Altcoin Buzz

Huobi Pro, one of the largest digital currency exchanges in China, has listed the popular cryptocurrency Cardano . Cardano can now be traded on Huobi Pro for Bitcoin , Ethereum , and Tether . The Cardano cryptocurrency (ADA) was added to the Huobi Pro exchange on April 16 2018, and spiked soon after the announcement. With an increase of 12.4...

Written by Christoffer Horvath. After the Telegram’s creator Pavel Durov refused to provide the Russian Federal Security Service with keys to the Telegram app, the authorities have officially blocked its usage in the country. The procedure has been initiated on the 16th of April by the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) which previously won...

Ian Balina, a well-known YouTuber and cryptocurrency investor, was hacked last night during a live stream. Balina was discussing an ICO when he realized he was getting hacked. A spreadsheet he was using on his live stream showed that he needed to sign back into Google, immediately he knew something was wrong. One commenter let him know funds were moving...

A non-profit organization has taken on an important task for cryptocurrency. The organization is known as ACT-IAC, and they help governments learn how to use new technologies. ACT-IAC offers many ways for governments and industry leaders to collaborate for joint success. Recently, ACT-IAC has released its Blockchain Playbook for the U.S. Federal Government. The General Services Administration (GSA) of the...

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have done well over the past few days. Bitcoin has been crossing and testing the $8,000 price point quite often and the overall market cap is back over 300 billion. Billionaire Tim Draper has recently made a prediction that Bitcoin will reach a $250,000 price point by 2022. Draper made this announcement on April 12th at...

Yahoo Japan Corporation will buy minority stake in the Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange BitARG, the tech giant said in a statement on Friday. Yahoo Japan said in a statement that it will be acquiring a 40 percent stake in BitARG Exchange Tokyo. Yahoo Japan is the most used search engine in Japan as well as the country’s biggest online auction site. The...

The Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) is responsible for supervising the operation of the financial markets and has been in existence since 1 March 2002. The AFM supervises the conduct of the entire financial market sector in the Netherlands; savings, investment, insurance, and loans. According to the AFM "more than half a million Dutch people risk losing a part...

Another Canadian bank bans customers from buying cryptocurrency According to a Reddit post that has since been deleted, Canada’s Bank of Montreal (BMO) has announced that it will no longer be allowing its customers to purchase cryptocurrencies using their credit or debit cards. BMO is not the first Canadian bank to make this decision. Toronto Dominion made a similar choice last...

Bittrex has been going through some major changes of late, recently announcing that they have re-opened account registration. This comes about 4 months after they paused registration due the huge number of new account sign-ups on December 17th, 2017. During that time, Bittrex was experiencing such high volumes of new user registration and trades that they choose to close...

Blockchain meetups are becoming more and more popular. Most meetups aim to inform a wider audience. They are often inviting speakers with different opinions and ideas. Therefore, it is a great way for new as well as experienced blockchain enthusiast to learn more about new and exciting blockchain projects and blockchain technology in general. It is also an opportunity...