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FATF ‘Absurd’ Bitcoin Exchange Rules Will Reduce Crime, Researchers Admit

The FATF ‘Travel Rule’ that cryptocurrency proponents have described as “absurd” will result in a mass shift to compliance among Bitcoin exchanges, new data claims. FATF Rules Move Closer To Law In a report issued on September 9, Crystal Analytics, the dedicated offshoot of mining giant Bitfury, forecast possible consequences of cryptocurrency rules likely to become law across the globe by June 2020. дальше »

2019-9-10 16:00


Tether drags itself into another conundrum as stablecoin clogs up Ethereum’s network

The world’s largest altcoin’s blockchain is apparently suffering from a case of network saturation. Last week, Vitalik Buterin had stated that the Ethereum blockchain was getting full, adding that the consequences leading up to this situation would be higher transaction fees, something which may breach the affordability factor (make it expensive, basically) for some users. дальше »

2019-8-28 21:30


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Apple will soon treat online web tracking the same as a security vulnerability

Apple is taking a hard stance on online privacy with a new anti-tracking policy in Safari. The iPhone maker has published a “WebKit Tracking Prevention Policy” that goes into specifics about the types of anti-tracking methods it has developed, the practices it believes are harmful to users, and the unintended consequences of those preventive countermeasures. дальше »

2019-8-16 09:39


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The best way to make money out of Libra? Put a bet on it not launching on time

Facebook’s digital currency Libra is looking less and less likely to launch next year as originally planned. Policy expert, Angela Walch from University College London’s Centre for Blockchain Technologies told Quartz: “The odds that Libra receives regulatory approval anytime soon (ie, in the next six-12 months) are quite low. дальше »

2019-7-25 15:44


Iran’s Nuclear Tantrum Could Be a Game-Changer for US Businesses

Iran has admitted that it actively violates embargoes and treaties against its developing nuclear weapons or technology. The tiny country in the Middle East has become an increasing headache for the United States as it develops its nuclear ambitions in plain sight despite being told repeatedly that this could lead to severe consequences. дальше »

2019-7-2 21:45


G20 Policymakers to Discuss Regulations Proposed by Crypto Industry

As world leaders start arriving for the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, policymakers and crypto industry representatives are convening at another summit to discuss the implications of proposed global standards for crypto assets and service providers, as well as solutions that will minimize unintended consequences of implementing these standards. дальше »

2019-6-27 14:05


Sidechains vs Plasma vs Sharding

Special thanks to Jinglan Wang for review and feedback One question that often comes up is: how exactly is sharding different from sidechains or Plasma? All three architectures seem to involve a hub-and-spoke architecture with a central “main chain” that serves as the consensus backbone of the system, and a set of “child” chains containing actual user-level transactions. дальше »

2019-6-14 04:03


SEC’s Hester Peirce urges crypto-community to ‘walk the regulators through the technology’

The uncertain regulatory climate with respect to the cryptocurrency ecosystem has led to detrimental consequences, with the geofencing of crypto-tokens by Poloniex being a recent example.  The Commissioner of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, Hester Peirce, had previously expressed her fears regarding the delay of the same. дальше »

2019-6-4 21:30


Your business passed the GDPR challenge — but SCA is next

Europe is bracing itself for a big shake-up in how we pay for things online, which will have significant consequences for businesses across the region. Similar to how GDPR hugely impacted how millions of organizations handle personal data when it was enforced last year, Strong Customer Authentication (or SCA) will have profound implications for how businesses handle online transactions and how we pay for things in our everyday lives when it is enforced on September 14. дальше »

2019-5-10 12:00


The digital farming revolution will cost workers their power, dignity, and possibly their jobs

There’s a lot of talk about digital technology and smart cities, but what about smart farms? Many of us still have a romantic view of farmers surveying rolling hills and farm kids cuddling calves, but our food in Canada increasingly comes from industrial-scale factory farms and vast glass and steel forests of greenhouses. дальше »

2019-4-30 15:59


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Assange and Bitcoin (BTC), Consequences of the Arrest

The betrayal of Julian Assange by the Ecuadorian president named Lenin Moreno could pursue several goals at once. The first and obvious – for the reward, the Ecuadorian leader thus contributed to the weakening of public attention to the disgraceful farce of brexit at its most acute stage. But there are several other aspects, including […] дальше »

2019-4-16 17:14