Wednesday, May 15, 2019
CryptoCurrency News: 2020 Presidential Hopeful Andrew Yang Says Regulators ‘Owe’ Clarity on Rules for Crypto Industry
Presidential candidate Andrew Yang pitched himself as a friend of the crypto community to a receptive crowd at Consensus 2019.
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CryptoCurrency News: Study Finds Most Ransomware Solutions Just Pay Out Crypto
A study has found that most ransomware recovery services are actually just paying crypto ransoms to hackers.
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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Cash’s Scheduled Hard Fork Tripped Up By Software Bug
The bitcoin cash network forks after a bug emerged in the upgrade software, leading developers to put together a hotfix.
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CryptoCurrency News: The World’s Fifth-Largest Electrical Company Is Using an Ethereum Dapp
One of the world's largest electrical companies is teaming up with ethereum app iExec on a new test.
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CryptoCurrency News: Blockchain Project Thundercore Releases Code for ‘Pala’ Consensus Protocol
Blockchain provider platform ThunderCore announced the open-sourcing of a new consensus protocol called Pala.
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CryptoCurrency News: Coinbase Custody Now Has $1 Billion of Crypto Under Management, CEO Says
At Consensus 2019, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said the exchange's custody service has been onboarding $150 million in assets under management each month.
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CryptoCurrency News: Blockstream Launches Security Token Platform on Bitcoin Sidechain
Blockstream, the bitcoin-focused startup, is creating anew security token platform on its Liquid sidechain network.
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CryptoCurrency News: Staking-as-a-Service Startup Raises $2 Million From DHVC, Plug and Play
New funding for InfStones, a node operator currently staking over $450 million worth of EOS, will fuel hiring and an expansion into more PoS networks.
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CryptoCurrency News: Upbit Operator Dunamu Invested $46 Million in Blockchain Startups in Last Year
South Korean firm Dunamu, operator of cryptocurrency exchange Upbit, says it invested $46 million in 26 blockchain startups over the last year.
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CryptoCurrency News: Crypto Exchange Binance Restarting Services After Post-Hack Upgrade
Binance has announced that trading and withdrawals will soon restart after it completed a security upgrade prompted by a recent hack.
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CryptoCurrency News: Free Markets and the Future of Blockchain
J. Christopher Giancarlo is Chairman at U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the agency of the US government that regulates futures and options markets. This will be the last time I speak to you from the CFTC. Nevertheless, before I go, I wanted to share some thoughts, which I have been saving. My five years at […]
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CryptoCurrency News: Congressman Emmer to Reintroduce Tax Bill Focused on Crypto Hard Forks
U.S. Representative Tom Emmer plans to reintroduce a bill that would benefit taxpayers holding cryptos resulting from blockchain hard forks.
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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Price Rally Stalls As Ether, XRP Shine
With bitcoin's rally showing signs of exhaustion above $8,000, investors have started pouring money into relatively cheap alternatives.
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CryptoCurrency News: SEC Slaps Blockchain Author Alex Tapscott, Firm With Fines Over Securities Violations
The U.S. securities regulator has settled with blockchain author Alex Tapscott and his investment firm NextBlock Global over securities violations.
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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin in Space? It Helps With Connection Woes, Says Blockstream’s Adam Back
Beaming bitcoin from satellites might sound far-fetched, but there are serious use cases, according to Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream.
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CryptoCurrency News: The Blockchain Paradox
Blockchains offer potential solutions to deep-seated problems in society, but their own governance issues need to be solved first, writes Pindar Wong.
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CryptoCurrency News: Hacked Cryptocurrency Exchange Cryptopia Goes Into Liquidation
Cryptopia, the crypto exchange hit by a major hack in mid-January, has appointed professional services firm Grant Thornton as liquidator.
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