Day: January 12, 2019

Simon Morris, who was Bittorrent’s chief strategy officer until July 2018, has expressed his doubts about the capability of the Tron blockchain to process the vast number of transactions that the popular file-sharing platform will demand. Morris believes there’s more marketing than technology behind the launch of the new crypto token. Also read: Iran Labels Telegram’s Coin a Threat to National Security BTT Transactions Will Melt Tron’s Blockchain Bittorrent is planning to become one of the first projects to offer its coin on Binance Launchpad, a platform developed by the…

There’s a good chance you’ve talked to a friend about Bitcoin. Or maybe heard about this “crazy digital currency” in the news, but haven’t tried to obtain any because you think it might be difficult. These days, acquiring cryptocurrency is actually very easy, with various avenues you can take to purchase your first coins. Also read: A Look at Some of the ‘Next Generation’ Mining Rigs Available Today The Most Straightforward Methods to Buy Cryptocurrencies In the early days, acquiring bitcoins wasn’t so easy and people jumped through all kinds of…

Interview with Jeffrey Tucker on All Things Crypto, Part Two Conducted by Wendy McElroy The multi-faceted Jeffrey Tucker is an American writer who focuses on market freedom, anarcho-capitalism, and cryptotech. He is the author of eight books on economics, politics, and culture, a much-sought after conference speaker, and an Internet entrepreneur. Jeffrey is editorial director and vice president of the venerable American Institute for Economic Research, founded in 1933. His career has focused on building many of the web’s primary portals for commentary and research on liberty, and is undertaking…

How much is one bitcoin worth? In fiat currency terms, that’s a constantly shifting answer, but ever since the beginning, the following has held true: one bitcoin is worth as much as the buyer is willing to pay. Today, that’s likely to be a few thousand dollars, but back in the day, the reverse was more likely to be true: for one dollar, you could buy several thousand bitcoins. Also read: Bitcoin History Part 7: The First Major Hack Calculating Bitcoin’s Exchange Rate Once an asset has a universally agreed…

OTC crypto platform Genesis Global Trading has increased its annual trading volume by 50 percent and we’ve got the details in this edition of The Daily. We also feature an announcement by Bittrex which sought to calm traders who spotted 130,000 BTC being moved, and the launch of an offers bot by P2P exchange Hodl Hodl.   Also read: Critical Bug Found in Beam Wallet, Wirex Adds Another Cryptocurrency Genesis Trading Reports 50% Increase in OTC Volume Over-the-counter (OTC) digital asset platform Genesis Global Trading has recently reported a 50…

A combination of cheap electricity and cold weather has started to draw a growing number of Japanese bitcoin miners to Mongolia, a country sandwiched between China to the south and Russia to the north. Amid falling mining revenues in other regions of the world due to the current crypto bear market, companies that have set up shop in Mongolia have found they can still run profitable mining operations. Also read: China Announces New Regulations for Blockchain Companies to ‘Promote Healthy Development’  Business Environment Harsh But Mongolia Is Still Profitable Tokyo-based e-wallet…