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1602018-02-26

Altcoin analysis: NEO, EOS, LTC, IOTA and Lumens as of 02/27/2018

All altcoins, except for the LTC/USD pair, are growing. If LTC reaches yesterday's lows, this will be a great opportunity for buyers, but sellers should be careful and stop selling at yesterday's high of $220

Analytics
2072018-02-26

Cryptocurrency boom in Georgia: reasons and prospects

In 2017, the University of Cambridge Global Cryptocurrency Benchmarking Study conducted a study according to which Georgia was in second place in the world, after China, in terms of the power of devices involved in cryptocurrency mining.

Mining
2372018-02-26

A plant producing mining devices will be built in Belarus

There is now a real mining boom on the territory of Belarus, which began after the signing of the decree “On the development of the digital economy” by the President of the Republic Alexander Lukashenko. Representatives of one of the Russian companies announced that they are planning to build an enterprise that will produce equipment for cryptocurrency mining.

Mining
3202018-02-25

Circle announced the purchase of the Poloniex exchange

Boston-based Circle is buying one of the largest exchanges in North America, making it a serious competitor to Coinbase, Bittrex and Kraken. According to Fortune journalists, the transaction amount is $400 million.

Stock
3452018-02-25

Coinbase will transfer data on 13,000 customers to the Internal Revenue Service by the end of March

On February 23, the American exchange Coinbase sent out notifications to 13 thousand users that their data would be transferred to the US Tax Service (IRS). IRS officials asked Coinbase back in July last year to hand over information about 500,000 users in order to find tax evaders. At the end of autumn 2017, the exchange received a court order in which the Tax Service asked to provide data for 14,000 clients instead of half a million.

Stock
2232018-02-25

Bitcoin.org owner asks community to change standard proof-of-work algorithm

This week, the owner of the Bitcoin.org web portal and Bitcointalk, under the nickname Kobra, wrote an open letter to the Bitcoin community asking them to consider changing the proof-of-work (PoW) algorithm of the Bitcoin core network.

Personality
2222018-02-25

Cryptocurrency mining equipment worth 200 million crowns was stolen in Iceland

Iceland is one of the centers of the mining industry, which criminals have begun to abuse. In the municipalities of Reykjanesbaer and Borgarburdo, there was a large-scale theft of crypto equipment totaling 200 million kroner or $1,990,000.

Mining
2142018-02-25

Las Vegas strippers don't mind cryptocurrency tips

Popular British tabloid The Sun reported that strippers at the exclusive Las Vegas nightclub Τhe Legend Room are getting temporary tattoos of QR codes on their bodies so customers can leave anonymous tips in digital currency. Τhe Legend Room has become the first strip club that allows patrons to pay for services with cryptocurrency.

Humor
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