After months of preparation, Monero (XMR) has successfully activated a hard fork, upgrading its capabilities and technologies. This move is intended to make the cryptocurrency more resistant to ASICs, and also implements bulletproofs, which will enable private transactions that are substantially more efficient, and less costly, than what has previously been available with XMRs former…

What is Cobo? Cobo is a self-proclaimed leading developer of consumer products for the blockchain industry. They released their first product in 2018, the Cobo Wallet, as the first-ever POS cryptocurrency wallet, that manages the mining process for users. That ensures that they are constantly earning mining rewards while having their tokens and crypto accessible.…

The first time you see “HODL” when someone is discussing cryptocurrencies, the word causes you to stop reading. You think: “Is it a misspelling?” Well, yes it is – at least it was mistyped originally. Now, rather amusingly, HODL has spawned a life of its own. It has evolved to represent a long-term trading strategy…

Earlier this year, Chinese intellectual property media and industry service provider IPRDaily, published a list of 100 companies that have submitted blockchain-related patents to the platform. On the very top, Alibaba and IBM, followed by MasterCard, Bank of America, and VISA. Other notable names include Google, Intel, Sony, Walmart, Fujitsu, Nasdaq, Nokia, Thomson Reuters, JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft,…

Welcome back to our weekly roundup of successful ICO projects. We create this series to bring awareness to the winners of the ICO competition, the ongoing process of coming up with creative and innovative ideas and facilitating the trust of investors around the world to participate in your dreams to change the world. Not all of…

Welcome back to our curated blockchain and cryptocurrency news where every week, we select the most important and relevant events and stories for an easy overview over the happenings of the last seven days. If you have missed the previous list, here is a link for you to catch up with what went down in…

As crypto and blockchain development accelerates, US lawmakers are taking an increasing interest in understanding the technology. Recently, the Congress has begun to explore the topic in ernest, and the first crypto-related legislation has also been introduced. Although it is unlikely that major regulatory action will be taken this year, there is no doubt that…

Although crypto values have remained relatively stable for several weeks, overall activity across the crypto space continues to grow rapidly. Development is at an all time high, and more of the general public is developing an interest in crypto investment. Not surprisingly, exchanges are beginning to place a greater degree of scrutiny on crypto platforms,…

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development will hold an international blockchain technology conference next month to discuss the potential impact of the distributed ledger technology. The conference, dubbed OECD Blockchain Policy Forum, will look at how the blockchain technology will impact the public and private sectors. In attendance will be the State Secretary of Slovenia,…

Update: Telegram developers fixed the issue in the next two hours. There was no update on the reasons behind the crash. Telegram functions completely restored for all countries that were affected, and with that we are back in business. The Telegram team gave the okay sign through these two tweets: The issue was identified and fixed, the…