DDoS used to oust competition in crypto market

Paxful, a peer-to-peer marketplace for crypto-currencies, is looking to expand its business on the African continent.

Riccardo `Fluffypony' Spagni announces a new open source blockchain protocol, Tari, being built to manage digital assets.

We can expect an increase in malicious coin miners, driven by the prospect of financial gains and increased anonymity, says Helge Husemann of Malwarebytes.

The machine allows users to purchase digital currencies like Bitcoin, Litecoin and Ethereum with the South African rand.

Even though mining Bitcoins is 60% less profitable than in 2017, a crypto-currency mining rig supplier aims to raise up to $2 billion in an IPO.

Centbee partners with nChain to enable retailers to accept Bitcoin Cash at points of sale.

The credit card processing firm's decision to allow users of its mobile app to buy and sell Bitcoin caused internal disagreement, says CEO Jack Dorsey.

The Blockchain Bootcamp will take place at the AlphaCode Club, in Sandton, on 29 May.

Luno customers allege the company is keeping its users' Bitcoin Gold from the hard fork that happened at the end of last year.

The three-day crypto event, which attracted nearly 8 000 people, had Lamborghinis lined at the entrance for a publicity stunt.

It has partnered with CoinEd, which offers training in Bitcoin, crypto-currency and blockchain, to develop its study programme.

Because blockchain will change how value is exchanged, it makes sense that banks will be the first to jump in, says Red Hat.