Shares of Chinese mining giant grew by 50% on Nasdaq
The price of shares of the Chinese mining giant Canaan Creative suddenly jumped up 1.5 times. So far, this is the only manufacturer of mining equipment from China, which is traded on a traditional exchange.
Analysis: activity in Ethereum blockchain grows but ETH seems to be overbought
Within one week, the number of active addresses in the Ethereum blockchain jumped by a quarter, while transaction number grew by 21%. However, the price of ETH demonstrates signs of overbought.
North Korea suspected of tenfold increase in Monero mining
The authorities of North Korea are increasing mining capacities and repeatedly increased the production of Monero within the last two years. Monero attracts Pyongyang as a cryptocurrency with a high degree of confidentiality that can help circumvent international sanctions.
CipherTrace: cryptocurrency lost in crimes in 2019 exceeds $4.5 billion
Cryptocurrency crime led to a loss of $4.52 billion in 2019. The volume of lost digital assets doubled in a year.
Bitcoin surpasses $10,000
Bulls managed to break through the defense of bears in the cryptocurrency market, and the bitcoin price returned to the zone higher than the $10,000 level.
Switzerland to tighten crypto regulation
The Swiss financial market surveillance agency proposed stricter cryptocurrency anti-money laundering (AML) rules.
Italian cryptocurrency exchange announces hacker attack, all funds lost
Altsbit, a cryptocurrency exchange operating in the Italian market, fell victim of a hacker attack. All funds, including those of customers, were stolen. Another exit scam is suspected.
Justin Sun finally meets with Warren Buffett and presents him one bitcoin
The long-awaited dinner of Tron creator Justin Sun with American legendary investor Warren Buffett took place. Sun presented Buffett a smartphone with one bitcoin.
GLOB: revolutionary altcoin of 2020 that will change the way you think of money forever
GLOB is the first cryptocurrency that multiplies itself within a year with every transaction in an easy, immutable and transparent way via the implementation of the revolutionary Proof of Transaction protocol.
Blockchain Life 2020 welcomes 5000 participants and leading companies of the industry on April 22-23 in Moscow
The biggest event on blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and mining in Europe is taking place at an innovative venue — Music Media Dome.
Study: volume of darknet transactions in BTC continues to grow
Bitcoin remains the most popular cryptocurrency for paying for goods and services on the darknet. But the share of darknet transactions in bitcoins among all bitcoin transactions fell several times within the last five years.
Russian Central Bank reports boom of cryptocurrency and ordinary Ponzi schemes
In 2019, the Bank of Russia discovered 237 financial Ponzi schemes that operated on the territory of Russia. Many of them promised high returns and encouraged investing in cryptocurrencies.
Opinion: IEOs are dead
Cryptocurrency analyst Larry Cermak noted that the return on primary exchange offerings (IEO) is close to zero. He analyzed the most popular platforms and came to the conclusion that the era of IEOs has passed.
Study: only two classes of tokens show high returns in 2019
The highest level of return on investment was shown in 2019 by two classes of tokens, native exchange tokens and lending DeFi-platforms coins.
Google's senior executive joins Coinbase
Surojit Chatterjee, one of the senior executives of Google's parent company, Alphabet, joined Coinbase as the chief product officer.
Users report sudden account locks on LocalBitcoins
LocalBitcoins, a popular peer-to-peer bitcoin exchange platform, reportedly suspends dozens of user accounts without prior warning, citing AML verification processes, its customers complain.
