PlusToken main criminal suspect is facing public prosecution. One of the ringleaders of Plus Token is now facing criminal charges in China. Plus Token is one of the largest apparent scams in the cryptocurrency industry’s history. According to local media, Zhou will face public prosecutors in the Court of Jianhu County, Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province. […]
Continue ReadingThe launch date of China’s long-awaited digital yuan remains a secret, creating space for potential fraud. With the official release date of digital yuan being kept in the dark, third-party actors have stepped in to impersonate the digital yuan officials, hoping to attract gullible investors. A recent press statement issued by a company called Yuan […]
Continue ReadingOverstock CEO Jonathan Johnson said that immunity passports to prove lack of coronavirus infection may push blockchain technology out of Bitcoin’s shadow. Overstock CEO Jonathan Johnson has claimed that private, consumer-controlled immunity passports may be the killer-app that propels blockchain technology into the mainstream. In an interview with PYMNTS, he said that the company’s investment […]
Continue ReadingA global think tank for central banking, OMFIF, has announced the launch of its Digital Money Institute, aimed at bridging the gap between digital currency and traditional banking. The Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF), an independent global think tank for central banking and economic policy, announced the launch of its Digital Monetary Institute […]
Continue ReadingMessari adds 10 new exchanges to its ‘real volume’ metric and overhauls methodology. Crypto data and research platform Messari has added 10 new exchanges to its “real volume” metric as part of a revamp of the methodology. The ranking is an attempt to rank exchanges without including any wash trading — which came about following […]
Continue ReadingCardano is working on a crypto-native microchip that would enable crypto transitions without the internet access, potentially delivering fiat-like experience to the hundreds of millions around the world. In a recent Cointelegraph interview, Charles Hoskinson elaborated on the crypto-native chip that IOHK is working at its blockchain lab at the University of Wyoming that may […]
Continue ReadingNow that the Bitcoin block reward has been halved, BTC’s hash rate and transaction fees are feeling the impact. Things haven’t quite been the same since the Bitcoin (BTC) halving. A substantial number of miners have pulled the plug on their equipment due to the halved reward. Consequently, transaction fees are now considerably higher, the […]
Continue ReadingThe price of Bitcoin fell from $9,800 to $9,200, and it was most likely caused by five key factors. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) fell from $9,800 to as low as $9,200 on major exchanges overnight. It comes after BTC demonstrated relatively low volatility in the past week, ranging in between $9,900 and $9,500. The […]
Continue ReadingCointelegraph interviewed merchants and executives from Crypto.com and Pundi X to learn about the current state of crypto payments for retail customers. Paying with crypto has long been at the center of the discussions of why cryptocurrencies exist and why they are useful. But despite promising growth and excitement during crypto’s bullish phases, payments with […]
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A monster 1.3M transaction block has been processed on the Bitcoin SV network. Blockchain service provider TAAL has processed the largest block to date on Bitcoin SV — 369MB in size and containing 1.3 million transactions. TAAL announced the milestone on Twitter. The block is an order of magnitude larger than anything currently achievable on […]
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