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French government to create ‘ICO white list’ with new regulations

While the world is looking at Facebook’s Libra and its recent senate hearing, France is knuckling down and is set to approve the first wave of cryptocurrency businesses under new legislation. Under the rules, cryptocurrency-related firms will voluntarily abide by a regulatory framework that requires them to pay tax, provide consumer protection, and meet capital requirements, Reuters reports. дальше »

2019-7-17 11:21


Ripple-Powered Santander UK’s One Pay Fx App Goes Live in a New Corridor

Santander’s internal payment platform One Pay Fx app is powered by xCurrent The app now supports payments to Poland from U.K. – “no fees, best ex rate, smooth payment experience” Santander UK’s One Pay Fx app has achieved another major milestone – now supporting payments in the new corridor of UK to Poland. Marcus Treacher, […] дальше »

2019-7-14 19:03


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Facebook’s Libra ‘cryptocurrency’ is missing one thing: monetary policy

Facebook has outlined the economics of its new Libra cryptocurrency, revealing it will create a secondary token intended specifically to pay dividends to early backers. It’s called the Libra Investment Token, and it will only be available to members of the Libra Association (which maintains the network) and other accredited investors. дальше »

2019-6-18 13:52


Sidechains vs Plasma vs Sharding

Special thanks to Jinglan Wang for review and feedback One question that often comes up is: how exactly is sharding different from sidechains or Plasma? All three architectures seem to involve a hub-and-spoke architecture with a central “main chain” that serves as the consensus backbone of the system, and a set of “child” chains containing actual user-level transactions. дальше »

2019-6-14 04:03


Bitwage Adds Payroll Payment Option, Enabling Employers to Pay Salaries in Ethereum (ETH)

Getting Paid in Bitcoin, And Now In Ether (ETH) You have probably already heard of people paying their employees using Bitcoin (BTC) in order to pay their employees. However, now a new crypto startup is helping companies that want to pay their employees using Ethereum (ETH) instead. The company has recently announced that it was […] дальше »

2019-6-11 23:52


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Op Ed: Debunking Bitcoin Myths: ‘It’s a Ponzi Scheme’

The accusation that bitcoin is nothing more than a Ponzi scheme is perhaps the oldest, longest-standing criticism of the digital bearer asset. The basic idea is that there is nothing of value here and the entire purpose of bitcoin’s existence is to enrich Satoshi Nakamoto and the speculators who bought in for a few pennies or dollars in the early days by tricking others into buying in at a higher price. дальше »

2019-6-4 19:03


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Bitcoin scammers net nearly $1M by telling people they can see them masturbate

A new kind of scam has accrued almost $1 million in bitcoin from frightened porn viewers, says a new report — and they’re staining the good names of Shakespeare and Austen to do it. According to the report, from cybersecurity firm Area 1, this scam involves a threatening email, in which the victim is told videos or pictures of them watching pornography will be leaked to their contacts, along with whatever they were watching, unless they pay a ransom in Bitcoin. дальше »

2019-5-16 04:07