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China Rates TRON as the 2nd-Best Cryptocurrency: What’s Behind the Optimism?

A government agency in China has rated TRON, the third largest decentralized application (Dapp)-focused crypto project, as the second-best crypto asset in the world behind EOS. The Center for Information and Industry Development (CCID) under China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology rated TRON highly in several categories including applicability and technology. дальше »

2019-2-28 12:16


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BitMEX: Gold Beats Bitcoin As Recession Hedge

Bitcoin (BTC) can indeed be used as a hedge against the uncertainties and tumult of another economic recession. But the best investments are not decentralized, a new report by BitMEX suggests. Researchers at BitMEX suggested a portfolio that includes traditional financial assets, such as index-linked government bonds, volatility trades, and gold allows investors to effectively guard, and even […] The post BitMEX: Gold Beats Bitcoin As Recession Hedge appeared first on Crypto Briefing. дальше »

2019-2-15 21:00


Mining Bitcoin or the ‘Crypto-Ruble’ Just Another Form of Counterfeiting, Claims Russian Banking Chief

The head of VTB Bank, a major Russian financial institution that sees the government as its majority shareholder, has compared bitcoin mining with counterfeiting. Andrei Kostin, who serves as the president and the chairman of the management board of VTB Bank, said Monday during an event that any person who prints digital money to replace Russian Ruble was counterfeiting the state-backed fiat. дальше »

2019-2-6 10:15


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South Korean government gives tax break to blockchain trailblazers

The South Korean government is giving the blockchain industry a tax break in a bid to help foster innovation in decentralized technologies. The Ministry of Strategy and Finance has announced that blockchain will be included in its amendments to 2018 tax law, which sees companies receive benefits for innovating with certain technologies, reports The News Asia. дальше »

2019-1-10 17:26


Indian Officials Consider Ban on “Private Cryptocurrencies”

Agents of the Indian government have met to formally discuss a possible ban on private cryptocurrency holdings in the nation. On October 30, 2018, the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) issued a press release detailing their recent meeting where they “reviewed the current global and domestic economic situation and financial sector performance. дальше »

2018-11-1 22:37


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All Aboard: Israel SEC Gets On The Blockchain Boat

The Israeli government has followed in the footsteps of Dubai, Estonia and Australia by employing blockchain technology on its internal messaging systems. The Israel Securities Authority, Israel’s SEC, has brought in blockchain technology to create a rerporting and messaging system that is exponentially more secure thanks to decentralized data, the Times of Israel reports. дальше »

2018-10-15 16:58


4 Reasons Why Investors Avoid Decentralized Exchanges

Blockchain and cryptocurrency were originally envisioned as decentralized, community-oriented initiatives. Participants were intended to hold power over centralized (read: government) authority. As blockchain and cryptocurrency evolved and captured millions of investors along the way, trading gravitated toward centralized platforms. дальше »

2018-8-17 16:00


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Why GXChain’s New Blockcity Mobile App Has Gone Ballistic

A few weeks ago, Crypto Briefing reported that the Chinese Government ranked GXChain, the decentralized and open-sourced data exchange platform, fourth in the Global Blockchain Assessment Index. It’s no shock that Ethereum and EOS are ranked higher, but GXChain’s emergence was a surprise since most of the Chinese project’s work is not especially familiar to […] The post Why GXChain’s New Blockcity Mobile App Has Gone Ballistic appeared first on Crypto Briefing. дальше »

2018-8-8 00:25


Notes on Blockchain Governance

In which I argue that “tightly coupled” on-chain voting is overrated, the status quo of “informal governance” as practiced by Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Zcash and similar systems is much less bad than commonly thought, that people who think that the purpose of blockchains is to completely expunge soft mushy human intuitions and feelings in favor of completely algorithmic governance (emphasis on “completely”) are absolutely crazy, and loosely coupled voting as done by Carbonvotes and similar systems is underrated, as well as describe what framework should be used when thinking about blockchain governance in the first place. дальше »

2018-7-21 23:03