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Blockchain: Securing Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin

Bitcoin is the largest traded cryptocurrency in the world. What cryptocurrency basically means is that it is a digital currency that makes use of encryption for generating money and for verifying transaction. The particular transaction is added to a public ledger commonly known as ‘Transaction Block Chain’ and new coins are generated by a method called mining. In …

The first smartphone with a hardware wallet for cryptocurrencies

        The launch of Just5 COINPHONE, the first mobile phone with built-in hardware wallet, secure authentication environment and cryptocurrency payments functionality, is announced at the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona today on the 1 of March.         Cryptocurrencies are becoming an integral part of our everyday lives, and payments in Bitcoin are no surprise to anyone anymore. According to blockchain.info, 9 million wallets were downloaded in 2016, and in 2017 the number …

Do Industries Need Cryptocurrencies? Yes, they do.

It’s probable that 2018 will be a watershed year for blockchain and cryptocurrencies.  2017 saw the breakout of this new technology from the small community of programmers and “geeks” into a much wider audience of people, looking for financial opportunities and willing to support various disruptive Blockchain concepts.  2018 will likely see the acceptance by …

Of Crypts, Currencies and Cryptocurrencies – Raja Dey

Bitcoins come from the fascinating world of Cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrencies are an open source digital currently that are based on computer codes, created digitally, by a community of people that anyone can join, known as miners of that currency. Miners, just by using an internet connected device which can be any smart phone or computer are …

Exante Offers Safe and Regulated Trading in Five New Cryptocurrencies

Saint Julian’s, MALTA, July 24, 2017 – (ACN Newswire) – Today Exante announced that it is offering its clients the opportunity to trade in the five most popular cryptocurrencies directly on its own trading platform protected and regulated through a secured account. Effective immediately Exante customers can trade it LTC (Litecoin) and XRP (Ripple) with …

Blockchains and Digital Currency Wars

LONDON – Celent has released a new report titled Blockchains and Digital Currency Wars. The report was written by John Dwyer, a Senior Analyst with Celent’s Securities & Investments practice. We are witnessing extraordinary innovation impacting means for transferring value. This is creating a new digital asset class which can be moved on a peer-to-peer basis, with optimized settlement-cycles, thus …