Tag: Ethereum

The emerging blockchain technology has not only rocked the financial market and economy but has a potential to save lives. Moldova, the human trafficking haven of Europe, is developing a blockchain project that would address its decade-long problem that is showing no signs of halting. Modern-day enslavement Slavery is still a sad reality for a vast number of people all…

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While the term “smart contract” piques a lot of interest, especially since they can remove intermediaries in the construction, execution, and enforcement of a contract, and enforce contracts automatically, trustlessly, and impartially, they may not be as smart as we believe them to be. Jimmy Song, a bitcoin educator, developer, and entrepreneur, believes that smart contracts are unfortunately not very…

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The Freedom of Press Foundation (FPF), an organization that protects and defends adversarial journalism, journalists, and whistleblowers is currently accepting cryptocurrency donations.   Any donations will go towards supporting projects like SecureDrop, an open-source whistleblower platform that is currently being used by over 60 different news organizations internationally. The FPF stated: “We are pleased to announce that press freedom supporters…

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On June 7, 2018, User WeaponizedMath reported on Reddit that our site BTCManager was serving a phishing popup that only affected the users of MetaMask browser plugin. We were able to resolve the issue within 24 hours of the report. PSA: BTCManager.com is running MetaMask phishing software from ethereum For more info on what Phishing, we recommend the wiki article. Moreover, we…

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From May 14 to 16, 2018, New York hosted the Consensus 2018 blockchain technology summit, and the Azbit Limited team attended as one of the main sponsors. We had a large booth centrally located within the exhibition space. The Azbit trade and investment financial ecosystem announced a Pre-ICO round, to run from July 1 to 31, 2018. ICO The Azbit…

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The first New York-based cryptocurrency exchange to be granted the BitLicense, itBit has been approved by the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) to start trading Stellar Lumens (XLM), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), and Bitcoin Cash (BCH). Expanding the Cryptochain On June 14, 2018, the itBit team has announced that the NYDFS has given it the go-ahead to add…

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500 Startups is currently looking for more blockchain-based projects focused on solving interoperability and privacy issues. Bonnie Cheung, the venture partner at the firm, believes that these are two key challenges preventing the mass adoption of blockchain technology. Speedy Infrastructure n April 2018, for their Seed Accelerator, they backed Metadium, a platform that provides the infrastructure for providers to develop…

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Former Goldman Sachs executive Michael Novogratz has seen his fortune rise and fall in the traditional finance market several times. However, his bet on cryptocurrency in 2013  has paid off handsomely. According to a Forbes estimate, Novogratz is amongst the wealthiest people in the cryptocurrency sector,  with an estimated crypto-wealth of $700 million – $1 billion. Wall Street to Cryptocurrency…

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Microsoft’s principal researcher Glen Weyl believes that replacing the “one person, one vote” system with a mathematically weighted voting approach known as Quadratic Voting could resolve several problems in society. These include inequality, economic stagnation, corporate abuse, the housing crisis, and liberal democracy’s failings. Blockchain for Societal Peace Weyl’s proposal is considered an extremely radical approach caught the interest of…

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An official of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) stated Ethereum displays none of the characteristics of traditional securities. Speaking at a cryptocurrency summit in San Francisco on June 15, 2018, SEC Director of Corporate Finance William Hinman clarified the commission’s position on the contentious issue. BTCManager outlined the SEC’s battle to differentiate security tokens and utility tokens…

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