The law offices of Pomerantz LLP in New York have filed a series of civil suits against MGT Capital Investment and its executive officers on behalf of several of the trading firm’s past or present customers. The suits allege that…
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Canadian Blockchain Company Sees Opportunity in Newly Legalized Cannabis
Like Walmart with pork from China and Maersk with shipping containers, DMG Blockchain Solutions (DMG) is hoping to be the first global supply chain company to manage cannabis products on the blockchain, initially in Canada — and then around the…
85 Percent of Developers Can Alter Their Cryptoassets’ Protocol, Research Shows
CryptoCompare’s yearly report indicates a tendency to centralize crypto assets, as 85 percent of their developers can change protocols at any time. Cryptocurrency tracking resource CryptoCompare’s recent study has shown that 85 percent of crypto assets allow development teams to…
CME Report: BTC Futures Trading Keeps Growing in Q3, Average Daily Volume up 41% Over Q2
Bitcoin futures trading at the CME has continued to grow in Q3, with average daily trading volume up 41% over Q2. Bitcoin (BTC) futures trading at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has continued to grow in Q3, the U.S.-based exchange…
Redditors Accuse Amex of Sponsoring Anti-Crypto Tweets, But Proof Inconclusive
Cointelegraph investigates Redditors’ allegations that American Express has sponsored crypto-skeptical content on Twitter. Reddit users have alleged that American Express (Amex) has sponsored crypto-skeptical content on Twitter, according to a popular forum thread opened Tuesday, Oct. 16. The tweet in…
Civil Fails to Raise $8M Minimum in ICO
Civil, a blockchain startup that has partnered with Forbes and The Associated Press, failed to reach the $8 million minimum target it set for its initial coin offering this week, suggesting an end to the days when promoters simply had…
Cypherpunk Essentials: A Beginner’s Guide to Crypto Privacy
The following op-ed on crypto privacy was written by Reuben Yap. He is the Chief Operations Officer of Zcoin. A corporate lawyer for ten years, specializing in institutional frameworks, Reuben founded one of SE Asia’s top VPN companies, bolehvpn.net. He graduated…
The Daily: A Dirty War on Bitcoin
Today’s installment of The Daily is all about dirty tricks. The sort of tricks designed to convince the world that Bitcoin is bad. Spending bitcoin, mining it, or allowing the Chinese to mine it ahead of the U.S. — all…
The first Crypto Bank will open in Switzerland in 2019
Nowadays banks aren’t ranked too high when it comes to public opinion. In fact, most people who initially got interested in crypto and blockchain, did so because of the lack of trust for the banking system. A new Swiss-based startup…
Quick Money is About to Become Quicker: Trade Bots are the Future
Quick money is the prime goal of most traders. Experienced or not, this goal is the same for every trader. If the crypto markets give a hint of quick money, you can be damn sure most traders will quickly follow.…