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Chinese Officials Propose National Crypto Trading Platform
Wang Pengjie member of China’s top political advisory board has proposed the creation of a national cryptocurrency exchange and other regulatory systems at one of the two annual sessions of China’s top legislative and advisory bodies. Proposition comes after a recent string of crypto bans from China, from blocking foreign exchanges to the September 2017 ban […]
XRP Price is Soaring as new Fake Coinbase Listing Rumors Appear
The XRP price is surging once again. Thanks to solid gains over the past few hours, the XRP price surpassed $1. Most of this excitement is fueled by speculation and hype. Ripple price is gaining momentum quite nicely as of right now. Its 16,66% gain over the past 24 hours is quite bullish according to Coinmarketcap. […]
Over $590 Million Has Been Mistakenly Sent to Ethereum’s Genesis Address
Genesis blocks represent the birth of a new cryptocurrency, it’s the first block that is mined on a new blockchain. Ethereum’s first address is worth over $590 Million in Ethereum and ERC20 tokens at the moment and still counting, that has been sent by mistake or airdropped to the address. As people have been sending BTC to […]
Blockchain and politics in European union| Event recap
On Wednesday, 28.2.2018, there was a great blockchain event in Ljubljana, Slovenia at the faculty of social sciences. It was called Blockchain and politics: opportunity or threat. On the panel were four speakers from a Ph.D. economist to the main staffer of ministry for public administration. The main topic of discussion was the role government […]
Cryptoparty Slovenia
There is cryptoparty in Slovenia! Yesterday was an international conference on digital privacy and security, which was the 5th event since 2015. The main topic of the evening was blockchain in technology, law, politics, and society. There were four main talks and roundtable discussions, we discussed the problems of online surveillance and censorship, surveillance of supervisory authorities, the […]
Ontology Airdrop to NEO holders
The NEO Council manages 10% of ONT tokens and has decided to airdrop 20,000,000 of these tokens to NEO holders. This is both a gift to the community and an effort to support a joint ecosystem. The council will airdrop the tokens in two phases using the same snapshot. The first phase of the Airdrop […]
LitePay Delay the Release of Visa Card
Litecoin’s market value increased when they announced LitePay and Litecoin Visa card. Since then the decision to withdraw the card was announced on Twitter. The creators of Litecoin blamed the ‘hostile actions’ taken by card companies towards cryptocurrencies. Earlier in the year, some card issuers pulled their backing from established cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. It seems […]
Bill Gates thinks cryptocurrencies used for buying drugs
Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and founder of Microsoft stated on Reddit cryptocurrencies are “a rare technology that has caused deaths in a fairly direct way” during an “Ask Me Anything” session. Gates wrote: “The main feature of crypto currencies is their anonymity. I don’t think this is a good thing. The Government’s ability […]
Poloniex Has Been Bought by Circle company backed by Goldman Sachs
Internet Financial, a mobile payments company Circle had bought major US-based cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex for $400 mln. Poloniex ranked as the 14th largest crypto exchange by CoinMarketCap.com. It says on its website that the U.S.-based company was formed in January 2014 by Tristan D’Agosta Founder and Chief Executive Officer. Who is Circle and why did they buy Poloniex ? One […]
Porsche has successfully tested and implemented blockchain in their cars
Porsche has become the first automobile manufacturer to successfully tested and implemented blockchain in their cars. After developing and testing applications over the past three months, the German automobile manufacturer has introduced blockchain technology into the Porsche Panamera. The Ethereum-based blockchain applications successfully tested so far include locking and unlocking the vehicle using a decentralized […]