Today, Microsoft-owned LinkedIn released its top 5 emerging careers, where it listed ” Blockchain Developer? as its biggest growing job sector for 2018. According to LinkedIn's 2018 U.S. Emerging Jobs Report, job listings for engineers who
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Pay up or Else: Bitcoin Bomb Threat Emails Show up in New Zealand and Australia
Investigations are underway in Australia and New Zealand following reports of bomb threats where the sender is demanding a payment in bitcoin failure to which they will detonate an explosive device. The emails are believed to be similar to the ones t
PayPal Gets into Blockchain, But Only Internally Among Employees for Now
Payments platform PayPal has so far avoided Bitcoin acceptance and, at least visibly, not considered blockchain for its platform. Now, it has launched an internal blockchain-based employee incentive program. A production of PayPal's innovation la
Russian Deputy PM: Crypto Downturn Justifies Caution in Enforcing Regulation
The Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Maxim Akimov believes the current downturn in the market justifies caution in enforcing cryptocurrency regulation, Russian Finmarket reports. This statement comes after Mr. Akimov announced that the authors of Rus
Venezuela Starts Converting Pensioners' Payments to Crypto ‘Petro’: Report
The government of Venezuela has reportedly started converting pensioners' monthly payments from the country's fiat currency, the bolivar, to its oil-backed cryptocurrency Petro, without giving them a choice. According to the Caracas Chronicle
Bitcoin Price Drops to New Yearly Low at $3,200: What's Causing the Decline?
On December 14, following a fairly large sell-off from the $3,400 region, the Bitcoin price dropped to a new yearly low at $3,200. As Bitcoin (BTC) declined in value, other major cryptocurrencies including Ethereum (ETH), Stellar (XLM), and Bitcoin C
South Korean Tech Giant Kakao Invests in Blockchain Project Orbs
Israeli hybrid blockchain platform Orbs has announced that it is entering an investment partnership with the venture arm of South Korean internet group Kakao. Created to serve as a pioneering public blockchain system offering unprecedented flexibilit
SoftBank May Sell Nvidia Shares — But Not Because of Crypto Downturn
Nvidia's share price has fallen 48 percent since October. Now, rumors have surfaced that SoftBank plans to sell its 4.9 percent share in the leading graphics chip maker. Bloomberg reporting has cited anonymous sources who allege that SoftBank, wh
UCLA Launches First Accredited Blockchain Engineering Course
Blockchain courses are being adopted by more institutions as a way of teaching and equipping the next generation of crypto engineers to meet the ever-increasing demand for the technology and its applications. Now, the University of California, Los An
German Stock Exchange Giant to Launch Crypto Trading — How it Will Affect the European Market
On December 12, Boerse Stuttgart, the second-biggest stock exchange in Germany and the ninth-largest in Europe, said in an official statement that it plans to introduce a crypto trading platform by the second quarter of 2019. Alexander Höptner, the C