »

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What Is AXE Cryptocurrency?

New cryptocurrencies and tokens come to market on a regular basis. In a lot of cases, these new projects are not necessarily worth paying too much attention to. AXE, on the other hand, is a bit different. дальше »

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Hedera Hashgraph raises $100 million to build distributed ledger and dapp ecosystem

Hedera Hashgraph, a next-generation distributed public ledger organization, announced today that it has raised $100 million from institutional and high net worth individual investors to further the development and use of the Hedera public. дальше »

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Northern Trust Assisting Hedge Funds in “Diversifying Their Portfolios with Cryptocurrency”

One of the oldest bank in America with one trillion dollars worth of assets under management that caters to corporations, institutional investors, and high net worth individuals, is assisting hedge funds. дальше »

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Blockstream to Start Bitcoin Mining?

Blockstream apparently bought some $5. 2 million worth of Asics, giving them a hashrate of 80 PH/s, out of bitcoin’s current hashrate of some 50,000 PH. According to Avi Mizrahi of Bitcoin. дальше »

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Those ridiculous Bird scooters are now in Europe

Bird, the electric scooter rental company that’s worth $2 billion for some reason, is coming to Europe. The first city to be “graced” with Bird’s Scooters is Paris. Here, the company has cautiously launched with a pilot program of between 50 and 100 two-wheelers, all of which will probably be stolen by the end of next week. дальше »

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$460 Million Bitcoin Long Liquidated on OKEx, But Not Filled, Are Socialized Losses Back With a Bang?

The largest liquidation in history went down yesterday when a $460 million worth of a bitcoin long position was called, but the problem is $420 million worth was not filled.... The post $460 Million Bitcoin Long Liquidated on OKEx, But Not Filled, Are Socialized Losses Back With a Bang? appeared first on Trustnodes. дальше »

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Sky Mining CEO Fleas To The US With $35 Million In Assets

A Vietnamese CEO working for a cryptocurrency mining company has stolen $35 million worth of company and investor assets and fled the country. Le Mihn Tam went underground on Monday last week and hasn’t been seen since. дальше »

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You can spend any coins with debit cards, why this new project chooses BCH

Also read: Bitcoin (Almost) Everywhere: Bitcoin Debit Cards Worth Checking Out Fuzex Chooses BCH as Base Currency Let’s start with the news in the sector: Fuzex, a global cryptocurrency payment card project, has just announced it’s adding bitcoin cash (BCH) to its card. дальше »

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South Korean authorities are investigating a possible crypto investment scam involving the Seoul-based Shinil Group as the key figure, Korea JoongAng Daily reported July 31. Shinil Group (Shinil) allegedly promised to pay investors in gold from a sunken Russian shipwreck. дальше »

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Apple eyeballs that $1 trillion mark

Apple today posted its third quarter results, and the company’s massive growth continues unabated. Assuming this continues, it could become the first American company to be worth $1 trillion. Based on the company’s report, the iPhone and Apple services represented the largest growth in revenue for the company. дальше »

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Facebook uncovers yet another fake news campaign

Facebook today revealed that, just in time for the American midterm elections, it’s uncovered a new spate of fake news pages guilty of “coordinated inauthentic behavior. ” In total, Facebook identified 8 pages, 17 profiles, and 7 Instagram accounts involved in this suspicious behavior. дальше »

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More Than a Ledger: How Blockchains Will Democratize Wealth

To Mark Pascall, co-founder of BlockchainLabs New Zealand (NZ) and president of the Blockchain Association NZ, the blockchain space is more than just a new technology layer, it’s a “fundamentally different way for organizations and societies to operate. дальше »

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Researchers find tons of red flags in Bitfi’s ‘unhackable’ cryptocurrency wallet

Last week, John McAfee offered up $100,000 to anyone who could break into the Bitfi wallet – a device advertised as the world’s first completely “unhackable” cryptocurrency wallet. Bitfi even asked that all attempts be made public. дальше »

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KICKICO Hacked- $7.7 million worth KICK tokens lost

As the global economy settles into the beginning of a new quarter, the cryptocurrency market and community take a huge hit as one of its platforms has been hacked. KICKICO an ICO platform that works and is based on the blockchain has admitted to have been hacked and has lost a large amount of their The post KICKICO Hacked- $7. дальше »

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Gaining Admission to ICOs is Like a Lottery

To compound the woes of retail investors, gamification has made entry into the most coveted ICOs a lottery in which the odds of admittance are low, and the odds of profiting lower still. Generally speaking, if a public tokensale is easy to get into, it isn’t worth getting into. Having attracted over 70,000 whitelist registrations, дальше »

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Banking Giant Trials Blockchain for Land-Backed Loans Issuance

The Agricultural Bank of China (ABC), one of the world’s largest banks by total assets, has completed the issuance of a loan worth $300,000 using a blockchain system. The ABC said the blockchain system is deployed among various nodes to facilitate the loan issuance including other commercial banks, the provincial branch of the People’s Bank дальше »

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Ethereum’s Price at $44,000, Bitcoin at a Million in VeChain’s Vet Trading Pair on Binance

One eth is worth $44,000, but only on one exchange and in only one trading pair this fine morning on July 31st 2018. A coin with a $1.3 billion market... The post Ethereum’s Price at $44,000, Bitcoin at a Million in VeChain’s Vet Trading Pair on Binance appeared first on Trustnodes. дальше »

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Chinese Banking Giant Trials Blockchain to Issue Land-Backed Loans

One of the "Big Four" commercial banks in China has completed the issuance of a loan worth of $300,000 using a blockchain system.  дальше »

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Banking Giant Trials Blockchain for Issuance of Land-Backed Loans

One of the "Big Four" commercial banks in China has completed the issuance of a loan worth $300,000 using a blockchain system.  дальше »

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20 Year Old College Student Steals $5 Million in Bitcoin By Hacking Phone Numbers

A hacker allegedly stole over $5 million in bitcoin by hijacking phone numbers and demanding ransoms. According to authorities in California, a 20-year old college student hijacked more than 40 phone numbers and stole millions of dollars’ worth of bitcoin. дальше »

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NASA just made thousands of hours of Apollo 11 tapes public for the first time

When Apollo 11 descended from the heavens, touching down on the moon on July 20, 1969, three brave men became immortals, the types of men forever remembered for a single act that defined their storied careers. дальше »

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Op Ed: Cryptocurrency Capital Gains Taxes — Breaking Down the Problem

Capital gains on crypto transactions are easy to track, one at a time. What about when there are thousands?Cryptocurrency capital gains taxes are becoming a point of interest for governments. дальше »

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What is crypto done in the meeting?

The CEO of Vietnamese cryptocurrency mining firm Sky Mining has reportedly disappeared with investor and company funds worth an alleged $35 million, local media outlet VNExpress reported July 29. According to VNExpress, Sky Mining CEO Le Minh Tam disappeared a week ago, appearing to organize a cleanout of company assets. Tam told investors to go дальше »

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Meet the daring detectives sniffing out booby-trapped Bitcoin mines

“We will make electricity so cheap only the rich will burn candles,” Thomas Edison reportedly said during the first public demonstration of his light bulb. Unfortunately, it wasn’t made cheap enough. дальше »

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I got a $50 cryptocurrency mystery box 6 months ago, it is worth $13 today

At the height of the blockchain rush last year, we saw a new unusual phenomenon crop up: cryptocurrency mystery boxes. The concept was pretty simple. You pay a fee to receive a USB stick loaded with a random selection of cryptocurrencies – five, to be exact. дальше »

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Stranger Things’ next season won’t arrive until summer 2019

If you’ve been waiting anxiously to follow the adventures of Eleven and her friends as they battle monsters from another dimension in the town of Hawkins, I’ve got some bad news for you: season three of Netflix’ 80s-themed sci-fi show Stranger Things will skip 2018 and air next summer instead. дальше »

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Smart contract hacks cost millions — this company wants to fix it

Last November, a user accidentally froze around 514,000 ETH (worth approx. $155 million) in Parity, a popular Ethereum wallet. The culprit was a bug in the wallet’s software, which the user in question accidentally triggered. дальше »

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Ethereum Trading Volume Surges Overnight—Is It Artificial?

A whopping $8 billion worth of Ether (ETH) was traded yesterday over a 24-hour period. A single exchange was responsible for $5 billion worth of that trading volume, which alone is ten times the trading volume of Bitcoin. дальше »

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COINALL Cryptocurrency Exchange: Digital Asset Trading Platform?

What Is COINALL Cryptocurrency Exchange? CoinAll is an exchange that is owned by Hong Kong-based digital asset trading platform OKEx. OKEx is one of the largest exchanges in the world handling over $1 billion worth of daily trades. дальше »

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Russian Shipwreck and ‘Treasure’ Linked to Crypto Exchange

A South Korean firm claimed to have found the wreck of a Russian warship sunk in 1905 with $130 billion worth of gold on board. The cruiser and its treasure are linked to a crypto exchange and token which the firm reportedly promised to distribute to anyone signing up with the exchange. дальше »

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Ethereum Trading Volume Surges Overnight—Is It Artificial?

A whopping $8 billion worth of Ether (ETH) was traded yesterday over a 24-hour period. A single exchange was responsible for $5 billion worth of that trading volume, which alone is ten times the trading volume of Bitcoin. дальше »

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W12.io has successfully completed the first early stage of its pre-sale

July 29, 2018 – The W12 Platform has successfully completed the first early-stage pre-sale, having sold tokens totaling 3,147 ETH. The soft cap is reached. During the pre-sale 4,841 of users registered in the white list, leaving requests for the purchase of a total of 48,573 ETH worth of W12 Tokens. Due to the latest […] дальше »

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The Daily: US Presidential Candidate Accepts Bitcoin, Kickico Hacked – $7.7M Stolen

US presidential candidate, Andrew Yang (D), has announced that his campaign for the 2020 election is now accepting cryptocurrency donations. Also in the Daily, Chinese social network, Tianya, is about to issue a native token, and the Kickico project has been hacked – resulting in the loss of $7. дальше »

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Venezuela Ties Own Currency to Sanctioned Petro as Maduro Talks of ‘Great Hope’

Venezuela will remove five zeros from its ailing currency, the bolivar, and peg it to its controversial Petro cryptocurrency, President Nicolas Maduro said in a public broadcast July 26. Maduro: Bolivar Will ‘Anchor Petro’ The Bolivar, which had become so inflationary that online gaming tokens such as World of Warcraft gold were a more stable store of value, is currently worth just $0. дальше »

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$1.8 Million in Bitcoin Seized from Alleged Silk Road Drug Dealer

Once plagued by a black market stigma, cryptocurrencies have risen from public uncertainty to global proliferation. Arrested in 2015, an alleged Silk Road drug dealer is now fighting to reclaim his 226 BTC worth over $1. дальше »

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KICKICO ICO Hacked, Suffers Loses of $7.7 Million USD After Smart Contract Flaw

KICKICO was just another Initial Coin Offering (ICO) that was supposed to launch on top of the Ethereum blockchain. However, the project was hacked on July 27th and this made it lose more than 70 million KICK tokens, worth about 7. дальше »

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Stolen $7.7 Million Worth of ICO Tokens Will Be Refunded

KICKICO, a blockchain startup currently holding its token sale, reportedly lost $7. 7 worth of its token to a hack attack. A Medium post by Anti Danilevski, CEO of KICKICO confirmed the incident but also calmed fears of any similar occurrence in the future and promised to refund token holders. дальше »

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The Daily: Twitter Blocks Bots Mimicking Musk, Coinvault Hackers Sentenced

In Friday’s edition of The Daily, Twitter has taken measures against crypto scammers imitating the profile of Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk and a Dutch court has sentenced the operators of the Coinvault ransomware. дальше »

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KICKICO Suffered $7.7M Hack Attack, Says Will Return Stolen KICK Tokens

ICO and crowdfunding-oriented platform KICKICO was attacked by hackers, who stole about $7.7 million worth of KICK tokens. The company claims the situation is under control already and the stolen tokens will be returned to their owners. дальше »

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4NEW Gives “Shitcoin” New Meaning by Converting Waste into Energy

4NEW, a new blockchain-based eco-friendly ecosystem, is giving the term “Shitcoin” a whole new meaning. While traditionally a term given to tokens with no viable worth and/or vaporware, 4NEW is changing the connotation of “Shitcoin” by taking waste and converting it into electricity that is then used to mine tokens. дальше »

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Economists’ Take on Why It Is (Or Isn’t) Worth Investing After the Bitcoin Dip

With the continued bitcoin dip, economists have varying outlooks on the future of cryptocurrency. Now, many investors are asking, "Is bitcoin worth it?" The post Economists’ Take on Why It Is (Or Isn’t) Worth Investing After the Bitcoin Dip appeared first on CoinCentral. дальше »

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Scientists confirm Einstein’s theory of relativity

A team of scientists working with the European Southern Observatory (ESO), in Chile, recently concluded a 26 year study to determine what happens when a star passes by a black hole. The results of the campaign appear to confirm Albert Einstein’s famed theory of general relativity. дальше »

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Wirex Wallet Receives Over $2 Million Worth XRP Coins in 12 Hours Time

Cryptocurrency users across the world use Wirex for a number of everyday reasons. The system offers users a way to spend cryptocurrency through a standard VISA or MasterCard, making traditional point of sale applications very real. дальше »

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Wirex Crypto Debit Card Sees XRP Worth $2M Deposited in 12 Hours

XRP was added to the popular Wirex wallet and card service on Monday.

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Ex-Qiwi Programmer Mined 500,000 Bitcoins Using Company’s Payment Terminals

At the time of the theft, 500K Bitcoins would have been worth roughly $5 million USD, but with the inflation of the coins value, today’s prices would mark that number somewhere around $4 billion USD. дальше »

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Bitcoin price hits $8300 but pulls down small Crypto Assets and Tokens

Bitcoin price experiences rise to $8200 within 12 hours and cross $8300 worth as it daily peak, adding a whopping $300 billion value to the crypto market. Other cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin Cash, ether, EOS, Ripple – showed an increase ranging from 2% to 6%, while Zcash rose to 11% increase in value. Fall of the […] дальше »

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