UK Government Body Completes Pilot Tracking Beef Supplies on the Blockchain
The U.K.’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) has recently completed a pilot in which it successfully tracked beef supplies using blockchain technology. It is believed to be the first time that the...
View ArticleVenezuela to Finance Villas for the Homeless with Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency...
Venezuela’s minister of Habitat and Housing, Ildemaro Villarroel, recently revealed that the country’s government is planning to finance the construction of villas using its oil-backed cryptocurrency,...
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FCA Chooses Blockchain Companies for Fourth Cohort of Regulatory Sandbox
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), responsible for conduct and relevant prudential regulation of financial services firms and financial markets in the U.K., has announced the details of the firms...
View ArticleRipple Slapped with [Another] Suit Alleging XRP is a Security
Yet another securities fraud lawsuit has been filed against Ripple in California. In the latest suit, the lead plaintiff, David Oconer, is seeking to have the XRP cryptocurrency classified as a...
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Paul Krugman Asks “Real Questions” Endorsing Bitcoin Cash: Bitcoin Cash (BCH)...
Most alt-coins under our review are slowing down but not Bitcoin Cash. Regardless of the politics, we still maintain a bullish forecast and for confirmations, Bitcoin Cash buyers must push above $850....
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Syscoin “Attack” and Binance SAFU Coincidence? :EOS, IOTA, Litecoin, Stellar...
Overly, alt coins are back in the positive territory adding $11 billion in market cap. Supporting this is the obvious gains in IOTA and at EOS regardless of the RAM issues and the power vested on...
View ArticleCrypto Exchange Gemini Hires Former NYSE Tech Chief
Crypto exchange Gemini has hired former NYSE chief information officer Robert Cornish to serve as its first chief technology officer.
View ArticleCloud Provider Xunlei Launches Blockchain File System
Xunlei Limited announced that it has launched a distributed file system called ThunderChain File System (TCFS) for its blockchain platform.
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Swiss Stock Exchange Operator Plans to Launch Crypto Exchange
SIX, the firm that operates and owns the Swiss stock exchange, has announced plans to launch a fully regulated digital cryptocurrency exchange. The firm says it plans to launch “the first market...
View ArticleTezos Investors Got a Chance to Sell This Week – And They Took It
Tezos’ price dropped by a third in its first 24 hours of trading as a real token, rather than an IOU.
View ArticleWinklevoss Twins Poach NYSE Executive to Serve as Gemini’s First CTO
Gemini, the Winklevoss twins’ cryptocurrency exchange, has joined the trend of hiring institutional trading executives for crypto exchanges by hiring Robert Cornish of the New York Stock Exchange...
View ArticleGemini Exchange Hires Technology Executive from the New York Stock Exchange
The Gemini cryptocurrency exchange has announced that it has hired its first chief technology officer. Robert Cornish previously served as the chief information officer at the New York Stock Exchange....
View ArticleEthereum Sharding Slated for 2020: ETH Foundation Researcher Justin Drake
Sharding, a much-anticipated Ethereum scaling solution, could be implemented as soon as 2020, Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake said on Friday. Speaking to TechCrunch, Ethereum researchers...
View ArticleIs Bitcoin Legal Tender? Kenya’s Parliament Gives Treasury 2 Weeks to Decide
Kenyan MPs have given the Treasury secretary a two-week deadline by which he must decide the fate of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, specifically regarding their status as legal tender in the...
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EOS, IOTA, Litecoin, Stellar Lumens, Tron Technical Analysis: Chinese...
Most coins under our focus have been on a slide for the better part of the year. It seems like it may continue at IOTA especially if sellers continue to push prices below $1 and 90 cents in the days...
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Ripple (XRP) Technical Analysis: Western Union “Reconsidering” XRP Viability
In general, there is a broad-based recovery in cryptocurrencies and that includes Ripple (XRP) coming at a time the company is dealing with three concurrent law suits. On the charts, prices are down...
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Fighting for Freedom in Venezuela: How Crypto Helped Héctor’s Family Buy Food
On July 1, 2018, Héctor* received 0.5 nano. The transaction was a first for the Venezuelan, and he received it thanks to a donation from one of his fellow countrymen. To some, the roughly $1.80 sum in...
View ArticleWith Journalists on Ethereum, Will Fake News Meet Its Match?
The ambitious project thinks token-based governance can tackle not just censorship, but fake news, echo chambers and journalism’s other crises.
View ArticleWhat Happened When A Secret Bitcoin Key Went Public
The long-awaited reveal of the private keys – once able to trigger a bitcoin alert system – occurred Monday via email by two Bitcoin Core developers.
View ArticleBlockchain for IoT: A Big Idea Meets Hard Design Questions
Cut through the tantalizing visions of cars with wallets trading with each other, and you’ll find debates taking shape over nitty-gritty details.
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