Cryptocurrency mining apps banned from Google Play
Google recently updated its developer policies for apps published on the Google Play store, introducing bans on cryptocurrency mining, Android Police reported.
This is not the first time Google has adjusted its policies. The report noted...
Cryptocurrency mania risks jeopardising Bitcoin ETF approval
Cryptocurrency enthusiasts may turn out to be their own worst enemy when it comes to an exchange-traded fund backed by Bitcoin.
The largest virtual currency has soared about 40 percent to more than $8,000 since the start of July...
Zombie cryptocurrency stocks resurface as Bitcoin recovers
Crypto stocks, the darlings of late last year that quickly lost their luster, may be rising from the dead.
Scores of small firms rebranded with blockchain at the end of 2017 to boost their share prices, only to see their market...
Major firms have started offering cryptocurrency insurance
In the staid and buttoned-up world of insurance underwriting, few want to talk about it. You won’t find many ads promoting it or details on company websites offering it.
But according to industry insiders, there’s a hot new...
Attention South African Crypto Miners,
We would like to setup local mining pools for low latency mining in ZA/Southern Africa.
Obviously there are many considerations to make when choosing to setup a mining pool, which pool software, what coins/algos do we setup, etc etc
We have the...
New York offers cryptocurrency miners cheaper power
New York just cracked open a door for electricity-sucking cryptocurrency miners to take advantage of some of its cheapest power supplies.
State regulators approved a new rate structure Thursday for one upstate utility that will allow...
Cryptocurrency is effectively outlawed in India
India’s top court refused to overturn a central bank ban on lenders from dealing in cryptocurrencies, a move that effectively outlaws the nascent industry in Asia’s third-largest economy.
A bench headed, by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, said the...
Thailand's new cryptocurrency laws skip the big debate
Securities, or not securities. That is the crypto question.
Except in Thailand.
While regulators around the world have grappled with the issue of what category digital currencies and assets fall into, Thailand has skipped the debate...
Cryptocurrency influencers paid thousands of dollars for tweets
By day, Paul Angus is an engineer. But by night, he’s Cryptonomatron: a producer of hot takes on the latest initial coin offerings who has more than 8,000 subscribers on YouTube.
The 43-year-old Scot’s online alter-ego is mostly...
Regulated cryptocurrency custody is a game-changer
Hedge fund manager Kyle Samani embraces his job making multimillion-dollar bets on the wild market for cryptocurrencies, but he’s long contended with a headache: Ensuring his holdings aren’t stolen.
Samani, a managing partner at Multicoin...
We are having a draw where the prize is a Ledger Nano S hardware wallet (Approximate value of R1500).
The competition is running until 1 June 2018 at 12am, so there is only 3 days left.
If you would like to enter, read more about it here: https://ice3x.co.za/ledger-competition-may-2018/
European Bitcoin brokers call for regulation
The latest calls to regulate the exploding cryptocurrency market come from an unusual place.
Some of Europe’s largest digital-coin brokers, who would be saddled with the new rules, are actually asking for them in a bid to clear the air and shake...
Major consulting firms experiment with ICOs
In recent months, the largest accounting firms have started offering services specializing in the risky market for ICOs.
[Bloomberg]
Crypto exchange offers $250,000 bounty for hackers
One of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges is going on the offensive to deter hacking attempts that have plagued the industry.
[Bloomberg]