China’s Giant Retailer Launches Blockchain Research Lab Alongside NJIT and ISCAS

Chinese largest online and offline retailer JD.com has unveiled a large research lab for blockchain technologies in conjunction with the Institute of software at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ISCAS) and the Ying Wu College of computing at the New…

Scientists Say that Bitcoin Adoption Could Exacerbate Global Warming

Scientists have raised a new alarm over climate change, this time showing concern over Bitcoin’s carbon footprint. Scientists are gravely concerned over Bitcoins impact on the earth’s global warming. The report posted on nature.com extrapolates data that currently exists on…

Chinese Merchants Can Now Accept Crypto Payments without Getting into Trouble

Authoritative and dependable Chinese crypto publication, CnLedger, has reported that Chinese merchants are now legally allowed to accept cryptos as payment methods. Reports further state that the Shenzhen court of international arbitration has officially recognized Bitcoin as property, a move that…

Binance Launches a Blockchain Platform Based on Donation Platform

Binance’s blockchain charity foundation (BCF), the social project belonging to the world’s largest crypto exchange has introduced a blockchain based donation platform. The donation project was announced Wednesday, during the world investment forum in Geneva Switzerland organized by the UN…

Thailands Top Regulator Warns Citizens against Investing in Nine Unauthorized Digital Tokens and ICOs

Thailand has moved to regulate the crypto space in the country through the Thai securities and exchange commission (SEC) which issued a warning against investing in nine digital tokens and initial coin offerings (ICOs) that had not been approved by…

Basic Attention Token (BAT) Easily One of the Top Performers

Ranked as the 35th currency on the official list according to Coin Market Cap, Basic Attention Token is showing some amazing progress in the market for the past couple of weeks, causing it to note positive return on monthly, weekly…

Unocoin Co-founder Arrested for Setting up Bitcoin ATM in India

37-year-old Harish BN was apprehended this week by the cyber crime police unit in Bengaluru India, for reportedly running a Bitcoin ATM without the relevant approvals. Harish is the cofounder of Unocoin, a blockchain based company responsible for setting up…

23 year old Woman Arrested for 65,000 Crypto Hack in Sydney Australia

Crypto crimes continue to rear their ugly head with a new incident reported in Sydney Australia where a 23-year-old young woman was apprehended for stealing $65,000 worth of crypto from a 56-year-old man. The lady as reported by the Brisbane…

Nexo becomes first lender ever to accept XRP as collateral for loans

Nexo, a crypto loans provider has let it be known that they are now accepting XRP as collateral for users to get access to loans. Nexo announced this on their official blog last week. The decision to add XRP as…

0x (ZRX) and the Brilliant Performance of the First ERC20 to Get a Coinbase Listing

Ever since 0x (ZRX) was mentioned in the official announcement that came from the officials of Coinbase exchange, the currency is gaining an increased momentum alongside with several other mentioned tokens and coins like Basic Attention Token (BAT), Cardano (ADA),…