United Nations (UN) Climate Change secretariat has initiated and facilitated creation of Climate Chain Coalition (CCC), a multi-stakeholder open initiative to use blockchain technology for driving positive climate change action. The partnership includes at least 32 organizations. The overall term…
DNV GL partners with VeChain to power their assurance services with blockchainx
Oslo, Norway-based DNV GL, the well-known risk management company, is transforming the value proposition of their assurance services business, with the promising blockchain technology. DNV GL has teamed up with Singapore-based VeChain, to leverage the pervasive transparency offered by blockchain.…
Are Initial Coin Offerings vulnerable to scammers? SEC Files Lawsuit Against AriseBank
The year has started on a wrong path for the crypto world as the sector has suffered new regulations, total bans and hacking incidents from South Korea, China, Japan and now back to the United States. The currencies have managed…
Cryptomarket Dips as News of Subpoena from U.S. Regulators Threaten Bitfinex, Tether
Author – Mil , Asia Correspondent On January 30, a news article from Bloomberg reports that U.S. regulators have issued subpoenas in scrutiny of one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange. The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued…
Transaction Fee-less crypto trading to begin with Robinhood
Starting February, Robinhood, a commission-less stock trading application will let its users trade Bitcoin and Ethereum without the dreaded transaction fees. Compared to major exchanges like Coinbase, Binance, and others that charge fees from 1.5% to as much as 4%,…
The Coincheck Exchange Hack: The press release Questions and Answers
Coincheck was hacked and the exchange appears to have lost over 58 billion yen ($532.60 million) worth of NEM coins. This raises questions about the security and regulations in place to protect the cryptocurrency exchanges. The exact value of the…
The token sales revolution: Why a 39 Million-Dollar ICO Sale Chose Stellar Over Ethereum
Author – Sam Reeds, UK Ethereum over time has gained a platinum status in ICO token sales, recording the highest raised amounts in Token sales. Recently, the platform raised millions of dollars in ICO token sales for Tezos, Filecoin and…
The Weiss Cryptocurrency Rating: Bitcoin scores a C + while no crypto gets an A rating
Author – Sam Reeds, UK The Bitcoin received a lower rating than expected given its gold standards in the crypto world. Other cryptocurrencies received a better rating, but no “A” was awarded to any cryptocurrency. The Highest rating was a…
What is Stellar Lumen ? Emergence of Stellar Lumen in the cryptocurrency space and its use cases
Guest Post – Anujith Early in January 2018, Stellar Lumen cryptocurrency broke into the ranks of 10 largest digital currencies, when its market capitalization rose by 65% and touched US $ 10 billion. Stellar is the organization that oversees all…
Open questions with respect to the massive ICO planned by Telegram
The popular encrypted messaging company Telegram plans to launch their blockchain, named Telegram Open Network (TON), and they have planned a massive Initial Coin Offering (ICO) of their cryptocurrency Gram, as reported earlier. New information suggests that there are multiple…