The former cryptocurrency lending platform BitConnect has been hit with a series of class action lawsuits by users who claim to have had their money stolen by the disgraced company. Litigation began at the end of last month, after a group of six BitConnect investors filed a suit with a U.S. district court in West Palm Beach, Florida.…
Viberate, a blockchain platform for live music, recently set a record as one of the fastest token crowdsales to date, raising 10.7 million dollars in under five minutes and joining the ranks of Brave, Bancor and Aragon. Starting October 6, Vibe tokens - the main cryptocurrency of the platform - will begin trading on Livecoin.net exchange.…
Legolas Exchange has created a platform that will bridge the gap between the cryptocurrency and fiat worlds, and is hoping to change the methods that cryptocurrencies can be used. The current crypto market is controlled by an exclusive group of exchanges and continues to face substantial scrutiny from the highest financial leaders. Cryptocurrencies, of course, have…
London, UK., Sep 5, 2017 /ATLANT/ —The ATLANT team released its alpha v0.1 encompassing a substantial part of the ATLANT Platform framework. ATLANT is a real estate platform built on the blockchain, specializing in tokenization of real estate and decentralized P2P rentals. This release comes in advance of Atlant’s ICO Launch this coming week, September 7 at…
Bitcoin Cash (BCH or alternatively BCC; also bcash) did successfully split from bitcoin’s main blockchain as it was expected to on August 1st. The first Bitcoin Cash block was block number 478559 which consequently is also the block after which the newly born cryptocurrency started running it’s on own chain. Bcash’s fork happened about six hours…
Bitcoin’s future could be quite adventurous for owners and users given the upcoming potential disruptions in its network. All bitcoin users should pay special attention to the events planned to take place after August 1st and prepare for the various potential outcomes according to their own investing strategies.
BIP91 and SegWit
The Bitcoin Improvement Proposal No.…
Over the past few years, more and more services have been built around bitcoin as its user base grows. Bitcoin debit cards are one of the most recent improvements that have become reality thanks to an increased demand to spend bitcoin. What started as a niche kind of service has now become widely available and…
The crypto economy has allowed quite a few currencies to prevail and provide for different markets by catering to very different needs and demands. Other than the speculative interest that stands behind the support for many cryptocurrency tokens, the few tokens that have services behind them are basing at least a part of their value…
If you’ve bought Bitcoin as an investment, there are two ways to go forward: either hoard them and watch as the price rises, or exchange Bitcoin with other altcoins. While the former may have a long term advantage (Bitcoin has risen more than 400% from October 2016), the process is lengthy and may not yield…
Most digital currency fans are well-aware of the fact that world events, especially if they’re economic in nature, can have positive and negative impacts on the value of Bitcoin, and other digital currencies. While most the times, economic analysis cannot foresee when these events will take place, there are also times when they do. Recent research…