Despite an overwhelming sense of bearishness in both the sentiment surrounding bitcoin and the price itself, there are many developments set to occur in the next 18 months that could kick off another bull run. Improvements to the bitcoin infrastructure seem to be happening at a pace never before seen in the space. However, the…
A gambling application that is based on the EOS blockchain has had a flaw in its smart contract system exploited. Hackers were able to make off with $200,000 worth of EOS due to the vulnerability. EOSBet Taken Offline Following Security Breach Those behind today’s attack exploited a weakness in one of the EOSBet platform’s smart…
Early in July, President Trump announced his nomination of conservative Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to fill Justice Kennedy’s seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. “Judge Kavanaugh has impeccable credentials, unsurpassed qualifications, and a proven commitment to equal justice under the law," Trump told the press. With Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings set to begin on September 4th,…
Over the past week, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley have doubled down on their plans to offer tradable instruments and products around Bitcoin. Alistair Milne, the chief information officer at Altana Digital Currency Fund, stated that the increasing interest towards cryptocurrencies as an asset class by banks and regulated financial institutions is crucial, as it demonstrates…
In a development that flew under the radar of most, an American blockchain startup has just received the go-ahead from a U.S. state regulator to establish a digital asset custody product. The firm’s CEO then took to CNBC to convey details about this product and what it means for this budding industry. The BitGo Crypto…
On Thursday, crypto investors awoke to an unexpected sight, with digital assets across the board posting substantial gains for the first time in weeks. While there were many short-term speculators who were satisfied with this move, there were some optimistic commentators, analysts, and influencers within this space that saw this uptick as the start of…
In the first few years after bitcoin was launched, it was not an easy feat to buy and sell the digital currency. Peer-to-peer transactions with strangers or insecure exchanges were the only options. Fast forward to today and the crypto asset trading ecosystem has matured to the point where it offers many of the same…
The Reserve Bank of India has continued is tirade against the legalization of cryptocurrencies by filing an affidavit to the country’s supreme court. The Supreme Court will be holding a hearing on the case of legalizing cryptocurrency on September 17th, at which time the affidavit will be reviewed. According to a recent report, the RBI…
Throughout 2018, Google has amended policy after policy across its suite of web-based products relating to cryptocurrencies. In the their latest move, cryptocurrency wallets have been swept away off the Google Play store without warning. Google Removes Bitcoin Wallet, CoPay, and BitPay Without Warning According to a new report from Hard Fork, the Mountain View,…
$83 billion investment bank Morgan Stanley is following the footsteps of Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, and will soon offer Bitcoin swap trading to its clients. As reported by Alastair Marsh at Bloomberg, the US banking giant has already developed the infrastructure required to offer complex derivatives tied to Bitcoin and will launch Bitcoin swap trading…