Until this week, you may have not been familiar with Circle, but they have the cryptocurrency world buzzing this week, with the news that they have just acquired Poloniex, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world.

With Blockchain Africa coming up in two weeks, we thought we’d focus on SureRemit, an African (specifically Nigerian) blockchain startup which has recently broken the record for largest African ICO to date, by raising $7 million. The ICO was held between 8 December 2017 and 8 February 2018.

We had the opportunity to have a chat with South African Alastair Constance, founder of Mercury FX, global currency specialists, who have recently partnered with Ripple.

On Tuesday 13th February, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) released a media statement which addressed cryptocurrencies, innovation facilitators and “Project Khoka”, an experiment with distributed ledger technology

A report by JPMorgan Chase’s Global Research Unit, obtained by Coindesk, entitled “Decrypting Cryptocurrencies: Technology, Applications and Challenges” has suggested that cryptocurrencies could one day help investors diversify their equity and bond portfolios.

Demonstrating that blockchain technology has the ability to affect even the most unlikely of industries, the London Football Exchange (LFE) is an ICO that will be launching on the 12th February.

Ever wondered who the richest people in the cryptocurrency industry are? Forbes has presented, what they estimate to be, a list of 19 of “Crypto’s Richest” or the “Prophets of Boom”.

After a positive outcome on Tuesday at the US Senate hearing on Virtual Currencies, another country, namely Singapore, has come forward and indicated that it will not be prohibiting cryptocurrency trading.

A tweet on Saturday 3rd February has revealed that Ledger, a popular hard wallet for cryptocurrencies, has discovered a vulnerability that could lead to Ledger users losing their funds. 

If you are invested in cryptocurrencies, you would have started 2018 feeling on top of the world. After a major correction, can we really expect $50000 BTC?

Until this week, you may have not been familiar with Circle, but they have the cryptocurrency world buzzing this week, with the news that they have just acquired Poloniex, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world.

With Blockchain Africa coming up in two weeks, we thought we’d focus on SureRemit, an African (specifically Nigerian) blockchain startup which has recently broken the record for largest African ICO to date, by raising $7 million. The ICO was held between 8 December 2017 and 8 February 2018.

We had the opportunity to have a chat with South African Alastair Constance, founder of Mercury FX, global currency specialists, who have recently partnered with Ripple.

On Tuesday 13th February, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) released a media statement which addressed cryptocurrencies, innovation facilitators and “Project Khoka”, an experiment with distributed ledger technology

A report by JPMorgan Chase’s Global Research Unit, obtained by Coindesk, entitled “Decrypting Cryptocurrencies: Technology, Applications and Challenges” has suggested that cryptocurrencies could one day help investors diversify their equity and bond portfolios.

Demonstrating that blockchain technology has the ability to affect even the most unlikely of industries, the London Football Exchange (LFE) is an ICO that will be launching on the 12th February.

Ever wondered who the richest people in the cryptocurrency industry are? Forbes has presented, what they estimate to be, a list of 19 of “Crypto’s Richest” or the “Prophets of Boom”.

After a positive outcome on Tuesday at the US Senate hearing on Virtual Currencies, another country, namely Singapore, has come forward and indicated that it will not be prohibiting cryptocurrency trading.

A tweet on Saturday 3rd February has revealed that Ledger, a popular hard wallet for cryptocurrencies, has discovered a vulnerability that could lead to Ledger users losing their funds. 

If you are invested in cryptocurrencies, you would have started 2018 feeling on top of the world. After a major correction, can we really expect $50000 BTC?