Cointelligence Blog
India accounts for 10% of total international bitcoin transactions
Despite bitcoin's obvious popularity in India, the government's regulation prohibits businesses and retailers from introducing bitcoin to the country's mainstream economic sector.
Blockchain eyes Coinbase competition as it launches bitcoin selling
Blockchain.info has launched limited Bitcoin selling Thursday, with its CEO confirming buying and selling in various cryptocurrencies will appear "in a few weeks."
Venture capital firm launches platform to facilitate token ICOs
SPiCE VC is banking that token ICOs will only get bigger, but wants to provide guidance making sure new tokens can be safe with regulations
China escalates its crackdown on cryptocurrencies
The Chinese government's latest plans to crackdown on the cryptocurrency industry suggest that they hope to completely eradicate the practice within the country's borders.
Cryptocurrencies you can still mine with your CPU/GPU in 2020
In 2020, there still exists some cryptocurrencies that you can mine with your CPU, or with a simple graphic card (GPU). Here is an overview of some of them.
South Korean government won’t ban cryptocurrencies
Despite South Korea’s recent increased regulations, the government has confirmed that they don’t plan on instating a cryptocurrency ban.
BitConnect - the newest exit scam in the cryptocurrency continuum
The curtains have just come crashing down on BitConnect, the cryptocurrency exchange and lending platform, as the platform's administrators have just announced cessation of all business operations associated with the company. Many experts in the cryptocurrency community expected this collapse, especially...
Cryptohacking: ad networks harnessing customer power for monero mining
Some advertising networks and video streaming sites are secretly using the processing power of their users' machines to mine altcoins, namely monero and zcash. All what it takes to get your machine infected with a silent cryptocurrency miner is to click on a pop-up ad. It is that simple.
China is on the verge of knocking out its bitcoin whales
The Chinese government is continuing to exercise aggressive policies against cryptocurrency related activities, especially trading and mining, within the Chinese border. Not only have the Chinese authorities shut down all cryptocurrency exchanges located in China, but they have also issued a warning...
Around 80% of bitcoin has already been mined
This past weekend, bitcoin miners have confirmed that they collectively mined 16.80 million of the limited supply of 21 million coins. As such, there is only 4.20 million bitcoins left before the network reaches its 21 million supply cap.
