Ethereum gears up for upcoming hard fork ‘Spurious Dragon’
Nov 17, 2016 10:06 am UTC| Digital Currency
Ethereum developers have announced details about an upcoming technical fork that aims to resolve the ongoing issues in its network. Jeffrey Wilcke, founder of Ethlabs and one of Ethereums Geth developers, wrote on...
FxWirePro: ETH/EUR faces strong resistance at 21-day MA, good to sell on rallies
Nov 17, 2016 10:02 am UTC| Digital Currency
ETH/EUR is seen trading below in red on Thursday. The pair has once again retreated after jumping till 9.67 levels (KRAKEN). It is currently trading around 9.29 at the time of writing. Ichimoku analysis of daily chart...
Blockchain startup Colu announces integration of Colored Coins and Lightning Network
Nov 17, 2016 09:23 am UTC| Digital Currency
Colu, an Israel-based blockchain startup, has announced its cooperation with Lightning Labs and leveraging Lightning as a solution for off-chain Colored Coins transactions. Colored Coins was one of the first...
BTC/EUR trades well above 675 level, jump till 715 likely
Nov 17, 2016 07:36 am UTC| Digital Currency
BTC/EUR is seen trading slightly below on Thursday after the raise. The pair breaks major resistance 675 and jumped till 699.74 yesterday (COINBASE). It is currently trading around 683.67 at the time of...
Bitcoin and blockchain investment activity drops in Q3 2016
Nov 17, 2016 07:24 am UTC| Digital Currency
The latest edition of KPMG and CB Insights report Pulse of Fintech Q316 shows a dip in investments going into blockchain and digital currency startups. The report anticipates that in the forthcoming quarters, artificial...
Riksbank decides on issuing ‘e-krona’ digital currency
Nov 17, 2016 07:05 am UTC| Digital Currency
SwedishRiksbank is deciding on whether to issue a digital currency as a move to curb the difficulty in accessing the central banks money and fast decline in the use of cash in Sweden. According to the reports by...
Austrian financial market regulator warns against digital currencies
Nov 17, 2016 06:47 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Financial Market Authority (FMA), an integrated supervisory authority or the Austrian financial market, has issued a warning against with virtual currencies and virtual currency-based business models and investment...
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