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Dubai Government Aims to Digitize 50% of Its Public Services via Blockchain by 2021
12.11.2019
In April last year, after an announcement made by the Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, the Government of UAE started to work on the Emirates Blockchain Strategy 2021. This strategy was started to rake in the benefits of blockchain technology to enable 50% of government transactions...
Generation QE: How Central Banks Create Money From Thin Air
11.11.2019
This year the public has seen a lot of the expansive monetary policy taking place with 37 central banks participating in monetary easing. Unfortunately, most people don’t understand the methods central banks like the Federal Reserve use to increase the money supply and never take the time...
How to Turn a $17 Million ICO Into $104 Million: The Cosmos Story
11.11.2019
The startups building Cosmos don't own it or rely solely on it for income. And that's the point
Corrupt CBI Officer Booked for Extorting Vigilante Bitcoiner
10.11.2019
India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has reportedly booked its own officer in an extortion case involving bitcoin. The target was a man who previously fell victim to the Bitconnect scam and allegedly resorted to extreme measures to recoup his money. Also read: China Now Censors...
Pro-Crypto Silvergate Bank Goes Public in Listing on NYSE
7.11.2019
Pro-crypto bank Silvergate Capital opens at $12.75 in first day on the NYSE in first day of public trading
Crypto-Friendly Silvergate Bank Goes Public on New York Stock Exchange
7.11.2019
Silvergate is seeking as much as $65 million with its IPO debut on the New York Stock Exchange Thursday
Zcash Trademark Talks Were About More Than a Logo
7.11.2019
Can an altcoin outgrow its founders? A new agreement between Electric Coin Company and the Zcash Foundation could be a good first step
China Now Censors Anti-Blockchain Sentiment, Educates Public on Bitcoin
5.11.2019
Officially Bullish on blockchain technology, China is now reportedly censoring anti-blockchain sentiment. Meanwhile, a popular Chinese app with over 100 million active users has recommended a course on bitcoin, blockchain, and smart contracts. The app is designed to teach “Xi Jinping...
OSC Commissioner Debunks Arguments Against Bitcoin, Green-Lights Bitcoin Fund
4.11.2019
A commissioner of the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has debunked the arguments against bitcoin used to deny the public offering of The Bitcoin Fund. Among others, the commissioner rules that bitcoin is neither illiquid nor more susceptible to manipulation than other commodities, real volume...
Bitmain's New IPO Attempt in Jeopardy as In-Fighting Goes Public
2.11.2019
Critics are divided over Bitmain and Canaan Creative’s IPO bids. Plouton Mining CEO Ramak J. Sedigh told Cointelegraph: “The road forward becomes much harder and the climb to success steeper”
Crypto Traders Rush to Revamp Their Security After Bitmex Dox
1.11.2019
The world’s largest crypto derivatives exchange Bitmex has accidentally doxed tens of thousands of its users. An email newsletter concerning forthcoming updates to Bitmex indices CC’d a large proportion of the company’s mailing list, exposing the addresses of its users to...
Mining Giant Bitmain Confidentially Files for U.S.-Based IPO
30.10.2019
According to reports, bitcoin mining manufacturer Bitmain Technologies confidentially filed for a U.S.-based initial public offering (IPO) with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The news follows the alleged removal of cofounder and executive director Micree Zhan and the recent announcement...
Avalon Mining Rig Maker Canaan Files for $400M IPO on Nasdaq
30.10.2019
Mining rig manufacturer Canaan has filed for an IPO with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to raise $400 million on the Nasdaq Global Market. Prior to this filing, the company had also attempted to go public in Hong Kong and China. Credit Suisse and Citigroup are among its underwriters....
New Tool Will Find Secrets – Including Crypto Keys – In Your Public Code
29.10.2019
A clever tool scours GitHub for secret keys and passwords that programmers inadvertently made public
Bitcoin-Mining Machine Manufacturer Canaan Plans to Undertake a U.S Initial Public Offering
29.10.2019
Ruling the crypto market as the world’s second-leading manufacturer of Bitcoin mining machines, Canaan Inc. has filed for a US IPO or Initial Public Offering with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday. The highly reputed firm of Hangzhou, China, has unveiled its offering volume...
Bitcoin.com Joins the Coinex Chain Pre-Election Node Process
26.10.2019
Trading platform Coinex recently announced the creation of a public decentralized exchange (dex) blockchain that leverages the consensus protocols Tendermint and the Cosmos SDK. This month, up until the mainnet launch, Coinex is in the midst of its pre-election process with new node participants...
Why Are Accessible Websites so Hard to Build?
23.10.2019
I was chatting with some front-end folks the other day about why so many companies struggle at making accessible websites. Why are accessible websites so hard to build? We learn about HTML, we make sure things are semantic and — voila! @— we have an accessible website. During the course...
WATCH: UNICEF’s Crypto Fund Plans to Pay for Internet in Public Schools
22.10.2019
UNICEF and the ethereum community are teaming up to help wire up needy schools
EY Launches Blockchain Tool to Help Bring Accountability to Public Finances
16.10.2019
The accounting giant is using blockchain tech to assist governments in improving transparency and accountability in the management of public funds
EY Unveils Public Finance Blockchain to Track Gov’t Spending
16.10.2019
Big Four auditing firm Ernst & Young has launched a blockchain platform to increase the transparency of public funds spending