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Here are the highlights from the crypto industry last week
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SEC Commissioner Hester Pierce addressed the members of the Singapore Blockchain Association at Singapore Blockchain Week Virtual Summit, where she shared her personal opinion on the situation with the Telegram Open Network and spoke about some of the details of decision-making within the US Securities Commission.
2020-7-23 21:12 | |
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Endorsed by Gov. Brian Kemp, Kelly Loeffler, CEO of the Bakkt bitcoin futures exchange, will be offered a US Senate seat next week, Bakkt Boss Takes Hot, Disputed Spot in Senate Loeffler will displace the previously offered candidate, U.
2019-11-30 15:53 | |
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Elizabeth Warren’s new housing plan promises to reduce rents and empower renters. But it follows the same formula that failed to improve housing before. To empower low-income Americans, you must grow the economy.
2019-11-20 00:43 | |
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Satoshi Nakamoto envisioned a world in which each individual would have control over his or her own money and essentially, their life. As people started finding different applications of the technology, the industry took off and today, there are literally thousands of blockchain platforms that offer different services, ranging from games to shipping companies.
2019-11-9 18:23 | |
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Samsung just landed itself again in hot water. According to a report by BBC, a British woman discovered a horrible issue in the Galaxy S10 that lets anyone unlock the phone using the fingerprint sensor.
2019-10-17 17:16 | |
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Twitch streamer MrsRuvi went viral this week, and in a refreshingly wholesome change to most viral Twitch clips, it's not because she's a racist or had an NSFW wardrobe malfunction on camera. The streamer, who is known for her Food and Drink streams in which she shows her viewers what she's making in the kitchen, […] The post Twitch User Goes Viral Without Racist Slur or NSFW Wardrobe Malfunction appeared first on CCN.com
2019-9-27 23:06 | |
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ProgPoW author, Kristy-Leigh Minehan, has resigned as CTO of Core Scientific, to remove any potential conflict of interest and drive the progress of Ethereum’s improvement proposal (EIP). Last week she was uninvited from ETC Summit, based on Core Scientific connections to Craig Wright and Calvin Ayre.
2019-9-25 16:30 | |
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White House economic adviser Judy Shelton made headlines last week after President Donald Trump nominated her to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. The mainstream press and finance industry were surprised to learn Trump’s Fed pick is a “gold bug.
2019-7-14 00:15 | |
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After being married to Jeff Bezos for 25 years, MacKenzie Bezos is expected to walk away with a divorce payout of nearly $38 billion this week after the settlement she reached with her soon-to-be ex is rubber-stamped by a judge.
2019-7-1 16:59 | |
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“The Eye of Sauron casts its gaze upon the Lightning Network. ”This is how Lightning Labs CTO Olaoluwa Osuntokun (aka, roasbeef) has heralded the coming of Watchtowers to the Lightning Network.
2019-6-3 17:43 | |
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By CCN: Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty delivered mixed messages regarding Apple’s stock this week. With Apple’s stock closing at $178 on Thursday, she downgraded the price target from $240 to $231.
2019-5-31 01:18 | |
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According to Dr. Roselyn K. Akombe, Chief of Policy Planning and Guidance at the United Nations and ex-commissioner of Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), the country’s government is going to sell all the citizen data collected through the Huduma Namba exercise to the highest bidder.
2019-5-22 18:13 | |
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Last week’s TNW Conference featured an amazing lineup of speakers, all sharing their unique knowledge and insights into the future of tech. A prominent theme this year was machine learning and artificial intelligence — namely, how industries can harness its power.
2019-5-16 18:20 | |
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By CCN: Bitcoin must have been struck by lightning – the Lightning Network. That’s what some crypto observers are saying is behind bitcoin’s price surge. As part of its blockchain Week coverage, CNBC has hosted a series of crypto players to analyze what’s going on in the suddenly-roaring industry.
2019-5-16 03:30 | |
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By CCN: Earlier this week, actress Lori Loughlin pleaded not guilty to her alleged role in the college admissions scandal whose exposure rocked both Hollywood and higher education. Now, an unsold TV pilot has emerged that eerily foreshadowed her shocking arrest – even if it didn’t predict the details.
2019-4-16 18:32 | |
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The transition to bankruptcy will allow Ernst and Young (EY) greater investigative authority over the exchange's missing funds. Under the ruling, the assets of Jennifer Robertson, widow of owner Gerry Cotten, will be frozen, and her financial activity will be closely monitored.
2019-4-10 00:31 | |
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Theresa May is now backing an extension to Article 50. In a wild turn of events, the UK’s prime minister who has long opposed elongating the Brexit process is now pushing to leave “before May 22nd.
2019-4-2 21:40 | |
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Bitcoin Cash up 10. 6 percent in last week Opaque bank operations aid in money laundering Transaction volumes low averaging 30k according to CoinBase data For her bank involvement in a $151 billion money laundering scandal, Birgitte Bonnesen is no longer the CEO of Swedbank.
2019-3-30 22:00 | |
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I’m not going to mince words here. Kathy Griffin disgusts me. In the wake of an ISIS leader repeatedly sending out videos of himself decapitating people as part of the group’s sick propaganda, Griffin thought it funny to draw a parallel to President Trump.
2019-3-24 22:16 | |
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An Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweet reminded her followers this week that the progressive Cinderella was once a restaurant server, while the Democratic rising star waxed humble about her current role as public servant.
2019-3-10 00:00 | |
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Last week, Bitcoinist reported that Wyoming had become the most blockchain-friendly state in the US by passing four new blockchain laws. But what does this mean for the state, the country, and the industry as a whole? The Emphasis in Wyoming is on Innovation In an article for Forbes yesterday, Caitlin Long, blockchain advocate and Wall Street veteran, laid out her vision of what the acts actually mean.
2019-3-7 23:00 | |
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Coinbase’s Director of Institutional Sales, Christine Sandler, said in an interview last week that, in part, the exchange acquired controversial software firm Neutrino because its prior blockchain analysis providers were selling customer data.
2019-3-5 23:58 | |
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Newbie congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is causing waves within her own political caucus by declaring war on moderate Democrats who refuse to go along with her desire to move to the party to the far-left.
2019-3-2 22:41 | |
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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.
2019-2-26 22:21 | |
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On Monday, the day before President Trump’s State of the Union Address, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg attended a performance celebrating her life at a museum in Washington — her first public appearance since December.
2019-2-12 03:12 | |
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When I decided, maybe against my better judgement, to live on bitcoin for a week, the plan was met by a combination of cautions and jokes from friends and loved ones: “Just don’t starve,” “Well, it’s the New Year, a perfect time to start a new diet,” “Will you be able to eat?”, “Have you really thought about it?”I had “really” thought about it and it seemed not only sensible but necessary.
2019-2-5 23:06 | |
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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.
2019-1-29 01:51 | |
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This article is a direct follow-up from our Taproot explainer. If you haven’t read that article, you should probably do so first. If Taproot is deployed on Bitcoin, many smart contract constructions will look just like regular transactions on the blockchain.
2019-1-26 01:23 | |
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Bitcoin users may, before long, be able to benefit from a trick called “Taproot. ” First proposed by Bitcoin Core contributor and former Blockstream CTO Gregory Maxwell, Taproot would expand on Bitcoin’s smart contract flexibility, while offering more privacy in doing so.
2019-1-25 01:19 | |
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This is the fifth 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 and on Day 5.
2019-1-23 01:05 | |
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This is the fourth 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 and on Day 3.
2019-1-19 00:10 | |
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“The point is to get people to think about bitcoin, not spend it. I don’t think it’s good for that. It’s not meant to be used like cash,” Jeremy Gardner, founder of Ausum Ventures, advised me.
2019-1-15 17:50 | |
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Despite being just one week old, Izabella Bowles carries great expectations upon her tiny shoulders. The baby, born on Jan. 6, will go to college when she’s older, if parents Wioletta and Peter can help it.
2019-1-13 17:00 | |
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The early Bitcoin community in San Francisco was originally comprised of revolutionaries: Individuals who believed in the freedom and opportunity that a permissionless distributed system would bring the world.
2019-1-4 00:06 | |
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The price of bitcoin dropped by over 15 percent versus last week’s close after it became clear that the crypto markets will have to wait longer for a potential Bitcoin ETF to be approved in the U. S.
2018-12-10 20:00 | |
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Hilda Heine, the President of the Marshall Islands, recently survived her vote of no confidence. According to an article from Nikkei Asian Review’s published on November 13, 2018, Heine is pushing ahead with the plan to introduce Sovereign, the state-backed cryptocurrency for the Marshall Islands.
2018-11-15 06:00 | |
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Christine Lagarde, from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has affirmed that governments and central banks all over the world should work towards setting up their own cryptos. The statement was made at the Singapore Fintech Festival, which is happening this week in Singapore.
2018-11-14 22:30 | |
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Blockvest is being sued the Securities and Exchange Commission for making false claims that the regulator’s approval for its planned ICO. The regulator is looking for an injunction against the defendant in return for all the financial gains of its ICO activities.
2018-10-15 18:00 | |
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Crypto has yet to prove itself to modern dentistry, but it’s making headway in medicine. Last week a London patient became the first person ever to use cryptocurrency for a video appointment with her General Practitioner, via the telemedicine service MyClinic.
2018-10-10 18:13 | |
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US cryptocurrency exchange and wallet provider Coinbase defended its business practices yet again this week after a US report said 20 percent of its volume came from the company itself. Figures ‘Misreported’ In a blog post September 20, chief policy officer Mike Lempres refuted claims made by New York Attorney General Barbara D.
2018-9-20 22:00 | |
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Chen Min, the former chief chip maker at Bitcoin mining chip developer Canaan Creative, is turning her attention to Ethereum. Announcing her venture at the Ethereum Classic Summit in Seoul, South Korea, Chen’s new company, Linzhi, will focus on building cryptocurrency mining devices, and its first official products are a series of application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) miners designed specifically for Ethereum and Ethereum Classic.
2018-9-15 01:22 | |
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Can bitcoin be used for social good? If anyone thinks so, it’s Ray Youssef, the CEO of peer-to-peer bitcoin platform Paxful. A successful entrepreneur in the crypto and blockchain space, Youssef comes from humble beginnings and understands the importance of maintaining control over one’s finances.
2018-9-15 21:50 | |
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On the latest episode of The Bitcoin Game, host Rob Mitchell explains the recent trip he took to the World Economic Forum. Based in Davos, Switzerland, this international conference featured a wide number of economic experts and panelists within the international financial industry.
2018-9-12 22:24 | |
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The darknet site founded by Ross Ulbricht, Silk Road, has been offline for years now. But the legal questions behind his conviction and subsequent sentencing to life in prison without the possibility of parole in 2015, remain fresh, raw and real to Ulbricht’s advocates.
2018-7-28 23:38 | |
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This week, Ripple have appointed Kahina Van Dyke as Senior Vice President in Business and Corporate Development. This means that Van Dyke will be responsible for the overall development of Ripple as a business.
2018-7-13 17:30 | |
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This week, leading South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb experienced a major hack, while Mt Gox, the most notorious exchange to be hacked in bitcoin history, is also back in the news.
2018-6-24 20:05 | |
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Musician Imogen Heap is working on her very own blockchain project, Mycelia, that will let musicians store all the information about their songs in one place and so they can easily track payments for their songs.
2018-6-17 10:00 | |
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