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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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University of Malta and MITA Announce a 300,000-Euro Blockchain Scholarship Fund

Malta, home to some of the most promising cryptocurrency and blockchain companies thanks to its relaxed framework, is now taking new strides in the world of distributed ledger technology. The Malta Information Technology Agency (MITA) and the University of Malta are now teaming up to create a 300,000-euro blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) scholarship […] University of Malta and MITA Announce a 300,000-Euro Blockchain Scholarship Fund was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News. дальше »

2018-8-30 19:49


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Coinbase Study: Almost 20% of Students Own Cryptocurrency

Almost one-fifth of US university students own cryptocurrency, while 9 percent have already formally studied it — new research from Coinbase released on August 28 reveals. ‘Tremendous Excitement’ Together with research startup Qriously, the largest US exchange and wallet provider undertook a poll of 675 US students as part of the project — which also surveyed both US and international learning institutions. дальше »

2018-8-29 19:00


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RMIT University Introduces Online Blockchain Infrastructure Courses to Meet High Demand

RMIT University Online announced on Aug 28, 2018, the launch of two new blockchain courses designed to educate students on how to develop blockchain infrastructure for their own businesses. The online university partnered with Stone and Chalk, Accenture and Flex Dapps to create the only Australian university-backed courses for blockchain technology. дальше »

2018-8-29 16:54


Oxford Researcher Wants to Open World’s First Blockchain University in Malta

Researcher Joshua Broggi envisions a new university powered entirely by blockchain technology, and is seeking accreditation in Malta to establish what will be a world’s first. Oxford Researcher Seeks Accreditation in Malta Broggi aims to build the world’s first ever “Blockchain University” and is hoping to set up shop ashore the European island nation of. дальше »

2018-8-28 00:00


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New Transport Layer bloXroute Promises to Solve Bitcoin’s Biggest Problem

bloXroute Labs and a team of Northwestern University students believe Bitcoin’s biggest problem, scalability, can be solved without affecting its chief virtue — decentralization. Northwestern and bloXroute Labs Are Working to Solve Scalability Issue Critics have always identified the limited number of transactions that Bitcoin’s network can process as its most significant problem. дальше »

2018-8-15 12:00


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Is Google Influencing The Price Of Bitcoin?

Could it be possible that a rise in the trend of Bitcoin related search terms, could be helping change the price of Bitcoin? Bear with me because this isn’t suggesting Google searches have a direct manipulative impact on the value of the markets, but new research does show that Google Search trends could be used to help investors predict what might happen next. дальше »

2018-8-13 23:00


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Is Bitcoin Mining Going To Destroy The Planet?

Is mining Bitcoin worth the threat it poses our very existence? Whilst Bitcoin offers communities and society a chance to access a new technology and a form of value that is not regulated by the government, it’s production and mining does have a detrimental impact on the planet, yet, few people seem to recognise that this is the case, especially those scholars who are big on blockchain. дальше »

2018-8-10 06:00


Penn Study: 4 In 5 Leading ICOs Don’t Keep Promises and May Contain Backdoors

According to new research findings from the University of Pennsylvania, many ICOs are taking their investors’ trust for granted. Not only do ICO developers seem to not implement promised features, the investment market as a whole seems to be optimal for ICOs that can be modified at any time. The researchers dug deep into code […] дальше »

2018-7-21 06:25


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New Research Finds Backdoor ‘Centralized Control’ in Many ICOs

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have found that a significant number of ICOs retained centralized control through undisclosed code.   Backdoor Centralization The full paper, titled Coin-Operated Capitalism and published on July 18, is an “interdisciplinary effort spanning law, economics, and computer science,” according to University of Pennsylvania Law Professor David Hoffman. дальше »

2018-7-20 23:00


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UPenn Law: Majority of ICOs Break Whitepaper Promises, Retain Centralization

Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs)–ICOs continue to make headlines along the academic circuit, and not in a positive light. On Tuesday, a new report from the University of Pennsylvania Law School revealed that in addition to breaking whitepaper promises, the majority of ICOs were guilty of retaining centralization in their issued currencies, thereby violating one of […] The post UPenn Law: Majority of ICOs Break Whitepaper Promises, Retain Centralization appeared first on Ethereum World News. дальше »

2018-7-19 03:57