Mastercard Patent Would Put Credit Cards on a Public Blockchain
Via Wolfie Zhao Fri Jun 08 12:25:37 BST 2018
A patent filing from Mastercard explores how to use public blockchains to securely verify card credentials at the point of sale......
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Six Major Banks in Chile Sued by Another Cryptocurrency Exchange
Via Kevin Helms Fri Jun 08 12:05:37 BST 2018
A local cryptocurrency exchange in Chile has reportedly filed a lawsuit against six major banks in the country for abusing their power and quashing its crypto payment business. This lawsuit follows another one filed in Chile against ten banks by a different crypto exchange. Also read: Yahoo! Japan Confirms Entrance Into the Crypto Space Six Banks […]
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Crypto Exchange Coinone’s Margin Trading is Illegal Gambling: Korean Police
Via Samburaj Das Fri Jun 08 11:56:31 BST 2018
ould recommend prosecuting cryptocurrency exchange giant Coinone on charges of illegal gambling. According to a Yonhap report, a southern provincial police department in South Korea has determined that Coinone’s margin trading service is akin to illegal gambling, according to existing … Continued.....
Tagged with #Bitcoin-Crime #News #Coinone #south-korea
Which Way? Bitcoin's Low Volatility May Force Big Move
Via Omkar Godbole Fri Jun 08 11:41:01 BST 2018
Bitcoin could be in for a big move as the daily trading range tightens, but will the bulls or the bears gain the upper hand?.....
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THEKEY MVP/Testnet – Providing Access to Services We Need Most
Via Tom Clancy Fri Jun 08 11:03:24 BST 2018
material included below and isn’t responsible for any damages or losses connected with any products or services mentioned in the press release. CCN urges readers to conduct their own research with due diligence into the company, product or service mentioned … Continued.....
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No Illicit Activities: South Korea’s Biggest Cryptocurrency Exchange Cleared by Government
Via Joseph Young Fri Jun 08 10:42:25 BST 2018
Tax Service (NTS). While the company was ordered to pay $28 million in taxes, the government found no evidence of illicit activities, tax evasion, and suspicious business operations. No Illegal Activity For many months, investors in the local cryptocurrency … Continued.....
Tagged with #Bitcoin-Exchange #Exchanges #News #Bithumb #south-korea #Upbit
PR: How Edgar Allan Poe Inspired a Composer to Build Qravity – a Blockchain Platform for Creatives
Via Bitcoin.com PR Fri Jun 08 10:30:33 BST 2018
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before Lifestyles of the Poor & Famous On January 29, 1845, Edgar Allan Poe became an overnight sensation with the New York Evening Mirror’s publication of a poem that still thrills and haunts readers, listeners, and viewers to this day.
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Switzerland Shows the Way: Bank First to Offer Crypto Business Accounts
Via C. Edward Kelso Fri Jun 08 10:20:29 BST 2018
Switzerland’s legacy bank, Hypothekarbank Lenzburg, announced this week it was accepting cryptocurrency related businesses as account holders, something many legacy financial institutions outright refuse. Long viewed as a progressive society way ahead of its time, the Swiss are once again leading, … this time it’s doing so in the crypto revolution. Also read: Fidelity Investments […]
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Search Giant Baidu Is Launching a Blockchain Space Game
Via Wolfie Zhao Fri Jun 08 10:00:18 BST 2018
The Chinese search giant is this week launching a blockchain game aimed to educate people about possibilities of crypto technology......
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Japan Issues First Official Rejection of Crypto Exchange License Application
Via Samburaj Das Fri Jun 08 09:31:34 BST 2018
ficial rejection of a cryptocurrency exchange application. Announced by Japan’s financial regulator, the Financial Services Agency (FSA) on Thursday, the authority accused Yokohama-based FSHO of being a “corporation that has not established a system to properly and reliably carry out … Continued.....
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Binance Leads $12 Million Investment In AngelList Crypto Spin-Off Republic
Via Brady Dale Fri Jun 08 09:00:58 BST 2018
A platform for managing token sales, spun out of the famed investment platform AngelList, has raised funds from a notable cast of investors......
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Cryptocurrencies Not a Risk to Stability, Russian Study Concludes
Via Lubomir Tassev Fri Jun 08 08:40:24 BST 2018
A study has found that despite their volatility, cryptocurrencies do not endanger the financial system and the economy of Russia, as the risks are offset by the highly concentrated ownership of digital assets. Crypto fluctuations are not believed to affect consumption either. Russian residents have controlled cryptocurrency worth between $7.5 and $14 billion in the […]
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Crypto Auction: $5.6 Million Andy Warhol Art to be Sold via Ethereum Blockchain
Via Shaurya Malwa Fri Jun 08 08:35:38 BST 2018
very day. Stepping aside from its use in financial and industrial sectors, the ethereum blockchain will be utilized in June 2018 to facilitate the auction of Andy Warhol’s 1980 work 14 Small Electric Chairs for cryptocurrencies. The auction will be carried out … Continued.....
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Quebec Halts Crypto Mining Approvals Pending New Restrictions
Via Nikhilesh De Fri Jun 08 08:00:28 BST 2018
Quebec has halted approvals for new cryptocurrency mining operations while it draws up new rules and may raise energy costs......
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BTC Markets Update: Major Symmetrical Triangle Set to Break
Via Samuel Haig Fri Jun 08 07:20:39 BST 2018
The BTC markets are currently testing two major trendlines comprising a major symmetrical triangle. As of this writing, bitcoin appears to be following a major ascending trendline that dates back to mid-2017, whilst simultaneously testing a descending trendline that runs from December’s all-time high of nearly $20,000 USD to the local high of approximately $10,000. […]
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