Cointelligence Blog

Roars of celebration could be heard around the office floor of R3 as the chief architect, Richard Gendal Brown, announced the release of their newest Corda distributed ledger platform.

Despite bitcoin’s massive success, prominent JP Morgan executive still remains critical. John Normand, head of FX and commodities at JP Morgan, recently explained his negative view of bitcoin on national television.

While bitcoin prices are predicted to soar up to $6,000 per BTC by the end of the year, experts have cautioned users to expect extreme volatility.

The local Dubai government recently confirmed the launch of the world’s very first state-sponsored cryptocurrency. The digital tokens, emCash, will be made available to all citizens of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The tokens can be used to pay for all services, governmental as well as non-governm...

Bithumb, a South Korean trading platform, unveiled their brand new cryptocurrency, Zcash.

Governments across the globe have already expressed interest in issuing their very own digital currency. Banks worldwide have also expressed enthusiasm in using what blockchain technology has to offer. Russia, however may prove to be a world leader in this regard.

Malicious attackers recently managed to infiltrate and disrupt the Etherparty Initial Coin Offering (ICO). The hackers hijacked Etherparty’s website this last Sunday and displayed their own Ethereum address, which misled many ICO participants to send money to the wrong ICO wallets.

South Korea has stated that the country will conduct an on-site inspection of its bitcoin exchanges to ensure that they take proper cybersecurity measures to protect customer assets.

The recent report, released by Friedman LLP, may have quelled the rumors of the insolvency of Tether, however the issue of Tether being used for illicit activities is still a big concern.

SPiCE VC is set to launch an ICO in November for its SPiCE ERC20 coins, which will use the Bancor protocol to provide immediate liquidity to all who invest in it. The SPiCE tokens are based on Ethereum.