New Eminem song Mentions Bitcoin as something “Everybody’s doing”
Rappers don't get much bigger than Marshall Mathers III, better known as Eminem. The producer, songwriter, actor and household name has notched up ten number one albums, five number one singles and a string of high profile and hugely successful movie and video game...
Nasdaq will List Cryptocurrency as Early as Q2 2019
Nasdaq was the world's first electronic stock market when it was founded in 1971. In the late 90s it became the first market in the US to offer online trading, and positioned itself as "the stock market for the next hundred years." Last week its reputation as a true...
The Blockchain Industry’s Job Growth sees Significant Uptick in recent Months
Blockchain remains one of the world's fastest-growing industries, and this week further evidence has emerged which demonstrates the phenomenal growth in employment in the sector. Research conducted across a range of locations, organisations and job roles confirms that...
Square Secures Patent Allowing Merchants to Accept Cryptocurrency as Payment
There's nothing new about cryptocurrency point of sale (POS) services. Indeed, BitPay started offering their merchant payment network as early as 2011, and were processing over $1 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) payments daily by 2014. But a new...
Bithumb Resumes User Registration, Volume Soars in Korea
Bithumb, Korea's second largest crypto exchange and the world's fifth largest by daily volume, is to reopen new registrations after more than a month's hiatus. New accounts services were suspended indefinitely on July 31st in response to June's security breach where...
Dash Launches Pre-Loaded Phones with new Partner, Kripto Mobile
Founded in 2014, Dash is an elder statesman in cryptocurrency terms. But time and time again the project proves it is capable of innovation, and of leading the way in terms of mainstream adoption. So it's no great surprise to hear that the Dash community have cooked...
Iran Likely to Reverse Cryptocurrency Ban in September
Recently much of the narrative around the mainstream adoption of crypto has centered on economies with struggling fiat currencies. The Venezuelan bolivar, the Turkish lira and the Iranian rial have of late been the unfortunate front-runners in that race to the bottom....
P2P Cryptocurrency Loans are Exploding in China
China is the world's second largest economy by GDP, and was for a generation by far its fastest growing economy. For nearly thirty years, output grew at an astonishing 10% per year on average. Since 2014, however, growth rates have begun to stall, and in the last two...
Bank of America Applies for Enterprise Level Cryptocurrency Storage System
Bank of America is the US' second largest bank, servicing more than 10% of total bank deposits across the country. With 4600 retail banking centers and total assets of over $2 trillion, BofA is a true giant of the financial services industry, both domestically and...
Japan Reaffirms their Positive Stance on Cryptocurrency
The hacking of Japanese crypto exchange Coincheck in January was one of the largest security breaches in the history of the industry. A total of 523 million NEM coins were stolen, with a market value of a cool $534 million. The subsequent investigation identified...