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SegWit2x backers cancel plans for bitcoin hard fork
Posted in Business on 9th Nov, 2017
by Alex Muller
Advocates for a bitcoin hard fork have now decided to cancel plans for the SegWit2x fork. The bitcoin blockchain was supposed to split into two blockchains in roughly 8 days.
Cryptocurrencies total market cap hits a record $200 billion
Posted in Online on 5th Nov, 2017
by Alex Muller
If the cryptocurrency market were a company, its valuation would put it in the top 25 firms on the S&P 500 .SPX stock index.
Mastercard opens access to its blockchain tech
Posted in Business on 24th Oct, 2017
by Alex Muller
The payments giant has opened its blockchain APIs to developers to progress work in cross-border transactions.
Bitcoin boom prompts growth of coin-mining malware
Posted in Business on 22nd Oct, 2017
by Alex Muller
The booming price of Bitcoin and other crypto-coins has kicked off a gold rush among malicious hackers keen to cash in, warn security firms.
Localethereum promises quick and easy cryptocurrency-to-fiat trades
Posted in Software on 22nd Oct, 2017
by Alex Muller
Almost nine years after Bitcoin launched, trading cryptocurrency with fiat currencies remains difficult and expensive.