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South Korea’s Bithumb Crypto Exchange Set for a Security Overhaul After 50% Acquisition

Bithumb crypto exchange has for the past few years battled security breaches and hacks resulting to millions of dollars in investor’s funds being stolen. Will the new 50% stake acquisition by BK Global Consortium solve these persistent problems and increase the users of Bithumb exchange further? Bithumb, South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, sold 50% of […] дальше »

2018-10-15 18:51


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Australia Keen to Pass Bill to Undermine the Blockchain Community

The Australian government has proposed an “Assistance and Access” bill that will provide them with greater surveillance powers such as the ability to gain backdoor access to any encrypted messages. According to Forbes, if the surveillance bill becomes a law, it could be a new standard for other countries in the world, which could cause extreme problems and implications for. дальше »

2018-10-8 23:00


Large North American Crypto Miner Giga Watt Launches New Data Centers

Giga Watts launches new data centers to smooth cryptocurrency mining problems The current cryptocurrency mining business is getting less and less profitable as more coins are mined. This has caused one of the largest cryptocurrency mining solutions company in North America, Giga Watts, to add more data centers to boost the crypto mining communities. The […] дальше »

2018-10-2 05:31


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Are ICO’s The Right Way To Solve Bitcoins Problems?

The Initial Coin Offering is a controversial platform. In their essence, ICOs are positive and exciting, though as many will know, they open us up to a whole host of potential problems and risk. In the growing cryptosphere, we want to minimise risk in order to secure our investments, therefore ICOs are considered by many, as a total no go, although even with this in mind, ICOs still run, they still happen and they still bring in heaps of investment for new and budding crypto projects. дальше »

2018-10-1 15:00


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Vitalik Buterin co-authors research showing how Ethereum can scale securely

Ethereum devs are edging closer to scaling Ethereum. A new paper, co-authored by Vitalik Buterin, claims to have eliminated certain security trade-offs plaguing its new ‘sharding‘ tech. Researchers Mustafa Al-Bassam and Alberto Sonnino from University College London teamed up with Buterin to publish, what they say, is the key to fixing Ethereum’s scalability problems. дальше »

2018-9-26 17:47


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How Zcash Could Help Scale Ethereum Up To 500 Transactions Per Second

Scalability problems plague Ethereum. Often, the Ethereum blockchain is clogged and slow, hardly a surprise given how many projects exist on the Ethereum blockchain though. There could be a new solution within some new practices that have been pioneered within the Zcash network, according to Coindesk: “A form of cryptography pioneered by zcash might help scale ethereum, founder of the platform Vitalik Buterin said on a research forum Saturday. дальше »

2018-9-24 18:00


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Bitfinex Announces Two New Dexes

One of the biggest problems facing crypto is the barriers to entry. Although blockchain transactions are easy enough, getting your money on the blockchain is a different story: buying a new token with fiat can involve two or three sets of transactions, not to mention the KYC and requisite finger-crossing while you wait to find […] The post Bitfinex Announces Two New Dexes appeared first on Crypto Briefing. дальше »

2018-9-17 19:07


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New Mining Manufacturer Linzhi Announces Ethereum ASIC Miner

Chen Min, the former chief chip maker at Bitcoin mining chip developer Canaan Creative, is turning her attention to Ethereum. Announcing her venture at the Ethereum Classic Summit in Seoul, South Korea, Chen’s new company, Linzhi, will focus on building cryptocurrency mining devices, and its first official products are a series of application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) miners designed specifically for Ethereum and Ethereum Classic. дальше »

2018-9-15 01:22


Berkeley Professor Questions Stablecoin Viability in Unflattering Op-Ed

University of Berkeley Professor Barry Eichengreen has taken a swipe at the viability of stablecoins in an op-ed published on Project Syndicate. The critique, entitled “The Stable-Coin Myth,” argues stablecoins are not automatically "viable" just because they are pegged to an asset, though Eichengreen does believe they have an advantage over "conventional cryptocurrencies" such as bitcoin which he says "is highly unstable" and "unattractive as units of account. дальше »

2018-9-13 18:07


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US Regulators Approve Winklevoss Twins’ Fiat-Backed Stablecoin Gemini Dollar

New York regulators have given the green light to Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss’ first cryptocurrency, a stablecoin attached to their trading platform Gemini. Solving Stablecoin ‘Trust Problems’ As Forbes reports on September 10, the token, the Gemini Dollar, will have the backing of investment bank State Street, which takes custody of the fiat dollars it is backed by. дальше »

2018-9-10 19:00