Category: monero

Japan Wants Cryptocurrency Exchanges to De-List Anonymous Altcoins: Report

Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) is pressuring local cryptocurrency exchanges to de-list privacy-centric altcoins such as Monero, Zcash, and Dash. Writing in Forbes, Tokyo-based journalist Jake Adelstein reports that sources close to the FSA say the regulatory agency — which has sole authority to grant licenses to cryptocurrency exchanges — is “taking all available steps”…

June 11, 2018
Japanese Regulators Discussed Restricting Trade Of Privacy-Focused Altcoins, Report Says

Japanese regulators reportedly discussed prohibiting exchanges from trading in anonymity-focused coins Monero and Dash #NEWS

June 10, 2018
Bitcoin’s Near Term Fortunes: “Inflows of Big Money,” New Indices Emerge

When Fundstrat Global speaks, the crypto world listens. In recent months it has been a steady font of good news for the ecosystem, with five figure price calls to predicting a very bright future, a crypto future. Resident guru Thomas Lee more-or-less foretold the current after tax season spike in prices when many others were…

May 30, 2018
Opinion: Is MoneroV a Legitimate Hard Fork of Monero?

MoneroV’s upcoming hard fork (scheduled for April 30th, 2018) has been the subject of much debate. Many question the necessity of the hard fork and the reasons behind it. The MoneroV team claims to eliminate these current issues facing Monero: infinite supply, scalability problems, and centralization. However, many don’t view these as issues and claim…

April 24, 2018
Crypto Privacy Tokens See Price Lift on Pornhub Deal

Has Pornhub’s decision to accept payments in verge’s XVG token boosted the prospects of other privacy-focused cryptocurrencies?

April 18, 2018
How Far Will Crypto’s War On Miners Go?

The arrival of more powerful mining hardware is splitting sentiment in major cryptocurrencies, with users taking sides over how best to respond.

April 12, 2018
Drugs, Code and ICOs: Monero’s Long Road to Blockchain Respect

CoinDesk explores the alternative digital currency monero and its long road to becoming of the industry’s most talked-about projects.

February 4, 2017
The FBI is Worried Criminals Might Use the Private Cryptocurrency Monero

An FBI special agent has said it’s unclear how the agency would respond to widespread criminal use of privacy-enhancing cryptocurrencies like monero.

January 31, 2017
Volatility and Liquidity: How Bitcoin Compares to its Crypto Competitors

CoinDesk contributor Willy Woo presents an in-depth look at how bitcoin competes against other cryptocurrencies on two important attributes.

January 5, 2017