Russian Finance Minister Sees no Point in Banning Crypto Currencies
The Russian Finance Minister, Mr Anton Siluanov has stated that he sees “No Point in Prohibiting” the use of crypto currencies. However, the Minister has made his intentions clear of possibly regulating them by the end of 2017. In the...
The Chinese ICO Ban May Only be Temporary
As you may know, China banned ICOs last week Monday. They claimed that these ICOs were a breach of the country’s securities laws and hence should not be allowed to issue any more tokens. They also said that all of...
The IOTA Hash Vulnerability that is Scaring Investors
For those people that were following the IOTA token price this week, they will have noticed that there were considerable downward movements on the news of a cryptographic vulnerability. The vulnerability was discovered by a team of researchers from MIT...
Update on the Ethereum Metropolis Upgrade
We recently covered some of the updates that were taken place on the Ethereum network. Known as the Metropolis hard fork, the upgrade has been long awaited and there have constantly been revisions to the roll out in both timeline...
Blockchain Competitor R3 sues Ripple
Two of the biggest blockchain startups in the payment processing space are now involved in a legal dispute. R3 brought the lawsuit to Ripple on Friday from a Delaware court. The dispute is based on an options contract that was...
Russian Central Bank Wades into Crypto Currency Discussion
Russia is indeed a coutnry which can give out mixed signals when it comes to regulations. The crypto currency space is no exception. It was only a few weeks ago that we heard that the Moscow stock exchange was considering...
Bitcoin and Crypto Currency Markets Tumble
China is back at it again. They are spooking Crypto currency markets and creating a great degree of uncertainty. This time the shock came in the form of a cryptic (pardon the pun) comment on social media that was tied...
Russian Hackers are Targeting your PC, for Mining
WannaCry, Not Petya, Mt Gox or the DAO. We always here about the large scale hacks or cyber crime exploits that cause a great degree of damage and publicity. However, there is a far more silent yet effective threat that...
What is the Ethereum Casper POS Protocol?
As Ethereum gets ready to release the Metropolis hard fork in the next few months, there is still a great deal of talk about Casper and the move to a Proof of Stake (POS) from a Proof of Work (POW)...
A New ICO Record with $257m Filecoin Funding
It seemed only a few weeks ago when we were talking about the historic ICO of Tezos which managed to pull in an unprecedented $232 million raise in July. This has now been overtaken by the Filecoin ICO which managed...
