97% of South Korean Cryptocurrency Exchanges in Danger of Shutting Down: Report
October 6, 2019
South Korea’s regulatory authorities have strongly favored backing blockchain-related projects over decentralized cryptocurrencies. Some recent events confirm that the nation’s government is more supportive of distributed ledger…
The Number of Cryptocurrency Wallets Has Been Increasing Exponentially: Statista Report
October 2, 2019
More than 40 million cryptocurrency wallets have been created, as of mid-2019, according to market data provider Statista. The report from Statista revealed that there were only around 8 million digital asset wallets in 2016.
The…
Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Trading in Iran Illicit
August 10, 2019
There have been reports that cryptocurrency miners have
increased Iran’s energy consumption by 7 percent. The Iranian government has, nonetheless, been
very accommodating to the miners. The West Asian nation has ratified a…
Bitpanda: The Swiss Are True Cryptocurrency Holders
August 3, 2019
BitPanda, in partnership with GlobalWebIndex, has done an in-depth survey on the identity of the European cryptocurrency holder. Key findings of the study show that both the Swiss and Austrians hold the titles of the highest crypto…
Fake Libra Ads, Websites 'Offering' Facebook's Cryptocurrency At A 'Discount'
July 24, 2019
Facebook’s cryptocurrency project has been heavily scrutinized by
governments throughout the world. Regulatory authorities have asked the
American social media firm to provide more information regarding its crypto
project, while some…
Iran Recognizes Cryptocurrency Mining as a Proper Industry
July 23, 2019
Iran Gives Cryptocurrency Mining a Nod In a move easily juxtaposed with US policies on cryptocurrency, the government of Iran has officially recognized cryptocurrency mining as an independent industry. A move on July 21st by the…
Don't "Store" Your Life Savings in Cryptocurrency exchanges
July 22, 2019
In the last six months, seven crypto exchanges have lost significant amounts of cash to large scale hacking attacks. The most recent is the security breach at Bitpoint. The all-time high amount stolen from crypto exchanges has now…
Giant Russian Crowdfunding Platform to Accept IOST Cryptocurrency from Global Investors
July 22, 2019
The IOST Foundation, an organization supporting the ongoing development
of IOST (a scalable layer 1 blockchain network for mainstream online services),
has announced that it has successfully completed its integration…
