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Why Miner Maker Ebang’s US IPO Raises More Questions Than Answers
8.6.2020
Bitcoin mining hardware manufacturer Ebang wants to raise $100 million through a U.S. IPO. But that could be a risky investment, CoinDesk Research's Matt Yamamoto reports
ConsenSys' New Business, Shareholders and ID on Blockchain + More News
8.6.2020
Joseph Lubin, Ethereum Co-founder and CEO of Consensys. Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Coinbase Outlines Tech Plan to Help Avert Future Outages
8.6.2020
After another traffic spike caused a temporary shut down of its exchange service and angered users, Coinbase said it's working on improvements
CoinMarketCap Users Are Calling Out the Latest Exchange Rankings
8.6.2020
The community is taking issue with the fact that BitMEX is ranked 175th by CoinMarketCap, but other derivatives platforms are not properly ranked as well
Robinhood Users Steal From the Rich to Fill Their Bitcoin Bags: Max Keiser
8.6.2020
Max Keiser called out Warren Buffett over his recent losses in the airline sector, claiming that Robinhood users had stolen his money and created wealth for Generation Z
Analyst Predicts Next Bull Run Will Send Bitcoin to $150K and Ether to $9K
8.6.2020
Blockfyre’s co-founder believes a bull market will return, seeing Bitcoin price rise 1,400% to hit $150,000, and Ether and other solid altcoins making even more impressive gains
Illegal Miners in Russia Stole $6.6M-Worth of Electricity, Power Grid Firm Says
8.6.2020
Electricity thieves built their own illicit power stations to connect hidden mining farms with the local energy grid, a state-owned provider says
Chinese Police Freezing OTC Traders’ Bank Accounts Over ‘Tainted’ Crypto Transactions
8.6.2020
Thousands of cryptocurrency over-the-counter merchants and their clients may have been affected as police in China freeze bank accounts over tainted crypto and fiat assets
Mastercoin
7.6.2020
Mastercoin, rebranded as Omni in 2015, is an open source protocol layer built on top of bitcoin that enables the creation of new cryptocurrencies and assets. The project was intended to remedy what it called the two biggest barriers to bitcoin adoption: Insecurity and instability. It also claimed...
Ravencoin
7.6.2020
Launched in 2018, Ravencoin is an open source fork of bitcoin specifically designed to facilitate the transfer of assets from one party to another.  Users can create assets on the Ravencoin protocol that adhere to rules independent of those of the platform. This distinguishes ravencoin from...
First Turkish-German Trade Finance Transaction on Distributed Ledger Technology
7.6.2020
Turkish İşbank and German Commerzbank completed the first blockchain-based trade finance transaction between the two countries
The Code Is Key: Solutions for Overcoming DeFi Security Breaches
6.6.2020
The DeFi sector can embrace a positive future by following comprehensive security audits and by ensuring best practice in due diligence and quality assurance
OKEx Continues Their Ongoing OKB Token Buyback
6.6.2020
Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx announced the eighth round of buyback for its platform’s proprietary OKB token
Money Reimagined: The Ongoing Crisis Is Stirring a Crypto Awakening in Developing Nations
5.6.2020
Peer-to-peer bitcoin transactions are up in the developing world. This has everything to do with "QE Infinity" and could be an opening for stablecoins
How Bitcoin Fits Into Lebanon’s Banking Crisis
5.6.2020
Lebanon's crisis has been raging for years, but the devaluation of the Lebanese pound and a global downturn has made stable financial services even more urgent
Standardize Together: Clarifying Tokenization to Drive Global Adoption
5.6.2020
Understanding business requirements before technology solutions is necessary to drive emerging tokenized ecosystems
Digital Currencies Could Replace Low-Interest Bank Accounts, Says UN Expert
5.6.2020
Low-interest rates have removed one of the few remaining incentives for holding a bank account, meaning digital currency could be a better alternative, argues a UN expert
Report: USDC Volume Collapsed in May Despite Market Recovery
5.6.2020
As exchange volumes and the crypto market resumes growing by all measures in May 2020, the USDC stablecoin saw its Bitcoin trading volume plummet by 78%
Waves Enterprise Starts Beta Testing for Blockchain Corporate Voting Platform
5.6.2020
Waves' new platform uses blockchain to make shareholder voting more transparent, and is reportedly already being considered by major firms
Binance Charity Gets Acknowledged by Kaigo Business Providers
5.6.2020
Serving the blockchain community as a not-for-profit philanthropist organization, Binance Charity has announced the news about the receiving of a Letter of Appreciation from the Japan Federation of Kaigo Business Providers. The leading blockchain-powered entity, Binance BCF has been applauded...