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Finance Industry Slams Google’s Crypto Ban As ‘Unethical’ and ‘Unfair’
Finance industry executives have argued that Google’s decision to ban cryptocurrency advertising is not only ill-conceived, but unethical. In Facebook and Twitter have enacted similar bans. The ban covers cryptocurrencies, ICOs, crypto exchanges, crypto wallets and crypto trading advice. Philip Nunn, CEO of Blackmore Group, a Manchester-based investment firm, said that because Googleand Facebook both indicated an interest […]
Breaking: Coinbase ‘On Track’ to Receive SEC Registration, List Blockchain Securities
Cryptocurrency industry giant Coinbase on Wednesday announced that it is “on track” to register with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a broker-dealer, a move which would allow it to list cryptoassets that the agency deems to be securities. In a statement attributed to Coinbase President and COO Asiff Hirji, Coinbase revealed that it has […]
Crypto Exchange Bitfinex Bounces Back after a DDoS Attack
Shortly after completing an unplanned maintenance, Bitfinex suffered a DDoS attack on Tuesday. While it managed to recover in less than 3 hours, users weren’t happy their assets were frozen twice. On June 5, Bitfinex reported its platform was “under heavy load”. Roughly an hour later the exchanged confirmed it was a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) […]
Movers of the Day
Here are top 5 tokens that moved the most in the last 24hours: Binance Coin (BNB) $16,43 USD (12,54%) 0,00216037 BTC (10,06%) 0,02724930 ETH (9,95%) To celebrate Skycoin (SKY) listing on Binance, they have committed a total of 50,000 SKY and 10 Skyminer units to give away to their fans worldwide — their largest competition to date! Users will be ranked in […]
No More Fees? Craig Wright Urges Bitcoin Cash Miners to Process 0 sat/B Transactions
A new initiative seeks to convince bitcoin cash miners to remove the dust limit and being processing a limited number of zero-fee transactions in every block, and it has backing from several high-profile individuals. Announced on Tuesday by nChain Group and CoinGeek, the so-called “Miner’s Choice” initiative asks miners to eliminate the current BCH dust limit, which stipulates […]
Bitcoin the “Last Thing I’d Want to Own” if Grid Goes Down: Short Seller
Cryptocurrency advocates often tout bitcoin as “digital gold,” but famed short seller Jim Chanos said that BTC is the “last thing” he’d want to own in a full-blown crisis. Chanos, who rose to fame by predicting the collapse of US energy giant Enron, made this claim during a recent interview with the Institute for New […]
HitBTC Suspends Japanese Users, Plans to Launch Regulated Crypto Exchange
Citing the need to comply with local regulations, Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange HitBTC has suspended its operations in Japan and has outlined a plan to launch a regulated subsidiary in the coming months. Hong Kong-based HitBTC, the world’s seventh-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, says the precautionary measure to ‘temporarily’ suspended services to Japanese residents is […]
Peoplewave is placing HR on the Blockchain
Wavebase from Peoplewave is looking to bring HR out of the dark ages and revolutionise recruitment, background checks, onboarding, performance reviews and people management by utilising blockchain technology. Two things that blockchains are really good at are transparency and immutability, something sorely lacking in the world of human resources. According to international research 56% […]
ZenCash Latest Altcoin to Suffer 51 Percent Attack
Privacy-centric cryptocurrency ZenCash (ZEN) has become the latest altcoin to succumb to a 51 percent attack, the project’s developers confirmed over the weekend. According to an official statement, a malicious miner successfully executed the attack — as well as at least three double spends — against the cryptocurrency’s network on June 2 at approximately 10:43 pm […]
SEC Appoints New Crypto Chief
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) already has a cryptocurrency task force, and now it’s designated a crypto advisor. The Wall Street regulator has named Valerie A. Szczepanik to spearhead the application of securities laws to “digital asset technology and innovation” across cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings (ICOs). Her appointment seems apropos, considering that Szczepanik was […]