CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST All networks, equipment, and computers can be hacked. A smart coffee maker can be hacked. So too, can a power station that figures in the grid of an entire country. Are such threats overstated? Or, is there a genuine reason to be concerned? The post Study: U.S. Power Grid Is Vulnerable to State-Sponsored Hackers appeared first on CCN: Financial Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Nikolai Nikiforov, the Russian Minister for Communications and Mass Media spoke about Bitcoin’s underlying technology, the blockchain. The Minister notes the distributed ledger technology as “very interesting” and intends to monitor its development going forward. Speaking at the ‘Internet Economy’ forum today, the Russian Minister for Communications and Mass Media, Nikolai Nikiforov elaborated on “necessity […] The post Russian Information Minister Is Keen to Explore Blockchain Technology appeared first on CCN: Financial Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST One man isn’t happy with Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the entrepreneurs known for having sued Mark Zuckerberg for allegedly stealing their idea. The problem centers on the Winklevoss’ Bitcoin exchange Gemini, where on evening of November 13th a Gemini exchange user placed a large bitcoin buy order filling price limits towards $2,200 per bitcoins. The […] The post A Gemini Exchange User Is Pissed at the Winklevoss Twins appeared first on CCN: Financial Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST 10 new patent publications filed by Bank of America have been published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) last week. The bank’s patent applications were filed in June, last year. The USPTO has published 10 patent applications filed by Bank of America in relation to cryptocurrencies. The original filing was done in June […] The post Bank of America Filed 10 New Cryptocurrency Patent Applications appeared first on CCN: Financial Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Coinbase held their second internal hackathon at the Coinbase HQ, the company announced yesterday, focusing on projects its workers do not normally work on. The Bitcoin exchange acknowledged their team investigates “new behaviors that an open, global payment protocol can uniquely enable.” The hackathon went on for 48-hours so the team could explore such new […] The post Coinbase Holds Internal Hackathon On Electrum, Http & Xim appeared first on CCN: Financial Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News. |
CoinDesk, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Bitcoin Foundation’s Regulatory Affairs Committee chair Marco Santori rounds up the biggest global regulatory developments from 2015. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Hardly a day goes by without another bank or financial organization heralding the blockchain as the wave of the future while saying bitcoin is falling by the wayside. Do veteran cryptocurrency observers find something a bit strange in this? Can you really have the blockchain without cryptocurrency? Rupert Hackett, community manager of Australia-based buyabitcoin.com.au, tackles […] The post What’s Behind Banks’ Hyping Blockchain And Not Bitcoin? A Defensive Play, One Observer Claims appeared first on CCN: Financial Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News. |