RESEARCH: THE NUMBER OF VERIFIED CRYPTO USERS IS GROWING SIGNIFICANTLY According to Bloomberg, citing the results of a study by the center for alternative Finance of Cambridge University, the number of confirmed users of cryptocurrencies has almost doubled in the first three…

THE CENTRAL BANKS OF THE ARAB EMIRATES AND SAUDI ARABIA ARE EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF INTRODUCING A DIGITAL CURRENCY The Central banks of the two neighboring countries, the UAE and Saudi Arabia, are jointly exploring the possibility of using a single cryptocurrency…

BINANCE DECLARED WAR TO DISINFORMATION IN CRYPTO INDUSTRY In a press release on December 12th, cryptocurrency exchange Binance has released a series of nearly 500 training articles to provide “objective” information about cryptocurrencies and blockchain. The educational unit of the largest crypto-exchange…

SERIAL HACKING ORGANIZES GRAND HACKATHON IN ASIA From December 8 to January 5, 2019, online registration for the blockchain hackathon Serial Hacking 2018 is open. You can participate in the competition remotely, without prejudice to work in duties and the usual comfort…

CRYPTO EXCHANGE GEMINI LAUNCHES NEW APPLICATION AND PLANS TO EXPAND TO ASIA The Winklevoss brothers attract individual investors with the help of the new Gemini crypto-exchange application, the development of which will become a priority in 2019. Tyler Winklevoss noted that they…

COINTEXT BECAME AVAILABLE IN COLOMBIA AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC The CoinText platform, which allows users to send and receive cryptocurrencies via SMS and without a smartphone or Internet, has been also launched in Colombia and the Dominican Republic, becoming available in 37…

PECKSHIELD: VULNERABILITIES IN EOS DAPPS CAUSED THE LOSS OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS The Chinese edition “Blockchain Truth” with reference to the company PeckShield, specializing in cybersecurity issues in the blockchain sphere, reports that through decentralized applications (dApps) in the EOS…

BITMAIN CLOSES ITS RESEARCH DEPARTMENT According to Globes newspaper report, the research department of the mining giant Bitmain, located in Israel, is closing: 23 employees fell under the reduction, due to the financial difficulties of the company, just 3 years after the…

KFC WILL START ACCEPTING DASH IN VENEZUELA The international food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) will accept payments in the DASH cryptocurrency in Venezuela. The first KFC, which will open the possibility of payment in the DASH cryptocurrency, is located in the…

BITHUMB LAUNCHED A NEW SERVICE TO VOTE FOR THE NEW TOKEN LISTING The leading Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb announced the beta release of a new service — Pickthumb. Bithumb opened a platform to assess and vote for the new token listing on…