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Bounties have become an increasingly integral part of the crypto ecosystem over the past few years. If you’ve seen advertisements or forum posts about bounties, they probably sound like rewards for treasure hunters, which partially true. Bounties are simply tasks, jobs, or projects that have usually been created by token developers. If you complete the […]

American football player, Richard Sherman, has always been an avid supporter of cryptocurrency and Bitcoin, but not so much when it comes to his grandmother. The cornerback has made headlines for several reasons lately. The Seattle Seahawks player and Stanford University graduate made history when his $57.4 million contracts ensure his position as one of […]

On December 31, 2016, the total cryptocurrency market cap was less than $18 billion. Just one year later, that number approached $800 billion. As cryptocurrencies rose in value, so did the number of people looking at them as a viable investment vehicle. As a result, cryptocurrency investors are holding billions of dollars of valuable digital assets. […]

South Korea’s head of Ministry of Strategy and Finance, Kim Dong-yeon, announced Thursday that they have no plans to shut down cryptocurrency. He also added that they would not go as far as China has gone, who has shut down exchanges whilst trying to understand how to regulate the market. Dong-yeon told Reuters: “Regulating exchanges […]

Hong Kong is planning to launch a series of television ads that warn viewers about the dangers and risks associated with buying into ICOs and cryptocurrencies. These days it’s unsurprising that local governments try to warn their citizens about the risks of investing in cryptocurrencies. Some governments across the world have issued written warnings to […]

While crypto markets were broadly experiencing a pullback on the heels of the news that crypto exchange Bitfinex was served a subpoena, Ignis was finally listed on Bittrex. Ignis (IGNIS) started the day trading at less than $0.50, but it rose to almost $0.70 after Bittrex announced it was finally ready to begin trading. Its […]

The cryptocurrency market is down 10% in the past 24 hours as it was reported that the United States CTFC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) issued a subpoena to Bitfinex and Tether, a cryptocurrency exchange and “stablecoin,” respectively. According to Charlie Shrem, the subpoenas were originally issued on December 6, 2017: Bloomberg has updated their article to […]

Status (SNT), one of the leading dApp mobile browser platforms for Android and iOS, is looking to make an aggressive expansion in 2018. With the Alpha version released, Android users can test out the interface and interact with seven official dApps and more from State of DApps. Yesterday, Status announced that they will be investing $5 […]

Advertising is big business. We see its lurking presence on huge signs as we drive down the highway, our TV shows are interrupted so that we can see a quick sales pitch for laundry detergent, and even gas stations are equipped with ad pumping televisions screens. That’s not even the half of it. A lot […]

In another sign that decentralized exchanges are taking over, ConsenSys mesh company, Omega One, announced it has recruited four Wall Street veterans to aid in creating a next-generation decentralized cryptocurrency exchange. The Ethereum-based platform hopes that the latest appointments will bring it closer to realizing the goal of creating a decentralized marketplace that will bridge […]