Facebook (FB) Stock Down 6.40% on Monday, Company Adds Two Female Board Members

Coinspeaker Facebook (FB) Stock Down 6. 40% on Monday, Company Adds Two Female Board MembersWhile Facebook (FB) stock is experiencing not the best times, the company takes contingent plans for the future by adding two female board members. дальше »

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XRP Just Flipped a Key Resistance Into Support: Why This is Bullish

Over the past two days, the crypto market hasn’t fared too well. After peaking last week, the prices of digital assets across the board have tanked. XRP, the third-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, tanked from the multi-month high just a smidgen above $0. дальше »

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Global Debt Surges to a Record $250 Trillion, Highlighting a Need for Bitcoin

By the end of 2019, global debt is expected to surge to $250 trillion led by the United States and China. This current runaway debt model is a perfect illustration of why we need Bitcoin. Global debts across the board have exploded in the past two decades. дальше »

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Twitter Isn’t Buying Bruce Willis Bitcoin Story

Earlier Saturday, the Founder of the Ballet cryptocurrency wallet and board member of the Bitcoin Foundation, Bobby Lee claimed on Twitter that he spoke to famous movie star Bruce Willis. According to Lee, Willis sat down next to him during a flight from Los Angeles to Shanghai and the two starting speaking about Bitcoin, cryptocurrency […] The post Twitter Isn’t Buying Bruce Willis Bitcoin Story appeared first on BeInCrypto. дальше »

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Texas State Securities Board Charges Two Suspicious Crypto Firms

The Texas State Securities Board announced on Wednesday that it had completed the second regulatory crackdown on cryptocurrency services. The regulator’s Enforcement Division required two allegedly fake crypto firms to cease their activities. дальше »

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Libra Association Exec: Bitcoin is Digital Gold, Very Different to Libra

David Marcus has stated that he is a fan of the original crypto asset. The newly-appointed member of the Libra board of executives added that differences between the currency, originally detailed by Facebook in June, and Bitcoin mean that the two are not in competition. дальше »

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A Red Dead Redemption 2 PC port looks more likely by the day

As of this week, we know two things about Red Dead Redemption 2. One is that the game is almost certainly coming to PC, and the other is that Rockstar isn’t making any meaty single-player story DLC to accompany said release. дальше »

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The US and UK Are Losing the Cryptocurrency Race

As Britain follows the U. S. in its Trumpism style of politics, it seems as if the two countries are hellbent on losing the cryptocurrency race as well. Countries Leading the Cryptocurrency Race Institutional investment continues to pour into the cryptocurrency space. дальше »

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LA Blockchain Week Set to Takeover Los Angeles After Blockchain’s Biggest Summer To-Date

LA Blockchain Week, which will take place from October 13-18 across various locations in Los Angeles, could not have chosen better timing after what some are considering blockchain’s biggest summer to-date. дальше »

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XKCD forum goes offline after discovery of data leak affecting 562K members

XKCD forum, the bulletin board associated with the popular webcomic XKCD, has been taken offline after personal information of more than 562,000 members was exposed online. According to security researcher Troy Hunt, the breach occurred two months ago (on July 1 2019). дальше »

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PSA: FaceApp can use your uploaded photos and your likeness for “commercial purposes”

FaceApp appears to be having a viral moment, again. The two year old AI-driven photo editor from Russian company Wireless Lab, which rose in popularity for its realistic facial transformations in photos, is back in the spotlight. дальше »

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Dow Creeps Higher as Trump Stacks Fed with Rate-Slashing Allies

Dow Jones futures traded higher on Wednesday as Trump aims to stack the Federal Reserve in his favor. In a series of tweets last night, he revealed his picks for the two empty chairs on the Fed’s board of governors. дальше »

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IBM-Maersk Shipping Blockchain Gains Steam With 15 Carriers Now on Board

IBM has recruited two more major shipping carriers to join the blockchain platform it owns with container giant Maersk. дальше »

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Florida City Officials Approve $600,000 Ransomware Payment of 65 Bitcoins

By CCN Markets: Hackers who paralyzed Florida’s Riviera Beach City’s IT infrastructure are about to laugh all the way to the bank. This is after the Riviera Beach City Council voted to authorize the city’s insurer to meet the ransom demands of the hackers who planted ransomware in the city’s computer systems. дальше »

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International Accounting Standards Board believes Bitcoin will be gone within five years

The FASB and IASB, the two main rule-setting bodies for accounting standards worldwide, cited “lack of usage” as the main reason for not clarifying cryptocurrency accounting treatments. So far, onerous accounting standards have hindered Bitcoin and cryptocurrency adoption. дальше »

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Hut 8 Mining on Sustainability, Expansion and Surviving Crypto Winter

Hut 8 Mining (named after Hut 8 in Bletchley Park, where Alan Turing broke the enigma code and accelerated the end of World War II) has just filed its audited financial statements for 2018, detailing a tight but still profitable bitcoin mining business. дальше »

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Reddit’s CTO: Designers should know these two things

At TNW2019, Reddit’s Chief Technical Officer, Chris Slowe, shared some behind-the-scenes insights into what makes the message board tick.  Perhaps more importantly, he spoke of two important lessons learned from tackling the challenges Reddit faces as one of the world’s most popular websites. дальше »

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Mycro Adds Leading Artificial Intelligence Experts to its Advisory Board

Mycro, the blockchain project that is focused on revolutionizing the gig economy, has announced the addition of two new AI experts to its advisory board, including Artem Chestnov and Alex Korobkov, oversee its roadmap. дальше »

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Canadian Province Offers Low-Cost Energy Incentives to Bitcoin Miners

They’re doing it in British Columbia, Quebec, Manitoba, Alberta and Labrador — bitcoin miners in Canadian provinces are taking advantage of the country’s cool climate and abundant supplies of hydroelectric power. дальше »

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With Latest Partnership, Ledger Vault Offers a Fix to Crypto’s Custody Problem

Within the sphere of traditional finance, at least, crypto has a custody problem. The problem? Crypto is complicated, security is tricky and — if we’re being frank — the suits don’t know a bit from a byte (or a blockchain from a cloud server). дальше »

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QuadrigaCX Starts Bankruptcy Proceedings

It’s been a long and winding road with many twists and turns for the beleaguered cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX and its 115,000 former users who are owed roughly $190 million. дальше »

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3 Reasons Why Trump is (Unknowingly) Bitcoin’s Biggest Champion

Trump and other world leaders have been named and shamed in the recent Fitch ratings report. Slowing global economic growth coupled with governments’ relentless interventions are eroding central banks’ independence around the world. дальше »

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Trump May Affect Bitcoin Price With Herman Cain Pick

Trump is recommending Herman Cain for one of two vacant seats on the Fed Board. The man who advocates a return to the gold standard could undermine Bitcoin price in the short-term as ‘digital gold. дальше »

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Facebook data leak (yeah, another one) allegedly exposes passwords, likes, etc

Flip that board that says “It’s been _ days since we found a massive pile of unsecured Facebook data” right back to zero, and get ready to reset your passwords again just to be safe. Security researchers discovered hundreds of millions of records on publicly-accessible Amazon cloud servers — including names, passwords, comments, likes, and all the other stuff we should all just assume has already leaked at some point. дальше »

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Cboe Will Not Relist Bitcoin Futures Contracts for March

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (Cboe) announced that it will not list upcoming Cboe Bitcoin (“XBT”) futures contracts for trading in March 2019. The Cboe Futures Exchange said that the company is “assessing its approach with respect to how it plans to continue to offer digital asset derivatives for trading,” stating that it has no intention to list additional contracts for trading relating to the cryptocurrency. дальше »

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CBOE To Put Bitcoin Futures On The Backburner, Could That Help BTC?

Just 15 months ago, history was made when the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and CME, two of the world’s largest derivatives markets unveiled futures contracts for Bitcoin (BTC), then the hottest asset on Earth. дальше »

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Proposed Texas Bill Would Require ID Verification for Crypto Use

A bill proposed by the Texas legislature will require that all receivers of cryptocurrency in regular transactions verify the identity of the cryptocurrency sender before accepting any payment. дальше »

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Stanford Student Calls Out Crypto Professor for Inaccurate Bitcoin Lecture

In January of 2019, student Conner Brown attended a guest lecture by a Professor Susan Athey at the University of Stanford Graduate School. She gave a presentation to his “Evolution of Finance” class titled “Blockchain and the Future of Finance. дальше »

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The First Crypto Physical Backed ETF Will Not Be BTC, but Aidos Kuneen (ADK)

Aidos Kuneen (ADK) is founded by Ricardo Badoer, a man who owns shares in banks and is a member of the Bank Board in Kenya Sumac Microfinance and Hakika Microfinance from Tanzania. Besides investing in the banking sector, he owns two soccer clubs, the Spanish CD Ursaria, and Kenya FC Wazito, and through his company, […] The post The First Crypto Physical Backed ETF Will Not Be BTC, but Aidos Kuneen (ADK) appeared first on NullTX. дальше »

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QuadrigaCX and the Million Dollar Questions: What We Do and Don’t Know

QuadrigaCX Exchange’s founder, Gerald Cotten, passed away more than two months ago, and with his death, the keys to the exchange’s cold storage allegedly went to the grave with him. дальше »

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Dow Plunges 103 Points While Analysts Spar over Trade War’s Impact on US Stock Market

Thursday’s closing bell couldn’t come soon enough for the US stock market, which plunged across the board and prevented the Dow from crossing the 26,000 point threshold. Dow Recovers 80 Points But Still Sees Triple-Digit Loss The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged by 103. дальше »

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Living on Bitcoin Day 7: A Supposedly Fun Thing I’d Definitely Do Again

This is the seventh instalment of reporter Colin Harper's "Living on Bitcoin" experience in San Francisco. Find out what happened to him earlier on Day 1 , on Day 2 , on Day 3 , onDay 4, on Day 5 and on Day 6. дальше »

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Top Officials at Two Korean Cryptocurrency Exchanges Face Fraud Indictments

Several of South Korea’s top crypto exchanges have found themselves in hot water, with executives at a couple of exchanges facing criminal charges and jail time. According to a news report on the Korean website Blockinpress, the CEO of Komid, a Korean crypto exchange, has received a three-year prison sentence for committing fraud against investors by artificially inflating the exchange’s actual trading volume. дальше »

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BetterHash Protocol Lets Pool Miners Regain Control Over Their Hash Power

One problem that concerns many is the centralization of mining within the Bitcoin ecosystem. Fortunately, there are talented developers working to solve this problem and Matt Corallo, full-time Bitcoin developer at Chaincode Labs, is one of them. дальше »

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ConsenSys’ Lubin Joins Wall Street Crypto Exchange ErisX: Ethereum Futures Inbound?

Crypto Veteran Lubin Joins ErisX Board On Thursday, amid a crypto market lull, ErisX, an up-and-coming Bitcoin services provider backed by Wall Street powerhouse TD Ameritrade, made a surprising, forward-thinking announcement. дальше »

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Pump and Dump? What is the force behind the massive eruption in bullish trends since the past two days?

“what is this bullsh*t? suddenly there is green coming up all across the board”; these were the words of a cryptocurrency trader sometime yesterday. Upon seeing the cryptocurrency market light up in green, it seemed almost impossible to most traders that a bull run might just be emerging. дальше »

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BitGo Hires Trust Company Veteran as CEO of Its Custody Arm

BitGo has a new CEO for its custody business. The cryptocurrency solution provider has recruited Richard Corcoran as its new chief executive officer. Having retired some years back after over 30 years in the traditional banking and finance industry, Corcoran has come out of retirement to lead the BitGo Trust Company, BitGo's crypto custody arm. дальше »

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Texas ICO Exterminators: Cryptocurrency Frauds Prosecuted as U.S. Crackdown Continues

Two more unscrupulous cryptocurrency scams were eliminated by Texas securities regulators. BitQyck and its bitqy token, and My Crypto Mine and its mining and investment activities, were both fraudulent projects operated to deceive the public and steal funds from investors. дальше »

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BitFury Group Blockchain Company Beefs Up Advisory Board With Ex-SEC Commissioner Hire

Cryptocurrency is already working towards adoption, but one of the ways that these firms are gaining validity is by adding traditional finance executives to their ranks. That could be exactly why the BitFury Group has welcomed two new members to help with their strategy and growth. In a move that was revealed directly to CoinDesk, […] дальше »

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Бывший комиссар SEC войдет в консультационный совет Bitfury Group

Международная блокчейн-компания Bitfury Group примет бывшего комиссара SEC Аннет Назарет в консультационный совет. Об этом сообщается в пресс-релизе компании. We are excited to welcome two new additions to our team! Antoine Dresch of @korelyacapital will join our board of directors and former SEC commissioner Annette Nazareth will join our advisory board — read more below […] Запись Бывший комиссар SEC войдет в консультационный совет Bitfury Group впервые появилась Bloomchain (Блумчейн.ру). дальше »

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Bitfury Hires Former SEC Commissioner & Seasoned Investment Banking Executive

Bitfury Group hired two top executives. Antoine Dresch, co-founder of Naver Group-backed VC firm Korelya Capital, will become a member of the company’s Board of Directors and former SEC executive Annette Nazareth will join the team of advisors. дальше »

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Crypto Clambers Out Of The BCH Fork Wreckage

A crypto recovery may be at hand. Two days after the upcoming Bitcoin Cash (BCH) fork wiped $30bn from the market, virtual currencies across the board have started to recoup some of their losses. дальше »

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Bitcoin, Ether, and XRP Weekly Market Update: November 15, 2018

The three largest cryptocurrencies by market cap experienced a turmoil of sorts this week as the long-held stability was broken and prices plunged across the board. BTC/USD Bitcoin lost $100 of its value on November 8, erasing all the gains from the previous two days and closed the day at $6,474. дальше »

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Texas Securities Board Hits Two “Fraudulent” Mining Operations with Emergency Cease-and-Desist Orders

The Texas Securities Board pounces on two mining operations using social media and multilevel marketing to propagate a transnational web of “fraudulent crypto-mining programs”, Director of Enforcement Joseph Rotunda informs CryptoSlate. дальше »

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Texas State Securities Board Takes Emergency Actions Against Crypto Fraudsters

The Texas State Securities Board entered emergency action on November 6, against two fraudulent companies involved in cryptocurrency mining activities. AWS Mining PTY Ltd and EXY Crypto had been allegedly deceiving investors promising unrealistic returns, enticing them through social media platforms and by recruiting unlicensed multilevel marketing agents, respectively. дальше »

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Brands pour billions of dollars into Facebook advertising, but the social media giant isn’t going to last forever. So, where will those dollars go in the future? The only viable choice is creativity. дальше »

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CME Group: Bitcoin Futures Trading Is Up 41 Percent in Quarter Three

Bitcoin futures trading is up. American financial market company CME Group Inc. announced on Twitter early on the morning of Wednesday, October 17, 2018, that its futures products are experiencing rising volume, explaining, “In Q3, Bitcoin futures average daily volume rose 41% and open interest was up 19% over Q2. дальше »

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Bitcoin Not A Threat To The Financial Sector- Financial Stability Board Says

“Bringing a complex and fast evolving area like cryptocurrencies into a regulatory framework is going to be a difficult and lengthy process. ” Those were the words of James Kaufmann the Legal Director of a UK based law firm, RPC. дальше »

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Coinbase Appoints Jonathan Kellner as Managing Director of Institutional Coverage Group

Coinbase Institutional Coverage Group will now be led by Jonathan Kellner, who will join the team as managing director. Coinbase, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the US, recently announced that it is bringing on board the financial industry veteran with more than two decades of experience. дальше »

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LG couldn’t wait to show off its five-camera V40 ThinQ phone

Ahead of the launch of LG’s V40 ThinQ phone – which boasts five cameras on board – the company’s already begun showing it off in South Korea. As you’ve surmised by now, there are three cameras on the rear and two in the front. дальше »

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