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Drone footage offers a peek at the devastating effects of California’s wildfires

As millions of American’s cozied up to a weekend of turkey sandwiches, California’s firefighters were just settling into their own beds at night. Some for the first time in weeks. After a historic fire season — made only more historic after following up last year’s record-setting fire season, which bested the previous record-setting fire season, and so on — the state’s firefighters finally have a reason to settle in for a much-needed nap. дальше »

2018-11-27 05:15


The panic over lethal automated weapons systems is unfounded, and could be dangerous

Killer robots sound pretty scary. But we might be overlooking a few key aspects about their benefits, or at the very least, we’re looking at them the wrong way. To get more specific, I’m talking about lethal autonomous weapons systems (or LAWs), which are autonomous military robots that are designed to find and engage with specific targets based on their programming. дальше »

2018-11-24 11:55


Ethereum devs working on secret upgrade to solve its scaling woes

A small group of Ethereum developers had a rendezvous to discuss a previously undisclosed upgrade that could streamline the scaling of the blockchain. The solution will purportedly be called “Ethereum 1x,” but the developers are reluctant to share more details as it is still too early-stage, people familiar with the matter told CoinDesk. дальше »

2018-11-24 18:53


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Spain: Financial Watchdog Intensifies Efforts to Make Cryptocurrency Holders Pay Tax

It may soon no longer be business as usual for bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins investors in Spain as the nation’s tax authority, the Agencia Estatal de Administracion Tributaria (AEAT), has reportedly identified at least 15,000 distributed ledger technology (DLT) based virtual currency holders and is now set to make them pay taxes, reported Finance Magnates on November 20, 2018. дальше »

2018-11-22 01:00


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Decentralized Exchanges Under Fire: SEC Strikes Again

Decentralized exchanges may be the wave of the future. But that is increasingly looking like a distant future, at least if recent regulatory action is any indication. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s rebuke of EtherDelta, a smart contract-fueled decentralized exchange for ether and Ethereum-based tokens, sent smoke signals to the crypto industry that peer-to-peer trading […] The post Decentralized Exchanges Under Fire: SEC Strikes Again appeared first on Crypto Briefing. дальше »

2018-11-22 22:23


Newly Formed Circuit Capital Crypto Hedge Fund Remains Extremely Bullish on Bitcoin’s Potential

Despite the falling prices of almost all of today's premier digital currencies, there is no denying that the use and overall adoption of altcoins has increased quite significantly all through 2018— at least that’s the point-of-view that the four founders of Circuit Capital, a new cryptocurrency hedge fund based in San Francisco, hold. The aforementioned […] дальше »

2018-11-15 05:04


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New Exchange Security Scoring Model Offers Insurance Rates for Coin Holders

International cybersecurity solutions provider Group-IB has come up with a scoring model to grade crypto exchanges based on their level of security. The scoring model was created by Group-IB in conjunction with Swiss-based Cryptolns (which is operated by Swiss insurance broker APIS AS), and the grading is intrinsic to CryptoIns’ new cryptocurrency exchange insurance, which will allow exchange users to cover up to 15 BTC worth of digital assets held in their exchange accounts. дальше »

2018-11-13 00:43


Withdrawing Crypto to Fiat From Bitfinex Now Costs Close to PayPal

Converting crypto to fiat is not cheap anymore, at least on Bitfinex. The Hong Kong-based digital assets exchange on Sunday updated its fee structure for high-frequency wire withdrawals. It effectively imposed a 3 percent commission cut on all external wire withdrawal requests that would exceed 1) more than two fiat withdrawals in any thirty day period,. дальше »

2018-11-12 17:50


Overstock’s Shares Q3 Results And Opens Medici Ventures’ Bitsy Wallet Access

Internet retail platform, Overstock.com, recently published its third-quarterly financial report for 2018 (and the numbers were quite impressive to say the least). Additionally, via a separate announcement, Overstock’s VC subsidiary, ‘Medici Ventures’, announced that it would soon be providing customers with access to Bitsy’s digital wallet (thus allowing them with more financial freedom and flexibility). […] дальше »

2018-11-12 08:18


Venezuela to Introduce Petro to OPEC

The Venezuelan government remains firm in its decision to position Petro as an internationally recognized cryptocurrency, and although up to now the results have not been very noticeable, the government seems to be working hard on the consolidation of Venezuela as a crypto-nation (or at least that is what its announcements attempt to prove) In […] The post Venezuela to Introduce Petro to OPEC appeared first on Ethereum World News. дальше »

2018-11-12 22:43


Chinese Cities Foshan and Zhongshan Use Blockchain to Track Offenders on Parole

The blockchain technology meant freedom to a lot of people. However, in some cases, it is also being used to limit the freedom of certain people. Now, at least two Chinese cities have decided to use the blockchain technology in order to track offenders on provisional parole. The city of Foshan and Zhongshan have decided […] дальше »

2018-11-10 01:23


Thailand Gets Ready For Its First Certified ICO Portal As Crypto Friendly Adoption Continues

Thailand Gets Ready For Its First ICO Portal The securities regulator of Thailand has affirmed that at least one Initial Coin Offering (ICO) portal will be opened in the country in November. Rapee Sucharitakul, the secretary general of Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has affirmed that ICOs will possibly start to be regulated in […] дальше »

2018-11-10 23:21