Cointelligence Blog

The Chinese government has advised cryptocurrency miners in the country that they should plan on ceasing mining operations by January 10th. This comes after China's blanket ban on cryptocurrencies in September, 2017.

Goldman Sachs recently acknowledged the value of bitcoin, following a long dispute over its utility in everyday life. Despite the encouraging acknowledgment, the report cautions investors against expecting the same growth that was experienced particularly by bitcoin in 2017.

Ripple's digital token, XRP is only one of its many products. Most of the company's focus is on developing solutions for banks and financial institutions in order to be able to replace the SWIFT system with RippleNet.

Binance moved to Tokyo after China banned crypto trading, and is becoming the busiest exchange in the world just five months after launching its services. Following a period of downtime due to software update procedures, 240,000 new account were created on Binance's platform, according to the exchange's...

Red & Yellow becomes first higher education institute in Africa to accept cryptocurrency. The South African business school decided to accept bitcoin payments for its tuition fees.

The South Korean government has urged financial regulators all over the world including those from the United States, China, South Africa, and Russia, as well as several organizations and central banks, to join their endeavor in curbing cryptocurrency trading.

Australia, like other countries, is struggling to tax cryptocurrency and keep track of transactions on popular coin exchanges. Australian tax experts are unlikely to treat cryptocurrencies as currencies. Instead, cryptocurrencies are treated as financial assets, akin to stocks and bonds. Prior to July...

The popular chat app, Telegram, is orchestrating the world’s single largest ICO presale, which is likely to raise millions of dollars. The messaging service will issue their very own tokens, called the 'gram'. Users will be able to spend their tokens on various services offered by the Telegram app.

Renren, the Chinese social network, has canceled their plans to launch an ICO after meeting with Chinese regulators. According to the company’s whitepaper, Renren intended to launch an ICO, dubbed RRcoin. Renren has chosen not to comment on whether or not their decision was influenced by Chinese regulators....

Long Island Iced Tea Corp has been just re-branded to 'Long Blockchain Corporation' (LBC), following the company board's decision to pursue prospects in the blockchain industry. The company plans on installing the mining gear in the Nordic country to mine bitcoin.