Congressman Bill Huizenga has urged for the U.S. Congress to focus on crypto regulation in an interview with Bloomberg July 27. Huizenga wants to see more oversight in what he considers the “muddied and fairly opaque” initial coin offering (ICOs) and digital assets markets. Speaking in his Capitol Hill office, Huizenga argued that Congress should empower financial regulators such […]

TransferGo, a London-based remittance service, has become the first remittance provider to offer a cryptocurrency trading service, and will offer bitcoin, ethereum, bitcoin cash, litecoin and XRP, in response to a strong demand for cryptocurrency, according to Bloomberg. Daumantas Dvilinskas, founder and CEO of TransferGo, expanded on what he called a strong demand for cryptocurrencies in a podcast […]

By Alex Mardikian If you’ve made up your mind to take the plunge in the world of cryptocurrency, then you need a place to store that currency. It’s digital currency and it needs to reside somewhere. Bitcoin and altcoins reside in wallets. Of course, these are wallets only in name and not at all like […]

By Alex Mardikian Altcoin is the shortened form of Bitcoin Alternative and is the collective term for other digital currencies other than Bitcoin. Each altcoin contributes to making the decentralized digital currency system more robust by trying to improve upon chosen aspects, such as speed of transactions, number of simultaneous transactions, distribution technology, hashing, mining […]

South Korea’s primary financial regulator is urging lawmakers to hasten the country’s first regulatory bill for the cryptocurrency sector amid fears of substandard security in the industry. Hong Seong-ki, head of the virtual currency response team at South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC), has joined the chorus among authorities and lawmakers seeking to regulate the […]

  The Malta Financial Services Authority is currently involved in a consultation exercise to ensure that all stakeholders are well informed on what the three blockchain and crypto laws that were passed recently, entail. Reports in the local media have interpreted this situation as a stalling on the MFSA’s part but this is quite a […]

By Alex Mardikian Agencies and advertisers that have turned to DOOH are demanding better reporting so that their decision-making is as accurate as possible. Data, rather measurable data, is driving the digital media economy. Today, DOOH can inform an audience in a manner not possible earlier because of technological limitations. Even savvy marketers of the […]

By Laura Desmond You can nab a hefty cash prize if you can break into John McAfee’s Bitfi wallet. The antivirus software pioneer and self-proclaimed “crypto visionary” tweeted on Tuesday that he’ll give anyone a $100,000 bounty if they can hack his “unhackable” cryptocurrency wallet. He tweeted: ”For all you naysayers who claim that “nothing is unhackable” & who don’t believe […]

Bitcoin surged more than 40% over the past month, while the rest of the major cryptocurrencies have stalled. In comparison, Ether recovered less than 15% over the same period. Ripplegained up to 16% yet failed to consolidate gains above 0.50 per US dollar. Bitcoin Cash hindered as well, despite offering better features than the original Bitcoin in terms of speed […]

By Gulaiym Agbal Digital signage is a technology whose time has come, and it is fast replacing traditional OOH. In fact, DOOH has infused new life into an industry struggling from extreme levels of maturity across the globe, and consequent audience fatigue. Businesses interested in digital signage would do well to learn about the fascinating […]