Written by Ryan Johnston Sep 29, 2021 | STATESCOOP The city of San Jose, California plans to activate 20 wireless hotspots, designed for cryptocurrency mining, in low-income neighborhoods to further reduce the city’s digital divide and strengthen its “Internet of Things” capabilities, Mayor Sam Liccardo announced on Wednesday. . The city plans to use...
Read MoreNew Delhi: Caution not only crept into the stock markets, the cryptocurrency market was also affected on Wednesday. Major cryptocurrencies traded flat or with negative bias and sharply declining volumes. Among the top 10 names, Cardano was the biggest loser, down almost 4%. Polkadot and XRP fell more than 2%. Others have also declined....
Read MoreATLANTA, September 28, 2021 / PRNewswire / – EverGrow COIN, a new cryptocurrency on Binance Chain, is one of the fastest growing deflationary tokens, where holders receive USD tokens as a reward. CURRENCY EverGrow is a deflationary token designed to become scarce over time. All EGC holders will earn an 8% reward on each...
Read MoreCryptocurrency expert Virgil Griffiths has pleaded guilty to helping North Korean officials escape sanctions using blockchain and cryptocurrency in 2019. Griffiths now faces up to 20 years in prison and will be sentenced January 18, 2022. Griffiths was arrested in November 2019 after flying to North Korea in April 2019 and gave a technical...
Read MoreChinese authorities have taken measures for months to crack down on cryptocurrencies, with mixed effects. Now they have tried to erase any doubt about their intentions. In statements that were the most extreme and unequivocal so far, authorities said on Friday that crypto transactions in China were banned and would eliminate the mining of...
Read MoreFormer US Treasury Secretary and World Bank Chief Economist Larry Summers said cryptocurrency would be better regulated in a healthy way instead of being treated as a libertarian paradise. Larry Summers sees crypto benefit from strict regulation Lawrence Summers, who served as Secretary of the Treasury in the Clinton administration and director of the...
Read MoreHave you ever watched the headlines, scratched your head and wondered what Bitcoin and cryptocurrency really is? We have what you need. So what are cryptos? Crypto-currencies are virtual currencies that can be used to purchase goods and services, but rely on a ledger and cryptography to secure and verify transactions rather than a...
Read MoreCHICAGO, September 24, 2021 / PRNewswire-PRWeb / – Ocean Tomo, LLC. released its report on the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry focused on significant changes and opportunities in the market. Attention is drawn to the growing importance of protecting intangibles inherent in the complex blockchain and cryptocurrency market. The exponential expansion of blockchain-related patents, the...
Read MoreBy Shawn Deng and Chris Liakos, CNN Business China is stepping up its crackdown on cryptocurrencies. Chinese government agencies, including the country’s securities regulator and the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), said in a statement Friday that all cryptocurrency-related business activities are illegal and have committed to crack down on illicit activities involving digital...
Read MoreWASHINGTON – After being largely on the sidelines for years as cryptocurrency has gone from digital curiosity to a volatile but widely adopted innovation, federal regulators are rushing to address potential risks to consumers and financial markets. Their concerns only grew as new and established businesses rushed to find ways to profit from the...
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