India’s second Blockchain academy is to launch in the southern state of Kerala, the brainchild of education establishment IIITM-K.
Showing posts with label bitcoin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bitcoin. Show all posts
Monday, March 6, 2017
Cryptocurrency Exchange Yobit Investigated in Russia on Fraud Claims
Cryptocurrency exchange Yobit is currently under investigation by Russian authorities, which are threatening to block it over alleged fraudulent activity.
Bitcoin Price Will Triple Gold in 2018, Silver Achieves Parity With Gold: Clif High
Clif High, who is known with his accurate predictions about Bitcoin, says we should see a $13,000+ Bitcoin price by March 2018, with gold being a third of it, and silver on pair with gold.
FinTech Fund To Pour $141 mln to Aid “Financial Inclusion” in Emerging Markets
The Accion Frontier Inclusion Fund has raised $141 million to benefit emerging markets shut out of global finance.
Bitcoin, Cryptocurrencies Will Fuel Tech Boom in Africa: Expert
Hermann Djoumessi says Bitcoin could be the engine for African growth which will definitely fuel the continent's great leap forward. In his judgment, this is a sweeping knowledge and technology jump that is expected to happen within the next five years.
Bitcoin Exchange BTCC Tests Withdrawals Before Deadline, Localbitcoins Set Records
China continues to relax moratorium on BTC withdrawals as BTCC appears to process a transaction a week early.
IBM, Maersk To Deliver First Blockchain Project “By End Of 2017”
IBM and Maersk are working on a joint Blockchain project for shipping which should be in operation by the end of this year.
UK Mainstream Media Begins to Offer Balanced Overview of “Mysterious” Bitcoin
This past week, British news company The Independent have demonstrated that the mainstream media is beginning to offer balanced and fair coverage of Bitcoin and other digital currencies.
Sunday, March 5, 2017
Bitcoin as Trend Setter: Warren Buffett on Why Money Management is Expensive & Inefficient
Increasing ambiguity in the structure of the financial industry and rapidly changing trends in investing are bringing more attention towards bitcoin.
Cashless Hooplah! How Indian Banks Want to Bleed Poorest of the Poor
India’s poorest and most unprivileged citizens will be made to pay for India’s cashless extravaganza.
To The Moon? Analysts Optimistic Towards Bitcoin ETF Approval - 50 Percent Probability
Analysts from prominent financial institutions including Bloomberg believe that the probability of the Winklevoss twins’ bitcoin ETF COIN being approved is fairly high.
Podcast: Mel Gelderman - Venturing Into the Web3
We’re changing our name to “The Ethereum Podcast”, not really, but now that I have your attention… This interview is all about Ethereum.
Saturday, March 4, 2017
Bitcoin Price to Climb Beyond $1,300 With Expected US Fed Rates Increase
On March 3, Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen announced the Fed is likely to increase interest rates this month. As a result, bitcoin price is also likely to increase, as the value of reserve currencies including the Japanese yen and Chinese yuan falls.
Bitcoin Price As Driver Of Adoption, X-Factor is Key to Ecosystem Growth
Increased interest in Bitcoin in the last few months is mostly driven by price. But for Bitcoin to reach widespread adoption, it will need to overcome bottlenecks and get support beyond the crypto community.
Bitcoin Can Be Confiscated From Suspects: Hungarian Justice Ministry Proposal
The new Hungarian law will make it possible to confiscate Bitcoins and other virtual currencies from suspects in the early stages of the criminal process.
Friday, March 3, 2017
Google Encourages Industry to Use Bitcoin's SHA-256 Encryption
Google is encouraging businesses and security practitioners to utilize cryptographic hashes like SHA-256, a Secure Hash Algorithm which serves as the basis of the Bitcoin network’s proof of work (PoW) algorithm.
Breakthrough in Bitcoin Space: Breeze Wallet to Redefine Transactional Privacy
Stratis has announced Breeze Wallet which is said to provide solutions to transactional privacy issues in the bitcoin space.
Popping Fintech Bubble: How UK Startup Became Licensed Bank
Just last summer the UK banking startup Monzo became a licensed bank. With upcoming PSD2 regulations, it is set to change the way we view traditional banking.
Ethereum Nears All-Time High Price And $2 Bln Market Cap, Dash Slows
Ethereum’s market cap is nearing $2 billion and its price challenges all-time highs as Dash fever subsides.
What Bitcoin Lacks to Become Major Currency
Is Bitcoin supposed to serve its global network of users as a settlement network? Or should it perform as digital gold for investors using it as a safe haven asset and to process large sums of money?
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