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Bitspark Shuts Down Amid Restructuring, Coronavirus and Protests
4.2.2020
Hong Kong-based blockchain startup Bitspark closes down, citing internal restructuring issues exacerbated by a coronavirus outbreak and local protests
Hierarchies of Money: Why You Use Bank Money But the Bank Wants Reserve Currency
31.1.2020
While people tend to think of money as being all the same, the fact is governments and banks use different types of money than the everyday individual. From the top of the economic pyramid of world reserve currencies, down through central bank and commercial bank money, the capacities and function...
Crypto Exchange Zebpay Announces Relaunch in India Ahead of Supreme Court Decision on RBI Ban
30.1.2020
Zebpay is returning to India more than a year after closing down local crypto exchange operations due to the banking ban imposed by the central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Under a new leadership team, the exchange has also revealed a number of upcoming new services, including...
New Chainalysis Report Sheds Light on Darknet Markets and the Need for Onchain Privacy
29.1.2020
Darknet market activity hit new highs in 2019, as shown in a new report from blockchain forensics firm Chainalysis. Despite concerted attempts from law enforcement (LE) to crack down on darknet markets (DNMs), coupled with several exit scams, crypto inflows and outflows surpassed $800 million last...
Ripple Examines Highs Above $0.24; Corrects Down After a Day-long Surge
29.1.2020
Ripple has tested resistance above $0.24 twice over the last 24 hours; currently approaching supports XRP’s uptrend has been consistent since quite a time now; the coin has resumed the same today also, however, in the last 7-hours, it has shown a bit of correction The coin has maintained its range...
Fearing Revolt, Roger Ver’s Bitcoin.com Backs Down From Proposed BCH Mining Tax
28.1.2020
Roger Ver’s Bitcoin.com backs down from proposed mining tax for BCH
XRP: Yesterday’s Surge Corrects Down; Price Slowly Recovers
27.1.2020
XRP coin’s one-day chart shows how it has been declining since today morning. XRP spent a bullish yesterday, which ended with a head-and-shoulder pattern. The coin has recently started a not-so-vigorous price rebound according to its 4-hour chart. Ripple Price Analysis Yesterday, XRP maintained...
BCH Script Meeting Aims to Enhance the Programming Language in Bitcoin Cash
23.1.2020
Bitcoin Cash developers actively participate in video meetings in order to discuss the ongoing development of the BCH ecosystem. BCH software engineers met for the first time in 2020 last Thursday to examine the May upgrade and specification work. Following the meeting, on January 23,...
The Web in 2020: Extensibility and Interoperability
22.1.2020
In the past few years, we’ve seen a lot of change and diversion in regard to web technologies. In 2020, I foresee us as a web community heading toward two major trends/goals: extensibility and interoperability. Let’s break those down.
Extensibility
Extensibility describes...
What makes a site JAMstack?
21.1.2020
I admit I didn’t know the ins and outs of what the Jamstack is until recently, despite having heard the term so frequently. I think I’m not alone in this. It’s an elusive term — how is it different from what came before, especially considering it shares so many similarities? Thankfully, Divya...
Britain’s Tax Agency Cracking Down on Crypto Tax Evasion
21.1.2020
Britain’s highest tax authority, Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC), has issued a request for blockchain analysis tools. The main goal, per the request, is to find and implement technology that allows the government to track and tax cryptocurrency users.
The problem facing the British...
New Hampshire Lawmakers Vote Down Crypto Tax Bill
16.1.2020
New Hampshire legislators have scrapped a bill that would have allowed state agencies to accept cryptocurrencies for tax payments
Unnecessary Evil: How Government Regulations Kill Crypto Startups and Encourage Crime
16.1.2020
Thanks to the EU’s most recent money laundering directive, a small business called Post-a-coin, which sold cute postcards pre-loaded with tiny amounts of bitcoin, is being forced to shut down. Meanwhile, the most heinous criminals in history are continuing to facilitate violence, trafficking...
White House Market Wants to Become the Darknet’s Toughest DNM
13.1.2020
White House Market (WHM) is an ultra-secure darknet market (DNM). It disallows Javascript, enforces PGP throughout, admins key sign every 72 hours, and only accepts monero (XMR). It might be the darknet’s most private market. But do its vendors deliver? News.Bitcoin.com dusted down some...
AT&T’s Cybersecurity Branch Breaks Down Crypto Miner Threat to Email Servers
9.1.2020
A new technical analysis from AT&T Alien Labs offers an inside look at how a pernicious form of monero mining malware infiltrates email networks
Ex-CEO of Mt. Gox, Mark Karpeles, Moves to Shut Down the Lawsuit
9.1.2020
Mark Karpeles. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, CANAL+
The former CEO of the now-defunct exchange Mt. Gox, Mark Karpeles, has made a move in an attempt to shut down the class action lawsuit against him filed by ex-Mt. Gox customer, Gregory Greene.
Greene filed the original complaint against...
“All these things are quite easy to do, they just need somebody to sit down and just go through the website”
8.1.2020
I saw a video posted on Twitter from Channel 5 News in the UK (I have no idea what the credibility of them is, it's an ocean away from me) with anchor Claudia Liza asking Glen Turner and Kristina Barrick questions about website accessibility.
Apparently, they often post videos with captions,...
BusKill Is a DIY Tool to Lock Down Your Laptop
3.1.2020
Operational security, or opsec, is key if you're using crypto exchanges. This new trick can make you a bit safer in a crowded cafe
Chinese Bitcoin Miners Pressured to Scale Down Due to Electricity Shortages
30.12.2019
Chinese Bitcoin mining farms feel pressure from local authorities to scale down their mining operations during the dry season
Google Bans Crypto App Metamask From Play Store
29.12.2019
Soon after Google-owned Youtube has swung the strikes hammer against video content creators that talked about cryptocurrency-related topics, another arm of the search monopoly has taken down a popular ethereum dapps client. Also Read: Youtube ‘Christmas Purge’ Has Content Creators...