Day: March 18, 2019

Facebook Cryptocurrency is ‘Cool’ But Bitcoin is Better

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Billionaire investors Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss aren’t too worried that Facebook’s cryptocurrency project will end up being a “bitcoin killer.” In fact, they maintain that it will have more impact on the world than Facebook ever did. Winklevoss: Bitcoin Still ‘So Young’ for People to Crow over its Demise Speaking to the UK’s Daily Telegraph at the annual SXSW festival of film and music, the twins, who first bought the leading cryptocurrency when it was valued at around $8 per coin, pointed to how an emerging Amazon outmaneuvered retail giant…

Bitcoin (BTC) Flat-Line Below $4,000; Bears of Feb 24 Likely to Flow Back

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Bitcoin price up but under pressure MimbleWimble protocol could be an excellent match for Bitcoin Transaction volumes more than half those of Feb 24 There are specific benefits of the MimbleWimble protocol, and one of them is privacy through CT. If the Bitcoin community decides to incorporate this untested protocol, then the network will not be scalable but be completely anonymous. Perhaps it will be the only trigger that will drive prices above $6,000 to $12,000 as demand Bitcoin (BTC) demand surge. Bitcoin Price Analysis Fundamentals To understand emerging technology…

Building the ICO’s auditing framework for Artificial Intelligence

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Simon McDougall, Executive Director for Technology Policy and Innovation, invites comment from organisations on the development of an auditing framework for AI. Applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) are starting to permeate many aspects of our lives. I see new and innovative uses of this technology every day: in health care, recruitment, commerce . . . the list goes on and on. We know the benefits that AI can bring to organisations and individuals. But there are risks too. And that’s what I want to talk about in this blog post.  The General Data…

Six Global Banks Sign up to Issue Stablecoins on IBM’s Now-Live Blockchain Network

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Six international banks have reportedly signed letters of intent to issue their own stablecoins backed by their national fiat currencies on IBM’s now-live blockchain-powered payments network, “World Wire.” The news was jointly announced by IBM and Stellar during a keynote at Money 2020 Asia in Singapore, financial news channel Cheddar reported on March 18. As previously reported, IBM’s cross-border payment network, Blockchain World Wire (BWW) was launched in collaboration with Stellar (XLM) in September 2018. BWW, which went live today and reportedly has over 44 banks on service, aims to…

Hacked Exchange Cryptopia Expects to Resume Trading by End of March 2019

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Cryptopia, the recently hacked New Zealand crypto exchange, has posted an update on March 17 concerning its plan to resume trading on its platform, which is expected by the end of March. In the post, Cryptopia’s co-founder Rob (Hex) Dawson stated that the company is entirely committed to reopening the exchange. Hex provided Cryptopia customers with data about the ongoing rebate process, as well as general recommendations for interacting with their accounts. Cryptopia relaunched its website in read-only form on March 5, with the platform showing the balances as they…

Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC/USD is Heading Towards $4,254 Level

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Photo: Richard Patterson / Flickr Key Highlights: The $4,050 price level is already broken up and exposes $4,254 resistance level; the bulls are in control of the Bitcoin market; the coin may find its resistance at $4,254 price level. BTC/USD Medium-term Trend: Bullish Resistance levels: $4,254, $4,692, $4,960Support levels: $4,050, $3,903, $3,774 BTC/USD is on the bullish trend on the Medium-term outlook. The Bears lost momentum and could not defend the resistance level of $4,050. The Bulls then strengthened their momentum and broke up the significant resistance level of $4,050…

Why Bitcoin Cash Surged 20% to Headline Booming Crypto Market

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Bitcoin Cash plummeted 75 percent in the wake of the cryptocurrency’s hard fork fiasco in November 2018. But that is not stopping the asset from crawling its way back into positive trading territory and headlining this week’s crypto market rally. Bitcoin Cash Headlines Crypto Rally The BCH-to-dollar rate this week surged by more than 20 percent, jumping from a March 11 low of $128.65 to establish a weekly high at $166. According to the 24-adjusted timeframe, the Bitcoin Cash price moved 6.89 percent north against the general crypto trend on…

Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Litecoin, EOS, Bitcoin Cash, Binance Coin, Stellar, Tron, Cardano: Price Analysis, March 18

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The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision. The market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange. Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Joseph Lubin expects the global economy to grow 10 times in the next 10 to 20 years, powered by the mass use of blockchain technology. According to him, the current condition of the nascent space is similar to the use…

Bitcoin Cash Grows as Major Oil Futures Show Mixed Movements

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Monday, March 18 — most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting slight to noteworthy losses on the day by press time. Bitcoin is down just over one tenth of a percent on the day, trading at around $4,024, according to CoinMarketCap. Looking at its weekly chart, the current price is just under three percent higher than $3,906, the price at which Bitcoin started the week. Bitcoin 7-day price chart. Source: CoinMarketCap Co-founder of advisory firm Fundstrat Global Tom Lee today noted the apparent correlation between Bitcoin’s price action and emerging…

Two Birmingham workers fined for data protection breaches

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Employees could face a criminal prosecution if they access or share personal data without a valid reason, the Information Commissioner’s Office has warned. The warning came after Birmingham Magistrates’ Court fined two workers in separate cases for breaching data protection laws. Faye Caughey, 32, of Ringswood Road, Solihull was employed at the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust (HEFT) when she unlawfully accessed the personal records of 14 individuals between February 2017 and August 2017. The Court heard that as part of her job, Ms Caughey was authorised to access…