Sesameseed Starts Beta Program For The Tron (TRX) Blockchain Payment Card, the TronCard

Payment cards can pave the way to the next colossal cryptocurrency adoption wave in the world. With that in mind, Sesameseed commenced its Beta program for the Tron (TRX) blockchain payment card, the so-called TronCard. The TronCard is currently released…

Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) of 2017 Are Down By 66% in Value

Recent research carried out by EY on the Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) of 2017 showed that their overall valuation dropped by 66% since the maximums reached during January this year. Even more, about 86% of those ICOs are…

The US SEC Launched FinHub To Advise Startup Related To Crypto and Blockchain Technology

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) launched an initiative called “Strategic Center for Innovation and Financial Technology” (FinHub), which will have its primary objective to advise new ventures that use crypto and blockchain technology, digital financing, or…

Monero (XMR) Implemented The Network Update Scheduled For Today

Monero (XMR) launched the scheduled update of its network announced for October 18th, which includes the implementation of a new form of range testing called Bulletproofs, replacing Borromean range testing. The primary objective of this modification is to…

BitMEX Conducted A Fork On Bitcoin Core Protocol For Research Purposes

The BitMEX crypto exchange platform conducted a fork in the Bitcoin Core client for investigative purposes. Although some news portals claimed that BitMEX was launching a new client to compete against Bitcoin Core, the firm announced shortly after…

Sia Launched New Blockchain Update To Prepare For The Hard Fork on Siacoin (SC) Network

The developers of the Sia decentralized storage platform and Siacoin (SC) announced the release of the new Sia 1.3.6 version. This hardware patch will block the ASIC crypto mining rigs of Bitmain and Innosilicon for the upcoming hard…