The lightning network, a solution to bitcoin’s scaling problems may soon be available almost everywhere. Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey recently announced his plans to integrate the Lightning Network with Square’s mobile app ‘Cash App’ Lightning Network Adoption Square CEO and Bitcoin-oriented startup Lightning Labs investor Jack Dorsey stated in an interview with known […]
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Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency market have been enduring a 13-month long bear market following the initial bull run of 2017. However, this hasn’t stopped the bitcoin enthusiasts and general supporters from gearing up in bullish preparation for the next one. Bitcoin has shed over 80% of its price since it hit its ATH in December […]
Mt. Gox, the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange has reportedly liquidated ~$312 Million worth of Bitcoin (BTC). These events occurred from February 2018 up until June 2018, with the funds moving through BitPoint, a Japanese cryptocurrency exchange. GoxDox, an organization made to assist the Mt. Gox creditors, recently got involved. New Information about Mt. Gox GoxDox published a […]
What is Bitcoin? Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency that reached a somewhat miraculous price in 2017. In that very same year, the number of transactions for this cryptocurrency steadily began to increase. However, Bitcoin still has very low scalability. With only 7 transactions per second, Bitcoin is competing against Visa, able to process 24,000 transactions per […]
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) released a consultation paper in early January, focusing on the regulation of crypto assets within the country. But what do all the new regulations mean for people using cryptocurrency in South Africa? New Crypto Regulations For SA At this time, SARB’s consultation paper has no mention of the intention […]
In a recent report published by CipherTrace, around $1.7 Billion was lost to crypto scammers and hackers. For some perspective, this is 3.6x more money than what was stolen in 2017. Clearly, these cryptocurrency attacks are growing in popularity. So what should we be looking out for? A Report on Cryptocurrency Attacks According to the […]
Not all the people who end up pulling off cryptocurrency scams are amoral businessmen or investors. Many crypto scammers are just plain old con artists and fraudsters. When you go to the market to buy a hat, you get a hat. When you send money to buy Ethereum (or any token for that matter) you […]
Wasnt 2018 supposed to be the highly anticipated new year we were all waiting for? What happened? 2018 started off with a bang that shook nations around the world. Since the BTC price shot up in 2017, it was almost as if everyone and their mother heard about cryptocurrency markets. Be that as it may, […]
Authorities have been working hard at investigating this week’s hack. Cryptopia, a cryptocurrency exchange in New Zealand were struck by an attack costing them around R33 Million. Despite the exchange cooperating with the authorities, all possibilities including Cryptopia’s role in this situation are under consideration. The Police are Hot on the Trail On January 16th, […]
Project Khokha was a large test by the South African Reserve Bank for distributed ledger technology, involving 7 banks. In light of this, SARB states the results were good, and Project Khokha was a great success. But is it time for banking institutions to use blockchain technology? A Great Result In June, the South African […]