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Yi-Ting Cheng, a 35-year-old Taiwanese businesswoman and cryptocurrency investor, has announced that she will be in the running for the office of Mayor of Taipei, Taiwan’s capital city. As she takes her first step into local politics, she believes that the position will enable her to serve the residents of Taipei better. From Developer to Running for Mayor Yi-Ting Cheng,…

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Venezuela’s supposed national cryptocurrency, the petro, seems to be gaining momentum with each passing day, despite all odds. The nation’s number one citizen, Nicolas Maduro has now hinted that state-owned firms are free to carry out transactions using the digital currency. Encouraging Adoption of the Petro What’s the sense of having a virtual currency if it can’t be used as…

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The ongoing controversy surrounding the petro, Venezuela’s state-owned cryptocurrency, continues to dominate the landscape of the South American nation. In a continuation of the saga, the Asamblea Nacional, a faction of the divided Venezuelan Legislature, released a statement on March 6, 2018, calling the petro illegal and unconstitutional. Another Avenue for Corruption The content of the statement put forth by…

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Bitcoin critics believe nothing good will ever come out of crypto, labeling virtual currencies an outright bubble. However, bitcoiners and crypto enthusiasts are entirely undeterred by the criticisms of people in the outside world or even the massive bloodbath that pushed the price of bitcoin down to $6,000. Bubbles are Good Things Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have lost at least…

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Liberland is a small country located on the Danube River between Serbia and Croatia. The micro nation’s official money is bitcoin and it also uses bitcoin cash and ether for its financial operations and donations. Live and Let Live This year will make it three years since the self-proclaimed Free State of Liberland, or in some cases “Gornja Siga,” was…

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The debate surrounding the regulation of cryptocurrency and its relationship with national governing bodies raged on this week. This time, the pro-bitcoiner corner landed a punch, when Colorado House Representative penned a letter – dated February 5, 2018 – urging the US House Committee on Ethics to put forth statutes that would require members of Congress and government to disclose…

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Bitcoin donations have been helping politicians organize well-funded electoral campaigns in recent times. Candidates are putting more interest in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies now since they are a proven and viable means of getting substantial campaign donations. Obama Funded with Credit Cards, Next Generation Politics Uses Bitcoin According to ABC News, Missouri Republican Austin Petersen‘s campaign for Senate received 24…

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One of the many uses of Blockchain technology is in the area of record keeping and secure data storage. Madeline Eden, a Bitcoin advocate, Blockchain developer and politician currently running for Congress, is looking to clean up the United States electoral systems through the distributed ledger technology. The Need For Blockchain Madeline Eden, a seasoned developer, and politician, has a…

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A Twitter bot bearing the name Neonazi BTC Tracker tracks and monitors Bitcoin donations made to The Daily Stormer. Following the catastrophic conclusion to the “Unite The Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, the neo-Nazi website the Daily Stormer, has been scrounging for new media platforms. Shortly after the violent fallout, GoDaddy, CloudFlare, Scaleway halted all services to the website. After…

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Two Australian Senators from different political parties teamed up on August 8 to speak at the country’s parliament in Canberra about the promise of blockchain technology, and urged the Reserve Bank of Australia to consider a Bitcoin-esque currency. Liberal senator Jane Hume and Sam Dastyari, a Senator from the Labor party, have pushed forward blockchain adoption ‘Down Under’ with the…

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