Akon Launches His Own Cryptocurrency Called ‘Akoin’
The Senegalese-American singer of such hits as “I Wanna Love You” and “Don’t Matter” is the first celebrity to dive into the world of cryptos for the sake of Africa.
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The Senegalese-American singer of such hits as “I Wanna Love You” and “Don’t Matter” is the first celebrity to dive into the world of cryptos for the sake of Africa.
$30 million worth of undisclosed cryptocurrencies has been stolen from Bithumb, one of the largest crypto exchanges in South Korea by trading volume.
Justin Sun, CEO of one of the largest blockchain-based operating systems in the world Tron, has acquired a software company BitTorrent. The latter is not going to shift its services in light of the deal.
In the nearest future, regulated crypto custody services are believed to be introduced across the crypto industry and bring significant changes.
In 2019, the world will see Crypto — a cybercrime thriller that focuses on money laundering. Alexis Bledel, Beau Knapp, Kurt Russell, and other Hollywood celebrities will star in the movie.
Crypto market rebounds, with the world’s largest cryptocurrencies spiking. This follows the news from the US SEC which does not consider Ethereum a security.
At the Town Hall Meeting held in Atlanta, SEC Chairman delivered a speech in which he pointed out that ICOs should be considered as securites, that need regulation.
Garlinghouse opens up about his view on Bitcoin along with the long-term impact of Ripple’s technology to drive the mass adoption of cryptocurrencies in the future.
This blockchain platform is aimed at providing important services like digital authentication and document certification services and community tokens.
Thomson Reuters, the leader in the sphere of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, has decided not to stop at Bitcoin and announced expanding its sentiment data feed to 150 cryptocurrencies.
The latest report counters the conventional wisdom that the volatility in Bitcoin prices is due to short-term investors exchanging multiple hands.
U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced its plans to add support for Ethereum Classic, which caused a 25-percent jump in ETC price.
Coinrail reported that a cyber-intrusion caused some ERC20-based tokens being stolen from the exchange worth nearly $40 million.
Nearly $40 billion has been wiped off the crypto markets in a single day after reports of CFTC regulators investigation price manipulations, emerged.
The EOS blockchain launch took place after the after candidates for validators and “block producers” voted “Go” to take the mainnet live.