Cryptocurrency & Blockchain breaking news

The new image-hosting service, Supload, pays users who upload photos to the website 50% of the funds generated from Ads running on the site. The service has a minimum withdraw of $1.00 and users can withdraw at any time into their bitcoin wallet.

Bitpesa is a bitcoin exchange and Blockchain technology firm based in Nairobi, Kenya, that has recently optimized its platform to focus mainly on the massive trade between East Africa, Nigeria and China.

One of the largest Bitcoin mining companies, Bitfury, has turned down bids to buy bitcoin from various investors and Assets Under Management funds. This is seen by many to have been triggered by the surge in Bitcoin’s price from $800 to $900.

Spectrecoin is a cryptocurrency launched on 20/11/2016 with a new concept for total security and anonymity on the blockchain which will be based on the Android platform. Spectrecoin’s main aim is small private remittances of money. Coinidol.com investigates whether the new Spectrecoin provides the best anonymity and security compared to the existing competitors on the market.

S7 Airlines, in partnership with Alpha Bank, have conducted еhe first Blockchain payment using Ethereum-based smart contracts in Russia.

Digital Bitbox, a bitcoin wallet developer, has built a new wallet with plausible deniability features. Plausible deniability is designed to safeguard the wallet owner’s funds in the event of the owner being forced to give up their wallet keys.

The number of Bitcoin ATMs has increased almost twofold recently in Vietnam, with new arrivals coming in and old players adding a number of machines in different locations across Vietnam.

ADZbuzz, a creator of ADZcoin cryptocurrency, has announced the launch of its 'uBlock Ad Blocker' that offers advertisements on a single link and direct payments to publishers.

Ukrainian Exchange has just announced the launch of new futures contracts, including on an index of Bitcoin.