EOS Creator Block.One Paid More for a Website than its SEC Fine

Blockchain company Block. one has reached a civil settlement agreement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to a year-long unregistered initial coin offering (ICO) it held through 2017 and 2018. дальше »

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Santander Makes History Solely Settling a $20M Bond Trade on Ethereum Blockchain

Coinspeaker Santander Makes History Solely Settling a $20M Bond Trade on Ethereum BlockchainUsing a token on Ethereum to represent the $20 million debt issuance, Santander settled both sides of a bond trade with another set of ERC-20 tokens representing cash held in a custody account. дальше »

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Liquid Exchange Reveals Escrow Account for Sale of Telegram Tokens

Crypto exchange Liquid has disclosed a wallet address where the proceeds from its July sale of Telegram's GRAM tokens are being held in escrow. дальше »

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SimplyVital Health and Its HLTH Blockchain Token ICO Worth Over $6.3 Million Settles with SEC

SimplyVital Health, a company that held an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) in 2017 and was able to get $6. 3 million USD worth of Ethereum (ETH), was recently charged by the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). дальше »

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SEC’s “Crypto Mom” Eager to Offer Regulated Platform for the Sale and Issuance of Tokens and Cryptocurrencies

At the Convergence Forum held at the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS), the SEC Commissioner, Hester Peirce, declared her desire to offer a non-exclusive safe harbor for the exchange of tokens and coins. дальше »

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Iran Punks Trump With Historic Gold-Backed Crypto Scheme

Days after President Trump slammed bitcoin and the very idea of crypto, geopolitical foe Iran revealed that it is ready to unveil its own gold-backed cryptocurrency. Gold held in reserve by the Middle East country’s central bank will back the value of tokens on the blockchain of Iran’s new central bank “cryptocurrency” – which might […] The post Iran Punks Trump With Historic Gold-Backed Crypto Scheme appeared first on CCN Markets дальше »

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“Insane Valuation”: Algorand $60M Token Auction Implies $24bn Value

A new Proof-of-Stake blockchain protocol raised more than $60M in a token sale held in Singapore today. Algorand sold 25M Algos – its native token – in the first of a series of sales that will allow tokens to gradually enter circulation. дальше »

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NEO Price Analysis: NEO 3.0 launches to begin addressing inherent flaws

Price performance of the NEO token in 2019 has been strong, rewarding long term holders who held onto their tokens through 2018's price bear. The project's recent approach of embracing centralization is reversal on previous attitudes but has advantages like making it easier to implement network changes like the overarching NEO 3. дальше »

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Binance DEX To Support Bitcoin Trading With BTC-Pegged Token

While Binance DEX only supports tokens built on Binance Chain, Binance's own blockchain, the decentralized exchange will now support bitcoin trading with a newly created token pegged to the bitcoin. дальше »

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Today, Circle released the latest attestation report on US dollar reserves backing USDC issued by independent accounting firm, Grant Thornton LLP. The report states that as of May 31, 2019 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time: USD Coin (“USDC”) tokens issued and outstanding = 333,854,877 USDC US Dollars held дальше »

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Helium Startup Secures $15 Million, Plans to Add Tokens to Its Internet-of-Things (IoT) Business

Helium Starts Working With Tokens Helium has just announced that it held a $15 million Series C that was co-led by Union Square Ventures and Multicoin Capital. The firm was created in order to create a low-cost data network for IoT devices. дальше »

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Gram Asia To Hold Public Sale Of Telegram's Gram Token

The Gram token will go on sale for regular crypto buyers next month, but the details are a bit funky. The token will be listed by crypto exchange Liquid but not directly from Telegram. Instead, the exchange has agreed to list an undisclosed number of tokens held by Gram Asia, an organization in Korea that claims to be the largest holder of Gram in Asia. дальше »

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Cryptopia needs $2M to keep a database alive – or users might never recover their tokens

Defunct cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia warned it will take “some months at least” to figure out how to return tokens owed to its users. Cryptopia administrators have also requested “urgent interim relief,” which they say is critical to maintain a single SQL database that stores all of its users’ individual account holdings and contact details. дальше »

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Infographic: An Overview of Compromised Bitcoin Exchange Events

The purpose of this infographic is to visualize the size of large cryptocurrency hacks that have occurred in the past as if they all happened today. The hacks included in this infographic extend beyond exchanges, as there were other large entities that experienced cryptocurrency hacks, such as marketplaces like Silk Road 2. дальше »

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USDC Reserve Attestation Report from Grant Thornton LLP - April 2019

Today, Circle released the latest attestation report on US dollar reserves backing USDC issued by independent accounting firm, Grant Thornton LLP. The report states that as of April 30, 2019 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time: USD Coin (“USDC”) tokens issued and outstanding = 293,184,174 USDC US Dollars held дальше »

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In Light of Tether’s Fractional Reserve, a Shadow of Fiatcoins’ Future

Tether has taken a lot of heat for admitting it is running a fractional reserve. There’s no doubt that Tether’s unregulated nature makes this approach risky and that its lack of transparency is unsettling, but the entire modern banking system is architected on fractioned assets. дальше »

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Bitfinex, Attorney General Legal Sparring Continues With New Court Filings

Bitfinex and the New York Attorney General’s (NYAG) legal sparring in relation to $850 million in missing funds escalated with another round of court filings this past weekend. дальше »

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Tether and Bitfinex confirm USDT is not fully backed by fiat, only 74% of tethers backed with cash

Legal representatives for Bitfinex and Tether confirm the widely held suspicion that USDT is not one-to-one backed by US dollars. Court documents confirm tethers are only 74 percent backed, and those holding tokens are “subject to the risk of default, insolvency, inability to collect, and illiquidity. дальше »

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How to protect users assets on a blockchain – The Nebulas approach

On April 26th, 2019, RChain posted a blog message stating that their president, Greg Meredith held a meeting with potential investors in Spain during the weekend of April 20, 2019. After a KYC approval, funds from the investor entered 3rd party escrow and RChain distributed 11 million RHOC tokens to the buyers wallet address. дальше »

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$850 Million Bitfinex Bombshell Disproves Crazy Bitcoin Conspiracy

By CCN: ShapeShift CEO Erik Voorhees made a valid observation on Twitter today, pointing out that there’s some degree of irony in the charges potentially facing embattled Bitcoin exchange Bitfinex: Tether had the cash reserves, despite wide speculation that the company had issued far more crypto tokens than it could settle. дальше »

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Top Traders Held Talks on Making Crypto Part of Global Financial Architecture: Bloomberg

More than 20 top crypto traders reportedly gathered in January for talks on making digital assets and tokens part of the global financial architecture

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Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange Appoints New CEO

Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX) has appointed in-house Head of Business Development Kurt Looyens, as its new CEO. Looyens formerly held the position of Country Executive at ABN AMRO Bank in Spain, and he will be taking over from Nick Cowan, as the latter transitions into his role as CEO of the Gibraltar Stock Exchange (GSX) Group. дальше »

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USDC Reserve Attestation Report from Grant Thornton LLP - March 2019

Today, Circle released the latest attestation report on US dollar reserves backing USDC issued by independent accounting firm, Grant Thornton LLP. The report states that as of March 31, 2019 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time: USD Coin (“USDC”) tokens issued and outstanding = 246,586,876 USDC US Dollars held дальше »

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Ethereum And Stellar Testnet Launches By New Anchor Stablecoin Tokens (ANCT)

Testnet Launched By Anchor Stablecoin Anchor is a stablecoin describes itself as a coin “backed by $1 Canadian held securely in Canadian Financial Institutions. Anchor Coin is always tradeable back and forth with Anchor Financial for $1 Canadian. дальше »

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Blockchain Project That Incentivises People to Test for Diabetes by Handing Them Cryptocurrency Wins First Gooddollar Hackathon Attended by Israeli Ambassador in Rwanda

The hackathon for reducing global wealth inequality using decentralised technology was won by a prototype for a system that encourages citizens to be checked for diabetes in return for GoodDollar tokens. дальше »

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USDC Reserve Attestation Report from Grant Thornton LLP - February 2019

Today, Circle released the latest attestation report on US dollar reserves backing USDC issued by independent accounting firm, Grant Thornton LLP. The report states that as of February 28, 2019 at 11:59 PM UTC: USD Coin (“USDC”) tokens issued and outstanding = 236,917,932 USDC US Dollars held in дальше »

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Bittrex Unveils Token Sale Platform

Malta-based Bittrex will host a multi-million dollar token sale on its trading platform. In an announcement last night, the exchange said its first-ever Initial Exchange Offering (IEO) would be their contribution to developing the crypto industry. дальше »

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ICO Tokens Lost Momentum, But GBBC Survey Suggests Institutional Investors Will Get More Involved

The Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) recently held a survey to understand the needs and the future actions of institutional investors in the cryptocurrency world. The GBBC learned in this study that 19% of participants see digital assets as being a regular part of investments and trading by 2021. The survey took from December 2018 […] дальше »

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USDC Reserve Attestation Report from Grant Thornton LLP - January 2019

Today, Circle released the fourth attestation report on US dollar reserves backing USDC issued by independent accounting firm, Grant Thornton LLP. The report states that as of January 31, 2019 at 11:59 PM UTC: USD Coin (“USDC”) tokens issued and outstanding = 307,793,724 USDC US Dollars held in дальше »

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IOTA Foundation: Majority of the Stollen $11 Million in MIOTA Has Been Found

In a recent interview with Reuters, IOTA Co-founder and Co-Chairman of its Board, Dominik Schiener, stated that a good percentage of the stolen $11 Million MIOTA tokens taken from users’ wallets had been recovered. дальше »

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USDC Reserve Attestation Report from Grant Thornton LLP - December 2018

Today, Circle released the third attestation report on US dollar reserves backing USDC issued by independent accounting firm, Grant Thornton LLP. The report states that as of December 31, 2018 at 11:59 PM UTC: USD Coin (“USDC”) tokens issued and outstanding = 251,211,148 USDC US Dollars held in дальше »

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VNX Exchange ICO

VNX.io is the first exchange enabling accredited investors (demand) to trade tokenized venture capital portfolios (supply) selling equity stakes in startups held by the inventory provider). These VC tokens are essentially tokenized financial instruments (like a bond, or a futures contract) that will pay token holders a share of the future incomes of the VC portfolio being tokenized and sold on the VNX platform. These once they are listed and admitted to trading дальше »

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Decentralized Bitcoin Exchange Bisq Has a New UI and DAO

Decentralized exchange Bisq has upgraded its software with an entirely new User Interface (UI) design and the launch of the Bisq Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) on testnet. дальше »

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Binance Launchpad Will Facilitate New Token Launches Every Month in 2019

Binance Launchpad is planning to create a healthier token launch market in 2019. The token sale platform will be launching new tokens and token sales almost every month this year. The first two sales to go live on the platform this year are BitTorrent and Fetch. дальше »

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USDC Reserve Attestation Report from Grant Thornton LLP - November 2018

Today, Circle released the second attestation report on US dollar reserves backing USDC issued by independent accounting firm, Grant Thornton LLP. The report states that as of November 30, 2018 at 11:59 PM UTC: USD Coin (“USDC”) tokens issued and outstanding = 177,190,279 USDC US Dollars held in дальше »

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CoinMarketCap Affirms XRP Coin’s Circulating Supply Data Is Verbatim With Ripple’s Statistics

CoinMarketCap Affirms That XRP’s Circulating Supply Data Is Directly Taken From Ripple’s Statistics As we have recently reported, the XRP community has been attacking CoinMarketCap lately. The community claims that they are not calculating the price of Ripple’s XRP tokens right because they are not taking into account the ones that held in escrows. Now, […] дальше »

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Independent Accounting Firm Grant Thornton LLP Issues Attestation Report on US Dollar Reserves Backing USDC Tokens in Circulation

Today, Circle released the first attestation report on US dollar reserves backing USDC issued by independent accounting firm, Grant Thornton LLP. The report states that as of October 31, 2018 at 11:59 PM UTC: USD Coin (“USDC”) tokens issued and outstanding = 127,408,827 USDC US Dollars held in дальше »

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Are security tokens the new standard? What is the difference between security vs. utility tokens

Cryptocurrencies have been under the hawkish eye of tax authorities all around the world for quite some time. Just recently, the spotlight became even brighter when US Congress and Securities and Exchange Commission held hearings with various financial and crypto experts. дальше »

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Could BAT Be The Next Coinbase Listing?

A Coinbase listing is often held up as the crowning achievement for a project. This is partly because the exchange keeps its assets exclusive, but also because it is the most popular fiat-to-crypto platform. дальше »

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Breach of Cold Storage Wallet Effectively Handled by Trade.Io

Trade. io recently managed a breach of funds, with no customer funds thankfully unaccounted for. Further steps have been taken to beef up security all around as well as a fork of the TIO Token. Breach Details Crypto Exchange Trade. дальше »

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Dusk Network Debuts on the Ethfinex Token Sale Platform

Dusk Network aims to use zero-knowledge cryptography to eliminate middlemen from the regulated markets while ensuring regulatory compliance. The Dusk Network token sale will be held on Ethfinex’s new token sale platform, also becoming the first token to be sold on the platform. дальше »

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Three Years Later, Ethereum’s Hottest DApps Are (Still) ICOs and Cats

With Ethereum’s launch in 2015 came a flurry of excitement over the future potential of smart contracts. Utilizing a more flexible scripting language than Bitcoin, the platform’s decentralized applications (DApps) were touted by proponents as unlocking a plethora of formerly untapped use cases for the blockchain. дальше »

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6 Tokens With a Low Distribution of Wealth

In the world of cryptocurrencies, fair distribution of wealth is a lot more difficult to come by in this day and age. An interesting statistic shows how there are plenty of projects whose majority of the token supply is held by just 20 wallets or less. дальше »

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Hackers stole 50M of Trade Tokens (TIO) from Trade.io

On October 21, a crypto exchange Trade. io announced that on October 20, its security team was alerted to a large transaction from one of the wallets held in cold storage.   As they investigated, they started noticing some irregular trading activity in TIO pairs on Bancor & Kucoin. дальше »

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Stackr: The Dawn of a Digital Asset Savings Solution - [BTC Media Sponsor]

Financial savings have long been the foundation of wealth and asset building. However, we are now in a time when the growing obsolescence of financial institutions has forced certain technologies out of date, created high fees, revealed structural inefficiencies and, ultimately, meant that some standard investment solutions now fail to place consumer needs first. дальше »

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Circle’s USDC Stablecoin Begins Trading

Boston-based cryptocurrency finance firm Circle has just joined the multitudes of other crypto exchange platforms now issuing and trading their own stablecoins. As of September 26, 2018, dollar-pegged USDC is now trading on Poloniex, the crypto-to-crypto exchange Circle acquired in February 2018, and on Circle Trade, the company’s over-the-counter (OTC) platform. дальше »

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Stellar (XLM) Creator Jed McCaleb Could Hurt XRP By Selling Off His Ripple Tokens

Jed McCaleb Could Harm XRP By Selling Off His Tokens Jed McCaleb, Ripple’s Co-Founder seems to be selling his XRP possessions, something that could increase the pressure on XRP. Mr. McCaleb has increased the sales of his billions of dollars held in XRP, the third most valuable virtual currency in the market. Jed McCaleb left […] дальше »

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Ethereum Price Analysis - Relief rally more likely than lower lows

Ethereum's price rise throughout 2017 was strongly influenced by the rise of numerous ICOs which brought about a new method of crowdsourcing. As ICOs minted ERC tokens and typically sold them for ETH, most have held onto their ETH and continue to do so. дальше »

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Peoples Token ICO

Peoples Token is an erc20 utility token. Peoples token aims to create a fully community driven and decentralized token. A lot of token ICO fails to fulfil and reach their goals as promised by the team. дальше »

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Op Ed: Exploring the SEC’s New “Sufficiently Decentralized” Test

The regulators have awoken. SEC Director William Hinman introduced novel concepts to the securities law analysis such that sellers of digital assets may have an escape valve. дальше »

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