US Congress holds hearings on cryptocurrencies
The subcommittee on monetary policy and trade of the US Congress held hearings on digital currencies. Cryptocurrencies are innovative asset that needs to be regulated, but it should be done carefully, the hearings come to such a conclusion.
New York Post connects Gemini's donations to New York governor's electoral campaign and BitLicense approval
The co-founders of the Gemini cryptocurrency exchange donated $100,000 to the Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo's electoral campaign. After less than a month their exchange was granted with BitLicense.
Vitalik Buterin confirms spam attack on Ethereum and gives its cost estimates
Vitalik Buterin confirmed suspicions that the recent overload of the Ethereum network was the result of a spam attack, and suggested that it costed to attackers about $15 million.
Three mining producers from China officially called unicorns for first time
The rating of the Chinese unicorn companies for the first time included participants from the cryptocurrency industry. They are three Chinese companies that produce mining equipment.
Petition website Change.org to start cryptocurrency mining
Change.org has announced the launch of a special screensaver program that will mine Monero on website visitors' computers. The money will be spent on charity.
Bitcoin network suddenly demonstrates sharp fee rising
While the number of unconfirmed transactions recently rarely has exceeded 2,000 or 3,000 tx, on 16 July, it jumped suddenly to over 18,000 unconfirmed transactions.
Billionaire Peter Thiel and Jihan Wu from Bitmain invest in EOS developer
The company, which developed the EOS blockchain platform, is on its way to a new financing round. The list of possible investors include billionaires and asset managers who are well-known in the IT field.
G20 develops framework for monitoring cryptocurrency market
The financial body of the G20 released a framework and identified metrics to monitor the financial stability implications of crypto-assets markets.
Managing assets in decentralisation era: Azbit platform creating multi-functional ecosystem for investors and traders
Profitability of many cryptocurrencies over 2017 attracted to the cryptocurrency market a great number of retail investors without any previous experience in the sphere of investment or trading.
RAWG blockchain project to enable users earn money by videogames
The market of videogames is one of the fastest growing ones. According to the assessment of the Newzoo company, at the end of 2017 its volume was evaluated at $121.7 billion, far exceeding the initial forecast of $102.9 billion.
AliPay blocks 3,000 accounts due to operations with cryptocurrencies
Chinese authorities continue to struggle with the capital outflow and retail investors' attempts to invest in cryptocurrencies. Major payment system began to block accounts suspect of operations with cryptocurrencies.
Research: 78% of ICOs turned out to be a scam
According to the latest research, only 15% of the projects that attracted funding via ICO in 2017 managed to bring their tokens to cryptocurrency exchanges and continue to develop.
Opinion: bitcoin price will rise to $50,000
Despite the fall of the cryptocurrency market, bitcoin enthusiasts do not lose hope that the rate of the cryptocurrency will continue to grow in the future and will exceed its previous records.
CEO Binance replies to Vitalik Buterin: there is no absolute decentralization
Vitalik Buterin's sharp attack against centralized cryptocurrency exchanges, which Buterin wished to “burn in hell,” did not make him wait long for an answer. The head of Binance explained why centralized trading platforms exist.
John McAfee assaults HitBTC with lawsuit
The eccentric cryptocurrency enthusiast John McAfee decided to file a lawsuit against the crypto exchange HitBTC, which he had previously severely criticized for high commissions for ICO tokens withdrawal.
Bitcoin or Berkshire Hathaway: an expert bets on bitcoin growth to $288,000
Anonymous cryptocurrency enthusiast has placed a bet worth 8.5 million Australian dollars on bitcoin price growth to $288,000 by 2023.
