Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency is a digital asset designed to work as a medium of exchange that uses strong cryptography to secure financial transactions, control the creation of additional units, and verify the transfer of assets.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Bitcoin Daily: Ripple Names New General Counsel; Cryptopia Hackers Reportedly Net $180K
Bitcoin Daily: Ripple Names New General Counsel; Cryptopia Hackers Reportedly Net $180K
January 30, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Elementus, a data analytics firm, claims that a hacker has taken an additional $181,000 worth of ether from the Cryptopia digital currency exchange, CoinDesk reported....

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For Crypto At Scale, Look To Blockchain … And Academia?
For Crypto At Scale, Look To Blockchain … And Academia?
January 30, 2019  |  Blockchain

For cryptos to be used in the real world to buy and sell things  — what a concept! — might academics succeed where entrepreneurs have...

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Bitcoin Daily: BitGrail CEO Owes $170M; $1B In Digital Currency Hacks Stolen
Bitcoin Daily: BitGrail CEO Owes $170M; $1B In Digital Currency Hacks Stolen
January 29, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Francesco Firano, founder of cryptocurrency exchange BitGrail, has been ordered to repay the $170 million worth of cryptocurrency that allegedly went missing last year. According...

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Bitcoin Daily: Overstock’s tZERO Starts Trading; Coinbase Partners With TurboTax
Bitcoin Daily: Overstock’s tZERO Starts Trading; Coinbase Partners With TurboTax
January 27, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Business for bitcoin ATM companies seems to be booming, with Coin ATM Radar estimating that there are now 4,213 cryptocurrency ATM machines around the globe, most...

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Bitcoin And Dented Radishes: This Week’s Hype Penalty Box Nominees
Bitcoin And Dented Radishes: This Week’s Hype Penalty Box Nominees
January 26, 2019  |  Innovation

“Hype” is defined by Webster’s Dictionary as “to promote or publicize (a product or idea) intensively, often exaggerating its importance or benefits.” It is not...

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Fizzle Of The Week: Munchery And The Suppliers Left Behind
Fizzle Of The Week: Munchery And The Suppliers Left Behind
January 25, 2019  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Despite raising over $125 million in venture funding from the likes of Greycroft, ACME Ventures (formerly known as Sherpa Capital), Menlo Ventures, e.Ventures, Cota Capital,...

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Bitcoin Daily: Robinhood Secures NY Money Transmission License; Harvard, Levi Strauss Team On Blockchain
Bitcoin Daily: Robinhood Secures NY Money Transmission License; Harvard, Levi Strauss Team On Blockchain
January 25, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Chainalysis unveiled an anti-money laundering (AML) compliance solution for stablecoins called Know Your Transaction (KYT), the company said in an announcement. The product seeks to...

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Do Grocery Stores Need Bitcoin ATMs?
Do Grocery Stores Need Bitcoin ATMs?
January 25, 2019  |  Bitcoin

There are few familiar places in the regular life of a consumer other than the grocery store, and that familiarity can breed a type of...

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Crypto’s $2.5 Million Daily Fraud Problem
Crypto’s $2.5 Million Daily Fraud Problem
January 23, 2019  |  Cryptocurrency

The big bitcoin and crypto breach events are well-known news items. There was the Mt. Gox hack that saw $473 million in bitcoin disappear, the Bitfinex...

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