Here’s a quick blockchain technology and cryptocurrency news roundup to keep you in touch with the latest news from around the globe. Cryptocurrency News Remember Bitcoin? Some Investors Might Want to Forget For a few sweet months of 2018, all...
From all of us at Blockcoin Today, we wish you the very best for the holiday season and may all your bitcoins and blockchains be bright in the New Year....
Another day, another central banker broadsiding bitcoin. This time its Benoît Cœuré, a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB) who called the cryptocurrency “the evil spawn of the financial crisis.” So, how do you...
International Monetary Fund (IMF), Managing Director Christine Lagarde told an international conference that central governments around the world should consider the value of issuing digital currencies. The IMF head said regulated digital currencies could help make digital transactions...
In two recent blog posts, Weiss Cryptocurrency Ratings picked for cryptocurrencies to avoid and another for that it considers “buy-rated.” Today, we’ve got a quick summary of Weiss ratings on those cryptocurrencies analyst Juan Villaverde says to avoid...
The 2018 Global Cryptocurrency Market Report by Ibinex offers a comprehensive look at the current state of the global cryptocurrency industry. The report highlights key statistics, developments, innovations and other findings on the status of the international...
Banks and business would love to see blockchain solve their challenges of cross-border payments. At this early stage, it’s unclear whether blockchain can meet the three biggest problems of scalability, speed, and transparency, not to mention security. Payments...
Fintech startup Abra recently decided to let customers buy cryptocurrency with credit cards. Meanwhile, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Capital One, Discover and other major banks continue their policy of locking bitcoin and other altcoin purchases. It’s...
Barry Ritholtz interviews veteran Wall Street Journal reporter and cryptocurrency book author Paul Vigna. We’ve got highlights of this excellent podcast. Creation of bitcoin Vigna highlights Satoshi Nakamoto’s release of the original bitcoin whitepaper at the height of the...
According to a new Boston College study, 56% of ICOs fail within four months after their token launch. Researchers Hugo Benedetti and Leonard Kostovetsky investigated 2,390 ICOs that launched prior to May 2018. With results like that, it’s hardly surprising...
Noted VC Tim Draper spoke bullishly about bitcoin and blockchain at the TNW 2018 conference in Amsterdam recently. Draper was inspiring and engaging as always and we’ve got highlights following. But, spoiler alert. Let’s just say his Notorious...
Yale’s Nobel prize-winning economist Robert Shiller just can’t say enough bad things about bitcoin. Drawing a comparison with dinosaurs, Shiller said bitcoin could be extinct in 100 years. "Bitcoin won't look anything like it is today. It will have...