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What Is Cryptocurrency? “Jeopardy!” Features Entire Category on Crypto

Is cryptocurrency becoming more mainstream? It could be if one of America’s most prominent game shows features an entire category devoted to it. The November 29, 2018, episode of “Jeopardy!” — which has been on the air since 1964 — offered five unique questions centered around cryptocurrencies and their technology to test out its contestants’ knowledge on the subject: The results reveal that they did indeed know their fair share. дальше »

2018-12-1 22:18


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Marshall Islands President Faces Vote-of-no-confidence After Pushing Ahead With Plans to Issue a National Cryptocurrency

Hilda Heine, the president of the Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI), is fighting for her political career after she allegedly defied the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) advice and went ahead with the introduction of a new digital currency that the IMF considers to be a threat to the country’s financial stability. дальше »

2018-11-7 15:59


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Former Fed Chair Janet Yellen Rejects Donald Trump’s Trade Policy, Criticizes Bitcoin

US stock markets have landed in hot waters. October 2018 has witnessed the worst stock market performance since 1987. While some crypto pundits claim that the bad performance of stocks could lead to the eventual rise of cryptocurrencies, the former chair of the US Federal Reserve Janet Yellen thinks otherwise. дальше »

2018-11-1 20:29


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Exciting Year Ahead of Gemini, Says MD of Operations Jeanine Hightower-Sellitto

The cryptocurrency markets are evolving in many ways different to a typical securities market. In a recent interview with IntelAlley, the newly appointed managing director of operations at Gemini Trust Company, the operators of Gemini Exchange, noted that cryptocurrency exchanges are evolving and that Gemini has an exciting year ahead of itself. дальше »

2018-10-26 13:59


Bitcoin and Stock Correlation; Is Sentiment the Reason They Move in Tandem?

Bitcoin is Becoming More Like a Stock Bitcoin has always presented itself as the perfect enemy to the traditional financial system. When the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto originally coined the cryptocurrency and its notable blockchain, he/she/they were clear in its whitepaper that the crypto ought to be used to escape the follies and problems native to […] дальше »

2018-10-19 03:15


China’s BlockVC Blockchain Investor Says Bitcoin’s Bear Market is Over, Altcoins Over Half a Year Left

Bear Market for Bitcoin Has Passed, But Altcoins Are on Their Last Limb, says China VC Kira Sun works at BlockVC as an investment manager. Representing her blockchain investment firm, she was recently a guest on CNBC Cryptotrader during a segment called “The Future of the Utility Token.” In the time on the segment, Sun […] дальше »

2018-9-26 23:55


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Are We Using the Wrong Metric to Measure Bitcoin’s Energy Consumption?

Dr. Katrina Kelly, a researcher in clean energy technology, recently published an article on The Conversation questioning the overwhelming concern around Bitcoin’s growing energy use. While Kelly agreed that Bitcoin consumes a lot of energy, she noted that it is possible to increase electricity production while ensuring that there is minimal impact on the environment. дальше »

2018-8-25 19:55


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US DEA ‘Actually Wants’ Criminals to Keep Using Bitcoin

A US Drug Enforcement Administration agent has told mainstream press she “wants” criminals to use cryptocurrencies because it makes them easier to track. ‘I Want Them To Keep Using Them’ Speaking to Bloomberg August 7, Lilita Infante, who takes part in the agency’s 10-person Cyber Investigative Task Force, said investigators had “a lot of tools” to monitor criminal activity thanks to Blockchain. дальше »

2018-8-9 20:00


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Governance, Part 2: Plutocracy Is Still Bad

Coin holder voting, both for governance of technical features, and for more extensive use cases like deciding who runs validator nodes and who receives money from development bounty funds, is unfortunately continuing to be popular, and so it seems worthwhile for me to write another post explaining why I (and Vlad Zamfir and others) do not consider it wise for Ethereum (or really, any base-layer blockchain) to start adopting these kinds of mechanisms in a tightly coupled form in any significant way. дальше »

2018-7-21 23:03


This Silicon Valley-Backed Blockchain Startup Wants to Become the Wikipedia of Data

DIRT, a blockchain startup that plans to develop a trusted platform for structured data, has raised $3 million in a seed funding round. The San Francisco-based company said investment firms that participated in the round include General Catalyst, Greylock Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Pantera Capital and others. дальше »

2018-7-21 20:14


This Silicon Valley Backs Blockchain Startup Wants to Become the Wikipedia of Data

DIRT, a blockchain startup that plans to develop a trusted platform for structured data, has raised $3 million in a seed funding round. The San Francisco-based company said investment firms that participated in the round include General Catalyst, Greylock Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Pantera Capital and others. дальше »

2018-7-20 20:14


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CryptoKitties finally finds a real use-case in charity auction for sea turtles

CryptoKitties, the cutesy blockchain game where you can collect, customize, breed, and inevitably pimp out virtual cats is still apparently still a thing. Once so popular that it brought Ethereum to its very knees, dwindling interest has spurred them to adopt a more holistic way to get people to spend money on seemingly worthless vanity tokens. дальше »

2018-7-11 17:31