Ponzi Games Are Breaking Out on the Ethereum Blockchain The hottest new apps on ethereum resemble an old favorite: the Ponzi scheme. At least that's the early consensus on FOMO 3D and PoWH3D, two of the

But a new solution called Plasma, unveiled Wednesday, is quickly emerging as perhaps the project to watch. That's because its authors – Vitalik Buterin and Joseph Poon – have blockchain resumes that are

Africa and its banking sector have always had its issues. Infrastructure for brick and mortar banks struggle due to the remote nature of the continent, but mass adoption of cryptocurrency could see many

Imagine you had money which wasn’t kept in a bank, wasn’t controlled by the government, which you could use anonymously, and which you will never hold. Would you be willing to use it? Several Internet

The total value of all cryptocurrencies set a new all-time high today, rising above $126 billion for the first time in history, according to data from CoinMarketCap. The new benchmark was set at 8:00 UTC

Symptoms of Alzheimer's affecting patient's memories could be reversed, new research from MIT indicates. It might be possible to break down the genetic blockades inside the brain which cause memory loss

Viacheslav Semenchuk, a Russian entrepreneur, has just launched a cryptocurrency for Jews. Similar in concept to Bitcoin, it is called BitCoen, "the first Kosher cryptocurrency," as described

Bitcoin is either an enormous bubble or has a lot further to run. Financial forecasters are now weighing in on the cryptocurrency, trying to divine where bitcoin’s price is headed, now that it sits at

The most popular social network in Russia is easing restrictions on advertisements related to cryptocurrency. According to local news source Novaya Gazeta, VKontakte – a regional social media platform

San Francisco's Potrero Hill neighborhood is home to hilly streets, views of the Bay Bridge—and the Crypto Castle, a three-story home where a half dozen cryptocurrency entrepreneurs live and collaborate.

Barring unlikely interruptions, the scaling proposal called Segregated Witness (SegWit) is expected to lock-in on the bitcoin network today. Should enough miners continue signaling support, SegWit is projected

More than five months after bitcoin and gold prices hit parity, bitcoin is now worth nearly three times as much as the more traditional store of value. The price of bitcoin reached a new high above $3,400

Owning the youth video market YouTube is already a credible alternative to TV for some advertisers. But the addition of Snapchat, which reaches 166 million users a day, could give Google a lock on the

In just four hours of early Saturday trading, the price of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin surged over 9% to a new record. At the time of this writing, one Bitcoin is valued at $3,169.90, well above the previous

Hong Kong bitcoin entrepreneur James Bang was on a trip with his family to Indonesia earlier this year when he realised there were fewer cows on his father-in-law’s cattle farm. He discovered his father-in-law

Bitcoin Cash has surged in value since its release yesterday, becoming a top three cryptocurrency with a market capitalization of more than $8 billion dollars at the time of report, according to CoinMarketCap.

Washington State University researchers have found evidence supporting an already popular theory: that regular cannabis users stay more relaxed in stressful situations. The study, published recently in

The Securities and Exchange Commission is taking an interest in the hottest craze in cryptocurrency, the initial coin offering (ICO), and apparently the SEC is not into the hype. The commission published

Zimbabwe-based cryptocurrency exchange BitcoinFundi has started to trade other cryptocurrencies beyond Bitcoin. In its bid to attract more customers, the exchange has started allowing its users to trade

A lot of fuss has been going around SteemIt in the past few months. Steemit is kind of a social news platform that pays users with digital currency called Steem for posting and upvoting good content. Think