<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:38:39 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@hessam/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Why Are Portuguese Increasingly Excited About Cryptocurrency Trading: Expert Blog]]></title><description><![CDATA[Portugal’s Central Bank Director Hélder Rosalino said that he didn't consider cryptocurrency a currency or legal tender and hinted that the Central Bank of Portugal has a similar position. His views are]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/altcoinnews/@hessam/why-are-portuguese-increasingly-excited-about-cryptocurrency-trading-expert-blog</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/altcoinnews/@hessam/why-are-portuguese-increasingly-excited-about-cryptocurrency-trading-expert-blog</guid><category><![CDATA[altcoinnews]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hessam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2018 19:03:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[NIST Releases Blockchain Report for Business Beginners]]></title><description><![CDATA[The National Institute of Standards and Technology – a non-regulatory agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce – has released an overview of blockchain technology, aimed to clarify the central characteristics]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/reports/@hessam/nist-releases-blockchain-report-for-business-beginners</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/reports/@hessam/nist-releases-blockchain-report-for-business-beginners</guid><category><![CDATA[reports]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hessam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2018 17:05:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Project to Fight Deficit of Smart Contract Developers]]></title><description><![CDATA[تعداد ارسال های شغلی در LinkedIn مربوط به Blockchain، Cryptocurrency و Bitcoin، طبق داده های قانون بلومبرگ، حداقل چهار برابر در سال 2017 افزایش یافته است. به گفته منابع، انتظار می رود که تعداد این شغل]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blockchainnews/@hessam/new-project-to-fight-deficit-of-smart-contract-developers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blockchainnews/@hessam/new-project-to-fight-deficit-of-smart-contract-developers</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchainnews]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hessam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2018 16:58:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Latest Zcash Ceremony Used Chernobyl Waste]]></title><description><![CDATA[Developers working on the privacy-oriented cryptocurrency zcash have employed nuclear waste from Chernobyl in the network's latest secrecy-assuring ceremony. The devs, Ryan Pierce and Andrew Miller, held]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/zcash/@hessam/latest-zcash-ceremony-used-chernobyl-waste</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/zcash/@hessam/latest-zcash-ceremony-used-chernobyl-waste</guid><category><![CDATA[zcash]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hessam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2018 16:42:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crypto-Mining Malware Epidemic: 55% of Businesses Affected Worldwide, Including YouTube]]></title><description><![CDATA[Another case of “cryptojacking” was detected on YouTube and resolved by Google over the course of this week, Ars Technica reported Friday, Jan. 26. According to the report, anonymous hackers have managed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoinnews/@hessam/crypto-mining-malware-epidemic-55-of-businesses-affected-worldwide-including-youtube</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoinnews/@hessam/crypto-mining-malware-epidemic-55-of-businesses-affected-worldwide-including-youtube</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoinnews]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hessam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2018 16:32:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Ethereum-Based Platform to Improve Governance Services]]></title><description><![CDATA[Huge amounts of money are being poured into attempting to resolve institutionalized flaws within government service delivery. As recently as November 2017, the government of the UK committed £20 mln]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blockchinnews/@hessam/new-ethereum-based-platform-to-improve-governance-services</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blockchinnews/@hessam/new-ethereum-based-platform-to-improve-governance-services</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchinnews]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hessam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2018 17:02:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[European Central Bank ‘Expects’ Crypto Regulation Focus At G20 In March]]></title><description><![CDATA[The European Central Bank (ECB) says it “expects” cryptocurrency regulation to be high on the agenda at the G20 Summit in Buenos Aires this March. In comments at an event during the ongoing World Economic]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@hessam/european-central-bank-expects-crypto-regulation-focus-at-g20-in-march</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@hessam/european-central-bank-expects-crypto-regulation-focus-at-g20-in-march</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hessam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2018 15:28:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[GBP/USD forecast: remains overbought despite yesterday's sharp retreat, US GDP in focus]]></title><description><![CDATA[The GBP/USD pair steadily moved higher through the European session on Friday and recovered a major part of previous session's sharp retracement of over 250-pips from fresh post-Brexit highs. A goodish]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/forex/@hessam/gbp-usd-forecast-remains-overbought-despite-yesterday-s-sharp-retreat-us-gdp-in-focus</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/forex/@hessam/gbp-usd-forecast-remains-overbought-despite-yesterday-s-sharp-retreat-us-gdp-in-focus</guid><category><![CDATA[forex]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hessam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2018 12:55:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brisbane Airport to Launch In-Terminal Cryptocurrency Payments]]></title><description><![CDATA[Australia's Brisbane Airport has announced it will roll out cryptocurrency payments within the terminal shopping areas. The new payment system, provided by cryptocurrency travel firm TravelbyBit, will]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/payments/@hessam/brisbane-airport-to-launch-in-terminal-cryptocurrency-payments</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/payments/@hessam/brisbane-airport-to-launch-in-terminal-cryptocurrency-payments</guid><category><![CDATA[payments]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hessam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2018 12:29:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Report: North Korean Hackers Stole Funds From South Korean Cryptocurrency Exchanges]]></title><description><![CDATA[US cybersecurity firm Recorded Future has released a new report linking Lazarus, a North Korean hacking group, to various South Korean cryptocurrency exchange hacking attacks and security breaches. In]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoinnews/@hessam/new-report-north-korean-hackers-stole-funds-from-south-korean-cryptocurrency-exchanges</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoinnews/@hessam/new-report-north-korean-hackers-stole-funds-from-south-korean-cryptocurrency-exchanges</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoinnews]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hessam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2018 17:51:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bitconnect Closes Virtually Its Entire Operation, BCC Token Drops 87%]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bitconnect has formally closed its lending platform and cryptocurrency exchange following warnings from Texas and North Carolina regulators. The Bitconnect Coin (BCC) digital currency is down 87% today]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@hessam/bitconnect-closes-virtually-its-entire-operation-bcc-token-drops-87</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@hessam/bitconnect-closes-virtually-its-entire-operation-bcc-token-drops-87</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hessam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2018 09:17:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[BitPay Issues Statement On Visa Card Discontinuation: Money Safe, Refunds Pending]]></title><description><![CDATA[BitPay, one of the companies affected by Visa suspending the status of the WaveCrest debit card provider this Friday, has released an announcement about the event today, on Saturday. In the statement,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@hessam/bitpay-issues-statement-on-visa-card-discontinuation-money-safe-refunds-pending</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@hessam/bitpay-issues-statement-on-visa-card-discontinuation-money-safe-refunds-pending</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hessam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2018 17:00:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Visa Cracks Down on Bitcoin Debit Cards in Europe, Providers Say]]></title><description><![CDATA[Visa, the payments giant, ordered cryptocurrency debit card providers to suspend their services on Friday, according to three of the affected companies. Bitcoin payments processor BitPay announced in a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitpay/@hessam/visa-cracks-down-on-bitcoin-debit-cards-in-europe-providers-say</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitpay/@hessam/visa-cracks-down-on-bitcoin-debit-cards-in-europe-providers-say</guid><category><![CDATA[bitpay]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hessam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2018 17:41:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bitcoin Miners Could Face Power Restrictions in China]]></title><description><![CDATA[China has long been a bastion of cryptocurrency mining supremacy due to a surplus of power in the country. Some of the world’s largest mining groups, including the likes of Bitmain’s Antpool, BTCC, BW]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@hessam/bitcoin-miners-could-face-power-restrictions-in-china</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@hessam/bitcoin-miners-could-face-power-restrictions-in-china</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hessam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2018 15:49:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ICOs Raised $4 Bln in 2017, What 2018 Has in Store]]></title><description><![CDATA[2017 has definitely been a record-breaking year for ICOs: a fiat equivalent of some $4 bln have been raised, and the number of successful token placements have increased to a couple of hundreds globally.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@hessam/icos-raised-usd4-bln-in-2017-what-2018-has-in-store</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@hessam/icos-raised-usd4-bln-in-2017-what-2018-has-in-store</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hessam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2018 10:47:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[BitPay Stops Processing Payments Less Than $100, Backpedals Two Days Later]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bitcoin payment service provider BitPay has announced Friday, Dec. 22, that it is updating the minimum payment amount on its platform from $5 to $100, only to retract the change two days later, as reported]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@hessam/bitpay-stops-processing-payments-less-than-usd100-backpedals-two-days-later</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@hessam/bitpay-stops-processing-payments-less-than-usd100-backpedals-two-days-later</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hessam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 Dec 2017 13:39:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Overstock's TZERO ICO Yet to Launch as Token Sale Stalls Unexpectedly]]></title><description><![CDATA[A planned initial coin offering (ICO) for Overstock blockchain subsidiary tZERO, scheduled to go live at midnight Monday, has yet to launch as originally anticipated. While little is known about the now]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/overstock/@hessam/overstock-s-tzero-ico-yet-to-launch-as-token-sale-stalls-unexpectedly</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/overstock/@hessam/overstock-s-tzero-ico-yet-to-launch-as-token-sale-stalls-unexpectedly</guid><category><![CDATA[overstock]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hessam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2017 23:10:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[$600 Billion: Cryptocurrency Market Cap Sets New Record]]></title><description><![CDATA[The total cryptocurrency market capitalization rose above $600 billion for the first time today. Data from CoinMarketCap.com shows that the capitalization rose as high as $603.3 billion, crossing $600]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@hessam/usd600-billion-cryptocurrency-market-cap-sets-new-record</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@hessam/usd600-billion-cryptocurrency-market-cap-sets-new-record</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hessam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2017 21:18:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Transformed Role of Government in the Blockchain Era]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dr. Aisha Bin Bishr is director general at Smart Dubai Office, a city-wide initiative to transform Dubai into the world's smartest and happiest city. The following article is an exclusive contribution]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dubai/@hessam/the-transformed-role-of-government-in-the-blockchain-era</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dubai/@hessam/the-transformed-role-of-government-in-the-blockchain-era</guid><category><![CDATA[dubai]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hessam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2017 21:09:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bull Market Breather? Bitcoin Retreats After Run on $20k]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bitcoin is trading on the back foot today following the bullish debut of futures on the CME. Having clocked a new all-time high of $19,783 at 12:14 GMT yesterday, CoinDesk's Bitcoin Price Index (BPI) is]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/prices/@hessam/bull-market-breather-bitcoin-retreats-after-run-on-usd20k</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/prices/@hessam/bull-market-breather-bitcoin-retreats-after-run-on-usd20k</guid><category><![CDATA[prices]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hessam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2017 20:58:15 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>