Philippe Couillard, the premier of Quebec has temporarily put a stop to all of the new cryptocurrency mining operations being conducted in the Canadian province alongside the state-owned Hydro-Quebec Distribution company. All Offshore Applications Have Been Halted Quebec is known for the fact that…

In an official press release today, ivyKoin(TM) have announced the outcome of their recent ICO . Initially ivyKoin(TM) had set an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) target of $15M, however due to an unprecedented demand, the offering became somewhat over-subscribed with ivyKoin(TM) eventually going on to…

Dash should be considered as a competitor for the top currencies. It stands at number 13 on coinmarketcap.com and is valued at present at around $360.00, though it has been subject to a fall in value of late. With this in mind, you might assume that for Dash, the sort of people they want onboard are…

This week the Australian Taxation Office, a branch within the Australian Government have announced plans to open a public consultation in order to gain opinions on how the government should handle the taxation of cryptocurrencies . This perhaps suggests to me that Australia’s government are open to…

At the recent Satoshi’s Vision Conference, Tokyo, delegates were treated to a talk from Ken Shishido on Bitcoin Cash adoption in Japan. Shishido, is best known as the co-organiser for the Tokyo branch of the Bitcoin meet up, a movement which hosts weekly meetings to talk about Bitcoin and…

Bill Barhydt, CEO of American Express backed cryptocurrency wallet, ‘Abra’, has today told Business Insider UK of his prediction that the worlds cryptocurrency markets are teetering on the edge of a great expansion, he expects that when it happens, all hell is going to break loose, in a good way we…

Firstly, let me recap on exactly what a zero-confirmation transaction is, as summarised by CCN: “Bitcoin transactions are committed to the blockchain about every 10 minutes. Zero-confirmation transactions do not reside in a block yet. Instead, they reside in the memory pool of miners. Until a block…

Underdog currency Ontology has seen a steady rise recently. Amid universally decreasing values, Ontology has stood the test of time. Stunningly this morning, Ontology is up by 43%, with it’s value expected to continue creeping up throughout the day. In the wake of Twitters official statement…

Yesterday, Verge hit the headlines with news of an impeding announcement. Since then we’ve been sat at the edge of our seats waiting to hear the news. Speculation was high, we knew the announcement was based on two factors, firstly, a potential partnership between Verge and an anonymous big company,…

We recently wrote an article about Ripple XRP and their collaboration with Western Union, news of this merge has been rinsing the headlines this week, for good reason too. Just to re-cap, Western Union is an American financial service company. Customers can use Western Union to transfer funds to…

Ethereum , like other major cryptocurrencies has seen a drop in price today, plummeting by a huge ten percent. Despite the fall, an analyst at ETH news does believe that the second most popular cryptocurrency could rise again, saying; “In the weekly analysis, we discussed the importance of the $500…

Ripple has not had a good start to the week, and was down 7.5 percent, without any obvious signs of recovery. This is the fourth consecutive week that cryptocurrencies have been in the red, but what is more worrying is that there is not anything obvious in the pipeline that will bring it into the…

Belarus is a European country, home to a population of just nine million people. Famous for its sweeping green landscapes and beautifully clean cities, it’s rare the country makes headlines with regards to cryptocurrency news. Today however, the 27/03/2018 the Ministry of Finance housed in Belarus…

The word entrepreneur (is particularly hard to spell as I’ve just found), describes a person with a business minded motivation. Whether they want to make the world a better place, want to make millions, or want to make their idea a reality, the innovation behind the ‘entrepreneurial mind’ is…

Browser based coin mining is becoming ever more common in the cryptocurrency world. Malicious browser-based coin mining is also something which happens, now for many this can go on, totally undetected and ultimately, its unlikely such mining would cause you any problems. I suppose the word malicious…

The Satoshi’s Vision Conference continued this week with a talk from Ryan X. Charles, the CEO and Co-founder of Yours (yours.org). Yours is a platform which uses Bitcoin Cash to pay people for ‘creating good content, finding good content and commenting on good content’. In his presentation, Charles…

A report out this week by Jon Oliver and Menard Oseña named; Cluster of Coins discusses how Machine Learning within networks can be used to detect cryptocurrency-mining malware and malicious attempts to mine coins. In terms of cybersecurity, measures need to be put in place to prevent any malicious…

Joannes Vermorel, founder of Lokad, the company behind Terabyte Blocks, appeared this week at the Satoshi’s Vision Conference in Tokyo to discuss, first hand, the advantages of Terabyte Blocks. For many, this won’t have been the first time Terabyte Blocks has been mentioned, back in December 2017,…

If you’re one for checking the markets first thing in the morning, then you’ll see Verge is up 12.41%. Interestingly, this comes at the same time as an announcement on the Verge Twitter page… VergeDev @justinvendetta will be posting a video about the crowdfund and other news in the morning! Thanks…

This morning, European cryptocurrency gateway Coingate have announced that they will be teaming up with French firm Prestashop, in a move that promises to open-up cryptocurrency payments to 80,000 Europe based merchants. Prestashop ( https://www.prestashop.com/en ) is an open-source platform which…

Ripple has long been the third most popular cryptocurrency, but a recent survey suggests that this might not be the case for much longer. The survey, which was carried out on 1,000 US millennials said Bitcoin was number one, followed by Ethereum and Litecoin. Rather interestingly, none of the people…

Goldman Sachs famously once said that blockchain could change and disrupt everything, but Dr. Julian Hosp, the co-founder of TenX and author of Cryptocurrencies Simply Explained, went one step further and said more specifically that Ethereum will disrupt everything. He has said that investors should…

Many online commentators have given their own unrealistic predictions for Litecoin . It is important to recognise that these are opinions of individuals and cannot always be considered reliable. However, one thing – which some cryptocurrency commentators have pointed out – is certain. When viewed…

It’s often said there are two types of people in the world, those who love cryptocurrencies , and those who don’t fully understand them. Thanks in part to the widespread and overly simplified news coverage of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, there are plenty of myths circulating that need to be…

Andy Bauch has released a new series of painting, titled, ‘New Money’, which combines art and crypto, by hiding abstract codes in his Lego artwork. The codes are private keys to cryptocurrency wallets that contain as much as $9000 worth of cryptocurrencies each. If you buy a piece of art from this…

More than 100,000 businesses have already accepted Bitcoin . These include well-known companies like Microsoft and Dell. But, it is not just the large companies who could benefit from Bitcoin; many small businesses could as well, and here’s how. Small businesses often get hit with high merchant…

Now that the initial hype around cryptocurrency has died down, attention has switched to the relationships that cryptocurrencies can build with companies to increase usage. Ripple XRP has been in the news frequently as news of new partnerships has broken. The latest news has the potential to be the…

Daniel Krawisz is becoming a figurehead in the Bitcoin Cash journey, acting not only as an ambassador for a token-based Bitcoin system but also as a facilitator for pushing the ideals of Bitcoin Cash into the mainstream. Trawling through Krawisz Twitter page offers an insight into his world, with…

Cryptocurrency is a digital currency, which operates independently of a central bank. At the moment, the market is incredibly competitive, with close to 1,800 different types of digital coin, all competing for a share of the market. Among these are the notable Bitcoin , which most people are…

During the recent Satoshi’s Vision Conference, Tokyo, Simon Dixon, Author, Speaker and CEO of BnkToTheFuture.com has been seen quizzing Roger Ver, the appropriately named ‘Bitcoin Jesus’ over his problems with the culture surrounding digital gold and digital cash, namely Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin…

APPICS is a new social media app that is powered by blockchain and aims to reward social media users for their time and creativity spent online. It will be established on the Steem Blockchain, as one of the first Smart Media Tokens, where they will develop the concept of turning likes into…

Late last year, a new coin was born. Tron, a coin designed to make the internet more transparent and more open than ever has been making tracks since last December. In just a month, at the end of the year, the value of Tron actually raised by a stunning 12,600%. Granted, after this spike (probably…

Roll back a few years, and very few people had heard of Bitcoin , the most popular cryptocurrency, let alone some of the lesser-known ones. This could not be more different now, which shows how much the cryptocurrency market has just exploded onto the scenes these days. That said, there is still a…

A recent survey has revealed that over 20% of college students have not been using their student loans for their studies. Instead, they have been using their financial aid to invest in the crypto market. According to results published by The Student Loan Report, 200 students out of 1,000 revealed…

Santander has announced that they will be launching an international money transfer app in partnership with Ripple; the third most popular cryptocurrency , due to take place in the next few months. Nathan Bostock, the banks CEO, said; “This spring, if no one beats us to it, we will be the first…

Before Google really monopolised the way we search the web, we used to access a whole host of internet search engines, allowing instant information to be on hand, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Yes, these search engines still exist but let’s face it, Google is the go-to choice for the majority of…

As a father of three, I first started investing in Bitcoin in 2017, after a recommendation from a friend. I decided to invest £3K for my children as a nest egg for the future. This investment is now worth in excess of 5 figures. Here, I explain the reasons for investing and the process I went…

Huawei is the world’s third-largest smartphone maker, and have recently launched their Mate 10 Pro, as well as preparing to debut their upcoming P20 lineup. Despite a busy few months for the company, reports suggest that they are considering making a new mobile phone that is focused on running…

Despite just putting a ban in place with any adverts that are linked to anything cryptocurrency related, Google have decided to take a major step and reports suggest that they are planning to create their own blockchain which will offer cloud and transactional services. A source said; “The Alphabet…

Google just might be looking into making use of the revolutionary blockchain technology. This week saw Google making an announcement about two different projects, which it is planning to launch to leverage the power of blockchain technology. One of them is a clouds operations platform and the other…