Canadian Police Seize $1.8 Million in Bitcoin From Alleged Silk Road Drug Dealer
Via David Hundeyin Fri Jul 27 00:35:48 BST 2018
nt by laying claim to $1.8 million worth of bitcoin, which it seized from a convicted drug dealer who allegedly operated under the pseudonym “ MarijuanaIsMyMuse” on the infamous dark web platform Silk Road. The Vancouver Star reports that the.....
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BRICS Summit: Major Banks From Member States Sign MoU on DLT Research
Via Cointelegraph By Max Yakubowski Fri Jul 27 00:34:00 BST 2018
Five major banks from each BRICS member state have agreed to conduct a joint study of blockchain tech implementation.....
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Dispute Erupts Over the Ownership of Bitcoin.org
Via Kai Sedgwick Thu Jul 26 23:45:01 BST 2018
Bitcoin.org, the first bitcoin website ever created, is at the center of a new dispute. Since being established by Satoshi Nakamoto and Martti Malmi, long before the world had ever heard of bitcoin, the site has changed hands and roles a number of times, whilst still serving as a primer on bitcoin core. Now, moves […]
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Crypto ETF Rejection Sends Bitcoin Price Below $8,000
Via Jack Mathis Thu Jul 26 23:40:31 BST 2018
itted by the Winklevoss Twins, the bitcoin price dipped below the $8,000 mark and is now currently teetering back and forth across that psychologically-significant level. CCN reported on the breaking ETF announcement earlier today. About the ETF The announcement comes after the.....
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Swiss Crypto Mining Firm Faces Enforcement Action for Potentially Unauthorized ICO
Via Cointelegraph By Marie Huillet Thu Jul 26 22:48:00 BST 2018
Swiss regulator FINMA has launched enforcement proceedings against crypto mining firm Envion AG for its potentially unauthorized token sale in Dec. 2017-Jan. 2018.....
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Newsflash: Bitcoin Price Slides After SEC Rejects Winklevoss ETF
Via Josiah Wilmoth Thu Jul 26 22:35:01 BST 2018
e Commission (SEC) rejected the Winklevoss twins’ second attempt to create a bitcoin ETF and list it on a regulated stock exchange. The bitcoin price had entered the evening trading at approximately $8,300, a mark it managed to hold until shortly.....
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Winklevoss Brothers Bitcoin ETF Rejected By SEC for Second Time
Via Stan Higgins Thu Jul 26 22:33:17 BST 2018
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has once again rejected an effort by investors Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss to list a bitcoin ETF......
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Mastercard CEO Calls Anonymous Cryptocurrencies 'Junk,’ Again
Via Cointelegraph By Andrew Marshall Thu Jul 26 22:31:00 BST 2018
Mastercard’s CEO says anonymous cryptocurrencies are “junk” and don’t “deserve” to be considered a medium of exchange.....
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U.S. Regulations Round-Up: CFTC Can’t Keep Pace with Crypto, Libertarian Candidate Accepts Bitcoin Donations
Via Samuel Haig Thu Jul 26 22:15:35 BST 2018
In recent regulatory news, the CFTC chairman has warned that the regulator is falling behind its international counterparts with regards to virtual currency and blockchain regulations; a U.S. Congressional bill is advocating the incorporation of cryptocurrencies into the regulatory mandate of FinCEN; and a candidate of the Wisconsin Libertarian Party is accepting donations in the […]
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Winklevoss Twins Bitcoin ETF Application Rejected by SEC
Via Cointelegraph By Andrew Marshall Thu Jul 26 22:10:00 BST 2018
U.S. SEC rejects the Winklevoss’ twins second attempt at applying for a Bitcoin ETF.....
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Samsung: Smartphones are the Most Secure Device When Using Cryptocurrency
Via Joseph Young Thu Jul 26 22:07:55 BST 2018
rtphones are the safest device to use when transacting using cryptocurrency Smartphones Over Laptops Smartphone wallets such as Blockchain and Jaxx are the go-to applications the majority of cryptocurrency users utilize to send and receive payments with digital assets. Joel.....
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EOS Block Producers Vote to Raise RAM Supply to Lower Cost of Running dApps
Via Josiah Wilmoth Thu Jul 26 21:15:56 BST 2018
proposal that has been activated on the fifth-largest cryptocurrency’s network. On Thursday, block producers — the organizations that validate transactions and enforce the rules for the EOS network — voted to double the network’s.....
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South Carolina Ends Cease & Desist Orders Against Crypto Startups
Via Nikhilesh De Thu Jul 26 21:14:17 BST 2018
South Carolina's securities regulator has ended cease-and-desist orders against two blockchain startups, public documents revealed Thursday......
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Major Crypto Assets See Solid Growth, Total Market Cap Holds Above $300 Billion
Via Cointelegraph By Marie Huillet Thu Jul 26 21:10:00 BST 2018
Crypto markets are seeing a healthy flush of green, with Bitcoin above $8,200 and total market cap holding above $300 billion.....
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Canada Central Bank: Bitcoin Safe From 51% Attack, Double Spending
Via C. Edward Kelso Thu Jul 26 20:45:56 BST 2018
Canada’s Central Bank (BOC) released a working paper this month, Incentive Compatibility on the Blockchain. In it, BOC seems to argue the world’s most popular cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, is safe from a 51% attack, double spend scenario through the right incentive structure and proof of work (POW). Also read: Coinbase Flexes Muscle, Creates Political Action Committee […]
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Google Yanked MetaMask From the Chrome Store, Left a Phishing Scam Up
Via David Floyd Thu Jul 26 20:31:03 BST 2018
Scams are an epidemic in the crypto space, and clumsy actions by big tech companies can open up the opportunities, as MetaMask learned recently......
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Swiss Regulator FINMA Launches Investigation into $100 Million ICO
Via Josiah Wilmoth Thu Jul 26 20:04:55 BST 2018
an inquiry into the operations of Envion AG, a blockchain startup that raised more than $100 million through an initial coin offering (ICO). FINMA said that it believes that Envion’s EVN token sale may have violated banking laws by accepting public.....
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Is Berlin a Blockchain Hotspot? Ethereum’s Joseph Lubin Thinks So
Via Caroline Harris Thu Jul 26 20:04:17 BST 2018
More and more countries, cities, and states are adopting blockchain technology. Malta already has, and so has Colorado—and for good reasons, too. Many have said that blockchain will one day surpass crypto, being the brains behind the operation. Until then, areas in the world are going to keep exploring the technology. This week, we saw Joseph Lubin, co-founder of Ethereum, talk about the Berlin blockchain development. Not only that, but he called Germany’s capital “the most important city” in the blockchain industry. But why? Joseph Lubin Talks Blockchain Blockchain may still be in its
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Court Sentences Bitcoin Ransomware Creators to Community Service
Via Anna Baydakova Thu Jul 26 20:00:40 BST 2018
The developers behind the CoinVault and BitCryptor ransomware were sentenced to 240 hours of community service in a Dutch court on Thursday......
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Bitcoin Unlimited Merges Graphene Block Propagation Technology
Via Jamie Redman Thu Jul 26 19:45:42 BST 2018
Over the past week, Bitcoin Cash (BCH) proponents have been discussing ideas like pre-consensus and faster block times. Now, on July 25, the Bitcoin Unlimited (BU) development team has announced merging a block propagation concept called ‘Graphene’ into the BU client. Graphene is a technology that is a fraction of the size of current methods […]
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South Korea’s Financial Watchdog Urges Lawmakers to Move Forward With Crypto Bill
Via Cointelegraph By Marie Huillet Thu Jul 26 19:30:00 BST 2018
Korea’s Financial Services Commission has urged lawmakers to hasten approval of the country’s first crypto bill.....
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Crypto Bank Galaxy Digital Loses $134 Million in Q1
Via Anna Baydakova Thu Jul 26 19:05:58 BST 2018
Crypto investment bank Galaxy Digital lost $134 million in the first quarter of 2018, largely due to declining cryptocurrency prices......
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