According to a report published in South Korean business publication The Bell, electronics giant Samsung has partnered with a Taiwan-based hardware manufacturer TSMC to produce a new line of ASICs for the cryptocurrency mining market. The report states that prototyping and development began last year, with mass production of the chips starting earlier this month.
We all expect 2018 to be the year that blockchain grows up. 2017 was a year when cryptocurrency markets dominated the public imagination, was a monumental year for cryptocurrencies and the blockchain. While some of us grew excited by the explosion of new applications, platforms and technologies being launched, many others were simply happy […]
Representatives of the Philippines’ Securities and Exchange Commission confirmed yesterday that the agency was moving swiftly towards the completion of a new regulatory framework for cryptocurrency trading and ICOs. The new rules are expected to finalized later this year, and may well be enacted before the end of 2018. The move comes in response to […]
In a stunning announcement made earlier today, Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck revealed that the company was the victim of the largest cryptocurrency heist in history. According to a report published by Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun (and translated by Coindesk), the hackers made off with over 500 million NEM (XEM) tokens, worth roughly $535 million (58 […]
Last week, while most people in D.C. were focused on the looming government shutdown, Senators Marco Rubio (R.-Fl) and Robert Menendez (D.-NJ) published an open letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin expressing serious concern about Venezuela’s plans to launch a state-backed cryptocurrency. The proposed token, known as the “Petro,” was announced by Venezuelan President […]
The LiveEdu ICO has gotten off to a great start with over $7M raised so far. The public sale opened on Jan. 15th, 5pm UTC with a 20% bonus on the first day. Bonus dropped to 17% on the second day and then drops by 1% every two days until it reaches 5%. The official […]
Late last week, the Indian government began sending tax notification documents to tens of thousands of cryptocurrency traders and investors in the country. According to Reuters, these notices follow a recent government survey that found over $3.5 billion in cryptocurrency transactions within the country over the last 17 months. By some estimates, India’s population of […]
Earlier this week, Virginia-based cryptocurrency mining company BCause LLC was awarded a $500,000 grant by Virginia Beach as part of a deal to keep the company’s operations and headquarters in the city. The company, founded in 2013, is currently in the process of moving into an 84,000 square feet facility, with an estimated $64.8 million […]
Earlier today, the Israel Tax Authority (ITA) released a draft version of their plans to tax proceeds generated by initial coin offerings (ICOs). Under the plan, the ITA would impose a value-added tax (VAT) on profits generated from ICOs, although the tokens themselves would not be taxed. The plan also creates two distinct categories for […]
Entrepreneur and investor Mark Cuban confirmed this morning that the Dallas Mavericks, an NBA team owned by Cuban, will be accepting cryptocurrency payments “Next season.” The news came as a seemingly off-the-cuff reply to a question posed by one of Cuban’s Twitter followers. Cuban, who is no stranger to cryptocurrency technology, later confirmed the news […]