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How MakerDAO Works – The Stablecoin Explainer
30.5.2019
The most popular decentralized finance application on ethereum, MakerDAO, was built to keep a stablecoin's price stable. Under the hood, it's quite complex, featuring two separate tokens, a lending system and even a voting process. Here's how it works
Angular v8 is Released!
29.5.2019
Angular's 8.0.0 release is here! This is a major release that brings some nice features. For the official blog post, check the
The Blockchain Development Team Of JP Morgan Enhances Features For Its Quorum Blockchain
29.5.2019
The blockchain team of JP Morgan, the world’s Sixth major financial organization has created an extension that will serve the Ethereum based blockchain. Through the new extension, it will provide complete privacy, and it will also hide the amount of money sent and from which address it is being...
JPMorgan Adds New Privacy Features to Its Ethereum-Based Quorum Blockchain
28.5.2019
JPMorgan has developed a new privacy feature for ethereum-based blockchains that hides both the sender and the amount in a transaction
0x Teams With StarkWare to Bring Speed to Decentralized Exchanges
27.5.2019
Decentralized exchanges that rely on ethereum could get a huge scalability boost, thanks to a new offering from StarkWare and 0x
The Cat-and-Mouse Game of Crypto Regulation Enters a New Phase
27.5.2019
The cat-and-mouse game between regulators and crypto developers could spur a new era of innovation around the technology, writes Michael J. Casey
What Will It Take to Regulate Crypto Exchanges?
26.5.2019
Regulation is needed to maintain neutrality among exchanges, but it might not be around the corner, argues Konstantinos Stylianou
Crypto Funds, Lending and Market Manipulation
25.5.2019
The growing practice of asset lending by crypto hedge funds could add systemic risk to the sector if we are not vigilant, argues Noelle Acheson
How Much Adoption Can Bitcoin Handle Right Now?
25.5.2019
Source: iStock/da-kuk
Adoption is the holy grail of Bitcoin. However, as fantastic as large-scale adoption would be in theory, there remain serious questions as to whether Bitcoin and its blockchain can genuinely handle such adoption.
Because while Bitcoin has witnessed a number of significant...
Great Crypto Expectations: 20 Crypto Jokes
25.5.2019
It was an eventful week in the cryptoverse, but luckily for all its inhabitants, it was generally positive, as new opportunities arise and people are being optimistic and hopeful for the next bull run.
The week started with the report of a famous journalist interviewing a Bitcoin advocate on...
Russia’s Central Depository to Launch Security Token Blockchain Next Month
22.5.2019
Russia’s National Settlement Depository will launch its long-awaited digital asset ledger next month – 5,000 kilometers away from its Moscow HQ
I Underestimated Just How Many Subpoenas I Would Get
19.5.2019
The number of subpoenas early crypto companies got from misinformed government agencies was "staggering," says Bloq's Steve Beauregard
My Bank Account Was Frozen for Bitcoin – And It Only Made Me Love Crypto More
19.5.2019
The guy who coined the term "hodl" has a real bitcoin story that only made his interest in the technology stronger
Bitcoin and Blockchain: The Tangled History of Two Tech Buzzwords
19.5.2019
The word "blockchain" isn't used in the bitcoin white paper, the document that started it all. So, how did the term take off as a buzzword?
International Money Transfer: Western Union vs World Remit vs Bitcoin
19.5.2019
One of the earliest cited use cases for bitcoin was international money transfers. Many believed that bitcoin would disrupt the global remittance market like nothing before because of the digital currency’s ability to process borderless digital cash transactions in a matter of minutes at a much...
About That Orange B… The History of Bitcoin’s Logos
18.5.2019
Can a logo symbolize the ethos of a project? An industry? An entire movement? Bitcoin's might have come close
What is Decentralized Finance and What’s It Good For?
18.5.2019
DeFi, or decentralized finance, is one of the biggest things in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry right now, and it does pretty much what its name suggests. That is, it uses blockchains, smart contracts and/or cryptocurrencies to deliver financial services to customers, be these loans...
To The Moon And Hopefully Not Back: 20 Crypto Jokes
18.5.2019
With Bitcoin’s price going above USD 8,000 and generating tremendous amounts of hype in the community, the internet has been a humor-generating machine lately. And then the market crashed on Friday, but jokes survived as everyone believes we're still in an uptrend. Anyway, since everyone...
What Crypto Regulations Does Japan Want the G20 to Impose – and Why?
17.5.2019
Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe. Source: Twitter, @JPN_PMO
As we reach the midway point in what has already been one of the most tumultuous years yet for cryptocurrency enthusiasts, one thing is certain – the second half of 2019 is already shaping up to be every bit as eventful.
Until recently...
Digital Renminbi: A Fiat Coin to Make M0 Great Again
17.5.2019
Anonymous, cryptocurrencies could become more important in an environment where government money is closely controlled, says Dovey Wan