UAE MAY BECOME A NEW MECCA FOR BLOCKCHAIN BUSINESS On December 24th, “The National” – local newspaper reported that United Arab Emirates (UAE) could become a new Mecca for blockchain business, after the entry into force of the developed laws on ICO…
THE COMPLEXITY OF CALCULATIONS IN THE BITCOIN NETWORK DECREASED BY 7% With the reduction in the number of miners, the hashrate in the Bitcoin network also decreased. Accordingly, the complexity of calculations automatically decreased by 7% when generating new blocks. This drew…
A COMBINED MARKET OF ALTCOINS WILL APPEAR ON BINANCE The largest bitcoin exchange in terms of trading volume, Binance will rename the ETH market to the combined altcoins market (ALTS). We will be adding a couple trading pairs with XRP as…
FACEBOOK IS PROBABLY DEVELOPING ITS OWN CRYPTOCURRENCY According to the recent reports, Facebook is developing its own stablecoins, a type of cryptocurrency, connected to the US dollar, which can be used for WhatsApp transfers. Considering that the value of cryptocurrency continues to…
IN 2018, THE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE NODES IN THE BITCOIN NETWORK DECREASED BY 19% According to the Bitnodes, the number of available nodes in the bitcoin blockchain network decreased by 19%, from 11845 to 9597, for the current year. At the same…
JUSTIN SUN REPORTED ABOUT THE EMERGENCE OF MORE THAN 50 DECENTRALIZED APPLICATIONS IN THE TRON NETWORK TRON founder Justin Sun said that his network supports more than 50 decentralized applications (dApps), and in the near future plans to reach the level of…
CHINA PRESENTED THE CRYPTOCURRENCY RATING FOR DECEMBER China’s Center for Information and Industry Development (CCID) under the Ministry of industry and information technology of the country has published the December update of its Global Public Blockchain Technology Assessment Index (GPBTAI). The study…
BINANCE – №1 IN THE WORLD BY TRAFFIC AND TRADING VOLUME AMONG CRYPTO-EXCHANGES Chain Open Research (COR Index), a new York-based company specializing in cryptocurrency market analytics, has published a report on the performance of platforms for trading digital assets. According to…
1xBit are embracing the spirit of the festive season by giving away prizes every day until the New Year! We all love getting presents at this time of the year – it’s a way of being told you’re special and valued. Now,…
WSJ: BITCOIN FUTURES FROM BAKKT WILL BE APPROVED AT THE BEGINNING OF 2019 The first futures contracts of BAKKT, which will be redeemed in cryptocurrencies, and not in cash, will be approved by regulators at the beginning of next year, the WSJ…
TIM DRAPER UNIVERSITY HAS LAUNCHED A NEW PROGRAM FOR CRYPTO-STARTUPS Now, legend of the crypto world, Tim Draper offers programs for blockchain startups in his own educational institution, Draper University. Draper University’s educational approach is to prepare entrepreneurs by providing mentoring and…
NOW DEVICES OF LEDGER CAN BE BOUGHT FOR CRYPTOCURRENCY The French manufacturer of hardware crypto-wallets Ledger has signed a cooperation agreement with the Hong Kong startup Crypto.com. After its integration into the online store Ledger, the payment solution of the new partner…
CENTRAL BANKS OF 15 COUNTRIES ARE READY TO ISSUE NATIONAL CRYPTOCURRENCIES The International Monetary Fund (IMF) published a report in which it noted that 15 different countries are preparing to issue CBDC (Central bank digital currency). In November, the Head of the…
BITHUMB IS ACCUSED OF FALSIFYING 94% OF THE DAILY TRADING VOLUME The research organization CER released a report in which it accused crypto-exchange BITHUMB of falsifying the trading volume. According to analysts, the volume of trading on the exchange grew too fast…
VIETNAM IS ACTIVELY DEVELOPING CRYPTOCURRENCY REGULATION According to a new report from the Ministry of Justice, Vietnam is considering to amend its current legislation to establish new regulations, adapted to cryptocurrencies. In Vietnam, cryptocurrencies are currently not considered as a legal payment…
THE CREATOR OF BITTORRENT WANTS TO CONQUER THE MARKET WITH THE “GREEN” CRYPTOCURRENCY CALLED CHIA Developer and author of the BitTorrent Protocol, Bram Cohen launches Chia cryptocurrency with low electricity consumption, which, in his opinion, can compete with Bitcoin. Cohen’s new development,…
SPANISH SUPPLIER OF “GREEN” ENERGY SWITCHES TO BLOCKCHAIN The Spanish company of “green” electricity production ACCIONA plans to develop a technology based on the blockchain to track the supply of electricity to the users. The new service will be relevant anywhere in…
FRANCE WILL NOT INTRODUCE BENEFITS FOR THE CRYPTO INDUSTRY, BUT WILL REDUCE THE TAX ON CRYPTO-PROFITS The French Parliament rejected almost all proposals to introduce more favorable legislation to the blockchain industry. But one amendment was still adopted – to reduce the…
90% OF THE CURRENT PERIOD ISSUE OF THE COINS HAVE BEEN MINED AT MONERO NETWORK The Monero network produced 90% of the current period coin issue. Before reducing the reward per block in the Monero network to 0.6 XMR, only 1.84 million…
COINBASE ADDS DAI, GNT, MKR AND ZIL American cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase conducts another expansion of the list of digital assets represented on its platform – this time it will be replenished with Dai (DAI), Golem (GNT), Maker (MKR) and Zilliqa (ZIL). All…