Month: February 2018

Say goodbye to SportyFi! The blockchain-based sporting investment platform is in the process of rebranding and is now known as SportyCo. It’s all in the name, right? This is exactly what the founders of SportyCo were thinking when they originally came up with their platform’s name. In their aim to make financing accessible to sports professionals, they came up with SportyFi.  However, search engines often seem to mistake SportyFi for a similarly named streaming service. This is why the platform has decided to rebrand and change their name to SportyCo,…

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The Indian government talks a big talk when putting down Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, but such actions has done little to curb their popularity. Crypto-Not-Currency In his annual budget speech today, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley once again made clear the government’s intention to halt the use of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in India, claiming the South Asian country does not recognize digital currency as legal tender. He states: The government does not consider cryptocurrencies legal tender or coin, and will take all measures to curb the use of these…

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The latest venture of LivePlanet CEO Halsey Minor, the founder of CNET, co-founder of Salesforce, as well as Uphold, Vignette, NBCi, OpenDNS, Google Voice, is a cryptocurrency project called VideoCoin. VideoCoin to Pay ‘Zombies’ The VideoCoin Network is a decentralized video encoding, storage, and content distribution system that turns all cloud-based video services into an efficient algorithmic market running on a new blockchain with a native protocol token, the VideoCoin (VID). VideoCoin is will focus on encoding, storing, and streaming video, while tapping into zombie servers, which are idle or…

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This Wednesday Jack Dorsey, the CEO of the payment processing firm Square, revealed the company’s Cash App users can now purchase and sell bitcoin. Back in November the Square Cash App’s bitcoin functionality was only available to select individuals for experimentation. Now, most of the app’s users can access the ability to buy and sell the digital currency using the platform. Also read: Japan’s DMM Bitcoin Exchange Opens for Business With 7 Cryptocurrencies The Payment Company Square Says Satoshi’s Vision Is Having an Impact All Around the World The merchant services…

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The operator of Japan’s most popular chat app with approximately 168 million monthly users has announced its plans to launch a cryptocurrency exchange. Line Corporation has already begun the registration process as a crypto exchange with the country’s financial regulator. Also read: Japan’s DMM Bitcoin Exchange Opens for Business With 7 Cryptocurrencies Line Starting Crypto Business The operator of Japan’s most popular messaging app, Line Corporation, officially announced its plans on Wednesday to launch a cryptocurrency exchange. The company has established a subsidiary called Line Financial Corporation “as a follow-up to…

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Buying and selling Bitcoin just got a bit easier as the Square Cash app has fully embraced the cryptocurrency. Cash Me Outside After months of testing, users of the Square Cash app can now buy and sell Bitcoin. Widely considered the gold-standard of cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin trading still faces barriers which prevent it from gaining widespread adoption. Square looks to help remedy that situation. Originally a money-by-email service, Square’s Cash app is a popular way for individuals to send and receive money without paying traditional fees. It even has its own…

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Out with the old and in with the new, or so the saying goes. When markets become saturated, companies need to look a little further to keep their products above their competitors. This is especially relevant in the high-octane crypto climate when things change by the hour, not the week. A rebrand is as good a way as any to get noticed once again, and Raiblocks is on the case. When small, often obscure altcoins get picked up by the likes of Forbes, we can safely say that crypto is…

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After what can only be described as a rotten day in crypto land things have perked up a little during the Asian trading session this morning. Bitcoin is still lulling around the $10-11k area and most other altcoins have made some small gains on yesterday’s losses. Lisk, however, has shot up a considerable amount, around 60% in a matter of minutes. According to reports, Lisk has been listed on Japan’s primary exchange BitFlyer. This caused a spike in the price directly at the time of the announcement on the company’s…

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