With trading volumes a whopping 80% lower than their January peak, some of the biggest trading exchanges are implementing controversial practices to stay profitable. Exchange Listing Fees: Pay to Play…
Tag: January
Bitcoin Dip: Economists’ Take on Why It Is (or Isn’t) Worth Investing in Bitcoin
Compared to January 2018, cryptocurrency prices have been down somewhat in recent months. The so-called bitcoin dip has created some skepticism amongst some investors. Is this just a short-term…
$77,000 Cash Seized by FBI, Suspects Say They Were Trying to Buy Bitcoin – Bitcoinist.com
Two bags carrying over $77,000 in cash were seized by the FBI in January at the Dallas Love Field Airport. The suspects claimed the money would be used to…
The DAICO Is Here – Does the New ICO Model Offer Better Security?
The ICO has become the go-to method for blockchain startups to crowdfund their new ventures. However, in January 2017, Vitalik Buterin published his idea for a new model improving…
DADI ICO Investors Become Targets of Phishing Scams Amid Reports of Data Leak – Bitcoinist.com
Matthew Hrones · March 14, 2018 · 1:30 pm In January of this year, DADI launched an ICO that required investors to undergo KYC (Know Your Customer) verification in…
New P2P Decentralized Platform to Make Crypto and Fiat Exchanges Easier
In late January 2018, Streamity, a Singapore-based startup with Russian roots, released its cryptocurrency exchange app StreamDesk, which is able to exchange various currencies from user to user with no intermediary….
Ripple’s New Global Head of Banking Talks About RippleNet, PSD2 and the Future of Payment
Since January 2018 Ripple has a new global head of banking. Marjan Delatinne joined the company in 2017 after having spent ten years at SWIFT as business director commercializing…
Bitcoin Price Prediction 2018: Why Bitcoin Could Double in 2018
Why Bitcoin Crashed in January 2018 “Too big to fail” is a phrase often ascribed to the banking industry giants who have become so huge that their failure poses…
Black January: Why is Bitcoin in Such a Bad Way?
As January closed, Bitcoin fell towards $9,000 (getting closer to $8,000 in the first days of February). It has been a particularly tough month and a half for Bitcoin…
Facebook Banning ICO Ads a Good Thing for Crypto
James Levenson · January 30, 2018 · 9:45 pm Anyone that has spent any time on ‘the social network’ will be well aware that 80% of what you see…