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No Bitcoin ETF Before Important Changes to BTC Markets: SEC Chairman

December 1, 2018 0 0

SEC Chairman Jay Clayton has claimed that bitcoin exchanges lack sufficient transparency and monitoring for the market to see approved Bitcoin Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). According to CNBC, at the Consensus Invest Conference in New York City recently, Clayton said: What investors expect is that trading in the commodity that underlies that ETF makes sense and […]

BP And Shell’s Blockchain-Based Oil Trading Platform Goes Live

November 30, 2018 0 0

A blockchain-based trading platform that could assist oil majors and trading firms to drastically reduce costs is now operational. Known as Vakt, the platform which was created last year by a consortium consisting of Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell and British Petroleum (BP), went live on Wednesday, according to Reuters. Other members of the consortium include global commodity […]

ISIS Recruit who Used Bitcoin to Finance Terror Group Could get 20 Years in Jail

November 30, 2018 0 0

A Pakistani-American woman who bought bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies using fraudulently obtained credit cards before wiring the funds to ISIS has pled guilty to charges of offering financial support to a terrorist organization. According to court filings, Zoobia Shahnaz made a couple of wire transactions last year to fronts for the Islamic terror outfit ISIS in China, […]

Bitcoin Deflated Like a ‘Soap Bubble’: Russian Economy Minister

November 30, 2018 0 0

Russian Economic Development Minister Maksim Oreshkin has stated that while bitcoin has deflated like a “soap bubble,” it has impacted the world positively by boosting investment in new technologies. Speaking to the media on Wednesday at Russia Calling, an investment forum organised by VTB Capital, Oreshkin said that despite the woes of the crypto market, the conversation […]

Manila Residents Paid in Ethereum For Cleaning Up Philippines’ Polluted Beaches

November 29, 2018 0 0

A decentralized application (dApp) based on the Ethereum (ETH) network will begin rewarding residents of Manila, the Philippines, with ETH for cleaning up a heavily polluted beach in the capital city of the nation. Joseph Lubin, an Ethereum co-creator and the CEO of ConsenSys, the largest blockchain software development firm in the world, said: “In Manila, participants will be paid in ETH […]

Former Huobi Executive Floats New Cryptocurrency Exchange in Singapore

November 29, 2018 0 0

It would seem that tech entrepreneurs like James Ju aren’t put off by the current state of the cryptocurrency market, so much so that he has rounded up a group of investors to fund his latest venture of opening a crypto exchange. Ju, who worked as the Chief Technical Officer at Huobi, recently announced that he would […]

South Korea to Test Blockchain-based Voting Prior to Integration with Online Voting

November 29, 2018 0 0

Blockchain voting could soon be a reality in South Korea if the trial on a system based on distributed ledger technology turns out successfully. According to The Korea Times, the development of the blockchain-based voting system will be completed in December. The system which is the brainchild of South Korea’s National Election Commission and the Ministry of Science […]

Renowned Israeli Crypto Entrepreneur Moshe Hogeg Accused of Misusing ICO Funds

November 28, 2018 0 0

One of Israel’s leading entrepreneurs in the cryptocurrency field, Moshe Hogeg, is facing accusations of embezzling funds raised from two Initial Coin Offerings consequently rendering the company for which the funds were raised for insolvent. As a result, 17 individuals who claim to be shareholders of IDC Investdotcom Holdings, the company associated with Hogeg and which is […]

Huobi Launches Multi-Stablecoin HUSD

November 28, 2018 0 0

For some, perhaps the only thing better than a stablecoin is a universal stablecoin – one that’s usable wherever stablecoins are accepted. That’s what Huobi has launched in its new HUSD token, which supports four major stablecoins: Gemini Dollar, Paxos Standard, USDCoin, and True USD. The function is simple enough – by holding HUSD, users […]

WaterChain Chairman: Cryptocurrencies Will Create An Entirely New Economy

November 28, 2018 0 0

Riggs Eckelberry is the CEO of OriginClear, a company which provides water treatment solutions, and Chairman of WaterChain, a token project which works to crowdsource water funding in an effort to alleviate suffering as a result of the ongoing global water crisis, which isn’t scheduled to get any better as populations increase. In a recent Forbes op-ed, […]