Cryptocurrency scams have been rather easy to come by over the past few years. For every legitimate project or currency out there, at least a handful of scam projects exist. Over on BitcoinTalk, there is a lot of debate regarding the Tidex exchange’s decision to list a notorious Ponzi coin. Scam accusations are flying back and forth, even though there seems to be some compelling evidence to back up the claims right now. The Tidex Exchange Controversy A lot of people have come across the Tidex exchange in their search for altcoin trading platforms. Although the company is not one of the bigger
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The Pirate Bay is running a cryptocurrency miner that hijacks users’ computers with no opt-out option
The internet’s largest torrent portal is running Coinhive, which currently runs alongside the site’s ads and mines Monero.
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Torrent Website Offers Users Rewards for Cryptocurrency Mining
The recent trend of websites installing cryptocurrency miners to harness visitors’ processing power has taken a more positive twist, a report says.
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QTUM Mainet Upgrade Complete – Users Can Access Coins
n QTUM upgrade completed, allowing users to access coins on Binance and other exchanges, and opening doors for new partnerships.n
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Bitfinex Tokens Let Users Hedge Bets On Bitcoin SegWit2x Hard Fork
n Bitfinex has launched not one but two SegWit2x chain split tokens as users praise the exchanges clarity.n
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Will Bitcoin Gold Return Power to Ordinary Users
n Bitcoin is heading for another fork, and this one is really going to irk the miners as Bitcoin Gold is being heralded as the Peoples Fork.n
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Duplicati Users Can Now Back Up Files on the Sia Network
Multiple cryptocurrency projects are focusing on coming up with ways to provide decentralized storage. One of those projects goes by the name of Sia, which has made a rather big impact so far. Based on its latest development update, it appears the integration with Duplicati is complete. This means Duplicati users can now select Sia as a backup destination for all their computer files. It’s an intriguing development, to say the least. Sia Keeps Making Big Moves Making decentralized file storage solutions relevant is not as easy as one might think. That’s in part because there is a fair bit of
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Singaporean Cryptocurrency Users See Bank Accounts Getting Closed by Financial Institutions
Cryptocurrency users around the world often suffer from banking issues. More specifically, a lot of financial institutions tend to close bank accounts related to cryptocurrency. Although such harsh actions have become less apparent, they can still occur now and then. Over in Singapore, various firms and consumers have seen bank accounts being closed for no … Continue reading Singaporean Cryptocurrency Users See Bank Accounts Getting Closed by Financial Institutions
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Swapper.io Seeks to Protect Bitcoin Users from Extreme Taxation
Swapper is an automated blockchain based service for performing 1031 tax-deferred exchanges of cryptocurrencies, thus deferring the immediate tax liability that is created when exchanging one asset to another like-kind asset. (Yes there is indeed a tax liability created at that juncture) Why have I never heard of the 1031 exchange before? Because the announcement … Continue reading Swapper.io Seeks to Protect Bitcoin Users from Extreme Taxation
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Nigel is an AI that may Help Users Make Political Decisions
People are relying on the Internet and their devices more for gathering information about their world to make decisions. Many of the times, these decisions are about where to eat tonight, whether a beer is good, or how a cryptocurrency is performing. But what if a device or software could help people choose how to vote? A project called Nigel in Oregon is aiming to do just that. “Okay Nigel, Who Should I Vote for this November?” The team behind Nigel wants to help its users in almost every aspect of their lives, including political advice. While other personal assistance
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