Alcoa, the company that invented aluminum smelting back in 1888 observes once again how one of their old operation sites is being overtaken by a bitcoin / cryptocurrency mining farm operation. Back in June, a company called CoinMint announced that it will invest $700 million in the New York economy in order to take over…

The Japanese Financial Services Agency (the FSA), was performing an on-site inspection of crypto exchanges in the country and they finally produced a document that explains the inspection, the findings, and suggestions, as reported by CoinTelegraph Japan on August 10. The findings suggest that the organization has decided to inject increasing levels of oversight in the…

Trading is a skill set that requires a lot of preparation in order to consistently generate profits for yourself. You would have to study as much as 2500 hours worth of training, content, and practice. Additionally, think about all of the money you would spend while implementing flawed trading strategies, sleepless nights, angry spouse, and the…

On August 8th, Opera through a press release announced that they will launch a browser that features a pre-installed cryptocurrency wallet, as reported by CoinTelegraph. Opera has been spearheading and competing for crypto attention since this July, as evidenced by the release of a wallet feature on their Android app. The plan seems to be…

On July 9th, business giants IBM and A.P. Moller – Maersk released a press release through www.prnewswire.com informing the world about TradeLens, a platform that is designed to become the worlds' most powerful shipping ecosystem. Coming from somebody else, this might be a surprise, but both IBM and Maersk are giant players in international business. This endeavor…

Recent news reports on both cryptocurrency focused and mainstream media yet again painted a wrong picture by omitting and misrepresenting facts. On August 3rd, Starbucks published a blog update with the title "Intercontinental Exchange Announces Bakkt, a Global Platform and Ecosystem for Digital Assets". The post describes that the coffee chain is partnering up with tech giants…

Blockchains have been around for a while, and they are not going anywhere except forward. I believe this is a statement we can all agree on. The amount of utility for systems that are based on blockchain technology to provide value for the common people, communicate trust, transparency, and drive forward a social revolution that…

Coinbase, the biggest US-based cryptocurrency exchange and the world's most regulatory-compliant one, has some significant changes for us this week. They've increased the purchase limits for all their US customers which have passed the necessary KYC and AML verifications, and also have added a new instant settlement procedure on bank transfers. Individuals will no longer have…

Binance and The President's Trust of Malta signed a Memorandum of Understanding on July 25th, in order to commemorate the decision to start implementing blockchain technology for their charitable work. World-renown goodwill ambassador and TedX speaker Helen Hai representing Binance and entrepreneur Michael Bianchi, a trustee of The President’s Trust, signed the memorandum. The main goals of this memorandum were…

If we as humans were honest, transparent, or held steady and true to our values, then blockchains would be redundant. Since we are not, they are incredibly valuable and successful in keeping human emotions in check. Similar to this was the demise of Communism, where the usual scenario involved a flawed human central figure of power…