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Crypto Pay Venture Predicts Indonesia Crypto Turnaround in Three Years

Indonesia could be on the verge of welcoming in widespread crypto pay solutions at retail outlets across the country – despite the central bank’s vehement opposition to cryptocurrencies. One company says it predicts the central bank, Bank Indonesia, will reverse its anti-crypto stance...

, by Tim Alper

Japanese Wallet Firm Buys Mongolian Mine, SBI Exchange Launched?

Two Japanese companies announced its crypto business expansion news. Cryptocurrency wallet provider Ginco will move into the cryptocurrency mining industry, and has established a base in Mongolia. Meanwhile, financial giant SBI Group has finally showed its long-awaited cryptocurrency exchange...

, by Tim Alper

Will IOTA Users Stop ‘Losing’ Their Coins Now?

‘Lost’ tokens still exist and still belong to their rightful holder. Confusion should end with the launch of Trinity Wallet.Things haven't always been easy for IOTA. Since the decentralised internet-of-things foundation was launched in 2015, it's been accused of possessing a small...

, by Simon Chandler

Game of Exchanges: Self-regulation as Self-defense

Korea Blockchain Association released a list of mandatory measures for its members. In most cases, exchanges didn't stick to previous promises.The South Korean government’s decision earlier this year to put the brakes on a proposed crypto-crackdown has completely shaken up the industry....

, by Tim Alper

Exclusive: Ledger CEO On Business Growth, M&A and Wallet Price

Ledger, a French manufacturer of a popular hardware wallet, is diversifying its business by developing enterprise-focused solutions and doesn't rule out acquisitions to support its growth, CEO Éric Larchevêque told Cryptonews.com. Also, he forecasts a decrease in their wallet price. In...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

IMF Official: If Banks Can’t Beat Crypto, They Need to Join It

Since crypto may become a serious contender for putting banks out of business, they should forestall this by adopting some of the concepts, suggested Dong He, deputy director of the International Monetary Fund’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department.In an article “Crypto assets may...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Chinese Crypto-companies Eyeing South Korea Expansion

Chinese cryptocurrency businesses are now targeting the South Korean market as mainland China’s crypto-crackdown stands firm.Media outlet Ilyo notes that Qtum and “other Chinese cryptocurrencies” are already widely available on numerous Korean exchange platforms – and that...

, by Tim Alper

Report: World Cup Could Spur on Crypto Market

Cryptocurrency prices could climb during the World Cup, due to kick off in Russia in just two weeks’ time, claims a Forbes contributor.The writer, Billy Bambrough, says that a drop of around 50% in Bitcoin transactions since late 2017 has contributed to a sluggish market for crypto.Bambrough...

, by Tim Alper

How Can Criminals Manipulate Cryptocurrency Markets?

Nir Kshetri, University of North Carolina – GreensboroCryptocurrencies like bitcoin are based on systems that are supposed to be inherently protected from fraud. Yet the U.S. Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation into manipulation of bitcoin prices. How is that sort of...

, by Nir Kshetri

Headphone Manufacturer Planning USD 300 Million ICO

Monster Products, an American company that manufactures and markets about 6,000 products, but is best known for headphones, is planning a USD 300 million initial coin offering (ICO) that may turn the company around from a downward spiral.According to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

S Korean Regulator: Key Court Crypto Ruling Won’t Change Gov’t Stance

South Korea’s financial regulator says the government’s official position on cryptocurrencies has not changed, despite a landmark Supreme Court ruling.On May 30, the court ordered the seizure of 216 Bitcoin from a man who had been convicted of running an illegal pornography site, and...

, by Tim Alper

Twitter Scams Are Getting Out of Hand

Crypto Twitter is packed with landmines - from verified accounts scamming to those making up a whole personality for the people they’re impersonating, and people are falling for it. For example, Chris Burniske, a partner at Placeholder, a New York venture firm that specializes in...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

BitBay Forced to Move to Malta Because of Polish Banks

BitBay, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in Poland, has decided to suspend its activities in the country - simultaneously starting business in the jurisdiction of the Republic of Malta, due to banks no longer cooperating with the exchange. The move was announced May 29th, and up to the end of...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

How to Read a Whitepaper

When it comes to evaluating the potential of a cryptocurrency project, especially one at initial coin offering (ICO) stage, the first place to start your analysis is always the project’s whitepaper. The purpose of a whitepaper in the cryptocurrency space is to explain in detail what a project...

, by Alex Lielacher

Bithumb Pledges to Respect Gov’t Security Guidelines

South Korean exchange platform Bithumb has announced it will ensure its security complies with government guidelines, and says it will also restrict anonymous trading.The company was widely castigated by the country’s crypto community over a now aborted plan to list the Popchain...

, by Tim Alper

Survey: Most Japanese PC Users in the Dark over Cryptojacking

A survey has found that while some 95% of Japanese PC users say they know about cryptocurrency, more than 40% say they have not heard of cryptojacking – attacks that force browser software to mine cryptocurrencies for other internet users.Cybersecurity provider Avast Software says it quizzed...

, by Tim Alper

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