Giga Watt Declares Bankruptcy
The U.S-based crypto mining firm Giga Watt filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy this past Monday, but it still owes creditors some $7 million. Insurance coverage in the crypto space totals about $6 billi...
21 Marras 20186min
Bakkt delays its launch until next year
The ICE’s bitcoin futures trading platform Bakkt is delaying its product launch. The U.K.’s FCA is considering a ban on some cryptocurrency-based derivatives, a senior executive has said. The Ala...
20 Marras 20186min
Bitcoin drops below $5K
Bitcoin’s price fell below $5,000 for the first time since October 12, 2017, dropping more than $500 to hit $4,981 earlier today. Despite the falling crypto prices, developers and entrepreneurs are ...
19 Marras 20185min
Bitcoin, the Evil Spawn
A European Central Bank executive board member said this week that blockchain is promising – but that bitcoin is “the evil spawn of the financial crisis.” Two cryptocurrency startups have agreed to ...
16 Marras 20185min
Bitcoin Cash War Begins
Bitcoin cash's contentious hard fork happened today around 1 pm eastern time. Notable consumer bitcoin mining pioneer Baliji Srinivasan is backing a startup seeking to take another stab at populariz...
15 Marras 20186min
SPECIAL: MarketWatch & CoinDesk Survey Results
Bitcoin fell to its lowest price in over 12 months on Wednesday amid a broader cryptocurrency market sell-off. A new BitLicense has been issued by the New York State Department of Financial Services...
14 Marras 20181h 4min
Oil is the New Data
It's increasingly looking like Bitcoin Cash mining pools will run a version of the software called Bitcoin SV. An ongoing legal battle between XRP investors and payments startup Ripple is entering i...
13 Marras 20185min
Banned From Trading Forever
Ironic? A fractious divide in the Bitcoin Cash community has raised fears that the cryptocurrency – the fourth largest by market cap – could split into two. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) ...
12 Marras 20187min
