Cryptocurrency & Blockchain breaking news

One of the newest cryptocurrency tokens, STEEM Dollars, designed as the reward token on the Blockchain-powered social network Steemit, strengthens its position on cryptocurrency markets and becomes one of the currencies that is gaining popularity faster than any other.

The first physical Bitcoin exchange might soon be opened in the center of Moscow, Russia. Despite the negative attitude of the Russian authorities, several cryptocurrency enthusiasts announced their plans to open a small physical Bitcoin exchange point on the Novy Arbat 8 Street. Previously they only worked through the LocalBitcoins service as BTC24pro, but have now decided to work offline.

Tether announced the launch of a new crypto euro-coin EURT, issued on the Omni Layer protocol. The new decentralized coin allows the transfer of digital assets priced in USD into Euros cheaper over the Bitcoin Blockchain.  

The course aims to help people separate fact from fiction on the subject of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

Two more major cryptocurrency exchanges, Coinbase and ShapeShift, have announced their new options that may strengthen Ethereum Classic’s (ETC) position on the cryptocurrency market and increase its price

On August 2, 2016 18:16 UTC Bitfinex, Bitcoin and Altcoin exchange announced that it is dealing with a security breach that affects some of its Bitcoin wallet balances. Trading on Bitfinex is halted as well as Bitcoin and Altcoin withdrawals and deposits.

Swedish bank SEB (Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken) becomes a new co-owner of Bitcoin company Coinify.

The capital of modern engineering wonders in UAE announced the launch a new program "Dubai Future Accelerators" as part of the Dubai Future Agenda.

July 29, Ethereum Classic is actively trading on leading cryptocurrency exchanges under the ticker: ETC. Support for the pre-forked Ethereum network demonstrates that the community is visibly divided over the DAO hard-fork. The emergence of ETC is causing controversy among exchanges that support ETH (hard-fork) trading but not yet ETC (non-forked) trading.