Unobtanium is an altcoin that was intended to be ‘unobtainable’. Going by the name. It was given a fair launch and distribution, and it was intended to be a long term store of value as a currency. Unobtanium was developed using the Bitcoin codebase and had an initial 0.1 UNO block reward for the first … Read more
The European Union, long known for it’s overregulation of every aspect of daily lives, seeks to regulate CryptoCurrency use even further. This comes at an interesting time, as the United Kingdom recently held a referendum which came out with the decision to leave the European Union, the main reasons among British Citizens being overregulation of … Read more
Litecoin was the currency designed to be a ‘lite’ version of Bitcoin, the ‘Silver to Bitcoin gold’. As the Bitcoin price has skyrocketed, Litecoin has stirred a little and it is becoming more recognized. With Bitmain releasing Scrypt mining hardware potentially, and with the Innosilicon offerings, it is likely that Scrypt mining and network security for … Read more
The chinese Yuan has been dropping in value over the past couple of months, showing the worst decline in 20 years. This is primarily due to large capital outflows in china, and also due to the tightening of capital controls, which have become progressively tighter in recent years. People are looking for ways to protect … Read more
Wyre, a business aimed at utilizing the blockchain and cryptocurrency for international payments was received 5.8 million as a start up. The goal of Wyre is to enable businesses to take advantage of the ease of digital currency for cross-border payments, without actually handling any of this currency themselves. Wyre uses both the Bitcoin Blockchain … Read more