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Top Officials at Two Korean Cryptocurrency Exchanges Face Fraud Indictments

Several of South Korea’s top crypto exchanges have found themselves in hot water, with executives at a couple of exchanges facing criminal charges and jail time. According to a news report on the Korean website Blockinpress, the CEO of Komid, a Korean crypto exchange, has received a three-year prison sentence for committing fraud against investors by artificially inflating the exchange’s actual trading volume. дальше »

2019-1-23 00:57


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McKinsey Reports Blockchain’s Potentials, Limitations, and Future

Blockchain technology has attracted significant attention since it was brought into the limelight a decade ago by Bitcoin (BTC) and the innovation has gradually been gaining traction in several industries across the globe, however, distributed ledger technology (DLT) is yet to become the game-changer, reported McKinsey & Company, an American management consulting company, on January 6, 2018. дальше »

2019-1-8 18:00


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Security Researchers Reveal Wallet Vulnerabilities On Stage at 35C3

In a demonstration titled “Wallet. fail,” a team of security researchers hacked into the Trezor One, Ledger Blue and Ledger Nano S. Unfortunately, it appears as if their findings were first put on display at the 35th Chaos Communication Congress (35C3) in Leipzig, Germany, rather than through accepted Responsible Disclosure practices, which would have allowed the manufacturers to patch the vulnerabilities and protect their customers from any potential attack. дальше »

2019-1-1 19:15


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2018: The year Congress and social media collided

One of the biggest, and most unwelcome revelations of the past few years is just how much social media platforms can be — and have been — used for manipulation and distribution of falsehoods. And in 2018, several social media executives were called into the hot seat in front of elected officials to account for their company’s inability to foresee, prevent, or, in some cases, efficiently treat their multitudinous problems. дальше »

2018-12-28 12:00


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Bitmain Reportedly Will Sack More Than Half of Workforce

The Chinese crypto mining company Bitmain has apparently been hit hard by the bear market and is looking to sack more than half of their entire workforce. Credible rumors of this story first began to circulate on Maimai, China’s equivalent to LinkedIn, as anonymous sources on a site frequently used by Bitmain employees began reporting that the company was looking at massive layoffs in the next several days. дальше »

2018-12-29 21:20


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Bitmain Reportedly Will Sack Up to 85 Percent of Workforce

The Chinese crypto mining company Bitmain has apparently been hit hard by the bear market and is looking to sack more than half of their entire workforce. Credible rumors of this story first began to circulate on Maimai, China’s equivalent to LinkedIn, as anonymous sources on a site frequently used by Bitmain employees began reporting that the company was looking at massive layoffs in the next several days. дальше »

2018-12-27 21:20


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Why Bitcoin? Patreon Pushed By Mastercard to Ban Accounts in ‘Terrible Precedent’

Crowdfunding platform Patreon is grappling with fiat currency centralization after MasterCard demanded it must block the account of a prominent US author and several others. Spencer: Patreon ‘Axed’ Me Citing an email from the company in August, Robert Spencer, who penned multiple books about countering Jihad and advised law enforcement agencies, said it had “axed” him and he could no longer put contributed funds to any use. дальше »

2018-12-26 20:00


Bloomberg Crypto Report Says Tether Stablecoin Earned $6.6 Million in Interest in First Half of 2018

Tether (TS) was able to earn around $6.6 million during the first six months of the year according to a report released by Bloomberg on December 18. With the US Dollars reserves that it has across different banking institutions, the company is able to make several millions of interests. At the same time, citing sources […] дальше »

2018-12-19 00:35


The Ripple Effect Debate Around XRP Being Considered a Security or Not Continues with the SEC

Ripple is a very popular and recognized company in the cryptocurrency industry. It has been in the market for several years and it has expanded all over the world. The XRP virtual currency has also reached the second position in the market surpassing Ethereum (ETH) and showed to be very resilient compared to others. However, […] дальше »

2018-12-18 07:15


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Exploring the Chances of a facebook Cryptocurrency

The past few days has seen several publications and crypto enthusiasts notice that the popular social media giant of facebook has advertised 5 job vacancies related to blockchain technology. The open positions are all based in the company’s headquarters of Menlo Park, California, and are as follows: Data Scientist, Blockchain Data Engineer, Blockchain Software Engineer, […] The post Exploring the Chances of a facebook Cryptocurrency appeared first on Ethereum World News. дальше »

2018-12-10 13:56


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What we know about the ConsenSys layoffs, as told by a ‘fired’ employee

ConsenSys, the blockchain behemoth powering a swathe of Ethereum-related software, is letting 13 percent of its staff go in a bid to retain a sense of viability. The company confirmed what many believed would be inevitable: the exponential growth enjoyed by Joseph Lubin’s decentralized business experiment can’t, and won’t, go on forever. дальше »

2018-12-7 17:43


R3 Announces Global Payment App With XRP as Base Currency

R3 has unveiled a new app on their international blockchain, a global payment platform that uses Ripple’s XRP as its initial base currency. The app, dubbed Corda Settler, continues R3’s track record for pursuing  ambitious blockchain projects, and it is allegedly “purpose-built to allow for payment obligations raised on the Corda blockchain platform to be made through any of the world’s payment systems, both traditional and blockchain-based. дальше »

2018-12-6 01:54


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Coinbase COO Asiff Hirji Says Stablecoins Will Enable “Programmatic Money Applications Like We Have Not Seen Before”

Coinbase has led the digital currency revolution in the US from the front and has grown beyond the American borders to provide services to a global audience. The company is working on several other services too, specifically dedicated to bringing more institutional investment in the space. дальше »

2018-11-30 22:04


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Bakkt Delays Platform Launch; Announces January as Tentative Roll Out Date

Bakkt, an upcoming crypto retail payment system and futures platform, is delaying its launch to better ensure the platform’s success at release. On November 20, 2018, the CEO of Bakkt released an update on Medium, outlining the future business plans for the company, describing some of the progress in implementing new features and declaring that the company’s initial launch is being postponed until January 24, 2019. дальше »

2018-11-21 02:24


Ledger Nano S Color Launches As A Multi-Colored Cryptocurrency Hardware Wallet

Ledger Introduces Nano S Color – A Multi-Colored Cryptocurrency Hardware Wallet Users of Ledger’s Nanos S digital currency hardware wallet can now access the device in several colors. According to the company, this introduction is aimed at simplifying the storage of multiple digitals assets, as well as improving aesthetics. The new wallet is known as […] дальше »

2018-11-20 18:48