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Bitmain out the bushes with ASIC Ethereum miner
Bitmain is working on an Ethereum ASIC miner, the Antminer F3, according to reports in Chinese technology media.
The importance of receipts in blockchain payment systems
Chase Smith, Lead Blockchain Architect at OPEN, discusses a decentralized receipt of purchase solution called OPEN State.
The UK's second-tier digital identity scheme will lead to a second-tier digital economy
The state of Identity in the UK is far behind that in the rest of Europe, and this is central to the success of consumer-focused fintech and financial services.
Search for extraterrestrial life hampered as cryptocurrency miners hog the tech alien hunters need
GPU manufacturers are scrambling to deal with rapidly rising demand for graphics cards.
Cryptocurrency Valentine's Day with Bitcoin futures expiration
Capital.com is a fintech startup providing an AI-powered trading platform designed to take trading to the next level
OpenBazaar adds BCH, Zcash and looks towards tokens
OpenBazaar CEO Brian Hoffman said a token event is being planned for around the end of March.
Lazarus: North Korean hackers resurface with aggressive HaoBao campaign against banks, Bitcoin users
Widely believed to be linked to the North Korean regime, Lazarus Group has been linked to the 2014 Sony hack and the WannaCry ransomware attack in 2017 among others.
Cryptocurrency: eToro adds Stellar as investor appetite for crypto grows
Stellar now added to Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, XRP, Litecoin, Ethereum Classic and Dash.
As PSD2 kicks in, will mobile carriers transform the EU financial landscape?
Direct carrier billing gives many mobile carriers a head-start on strong customer authentication, one of the major aspects of the PSD2 update.
How blockchain and cryptocurrency might realistically reinvent the advertiser-customer relationship
Charles H. Silver, CEO, Algebraix looks at personal data spending power
Blockchain: the solution to the cybercrime epidemic?
Paul Worrall, Co-Founder of Zonafide talks about self-sovereign identity as a solution to cybercrime.
Cryptocurrencies are too big for UK banks to ignore
CEO of Confirm, Pawel Kuskowski talks about the crypto barbarians at the gate
Payments Big Bang: Impact of PSD2 on retail banking
Michael McKee, Partner, DLA Piper UK LLP discusses payments competition in European retail banking.
Bank and Fintech collaboration – three drivers for growth in 2018
Simon Paris, Deputy CEO, Finastra, looks at open banking, digital transformation and robotization.
BTCC Pool introduces transparent FPPS Bitcoin mining and 1% fees
The new 1% promotion fee for bitcoin mining is the lowest fee in the industry, said BTCC.
Bitcoin billionaires downgraded to millionaires after major sell-off
The Winklevoss twins and Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen are among those at the top of Forbes' cryptocurrency rich list who will have seen their Bitcoin billions slump this week.
Russian nuclear engineers arrested for using one of country's largest supercomputers to mine Bitcoin
The nuclear facility houses a 1-petraflop supercomputer that is capable of performing around 1,000 trillion calculations per second.
North Korean hackers ordered to make $100,000 a year for the regime - or else
A group of North Korean hackers were sent to China and required to make up to $100,000 a year for the reclusive regime by any means, or face "severe" consequences.
Asking the audience: predicting the future by harnessing the wisdom of the crowd
Fox Holt is Vice President at Delphy
Crypto scammers pose as John McAfee and Elon Musk on Twitter to steal bitcoin
Cryptocurrency scammers are invading the Twitter timelines of famous technologists and companies in an attempt to dupe fintech fanatics into sending them money.
Identity as security: The key to eliminating fraud
Simon Rodway, UK pre-sales solution architect at Entersekt, discusses identity as security and how banks can make the authentication process easier for customers.
Hackers behind $530m cryptocurrency heist 'flog coins on the dark web with 15% off'
Sources said that the Coincheck hackers are using the anonymity provided by the dark web to help launder the stolen cryptocurrency, which is known as NEM.
Why neither Brexit nor a loss of passporting will stop the UK's Fintech momentum
Todd Latham, CMO & Head of Product, Currencycloud says Brexit is just another speed bump in the road for the fintech industry.
Etherisc pushes standard insurable crypto wallet
Etherisc co-founder Stephan Karpischek is looking to create completely new value networks and realign incentives across the whole value chain.
US man sues T-Mobile after his bitcoins were hacked
Carlos Tapang of Washington alleges that T-Mobile's poor security allowed hackers to steal thousands of dollars in bitcoin.
Police release e-fit images of three men suspected of trying to force man into bitcoin transfer
Four men entered Oxford home, threatened occupants with firearm and forced victim to transfer bitcoin.
PC gamers mine cryptocurrency to help save children in war-torn Syria
Global children's charity Unicef launches pilot scheme asking gamers to create Ethereum to fund emergency aid in Syria.
Japan Net Bank tests blockchain with mijin and Hyperledger
Fintech and cryptocurrency solutions company Tech Bureau developed mijin blockchain
Blockchain security and the cryptocurrency boom, Part 2: Application
Steve Giguere, engineer at Synopsys, takes a look at the wallet options out there.
To capitalise on crypto, do your due diligence
Iqbal Gandham, UK Managing Director at eToro, reflects on the Bitconnect debacle.