Switzerland, Kazakhstan and Armenia join class action lawsuit against Facebook and Twitter
Cryptocurrency and blockchain industry associations of these countries supported Russia, China and South Korea in a class action suit against such social and searching media giants as Google, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. They are accused of "cartel collusion" against cryptocurrency and ICO projects.
Ethereum not to fork against ASIC mining
Vitalik Buterin opposed suggestions that Ethereum needs a hardfork in order to make the network ASIC resistant as Monero did. The threat of centralization is negligible.
George Soros reportedly agrees to trade cryptocurrencies
Legendary investor George Soros, who earlier called cryptocurrencies a bubble, now plans to trade digital assets.
Opinion: bitcoin falls due to tax filings in United States
Bitcoin dives to $6,600. The recent decline may be caused by the US-based crypto holders, as the deadline for filing tax return approaches.
Spanish Tax Service looks for crypto traders
In Spain, 60 companies were asked to disclose data on cryptocurrencies holders who are suspected of evading taxes.
Monero activates hardfork to counteract Bitmain's ASIC offensive
Monero, the popular anonymous cryptocurrency, has initiated an upgrade, but its results are still unclear. The main aim of the hard fork is to make the network ASIC resistant.
FireLotto Crypto Lottery ICO Is on Full Swing With 5400 Contributors
After the successful completion of the presale of FireLotto tokens (FLOT), the official crowdsale is now on and gaining excellent pace. This exercise provides a perfect opportunity for backers that want to support the world’s first lottery hedged on the blockchain, to buy the tokens. Developed by a Hong Kong-based firm, Passado Company Limited, FireLotto intends to avail a total of 77% of its tokens to the public. The exercise has so far raised more than US$ 3 million.
Lightning Network welcomes its first mobile wallet client
The Eclair Wallet application, available for mobile devices running Android, allows Lightning Network users to store bitcoins and make quick and cheap payments.
Ripple reportedly offered Gemini and Coinbase millions of dollars for XRP listing
Ripple has reportedly tried to force major US-based cryptocurrency exchanges to list its XRP token as its price falls by 86% on a year-to-date basis.
Executives of South Korean cryptocurrency exchange arrested and charged with fraud and embezzlement
South Korean law enforcement agencies have for the first time arrested top executives of a cryptocurrency exchange. Among the detained managers, there is the co-founder and head of the exchange CoinNest.
Bitcoin Cash to activate a hardfork in May
The developers of Bitcoin Cash have released the updated version of the code, which will be activated via hardfork in the middle of May. The main innovation is a sharp increase of the block size.
Hackers using Verge code vulnerability earn up to $1 million
Taking advantage of spoofing timestamps in blocks, attackers were able to accelerate mining in the Verge network and earned about 17 million XVG coins.
Iran to ban Telegram due to its ICO
The Iranian authorities claim to ban Telegram, fearing that its future cryptocurrency Gram will pose a threat to the Iranian national currency.
Bitmain launches sale of Ethereum ASICs amid growing hostility in the crypto community
China-based Bitmain, the world's largest producer of ASIC miners, began selling equipment for Ethereum mining, while the community shows growing discontent of Bitmain's tactic to enter the market of GPU mining.
ATS Virus: aggressive token sale for maximum revenue
The platform ATS Virus, using the new format of attracting investment to the cryptocurrency projects, has just launched its tokensale.
Centra founders arrested in US, token dips by 60%
The Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States (SEC) has accused two founders of the Centra cryptocurrency project of organizing a fraudulent ICO, appropriating investors' funds and selling unregistered securities.
