Steem Hard Fork Confiscates $6.3M, Community Immediately Takes it Back
20.5.2020
The Steem hard fork nabbed the tokens of dissenting community members. Soon after, though, the tokens were said to have been diverted
Bitcoin Miners Double Revenue: Fees Spiked Over 200% in 10 Days Since the Halving
20.5.2020
Bitcoin (BTC) miners earned 44% more in transaction fees in the nine days since the halving than they did for the whole of April. If this continues miners will have more than doubled their income from transaction fees going forward. According to data from Coinmetrics, miners have collected...
Facebook’s Toothless Oversight Board Has Lessons for Blockchain
20.5.2020
Facebook's new "oversight" board includes impressive names, but its formal powers are necessarily limited. There are learnings for blockchain governance
Digital Euro Sees First Successful Test at the Bank of France
20.5.2020
The French central bank has announced the first successful test of a digital euro
US Military Is Falling Behind China, Russia in Blockchain Arms Race: IBM, Accenture
20.5.2020
The U.S. Department of Defense can’t afford to lose the global military blockchain race to Russia and China, warns a new private sector whitepaper
“Tokenization” is the Next Big Thing; Nischal Shetty
20.5.2020
The monetary industry is making progressive moves to encourage new and more secure payment methods. The concept of Tokenization holds a notable promise to tackle the need of the hour, the idea of “Secured Payment Methods.” The CEO of India’s most trusted crypto exchange platform, Nischal Shetty...
Darknet Turns To Bitcoin Mixers As Exchanges Get Stricter
20.5.2020
The first three months of 2020 saw more bitcoin (BTC) sent by darknet entities to mixers, and less to verification-required exchanges, found Crystal Blockchain, a research arm of blockchain technology group Bitfury, indicating shady or criminal characters' preference for anonymous services.
Due...
Gibraltar Succeeding in Crypto Regulation Where Others Fall Short
20.5.2020
Gibraltar could be the next crypto hotspot, so what do companies based there think about the territory’s sector-leading regulations?
Grayscale’s Bitcoin Holdings Pass $3 Billion, Growing 76% Year-on-Year
20.5.2020
American digital asset management fund Grayscale has continued to grow, with the total assets under management hitting $3.8 billion
Kashif Raza Acknowledges the Initiative by CoinDCX
20.5.2020
A few days back, the Indian cryptocurrency exchange CoinDCX collaborated with the cryptocurrency custodian platform BitGo. BitGo will be providing security and insurance to the assets traded on CoinDCX’s platform. Talking about this initiative by CoinDCX, the Co-Founder of Cryptokanoon Kashif...
Court Rules on What Japanese Exchanges Must Do with Hard Fork Tokens
20.5.2020
A ruling made by a Tokyo District Court – and unearthed by the CEO of Japanese crypto exchange bitFlyer – appears to suggest that exchanges are not legally obliged to transfer any cryptoassets generated by hard forks to their customers.
Per a series of tweets from bitFlyer CEO Yuzo Kano, a Tokyo...
This Week in Crypto: A Data Perspective
20.5.2020
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