Tag: bitcoin
Crypto’s biggest losers of 2018
As 2018 draws to a close, we have seen the price of Bitcoin fall 80% from its peak of close to $20,000 on 17th...
Huobi plans layoffs triggered by bitcoin’s fall
Huobi, one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges, is planning layoffs amid a bear market in cryptocurrencies, as reported by the South China Morning...
Electrum Wallet Phishing Attack Nets Hacker Over $900K in Bitcoin
Fake Electrum Wallet ‘Update’ Phishing Attack
The news of the attack first appeared on GitHub via one of Electrum’s developers code-named SomberNight. Starting on Friday (Dec. 21,...
Only 37% Bitcoin Addresses are ‘Economically Relevant’
Only 37 percent of Bitcoin (BTC) addresses in its network are “economically relevant,” according to a report released by research firm Chainalysis.Economically...
Coinbase moves $5 billion, The largest crypto transfer on record
Major cryptocurrency exchange and wallet Coinbase recently made what it claims is the largest transfer of crypto on record, in a company blog post...
Bitmain in troubled waters
2018 has been a year of agony for Bitmain and other crypto miners as cryptocurrency prices continue to tumble to yearly lows. While the...
Bitcoin mining difficulty drops 15%
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty dropped 15.1% yesterday. This means it requires 15.1% fewer hashes to mine a new Bitcoin block than it did the day...
NASDAQ Announces Bitcoin Futures For 2019
According to Bloomberg, NASDAQ is working on the implementation of Bitcoin Futures to be launched no later than next year. NASDAQ had previously announced its...
Bitfinex Suspends New User Registrations
Bitfinex, the biggest cryptocurrency exchange, has been struggling to keep up lately. Users have experienced days of frustrating trading following persistent DDoS attacks from...
How To: Get 10% Discount Off BitMEX Fees
What is BitMEX?
BitMEX also know as the Bitcoin Mercantile Exchange is a cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform that launched in 2013. It is currently the...