Cryptocurrency & Blockchain breaking news

Crypto community to chose which charity Coinidol.com sends $1,000 of scammers’ money.

CoinIdol has finished the public trial of scammer Jawad Yaqub. The decision of the trial jury and the crypto community activists: to send the money to charity.

Edgeless.io has raised over $2 million to date, making it the most successful Ethereum-based gambling ICO in history. The virtual casino has attracted over 700 supporters in the sale of EDG tokens, it now stands well ahead of previous record holders VDice.

South Korea is showing a very good positive trend in terms of the development of bitcoin. South Korea has the world’s fastest internet connectivity, which is a very powerful incentive for the development of the use of bitcoin in the country.

Ismail Malik, ICO strategist and CEO of Blockchain lab, named an article on CoinTelegraph as the reason for why 6000 BTC were stolen by Jawad Yaqub, who has launched the scams known as Deos and Razormind. Ismail Malik claims that he has also been scammed by Jawad, though he had been a part of the Jawad's team during the crowdsale and knows everything from the inside.

The New US administration under Donald Trump has raised the Border security at customs points when entering the US. Customs agents are searching mobile phones and other electronic devices using a complex algorithm to establish what Bitcoin or any other security info may be contained on the gadget.

ReGa, a Russian Risk-Sharing startup, has developed a Blockchain-based insurance service for pets. The new service, called Lexi Club, allows signing a mutual pet health insurance using the Ethereum smart contracts platform.

The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have denied the proposal made by the Winklevoss twins, which would have created the first Bitcoin exchange-traded fund.

Nathan Wosnack, president of blockchain company Ubitquity, is removed from the jury.