Dark Web Users Now Prefer Litecoin and Dash Over Bitcoins!
Bitcoin's heavy network congestion and high transaction fees have forced a significant portion of the dark web to turn to Litecoins and DASH for payments.
- Team CryptoGround
- Feb 10, 2018
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Bitcoin's heavy network congestion and high transaction fees have forced a significant portion of the dark web to turn to Litecoins and DASH for payments.
17,000,000 Nano tokens were stolen from the BitGrail cryptocurrency exchange via means of ‘unauthorized transactions’.
A number of market analysts are quite bullish about the short-term success of cryptocurrencies, predicting a market-cap of $1 Trillion before the year ends.
Forbes magazine has a released a list of the top 20 richest people in the world of cryptocurrencies. The minimum criteria here is a wealth of $350 Million.
Goldman Sachs head of Global Investment Research Steve Strongin commented on cryptocurrency prices, stating most cryptocurrencies will soon crash to $0.
Binance has announced that the exchange will be down for 12 hours as it is undergoing maintenance. This announcement from Binance comes amid rumours of a major hacking attack.
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Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian has stepped down from managing day-to-day operations of Reddit to focus on his blockchain investments firm, Initialized Capital.
Researchers from China’s 360Netlab have reported that they have found a malware called ‘ADB.Miner’, which makes use of the phone’s hardware power to mine for Monero.
Ripple has now teamed up with LianLian International in Hong Kong for cross-border payments to China. This is a major step forward towards an Asian expansion for Ripple.