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Tom Nyarunda is a full-time freelance journalist, motivational speaker, and entrepreneur based in Kenya, East Africa. He specializes in writing content and breaking news for blockchain and cryptocurrency including related online content like landing pages, blog posts, press releases, and social media posts. Tom believes in the power of blockchain and cryptocurrency to disrupt the current systems and makes his contribution to the space “one word at a time.”
Ripple, one of the leading cross-border blockchain-based payment systems is now among the founding members of the International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications (INATBA). This according to April 1, 2019, tweet by Ripple CEO, Brad Garlinghouse. Crucial Time for DLT Formed by the European Union (EU), INATBA is part of...
The Swiss SIX Stock Exchange announced on April 2, 2019, that it has listed an XRP-based Exchange Traded Product (ETP) called Amun Ripple under the ticker symbol AXRP. The newly listed financial product is the first ever XRP ETP in the market and will track the price of Ripple's cryptocurrency....
Though China may have banned cryptocurrency trading and initial coin offerings (ICOs), a new report shows that the country leads the world in blockchain projects, accounting for at least 25 percent of all ongoing blockchain projects. This according to an April 2, 2019 report from China.org. A Range Of...
According to April 1, 2019, report by Binance Research, a number of design flaws have been discovered in predictions-market platform Augur that can easily be exploited by malicious persons to defraud genuine users out of their staked tokens. The report posits that low volumes have made the Ethereum-based decentralized predictions...
According to April 1, 2019, posting on the Federal Government's official jobs portal USAJobs, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is plannng to recruit a crypto specialist attorney advisor. The crypto specialist will offer expertise and coordinate the activities of the Division of Trading and Markets regarding cryptocurrencies...
Coincheck cryptocurrency exchange announced on April 1, 2019, that it is launching a Bitcoin over-the-counter (OTC) desk for institutional investors. The new service enables large-scale players to buy and sell large amounts of cryptocurrencies swiftly. Initially Accepting Bitcoin The Japan-based cryptocurrency exchange reported via a blog post that institutional investors...
The Universal Market Access (UMA) announced a partnership with MakerDAO to release a tokenized version of the stock exchange. Their ERC20 token will feature fractional ownership in the largest financial markets companies in the United States. This according to an official blog post on Medium, March 27, 2019. Not Initially...
The Cardano Foundation has announced that users can now store their private keys securely on the favorite Ledger Nano S cryptocurrency wallet. With the addition of Cardano, Ledger’s Nano S now supports all of the top ten cryptocurrencies by market cap, including bitcoin, ether, and XRP. ADA Community Hint The...
Kraken’s new chief security officer (CSO) has announced the launching of a compulsory two-factor authentication (2FA) and the creation of a dedicated security lab to improve the security of its products and their clients’ experience. Improve the Security for the Firm’s Products The cryptocurrency exchange’s newly appointed CSO Nicholas Percoco...
The FBI announced on March 26, 2019, that several law enforcement agencies teamed up to conduct a series of separate raids and interviews targeting opioid traffickers on the Darknet. The officers seized a cache of drugs, firearms, gold, cash, and an assortment of cryptocurrencies. Separate but Complementary Raids According to...
The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) said on March 27, 2019, that Envion AG’s ICO failed to follow the law when it took money from investors during its fundraising. A court in Zug has also opened bankruptcy proceedings against the company over organizational shortcomings. Apply Traditional Market Rules The...
A Staten Island man has been indicted for posing online as a masked financial advisor. He is accused of donning the infamous ‘anonymous’ hacker mask in a video and duping investors into his sham cryptocurrency firm. This according to an official press release from Eastern District of New York Attorney’s...
The Mayor of London chose the Market Orders co-founder to become a part of a handpicked group from across London’s businesses in a partnership that will enable him to recreate the city’s skill system. The initiative hopes to better the needs of employers in the face of Brexit challenges and...
Cryptocurrency scammers have created a fraudulent website that contains links to the popular Wasabi cryptocurrency wallet. However, Wasabi co-founder nopara73 discovered on March 21, 2019, that one of the links is actually malware that links Windows OS users to an entirely phony website. Designed to Attack only Windows Users The...
The proposed law requires cryptocurrency exchanges to acquire a license to qualify as regulated financial institutions. However, once they obtain the permit, the same law forbids them to avail or list any crypto service, a catch 22-situation since practically there won’t be any legal cryptocurrency exchange in the country. This...
