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…

Line, Japan’s most popular messaging app, plans to integrate cryptocurrency

Line Corp, the operator of Line, the most popular messaging app in Japan, is working on integrating cryptocurrency into their business model. The messaging app has 168 million monthly active users in Japan, Taiwan, Thailand and Indonesia, and it dominates…

Unconfirmed Reports From Local Sources: Alibaba Launches Crypto Mining Platform amid China’s Crackdown

Author – Sam Reads, United Kingdom. Local sources of unconfirmed reports state that a Chinese tech giant and e-commerce conglomerate has launched a surprising cryptocurrency mining platform. A local Crypto News Service provider Alibaba registered the P2P Nodes in mid-October…

The Cryptocurrency Yo-yo in a nutshell

By Author – Kate, Australia There is much news breaking out on the impending crash of cryptocurrencies sparking fear amongst investors. As of Jan 16, 1442 cryptocurrencies are currently being traded with the top 10 based on market capitalization being Bitcon…

Indian telecom giant Reliance Jio plans entry into the blockchain and cryptocurrency space using JioCoin

One of the largest mobile network operators in India, Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, better known as Jio, has announced their plan to enter the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. They will also launch their own cryptocurrency JioCoin. Jio has only recently,…

Bitcoin News, South Korea Ban Concern and Importance of Korea for Crypto Markets

By Guest Author First, it was the Chinese ban that made cryptocurrencies’ prices go down. That event precipitated in the second half of 2017. Nevertheless, Bitcoin and cryptocurrency prices eventually went up even stronger than before. Now, 2018 has only…

Bitcoin exchanges in India could be paying up to US $ 1 billion in taxes

Guest Post – Anujith Bitcoin exchanges in India are trying to ascertain their tax liabilities. The key questions are whether bitcoins will be treated as currency, or they will be treated as goods or services which will bring them in…

LocalBitcoinCash.org Launches with Decentralization in Mind

By Guest Author- Danie, Philippines For many Bitcoin users, the web service localbitcoins.com allowed them more freedom. It was a way to exchange cryptocurrency without having to go through an intermediary. It’s a truly peer to peer method of exchange.…

Fidelity Charitable Records $22 Million in Bitcoin Donations During Last Year -2017

The charity unit of mutual fund giant Fidelity announced last week that have raised over $22 million from bitcoin donations for the year 2017. This was revealed by Fidelity Charitable, which is the charitable trust fund under Fidelity Investments. The…

Visa Ditches Several Crypto backed European Cards

By Guest Author- Danie, Philippines It was only last year when the bridge between cryptocurrency and fiat materialized in crypto enabled Visa debit cards. At the onset, predictions were optimistic about the fusion of these two. Cryptocurrency aficionados were delighted.…