Weekly Altcoin News Update: Vericoin Price Rise, Cryptsy USD Trading, and More
This marks the first installment of the CCN Weekly Altcoin News Update, which will profile altcoin news stories that have flown under-the-radar, but deserve coverage. This week's update examines the impressive rise of the Vericoin price, the introduction of Cryptsy USD markets, and a new Peercoin marketing campaign crowdsourced by the community. Vericoin Price Rises Dramatically. Most altcoins are little more than carbon copies of Bitcoin or another popular cryptocurrency. However, Vericoin offers a host of unique features such as Veribit, which enables users to spend Vericoins at stores....
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Mintpal, a popular altcoin exchange, has been hacked. In their official announcement of the matter, they revealed that the hacker specifically targeted Mintpal's large VeriCoin holdings. Mintpal was in control of 30% of existing VeriCoin, all of which was stolen by a yet unidentified hacker. Mintpal has emphasized to its users that they are still processing withdrawals for all other coins; however, they have not revealed the exact vector of the attack. Mintpal and other VRC exchanges have worked directly with VeriCoin developers to come up with a seemingly satisfactory solution for all....
The popular cryptocurrency trading site Cryptsy.com has been having some noticeable issues these past few hours. Users of Cryptsy have been reporting negative balances, frozen transfers, suspended withdrawals. Speculation is that a recent update is causing the issues. Cryptsy is aware of the issues, but no official statement has been released yet. Who's been hit? I spoke to BlackDogeOfWallSt, one of the developers of BlackCoinPool.com (BCP), which has probably been the hardest-hit community from Cryptsy's problems. BCP has had to delay their payments due to the problems. BCP's payouts have....
Welcome to the CryptoCoinsNews weekly altcoin news update, where we examine important altcoin stories that have gone under-the-radar. This week's issue examines the recent Ripple price rise and the astounding early success of the Ethereum project's Ether sale. Ripple Price Recovery? The Ripple community has undergone significant turmoil over the past several months. In addition to speculation about internal dissension at Ripple Labs, the community endured a significant price decline after co-founder Jed McCaleb announced he was selling his entire XRP holdings. Within 48 hours of McCaleb's....
VeriCoin will be bringing a new wallet to their users on January 23, aptly named VeriCoin Wallet 1.5. In the upgraded wallet, users will find a plethora of new features that aim to take the wallet to the next level. The first thing people may notice is an upgraded graphical user interface (GUI) to make things simpler for the end user. The VeriCoin team said the following regarding the new GUI: “We have overhauled the GUI to help the average ‘every day’ end user navigate the wallet more efficiently. By using simple, graphical headers the user knows where they are at all times.” VeriCoin’s....