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Billionaire Warren Buffett Remains Clueless About Bitcoin, Calls It ‘Delusional’
Warren Buffet has blasted bitcoin again, calling it a “delusion. ” Speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box, he said: “Bitcoin has no unique value at all. It doesn’t produce anything. You can stare at it all day and no little bitcoins come out. дальше »
2019-2-25 17:21 | |
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Hong Kong Is The New Home For Ethereum Blockchain Software Company ConsenSys
Ever since the last quarter of 2018 things have been hard for the entire industry. A lack of market trust is exasperated by a general sense of uncertainty. Yet the last new year has seen a decided change in mood. дальше »
2019-2-24 15:01 | |
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IBM Exec Forecasts a Million-Dollar Bitcoin — When a Sat Will Equal a Cent
An IBM executive is unfazed by the current market realities, saying he sees Bitcoin (BTC) reaching a value of $1 million as a present possibility. Jesse Lund, vice president of Blockchain and Digital Currencies at IBM, shared his predictions at the IBM Think 2019 Conference, which took place February 12–15, 2019. дальше »
2019-2-23 00:42 | |
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New Video Streaming Service Plans to Use Coil To Provide Premium Content
When Coil was launched by the former Chief Technology Officer at Ripple, Stefan Thomas, he explained that one of the goals of the project was to provide an open marketplace that made it easy for. . дальше »
2019-2-22 17:37 | |
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Coinbase Deems “Replay Protection” as Essential During Hard Forks to Protect Customer Funds
In a recent Coinbase blog post written by their very own engineer, Breck Stodghill, the need for replay protection – especially during a hard fork – was explained. In particular, Coinbase has implemented replay protection through what they refer to as, “dust mixing”. дальше »
2019-2-21 16:29 | |
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Gladius Network ICO Issuer Settles with the SEC for $12.7 Million Unregistered Securities Offering
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has agreed to terms of a settlement with the crypto start-up Gladius Network LLC the SEC announced Wednesday. Charges included running an unregistered security offering within the U. дальше »
2019-2-21 00:01 | |
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Will This Vulnerability Finally Compel Bitmain to Open Source Its Firmware?
As if Bitmain’s year hasn’t been rough enough, having posted big losses and laying off entire departments, its flagship product now has a firmware vulnerability. A few weeks ago, Bitcoin Core contributor James Hilliard discovered an exploit in Bitmain’s S15 firmware. дальше »
2019-2-21 23:44 | |
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Oops: Binance Accidentally Gives Away BitTorrent Tokens During Testing
It seems that Binance can’t catch a break when it comes to bugs: the exchange recently experienced a minor mishap while testing one of its upcoming token sales. Apparently, Binance inadvertently distributed BitTorrent Tokens (BTT) to users who were not supposed to receive those funds. дальше »
2019-2-21 21:09 | |
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How to choose the right musical instrument for you
This is the second article in a series imploring STEM workers, students, and entrepreneurs to learn to create music. The first article explained why playing an instrument or producing music has many benefits beyond just those associated with listening to music. дальше »
2019-2-20 19:59 | |
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Elon Musk: ‘Bitcoin’s Structure is Brilliant’ But Not For Tesla
Sorry — Elon Musk may like Bitcoin, but Tesla isn’t getting involved with cryptocurrencies anytime soon. Nevertheless, the CEO of SpaceX believes BTC has its pros (and cons). On a podcast with ARK Invest, Musk explained that Bitcoin and Tesla simply don’t mix. дальше »
2019-2-20 16:00 | |
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Tesla Founder Elon Musk Believes that Bitcoin is Better than Paper Money, and Here’s Why
CoinSpeaker Tesla Founder Elon Musk Believes that Bitcoin is Better than Paper Money, and Here’s Why Saying that he believes in Bitcoin, Musk also explained why his companies are not yet involved in using and applying this technology. дальше »
2019-2-20 12:04 | |
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SEC to Review NYSE Arca Bitwise Bitcoin ETF Proposal
Yet another journey to launch a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) has begun. According to a published notice, the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has begun reviewing a proposed rule change for a bitcoin ETF filed by NYSE Arca and Bitwise. дальше »
2019-2-18 18:46 | |
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Charlie Lee Breaks Down the Fungibility of Litecoin (LTC) and Bitcoin (BTC)
Lee, the LTC creator recently explained the fungible nature of BTC and LTC during a crypto show. Samson Mow, the Blockstream CSO, also chipped in and talked about tainted coins. Before talking about the fungible nature of BTC and LTC, Lee talked about why privacy and fungibility were important. He said that this would be […] дальше »
2019-2-14 20:38 | |
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Why it’s High Time for Millennial Crypto Investors to Go All-in on Bitcoin
One of the world’s most prominent cryptocurrency investors has thrown even more weight behind bitcoin, claiming virtually all other cryptocurrencies will die a painful death. Barry Silbert, CEO of Digital Currency Group and Grayscale Investments, says the flagship cryptocurrency has already won the race to become digital gold. дальше »
2019-2-15 20:28 | |
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Freelancers on Traditional Platforms Can Now Invoice in Bitcoin Via Bitwage
In the current freelancing industry, many platforms only allow independent contractors to use one bank account. In addition to restricting freelancers to the use of fiat only, this can also cause significant lag times when employees work with companies overseas. дальше »
2019-2-15 20:14 | |
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Binance Expands its Stablecoin Pairs with USDS/USDT, USDS/PAX, USDS/TUSD and USDS/USDC
In the world of crypto-trading, there are two schools of thought when it comes to the role played by stablecoins. The first group of traders welcome the idea of stablecoins such as Tether (USDT), True USD (TUSD), Paxos Standard (PAX) and more. дальше »
2019-2-13 19:05 | |
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Exclusive: Bitcoin Cash Developer Amaury Sechet Comes Clean on Satoshi Claims
CCN finally caught up with Bitcoin Cash lead developer Amaury Sechet, who recently graced our headlines with a bit of a stunt: claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto. Amaury Sechet: I Didn’t Create Bitcoin Obviously, this was our first question for him. дальше »
2019-2-12 22:53 | |
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Western Union Acknowledges Experiments With Ripple Tech
A senior executive at Western Union has announced the company is getting “ready” for a surge in cryptocurrencies, and is currently trialing some of the technology developed by Ripple Labs for use in its settlements services. дальше »
2019-2-12 22:14 | |
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Crypto Pioneer Mark Jeffrey is Sure that Bitcoin will Reach $250k, and Here’s Why
CoinSpeaker Crypto Pioneer Mark Jeffrey is Sure that Bitcoin will Reach $250k, and Here’s Why Bitcoin pioneer, Mark Jeffrey, who published "Bitcoin Explained Simply" (2013) and "The Case For Bitcoin" (2015), bets that Bitcoin will multiply surpass the earlier highs seen towards the end of December 2017. дальше »
2019-2-11 15:20 | |
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Bitcoin Pioneer: Next BTC Price ‘Act’ Will See $250K
Mark Jeffrey, author of 2013 book, ‘Bitcoin Explained Simply’, remains bullish on the future of bitcoin, despite the current climate. Drawing analogies to a supercharged dot-com boom-and-bust cycle, he predicted future growth to a price of $250,000. дальше »
2019-2-11 23:00 | |
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BlockTower Exec: Bitcoin Unlikely To Get Ousted By Fast, Feature-Rich Crypto Assets
Ari Paul, the managing partner of crypto asset investment group BlockTower, recently took to Twitter to make an intriguing claim: Bitcoin (BTC), the asset, is bigger than its own underlying blockchain. дальше »
2019-2-10 00:00 | |
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BitMEX Explains Reason for Recent Malfunction on the Trading Platform of API Timeouts
A trading platform for cryptocurrency derivatives, BitMEX, has announced the reason for the recent malfunctions noticed by users using its services. A report published on its official blog explained that the error was caused by slow API responses which eventually led to API Timeouts. дальше »
2019-2-9 22:31 | |
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The Fight to Return “Stolen” Mt. Gox Funds to Victims
Actor and cryptocurrency advocate Brock Pierce explained the goals and challenges facing ‘Gox Rising’, an initiative to return Mt. Gox victims their stolen investments in an interview with TechCrunch, February 7, 2019. дальше »
2019-2-9 18:00 | |
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Binance Chain Will Charge ‘Close’ To $100K to List New Coins
The CEO of Binance, Changpeng Zhao, revealed that the company’s decentralized exchange (DEX), Binance Chain, will charge ‘close’ to $100,000 for listing new coins. $100K Listing Fee Set ‘Deliberately’ In a 45-minute live ask-me-anything (AMA), CEO of Binance, Changpeng Zhao, said that there will be a listing fee for new coins on the company’s DEX – Binance Chain. дальше »
2019-2-9 14:00 | |
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Cryptocurrency Exchanges Could be a Dangerous trap for your Digital Assets
Not long ago, the many reports to create awareness to cryptocurrency investors on the very big gap that lies in storing digital assets on the exchange platforms were better explained by true-life experience. дальше »
2019-2-8 17:50 | |
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Raspberry Pi’s Eben Upton opens up about the future of retail
Retail is dying. The latest figures paint a dismal figure for the UK high street, with shops closing at an average rate of 14 per day. The thing is, I’m not sure anyone’s told the Raspberry Pi Foundation. дальше »
2019-2-7 03:01 | |
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How WhatsApp fights spam without ever reading your messages
There are more than 1. 5 billion people using WhatsApp, and sadly, some of them are your relatives spamming you with bad jokes and flowery ‘good morning’ messages. Then there are other kinds of spammers, bots, and people, who try to clutter your message box with automated messages. дальше »
2019-2-6 14:20 | |
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Zcash Fixes And Discloses Vulnerabilities That Would Allow For Infinite ZEC Counterfeiting
The Zcash team has recently discovered and fixed a huge vulnerability of its system. Now, the team explained all about it on its official site. This vulnerability would have allowed hackers to counterfeit ZEC on the network, which would be a huge problem for the company. By using this bug, someone could print infinite ZEC […] дальше »
2019-2-6 04:52 | |
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Philippines Announces New Cryptocurrency Regulations
The Philippines has announced new regulations to govern crypto assets. According to the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (Ceza), a government regulator, the new regulations cover areas around the acquisition of cryptocurrencies, including utility and security tokens. дальше »
2019-2-6 03:25 | |
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Philippines Announces New Cryptoccurency Regulations
The Philippines has announced new regulations to govern crypto assets. According to the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (Ceza), a government regulator, the new regulations cover areas around the acquisition of cryptocurrencies, including utility and security tokens. дальше »
2019-2-6 03:25 | |
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Without Regulation ICOs Unlikely to Disrupt Venture Capital According to OECD
In its January report, the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) explained some of the intricacies of ICOs in modern finance. Although ICOs still offer advantages for startups, it comes at a steep cost. дальше »
2019-2-4 01:57 | |
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Binance CEO: Crypto Cheaper, Faster & Easier Than Legacy Digital Payments
Crypto, Bitcoin (BTC) included, is slow, expensive, and hard to integrate, cry this industry’s skeptics. While this argument has gained traction in recent years, especially as blockchains struggled to keep up with the transactional demand seen in late-2017, some aren’t all too convinced. дальше »
2019-2-4 00:00 | |
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OAX: DEX With Reported 1K TPS Hopes For Mass Adoption
OAX, a Hong Kong-based decentralized trading platform, announced last Friday they had successfully deployed a new scaling protocol which, they claim, enables it to handle 1,000 transactions per second (tps). дальше »
2019-2-4 19:01 | |
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Remains True to His Prediction: Bitcoin Can Be The Native Currency of the Internet
Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter and the mastermind behind the popular money transfer application “Cash App,” once again shared his optimism about Bitcoin and the influence it will have on the future of society. дальше »
2019-2-3 04:20 | |
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7 Things Apple Could Buy with its Staggering $245 Billion Cash Stockpile
When Apple delivered its quarterly earnings report this week, all eyes were on how severely lagging iPhone sales would eat into the tech giant’s revenue. However, Apple also disclosed that it has a staggering $245 billion in cash on hand, up almost $8 billion from the previous quarter. дальше »
2019-2-3 23:19 | |
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CoinGate Enables XRP Payments for Merchants
The team at CoinGate has announced that the platform now supports XRP payments for Merchants. CoinGate explained that this move was due to the popular demand by the XRP community to have the digital asset accepted for payments at over 4,500 vendors across the net. дальше »
2019-2-2 14:49 | |
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Zilliqa’s Sharding Methods, Briefly Explained
Zilliqa launched its own blockchain yesterday. But how does it work?
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New Mac Malware Can Steal Crypto from Exchanges, Can it be Prevented?
Unit 42, the global threat intelligence team at Palo Alto Network, discovered Mac malware that can steal cookies linked to crypto exchanges and wallets. Although usernames and passwords may not be sufficient to initiate withdrawals at crypto exchanges, if hackers manage to steal a combination of login credentials, web cookies, authentication cookies, and SMS data, it could steal user funds. дальше »
2019-2-2 21:32 | |
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Energy Web Foundation’s Clean, Green, Energy Blockchain Platform [Interview]
Prior to the launch of Ethereum, a faction of its principal founders banded together with seasoned policy professionals, energy sector executives, and academics to explore meaningful use cases for blockchain in energy, a sector they concluded could benefit from the nascent technology. дальше »
2019-2-1 20:20 | |
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This week’s Facebook-Google-Apple drama, explained
With so much happening in the tech world, this week feels like it’s 21 days long. The highlight of the week has been the Facebook–Google–Apple saga that’s seen numerous developments with major privacy implications over just a few hours. дальше »
2019-2-1 14:56 | |
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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 »
2019-1-31 13:15 | |
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Power Ledger’s Blockchain Economist: Cryptocurrency is a $278 Trillion Dollar Opportunity
Anya Nova, a blockchain economist based at Power ledger, weighed in on cryptocurrencies and tokenization, stating that cryptocurrency has the capability to transform societies through tokenization of $278 trillion in assets. дальше »
2019-1-30 19:53 | |
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XRP Army ERRONEOUSLY celebrating R3 and Swift partnership like a big win
Belgium-based global banking network Swift today announced that it plans to integrate R3’s trade finance platform with its own Global Payments Innovation solution (GPI). Speaking at the Paris Fintech Forum, CEO Gottfried Leibbrandt explained that the platforms would merely explore potential integration of their cross border payment solutions. дальше »
2019-1-30 17:44 | |
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Inspired by Unwriter’s Apps, BCH Developers Create Fountainhead Cash
When the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network split last November, prominent platform developer Unwriter decided to focus on building applications for the BSV chain. Since then, a group of BCH developers has forked Unwriter’s 21 Century Motor Company. дальше »
2019-1-29 22:45 | |
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