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Is the ICO Boom Officially Over?
Over the course of late 2017 into early 2018, the cryptocurrency world was rocked by the biggest boom in its history. Bitcoin’s price exploded from around $6,000 in mid July 2017 to just shy of $20,000 in December, and at the same time, the cryptocurrency market was flooded with billions of dollars being invested in… The post Is the ICO Boom Officially Over? appeared first on UNHASHED. дальше »
2018-8-3 20:45 | |
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Audits and Quality Assurance: Patching the Holes in Smart Contract Security
On July 10, 2018, news broke that cryptocurrency wallet and decentralized exchange Bancor was hit with a hack. A wallet the Bancor team used to update the protocol’s smart contracts was infiltrated, and the $23. дальше »
2018-8-3 19:24 | |
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North Carolina Prohibits Cryptocurrency Campaign Donations
Cryptocurrency has gone beyond being a mere virtual coin. In recent years, it has seen several real-world use cases, from buying a cup of coffee to funding political campaigns. The United States is arguably one of the friendliest crypto countries in the world. дальше »
2018-8-3 19:23 | |
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Telegram Passport is already drawing fire for not being secure enough
The first piece of blockchain-related tech from Telegram was shown off last week, but experts are claiming that its just waiting to be hacked. Telegram Passport is meant to be a secure way of managing identity documents. дальше »
2018-8-3 18:08 | |
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$5 Million Lost Through SIM Card Bitcoin Scam
Reports out today suggest that a 20 year old student from Boston in the United States has been arrested after being accused of involvement in a cryptocurrency scam that is alleged to have seen the theft of $5 million worth of Bitcoin after hacking the phone numbers of more than 40 cryptocurrency traders and investors. дальше »
2018-8-2 16:00 | |
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Musical.ly is merging with Tik Tok’s short video platform
Musical. ly, the popular lip-sync video app, is being folded into a similar platform called Tik Tok. The merger will see Musical. ly’s brand and app disappear, and its community is being automatically migrated to Tik Tok with an app update. дальше »
2018-8-2 13:04 | |
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South Korea: “Kimchi Premium” Causes Digital Assets to Trade at 600 Percent Premium
Throughout this week, many tokens including 0x (ZRX), Ethos (BQX), ICON (ICX), and Aeternity (AE) have been traded in South Korea with 300 to 600 percent premium rates. As of August 1, 2018, Ethos on Bithumb, a major crypto exchange in the local market of South Korea, is being traded at $5. дальше »
2018-8-2 11:00 | |
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Where Should you Base your Crypto Startup?
While blockchain technology is globally being lauded as one of the most disruptive innovations, the crypto-friendliness of individual countries varies widely. There are jurisdictions that are more welcoming than others to projects utilizing distributed ledger technology and cryptocurrencies. дальше »
2018-8-2 10:00 | |
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Square Sees Profits From Bitcoin Sales Double in Q2
Mobile payments firm Square says it made $37 million in total from bitcoin purchases in Q2, with profits being twice that of the previous quarter. дальше »
2018-8-2 09:00 | |
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Denver-Based Healthcare ICO Issued Cease and Desist for Offering Securities
Colorado Securities Commissioner, Gerald Rome, has issued a cease and desist order to Florida based Linda Healthcare Corporation and its founder, Arturo Devesa, halting the company’s initial coin offering (ICO) due to the token sale being deemed an offering of an unregistered security. дальше »
2018-8-2 06:50 | |
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BTC/BCH Payment Service Bitpay Reports Growing Usage Processing $1.2 billion USD
Bitpay’s chief operating officer, Sonny Singh, recently attested to the efficacy of bitcoin as a means of payment, stating that “bitcoin is being used all around the world for things other than speculation and trading. дальше »
2018-8-2 04:50 | |
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TAP Coin Is Advertisers’ First Real Step Towards a Decentralized Ad Network
New technologies always make great changes. None more so than when Blockchain is being implemented in the world of finance. Such a tech change brings many positive solutions like the possibility to create your own platform which helps to fulfil important needs of customers. дальше »
2018-8-2 02:23 | |
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Big Mac’s 50th Birthday is being celebrated by the launch of the Mac Coin
America-based fast-food giant McDonald’s has found a unique way to celebrate the 50th birthday of its Big Mac burger, and guess what, it has adopted the crypto path. The company has launched a new global cryptocurrency called MacCoin wherein each token will be supposedly worth one Big Mac burger. MacCoin, the universal “food currency” is launched дальше »
2018-8-2 01:42 | |
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Blind gamer racks up 7,600 kills in Call of Duty: WWII
Ever heard the expressions, “A blind person could do better,” or “What are you, blind?” Be careful if you say that while playing Call of Duty, because you could be talking to TJ, a visually impaired gamer who, if we’re being honest, could probably whip my ass at any given FPS and yours too. дальше »
2018-8-2 00:49 | |
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Cryptocurrency and Africa. The Journey So Far
Cryptocurrencies are making so much waves in Europe, Asia and Central American that there is little attention being brought to other places with potentials of creating huge markets for them. The second largest and second most populous continent, Africa, is embracing the technology as an approach to the many problems countries in that continent are […] The post Cryptocurrency and Africa. The Journey So Far appeared first on ZyCrypto. дальше »
2018-8-2 21:50 | |
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In A Bid To Expand, Bitmain Set To Open In Texas
Bitmain a crypto mining giant to start a data centre in small Texas town, as the city’s economy is being revived and Bitmain strengthens its hold in North America. Bitmain is a Chinese crypto mining firm and designer of ASIC chips, and it also operates Antpool. дальше »
2018-8-1 20:52 | |
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How the ‘Last Mile’ Problem is being Solved by Blockchain
The evolution of blockchain businesses has been an interesting trajectory. Having started as a decentralized, fiat alternative, various projects now utilize blockchain technology to optimize their own business niche. дальше »
2018-8-1 18:14 | |
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EY Develop A Blockchain Solution For Vienna’s Digital Future
Vienna, the capital of Austria and the home of a new blockchain initiative, powered by professional services firm, Ernst & Young (EY). As a home for innovators such as Freud, Beethoven and Mozart, Vienna is a fitting location for a new digitisation initiative that is being developed to help the city exist within a blockchain based network. дальше »
2018-8-1 15:30 | |
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World’s First XRP-Based Cryptocurrency Exchange Launches with Support from AlphaPoint
AlphaPoint, a cryptocurrency firm, officially announced the launch of DCEX on July 30, 2018. DCEX is a decentralized exchange platform aimed at retail and institutional investors and runs solely on blockchain technology provided by AlphaPoint. дальше »
2018-8-1 15:00 | |
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Forrester Research Says Corporate Blockchain Technology Interest Is Slowing
The fintech market is fast and that goes equally for being a trend and stopping to be one. Recently, it seems like blockchain may be stopping to be the love of the corporate America for the moment, as the investments in the blockchain technology seem to be starting to cool down. According to a recent […] дальше »
2018-8-1 12:05 | |
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A year later, applications are developing a wave in Bitcoin Cash
But there’s also some work being done to make bitcoin cash a more complex blockchain, able to handle smart contracts and token launches. Since bitcoin cash allows for more data to be stored in each transaction, supporters argue bitcoin isn’t capable of supporting an app like Memo.cash. But right now, bitcoin fees are rather low дальше »
2018-8-1 10:19 | |
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Agricultural Bank of China Uses Blockchain For $300,000 Farm Loan Mortgage Issuance
Agricultural Bank of China Proposes Blockchain Technology for Farming Mortgage Loans According to Chinese news platform, financialnews. com. cn, the country’s largest bank, Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) has invested nearly 2 million yuan into potentially using blockchain technology to better collect and store information. дальше »
2018-8-1 10:01 | |
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Big Coinbase Announcements See’s Jeff Horowitz Appointed As CCO
Coinbase, the leading cryptocurrency exchange in the United States and one of the biggest in the world has appointed financial mastermind Jeff Horowitz as the companies new Chief Compliance Officer (CCO). дальше »
2018-8-1 08:00 | |
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SIM-Swapping Bitcoin Thief Charged in California Court
Investigators have arrested and charged a 20-year-old college student with multiple counts of hacking and identity theft. Prosecutors accuse him of being part of a gang which stole $5 million of cryptocurrency by hijacking mobile phone numbers. дальше »
2018-7-31 23:00 | |
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More Than a Ledger: How Blockchains Will Democratize Wealth
To Mark Pascall, co-founder of BlockchainLabs New Zealand (NZ) and president of the Blockchain Association NZ, the blockchain space is more than just a new technology layer, it’s a “fundamentally different way for organizations and societies to operate. дальше »
2018-7-31 21:27 | |
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Paul Krugman: Bitcoin Will “Set the Monetary System Back 300 Years”
Bitcoin (BTC)–Bitcoin is again in the headlines being criticized by a Nobel Prize winning economist. Paul Krugman, one of the most accoladed and celebrated economists of our time, has again written in his contribution to The New York Times that Bitcoin fails to constitute money, but could also be responsible for erasing much of the […] The post Paul Krugman: Bitcoin Will “Set the Monetary System Back 300 Years” appeared first on Ethereum World News. дальше »
2018-7-31 20:03 | |
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Ledger Live Introduces Two New User-Friendly Cryptocurrency Tools
A hardware wallet is one of the most secure ways to store one’s cryptocurrency portfolio in this day and age. Various companies offer such products, with Ledger being the most popular. The firm recently introduced Ledger Live, and two new apps were made public late last week. дальше »
2018-7-31 20:00 | |
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Happy First Birthday Binance (BNB): World’s Most Used Crypto Exchange Turns 1
Out of all the Cryptocurrency exchanges available across the world, Binance is one of the largest, recently headquartered in Malta, it's gained a strong reputation as having extremely low trading fees including a very well performing coin of its own. дальше »
2018-7-31 19:53 | |
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Coinbase Appoints Jeff Horowitz as Chief Compliance Officer, First-Ever Role for Exchange
Coinbase Appoints First-Ever Role as Chief Compliance Officer Prospering cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, has recently employed Jeff Horowitz as Chief Compliance Offer for its compliance team. This being the first ever role of its kind within the crypto sphere was supposedly done as a result of the exchange gradually working its way to establishing itself as […] дальше »
2018-7-31 19:02 | |
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Cryptocurrency micro-investing app Cred begins official rollout
Cred, a micro-investing platform for cryptocurrency, today announced the initial rollout of its mobile app for iOS and Android. For its initial rollout, Cred is launching in California, Missouri, Massachusetts, and Montana with more states being introduced in the coming. дальше »
2018-7-31 18:26 | |
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Research: Mixers and Spam Make Up Two-Thirds Of All Bitcoin Transactions
Up to two-thirds of the total bitcoin market activity in a given day is made up of spam, mixers and other non-beneficial transactions, with only a third of daily bitcoin activity being an economically useful activity such as paying for goods and services. дальше »
2018-7-31 17:00 | |
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Ethereum [ETH]’s Vitalik Buterin shrugs off need for Bitcoin [BTC] ETFs, market is resilient
The last week was filled with speculation, despair, and relief for Bitcoin [BTC] investors. The market went on a rollercoaster ride on the coattails of ETF speculation. However, even as news of the Winklevoss Twins’ ETF proposal being rejected drove the price down, the market quickly showed resilience and regained past prices. In the light […] дальше »
2018-7-31 16:24 | |
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The Celebrities Of XRP, Who’s Who?
Celebrities like cryptocurrency. Though many of them don’t really talk about it in the public sphere, why is this? Well, it’s pretty obvious isn’t it, a public association with a cryptocurrency and a celebrity will no doubt leads to that same celebrity being associated with crime lords, fraud, money laundering, drugs and terrorism. дальше »
2018-7-31 15:30 | |
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Blockchain App Store being launched by IBM, Citigroup and Barclays
LedgerConnect is the new face of blockchain that will make it easy for banks to leverage the advantages of distributed ledger technology. Barclays and Citigroup are the founding members, and the software partner is IBM. дальше »
2018-7-31 13:28 | |
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Lykke Develops 1-year Forward Offering for Cryptocurrency Market
Lykke has announced the launch of its proprietary 1-year forward offering to be officially unveiled on February 9th 2017 at a Lykke-hosted event in Zurich, Switzerland. From February 9th 2017, Lykke will offer a novel financial instrument which operates much like today’s forward contracts with the benefit of being ‘at the run’ for the entirety of the contract period - a significant difference from current procedure which sees settlement occur only at the settlement date. дальше »
2018-7-31 13:18 | |
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Steam removes controversial game accused of mining cryptocurrency
Steam has removed “trivial platformer” game Abstractism from its store following accusations that the game is surreptitiously stealing users’ computing power to mine cryptocurrency. “We have removed Abstractism and banned its developer from Steam for shipping unauthorized code, trolling with content, and scamming customers with deceptive in-game items,” Doug Lombardi, VP of Marketing at Steam, told Hard Fork in an email. дальше »
2018-7-31 12:50 | |
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Bitcoin [BTC] ETF will “operate consistent with the rules and requirements”, says VanEck in letter to the SEC
The last weekend was punctuated with mentions of the Winklevoss Bitcoin [BTC]-based exchange-traded fund being rejected by the United States Securities and Exchanges Commission [SEC]. Investment management firm VanEck, who also submitted a proposal for a Bitcoin ETF, addressed Dalia Blass, the Director of the SEC Division of Investment Management in a recent letter. The […] дальше »
2018-7-31 12:28 | |
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Smartmatic Aims to Apply Blockchain Electronic Voting Election System in Philippines
Philippines May Be Allowing Blockchain Technologies To Run Elections The company responsible for the potential blockchain usage by the Filipino government is Smartmatic, an advanced blockchain technology company. дальше »
2018-7-31 10:33 | |
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Crypto mining applications are no longer being accepted by the Washington Utility
A customer-owned utilities company in rural Washington has stopped accepting applications for electricity from crypto mining and similar blockchain operations, the Seattle Times reported July 30. The Franklin Public Utility District commissioners (PUD) have approved a moratorium that will allow time for staff to investigate the impact of cryptocurrency mining on the electrical system before дальше »
2018-7-31 10:15 | |
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Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) Pilots Blockchain Trade Shipment Across Borders
Commonwealth Bank of Australia Claims Success In Its Global Trade Blockchain Trial Banks around the world are starting to use the blockchain technology to make cross-border transfers. Now it was the time of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) to use cross-border shipments with the blockchain technology to track the goods that were being carried […] дальше »
2018-7-31 09:36 | |
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An Australian Blockchain Experiment: Tracking Global Almond Shipments
Following a successful 2016 trial of blockchain technology in an interbank open account transaction, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has partnered with five international and Australian companies to ship 17 tonnes of almonds from Melbourne, Australia, to Hamburg, Germany, using a new distributed ledger platform built on the Ethereum blockchain. дальше »
2018-7-31 23:13 | |
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Bitcoin (BTC) Has One Last Chance to Make It Or Break It
Bitcoin (BTC) has now reached critical levels where it is expected to make decisive movements. The price is struggling to get past the resistance line on the BTC/USD weekly chart above. A break above this downtrend resistance will restore confidence in the market for the time being and Bitcoin (BTC) can be expected to continue a rally towards $10,000. дальше »
2018-7-31 21:30 | |
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How Blockchain Promotes International Trade, Identity and Financial Inclusion
International trade, people without identity and financial exclusion are global development areas that stand to be radically improved with blockchain technology, according to Michelle Chivunga, regional advisor for the British Blockchain Association. дальше »
2018-7-31 19:50 | |
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Chamber of Digital Commerce Sets Out ICO and Token Guidelines
The Chamber of Digital Commerce’s Token Alliance is producing a new group of guidelines built to help the cryptocurrency and initial coin offering (ICO) markets grow responsibly. дальше »
2018-7-30 18:38 | |
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A Blueprint to rebuild the crypto token market
With $20 billion raised in “initial coin offerings” and an overall token market valuation of $300 billion, early participants in crypto finance have done a spectacular job of “growing” their monetary value as measured by the very fiat currencies many claim are being disrupted. дальше »
2018-7-30 18:12 | |
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