Altcoins

Proof of Work, Proof of Stake, and Proof of Importance All Favor the Rich

Bitcoin (BTC) was developed as a decentralized digital currency. Using a Proof-of-Work (POW) consensus algorithm, BTC theoretic...
February 4, 2019
527

CookieMiner Steals Cryptocurrency Exchange Account Info From MacOS Users

A brand-new malware has made its way to MacOS systems — collecting users’ credentials and forcing their devices to mine coins f...
February 3, 2019
578

Scammers Offered Investors Fake ‘Official’ Singapore Cryptocurrency

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has issued a warning about a potential scam that promotes cryptocurrency officially a...
February 2, 2019
666

Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) Launches, Links Bitcoin and Ethereum

Bitcoin and Ethereum have long been household names in the cryptocurrency industry. Bitcoin, through its sheer simplicity but s...
February 1, 2019
541

Ink Protocol CEO: Crypto Industry In Rebuilding Period Right Now [Interview]

As we have seen from the thousands of ICOs and hundreds of community-funded coins launched in 2018 alone, the race to produce t...
January 31, 2019
526

Litecoin Creator Charlie Lee Looking to Develop Confidential Transactions

Litecoin founder Charlie Lee has stated that privacy and fungibility will be the next major turning points for the cryptocurren...
January 30, 2019
686

Iran Launching Own Cryptocurrency to Outmaneuver U.S. Sanctions

Iran is about to launch its national state-backed cryptocurrency to dodge U.S. sanctions and build its own version of SWIFT. Hi...
January 29, 2019
568

Did John McAfee Help Orchestrate An Apollo Currency (APL) Pump and Dump?

Between Jan 15 and 22, an apparent pump-and-dump scheme was orchestrated by the Apollo Foundation, which is responsible for the...
January 24, 2019
1199

Ponzi Warning: Ethonline.io is Not What it Claims

Ethonline claims to be an Ethereum mining pool that offers a variety of mining contracts, offering as much as eight percent int...
January 23, 2019
586

Wyoming Aims To Become a Cryptocurrency Hub Under New Legislation

Wyoming has made it a point to undergo a transformation into one of the most crypto-friendly states in the United States, to fe...
January 21, 2019
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