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Will Politics Determine The Future Of Spot Bitcoin ETFs? Ex-SEC Official Weighs In

The recent enthusiasm surrounding the possibility of a Bitcoin Spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) getting the green light has taken a new turn. Speculations, assumptions, and projections have been rife in the crypto community, but insights from those closely associated with regulatory bodies often cast a revealing light on such matters. John Reeds Stark, a former […] дальше »

2023-8-15 01:00


How rising Bitcoin dominance invalidates many crypto assumptions

Key Takeaways Bitcoin dominance has risen above 50%, having started the year at 42% Traditionally, dominance falls while market prices are rising in the sector, marking the year 2023 out as unusual  This hammers home how Bitcoin is still finding its feet, and why prudence needs to be taken when extrapolating past performance to the […] The post How rising Bitcoin dominance invalidates many crypto assumptions appeared first on CoinJournal. дальше »

2023-8-11 14:50


Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Slams SEC’s ‘Flawed’ Plan For Exchange Registration

Coinbase has taken a defiant stance against the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed definition change. In a bold move, Paul Grewal, the company’s chief legal officer, has accused the regulator of preemptively imposing its authority and basing its proposed rules on unsubstantiated assumptions about cryptocurrency jurisdiction. дальше »

2023-6-15 11:32


Ethereum Devs Launch Their First Mainnet “Shadow Fork” Ahead Of Merge

The Ethereum Foundation continues to edge closer to the transition to the proof-of-stake (PoS) model. On Monday, Ethereum’s first mainnet Shadow Fork went live. The purpose behind this is to primarily conduct a stress test on the existing assumptions about the testnets, and mainnets to understand how seamless the shift to a PoS consensus will […] дальше »

2022-4-13 08:00


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Bank of Canada to hire an economist familiar with crypto

The Bank of Canada is making the next in a series of moves that will eventually lead to the creation of its own CBDC — or at least, that is what the crypto industry is assuming right now. Such assumptions came from recent information, revealing that the bank is looking for an economist with experience in financial technology and deep knowledge of crypto. дальше »

2020-10-19 10:55


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Piecing Together the Class Action Lawsuit Against Bitfinex and Tether

Just two days ago, Bitfinex announced they foresee a “meritless” lawsuit coming their way based on a study that has inconsistent assumptions and skewed findings. About a day later, it was revealed that several individuals have taken iFinex to court claiming that, with Tether, they single-handedly manipulated the entire cryptocurrency market, October 7, 2019. дальше »

2019-10-8 10:30


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Bitfinex Refutes Study Linking Tether (USDT) Issuance to Market Manipulation

Bitfinex has publicly stated that they have caught wind of an unpublished paper that wrongly accuses the Tether stablecoin of being a main force behind the cryptocurrency bull market. The exchange has disputed these conclusions and claims that said the study is based on cherry-picked data and unrealistic assumptions, October 6, 2019. дальше »

2019-10-7 11:36


Understanding PLONK

Special thanks to Justin Drake, Karl Floersch, Hsiao-wei Wang, Barry Whitehat, Dankrad Feist, Kobi Gurkan and Zac Williamson for review Very recently, Ariel Gabizon, Zac Williamson and Oana Ciobotaru announced a new general-purpose zero-knowledge proof scheme called PLONK, standing for the unwieldy quasi-backronym “Permutations over Lagrange-bases for Oecumenical Noninteractive arguments of Knowledge”. дальше »

2019-9-24 04:03


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It’s possible to monetize data while respecting consumer privacy — here’s how

Murky policies, tricky wordings, and sneaky assumptions about consent… these are just a few of the shifty tactics being used by companies to learn all about us. With more and more businesses realizing the lucrative power of personal data, there’s no denying that our deeply personal details are being weaponized against us. дальше »

2019-9-13 14:51


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zk-SNARK Glitch Could Result In Crypto Double Take

Fundamental flaws with zk-SNARKs, the privacy algorithm used in Zcash (ZEC), may allow malicious agents to mint additional tokens, according to the COO of a rival privacy coin. Reuben Yap, the Chief Operating Officer at Zcoin (XZC), says that unproved cryptographic assumptions and possible bugs with zk-SNARKs place blockchains using the algorithm – like Zcash – […] The post zk-SNARK Glitch Could Result In Crypto Double Take appeared first on Crypto Briefing. дальше »

2019-1-17 18:53


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Blockchain Analysis Is About to Get Harder as P2EP Enters Testing Phase

Yet another tool is being added to Bitcoin’s growing number of privacy solutions. Thought up at a brainstorming event attended by Bitcoin developers and privacy researchers last summer, Pay to Endpoint (P2EP) is a relatively new trick that utilizes the well-known CoinJoin mixing technique to make blockchain analysis much harder. дальше »

2019-1-1 19:31


Tim Draper: Bitcoin’s Destined to be Worth $250,000 By 2023 Despite Current Path Uncertainty

Are you missing the presence of Bitcoin bulls who makes incredibly far-fetched assumptions of how Bitcoin will be worth a lot in the future? Brace yourselves. Here we go again. Tim Draper, a crypto investor and billionaire, has reaffirmed that his price prediction for Bitcoin being worth $250,000 USD by 2022 is “absolutely solid”. He […] дальше »

2018-11-10 05:36


Your Ideal Bitcoin Portfolio: Some Fun Investing Goals

Investing goals have always been subject to market risks. Assumedly the risks magnify manifold when you are considering investing in cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. Despite certain risk assumptions being factored into such investments, the question of ‘how much’ of an ideal portfolio should consist of non-government currency investments will bother every crypto investor. дальше »

2018-10-18 16:39


A Guide to 99% Fault Tolerant Consensus

Special thanks to Emin Gun Sirer for review We’ve heard for a long time that it’s possible to achieve consensus with 50% fault tolerance in a synchronous network where messages broadcasted by any honest node are guaranteed to be received by all other honest nodes within some known time period (if an attacker has more than 50%, they can perform a “51% attack”, and there’s an analogue of this for any algorithm of this type). дальше »

2018-8-9 04:03


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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