Digital Currency and Blockchain Weekly Round-up, August 05, 2016
Aug 05, 2016 09:13 am UTC| Digital Currency
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex hacked, around 120k BTC reportedly stolen The cryptocurrency ecosystem is once again under a major hack, and this time the target is Hong Kong-based digital currency exchange Bitfinex....
Cryptocurrency exchange Gatecoin to re-launch trading platform on August 17
Aug 05, 2016 07:20 am UTC| Digital Currency
After suspending trading on May 14th, 2016, following the discovery of a system breach, which resulted in the loss of ETH 185,000 and BTC 250, Hong Kong-based Gatecoin will be re-launching its cryptocurrency and blockchain...
FxWirePro: BTC/USD struggles to break above 600, good to sell on rallies
Aug 05, 2016 07:00 am UTC| Digital Currency
BTC/USD has jumped till $583.97 yesterday and slightly declined from that level. It is currently trading at $569.19 (Bitstamp). Ichimoku analysis (Daily chart): Tenkan-Sen level: $562.30 Kijun-Sen level:...
Hoax or not: ‘rekcahxfb’ announces 1,000 BTC giveaway
Aug 05, 2016 06:54 am UTC| Digital Currency
Following the recent security breach at Bitfinex in which it reportedly lost nearly 120,000 BTC, a giveaway of 1,000 BTC has been announced on an online social media platform. The announcement has been on Reddit by a...
FxWirepro: BTC/EUR faces strong resistance at 90-day EMA, good to sell on rallies
Aug 05, 2016 06:54 am UTC| Digital Currency
BTC/EUR is seen slightly trading in red on Friday after making a high. The pair has jumped till 529.50 yesterday and slightly declined from that level (CEXIO). It is currently trading around 517.56 at the time of...
Blockchain startup DECENT.ch announces development plan and roadmap
Aug 05, 2016 06:12 am UTC| Digital Currency
DECENT Network has released it development plan and roadmap which provides a detailed description of future releases of the network and timeline of the development process. DECENT is a decentralized content distribution...
Ukraine's Independence Day festival to witness purchases in cryptocurrencies
Aug 05, 2016 05:58 am UTC| Digital Currency
Tethys Festival, a two-day event to be held in Ukraines island in the center of Kiev, has announced that it will feature bitcoin purchases apart from music, entertainment, innovation, and technology. The event website...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects