BlogHide Resteemsslivers (31)in cryptocurrency • 7 years agoCryptocurrency News / 24 August 2017 / Floyd Mayweather Promoted His Second ICOBoxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr, made waves last month when he promoted an initial coin offering on Instagram – and he's just endorsed the second one on Twitter. The promotion of the ICO for the…slivers (31)in cryptocurrency • 7 years agoCryptocurrency News / 24 August 2017 / Congressional Candidate Accepting Bitcoin Donations for 2018 ElectionA candidate for the US House of Representatives said today that he has begun accepting Bitcoin donations. Patrick Nelson is running for the seat in New York’s 21st Congressional District. He is one…slivers (31)in cryptocurrency • 7 years agoCryptocurrency News / 24 August 2017 / Segregated Witness Activates on Bitcoin's BlockchainThe Segregated Witness (SegWit) soft fork has activated on the Bitcoin network. As of block height 481,824, found at 1:57 UTC by BTCC, all SegWit- ready nodes started enforcing the new SegWit…slivers (31)in cryptocurrency • 7 years agoCryptocurrency News / 23 August 2017 / Bitcoin Cash Hashrate Nears Parity with BitcoinThe Bitcoin Cash mining profitability has recently ticked upward, reaching parity with BTC. Soon after, a decrease in difficulty, coupled with a Korean-led price surge, made bitcoin cash mining 240%…slivers (31)in crytocurrency • 7 years agoCryptocurrency News / 23 August 2017 / Asus Debuts Specialized Motherboard for Cryptocurrency MinersAsus, the popular hardware manufacturer, has revealed a new motherboard with features geared specifically toward cryptocurrency miners. Dubbed the B250 Mining Expert, the board was debuted over the…slivers (31)in bitcoin • 7 years agoCryptocurrency News / 23 August 2017 / Mark Cuban Backs Cryptocurrency FundBillionaire investor and Bitcoin doubter Mark Cuban is coming around on cryptocurrency. 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In a letter dated 2nd…slivers (31)in cryptocurrency • 7 years agoCryptocurrency News / 08 June 2017 / Western Union Reveals Pilot Coinbase IntegrationDavid Thompson of global remittance giant Western Union took the stage at MoneyConf 2017 in Madrid, Spain to reveal an integration with digital currency exchange Coinbase. The integrated will not be…slivers (31)in cryptocurrency • 7 years agoCryptocurrency News / 08 June 2017 / Singaporean Dollar Tokenized Through EthereumThe Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) in collaboration with a number of banks and blockchain technology firms recently announced that phase one of tokenizing Singaporean Dollars through an…slivers (31)in cryptocurrency • 7 years agoCryptocurrency News / 08 June 2017 / eToro Adds Ethereum Classic, Advertises Crypto In LondonTrading platform eToro has added Ethereum Classic (ETC) to its portfolio as advertisements for cryptocurrency are spotted on the London Underground. ETC Classic fund creator Barry Silbert shared the…