Crypto

TOKYO: Cryptocurrencies fell Friday after Japan-based digital exchange Coincheck suspended client deposits and withdrawals for virtual currencies except for bitcoin, saying it had been hacked. Coincheck said it was investigating "unauthorised access" of the exchange that appeared to result in a loss worth half a billion US dollars of NEM,...

Peter Boockvar, the Chief Investment Officer at Bleakley Advisory Group, sees the potential for Bitcoin (BTC) to be around for a long time, but with a significant price drop coming when the Bitcoin bubble bursts, according to CNBC. Boockvar sees a possible 70 to 90 percent price drop for Bitcoin this year, saying:...

Out of the blues while entire world focused on Ripples XRP and Stellar XLM - GeoCoins hits all time high on 4th January 2018. Geocoin price for today is $17.3193. It has a current circulating supply of 3.37 Million coins and a total volume exchanged of $38,448,543. A sudden unexpected jump was seen...

South Korea’s cryptocurrency exchanges have implemented changes to comply with the government’s mandates announced last week. In addition to restricting certain customers from trading cryptocurrencies, the exchanges have stopped issuing new virtual accounts in accordance with the regulators’ real-name requirements. Government’s Mandates The South Korean government made several announcements in...

If you’ve been following cryptocurrency markets recently, you’d notice that one cryptocurrency, Ripple, has been on fire. If I was a snarky a**hole, I’d have told you that the reason Ripple is flying is because more people are buying than selling. But I won’t, because you’re here to learn and...

Otello Corporation owned web browser Opera has introduced a crypto-currency mining blocker feature in the latest version of their browser, Opera 50 is the first browser to block the anonymous crypto-currency mining process on your computer. The new feature will defence against the cryptojackers or browser-based cryptocurrency miners that use a...