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Bank of Canada Independent Study Reveals Public’s Perceptions of Bitcoin

Canadians Denied at U.S. Border for Purchasing Marijuana Shows Perfect Usecase for Bitcoin

December 20, 2018 by Nigel Dollentas at Bitcoin, Blockchain, Business, Ethereum, Finance, News, Platform, Tech

The Government of Canada has advising warnings that citizens should purchase marijuana with cash to protect their personal information on December 19, 2018, highlighting a perfect real-world scenario for Bitcoin. While Canada made waves back in October by legalizing recreational marijuana, Canada is back in the news due to other...

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Crypto Investment Firm Polychain Raises $175 Million

December 20, 2018 by Nigel Dollentas at Altcoins, Blockchain, Business, Ethereum, News, Platform

Polychain has announced a new capital injection of $175 million with their latest round of funding on December 19, 2018, according to a report by Axios. Polychain is a crypto hedge fund run by former Coinbase employee Olaf Carson-Wee. The fund is regarded as the largest crypto hedge fund, with...

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Syncing Bitcoin Nodes Instantly with Zero-Knowledge SNARKs

December 20, 2018 by Alex Lielacher at Bitcoin, Blockchain, Cryptocyclopedia, Development

A new Bitcoin scaling solution, which leverages succinct blockchains and zero-knowledge cryptography, has been proposed by a developer earlier this month. The scaling proposal incorporates aspects developed and implemented in cryptocurrency projects Coda as well as zk-proofs, resulting in an implementation which supports an innovative type of Bitcoin client....

Tokens in a Vat of Water Surrounded by Pipes

What Is Fluidity Stack and how Is it Changing Asset Tokenization?

December 19, 2018 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Altcoins, Blockchain, Business, Cryptocyclopedia, Development, Ethereum, Finance

December in 2018 has been the polar opposite of December 2017 in the cryptoverse. While bitcoin and the altcoins were establishing new all-time high values during the last year’s monumental bull run, the bears seem to have completely pulled down the industry in 2018. Today, bitcoin is having a tough...

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Western Union Claims to Be Technologically Ready for Cryptocurrency Adoption

December 19, 2018 by Rahul Nambiampurath at Adoption, Altcoins, Blockchain, Business, Development, Finance, News

In a press release and accompanying video posted on YouTube, financial services company Western Union has expressed interest in adopting blockchain technology and cryptocurrency. The video published December 17, 2018, features President Western Union Global Money Transfer, Odilon Almeida, as saying that the company could be uniquely positioned to take...

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Iran Embraces Blockchain Technology while Egypt Considers a State-Backed Cryptocurrency

December 19, 2018 by contributor at Adoption, Blockchain, Business, Finance, News, Regulation

While the cryptocurrency bear market shows no signs of slowing down, countries across the world are swiftly exploring the potential of blockchain technology and virtual currencies. Joining the legion of blockchain “friendly” nations are Iran and Egypt, who have both voiced their intentions to deploy the disruptive technology in a...

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Hyperledger Project Grows as Alibaba Cloud, Citi, Deutsche Telekom, and New Members Join the Global Forum

December 19, 2018 by Cindy Huynh at Adoption, Blockchain, Business, Development, News

Hyperledger, the leading open source blockchain project recently announced that Alibaba Cloud, Citi, Deutsche Telekom, we.trade, and 12 other organizations have joined the Hyperledger Global Forum. According to the press release published on December 12, 2018, the growing Hyperledger Community highlights the importance of open source technology and increasing interest...

The Strength And Survival Of Japan In The Cryptocurrency Sector

Japanese Financial Regulator Classify Cryptocurrencies as “Crypto-Assets” to Ward off Consumer Misunderstanding

December 18, 2018 by Eddie Mitchell at Altcoins, Blockchain, Finance, News, Platform, Tech

Japan’s financial regulator has established a classification for cryptocurrencies that are traded online like money, this according to a report from The Japan News on December 15, 2018. Avoiding Confusion According to the article, the nation’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has decided to position bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies under the category...

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The Passing of Cypherpunk Tim May Is a Stark Reminder of Bitcoin’s Grassroots

December 17, 2018 by Liam J Kelly at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Blockchain, Development, Ethereum, News, Platform, Tech

On December 15, 2018, one of the co-founders of the Cypherpunk movement and prominent computer scientist Timothy C. May passed away at the age of 67. Among numerous other achievements, May was primarily responsible for shaping the conversation around the economic and legal freedoms implied by modern cryptography. The famous...

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No Christmas Rally in Sight as Bitcoin Drops Another 8 Percent: BTCManager’s Week in Review Dec 17

December 17, 2018 by Alex Lielacher at Altcoins, Blockchain, Business, Ethereum, Exchange, Finance, Investment, News, Platform, Tech

For investors who were hoping for a year-end rally to take out of a dark red year in the crypto markets disappointment looks imminent. The price of bitcoin dropped by another five percent week-on-week to continue its decline since mid-November 2019. As a result, more and more bitcoin miners are switching...

After Blockchain Push, UAE Investigates Ripple (XRP) and a National Cryptocurrency

December 17, 2018 by contributor at Adoption, Blockchain, Exchange, Finance, News

A major payments provider in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is implementing blockchain-based systems to operate remittance facilities, while the country’s government is discussing the creation of a state-backed cryptocurrency in partnership with Saudi Arabia, as per two reports in the week of December 11, 2018. RippleNet Technology to Be...

Ethereum-Based Exchange Uniswap DEX Has no Token and Much Smart Contract

December 17, 2018 by Alex Lielacher at Altcoins, Blockchain, Cryptocyclopedia, Ethereum, Exchange

The demand for decentralized token exchange solutions has been on the rise as the shortcomings of centralized exchanges have become increasingly more evident. Crypto investors also continue to be plagued by security concerns and are now facing lengthier onboarding and KYC processes when trading on these platforms. It is, therefore,...

Mining Arm Next to Stack of Vision Hill Papers

Decentralized Streaming DApp Livepeer as a Case Study for the Profitability of Generalized Mining

December 17, 2018 by Alex Lielacher at Altcoins, Blockchain, Cryptocyclopedia, Ethereum, Finance, Mining

A new report published by the digital asset investment fund, Vision Hill Advisors, is making a case for the financial advantages investment funds can garner when participating in a cryptosystem in the context of generalized mining. Following the plunge in cryptoasset values in 2018, many mining operations have witnessed severe...

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Ohio Congressman Suggests “WallCoin” for Donald Trump’s U.S.-Mexico Border Wall

December 17, 2018 by Rahul Nambiampurath at Altcoins, Blockchain, Business, Finance, News, Regulation

A Republican representative from the 8th District of Ohio has suggested that blockchain technology could be the answer to Donald Trump’s long-standing desire to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. In an interview with NPR on December 12, 2018, the Congressman in question, Warren Davidson, said that distributed ledger...

Bitcoin Giving a Seminar on the Howey Test

What Is the Howey Test and its Impact on Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs)

December 16, 2018 by Pratik Makadiya at Altcoins, Blockchain, Business, Crime, Cryptocyclopedia, Finance, Regulation

The year 2017 was a seminal year for the cryptocurrency industry, where markets were bullish pushing the cryptocurrency prices to all-time highs. Many emerging altcoin projects were launched, and the industry saw real growth and development. Tucked in between the Cambrian Explosion of the space, observers also witnessed the many...

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