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Wirecard Fallout: Auditor EY Accused of Not Flagging $2.1B Black Hole Sooner
29.6.2020
Following a sharp drop in the Wirecard stock price, the German shareholders' body holds EY responsible for not alerting the public sooner over the firm's accounting failures
First Mover: The Return of the Bitcoin Retail Investor (And Why That’s a Good Thing)
29.6.2020
It's been assumed for years that well-heeled financial institutions would become the main driving force and primary investor class in crypto. That narrative may underestimate the power of the retail investor
Bitcoin Closes in the Green Sunday to End Longest Daily Losing Run in 6 Months
29.6.2020
Bitcoin chalked out minor price gains on Sunday, ending its longest run of daily losses for half a year and avoiding a break below the ongoing restricted trading range
Hacker Drains $500K from DeFi Liquidity Provider Balancer
29.6.2020
The sophisticated attack exploited a loophole that tricked the protocol into releasing $500,000-worth of tokens
World’s Biggest Mining Firm Makes First Ore Trade on a Blockchain
29.6.2020
BHP has completed its first trial trade transaction of iron ore with China's Baosteel using blockchain technology
Many Bitcoin Developers Are Choosing to Use Pseudonyms – For Good Reason
29.6.2020
Whether out of concern for personal security or a desire to preserve privacy, many Bitcoin developers are known to the world only by their pseudonyms
South Korean Government Turns to Blockchain Tech to More Reliably Store Clinical Diabetes Data
29.6.2020
The government has asked startup Sendsquare to develop a proof-of-concept blockchain registry to help analyze, anonymize and store clinical diabetes data
Crypto Long & Short: What Trends in Volatility Could Mean for Bitcoin
29.6.2020
Bitcoin’s investment narrative is evolving as the role of volatility is changing in both crypto and traditional markets
Matic Network Aims for 80% Token Lockup in New Staking Program
28.6.2020
The first iteration of Matic Network's staking program is now live, and has already allocated 12% of its token supply to the project
Is the Travel Rule Good or Bad for Crypto? Both
27.6.2020
A new international rule requiring digital asset operators to report transactions could spilt the crypto industry in two, argue two researchers
Welcome to the Groundhog Day Economy (PS, It Sucks)
27.6.2020
As states shutter economic activity because of preventable COVID-19 outbreaks, it’s deja vu all over again
Vanguard’s Blockchain Platform for Foreign Exchange Will Go Live in Q3 2020
26.6.2020
Mutual fund giant Vanguard has completed another blockchain pilot that aims to change the risk profile of foreign exchange (FX) transactions
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Still Stuck in a Rut, Trading Below $10K
26.6.2020
Traditional markets slide as coronavirus cases spike, and crypto follows because its correlation is still unbroken
Defi Platform Opyn Launches Put Options on Compound Token
26.6.2020
Decentralized options marketplace Opyn has launched put options on COMP that will provide a safety net of sorts should COMP’s fortunes take a turn for the worse
How Monopolies Sow the Seeds of Their Own Destruction, Feat. Tuur Demeester
26.6.2020
The managing partner of Adamant Capital joins for a conversation about what the Protestant Reformation and the French Revolution can teach us about bitcoin
Mapping the Future of the SEC (There’s a Nonzero Chance Hester Peirce Takes Over)
26.6.2020
The future of the U.S.’s federal securities regulator, and perhaps the direction of cryptocurrency policy, is up in the air. We game out the scenarios
AML Bitcoin Founder Claims DC Lobbyist Jack Abramoff, US Government Are ‘Extorting’ Him
26.6.2020
AML Bitcoin's Marcus Andrade claims he is being extorted by the U.S. government in a response to Thursday's charges by the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission
Money Reimagined: Crypto’s Diversity Problem
26.6.2020
Technology on its own doesn't ensure inclusion. People do. There’s nothing intrinsically fair about a blockchain
Blockstream’s Liquid Network Sent $8M in BTC Unsafely, Says Bitcoin Developer
26.6.2020
Bitcoins stored on the Liquid Network were temporarily able to be seized by network moderators Thursday night
Blockchain Bites: Crypto.com Refunds, Sovrin’s Layoffs and AML Bitcoin’s AML Issues
26.6.2020
New York officials have instituted a three-strike rule for crypto firms applying for the BitLicense, the Sovrin Foundation is now volunteer run and Aussies can now buy BTC at their post office