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Crypto Salaries Gain Regulatory Recognition Around the World

29.8.2019
Salaries paid in decentralized digital coins have become a norm across the crypto industry, but there’s really no reason why cryptocurrencies can’t be used for remuneration by businesses in other sectors as well. In many jurisdictions that should be legal even in the absence...

Crypto Advertisement Still Unwelcome, How Is the Industry Coping?

28.8.2019
Why Google, Facebook and Twitter hold on to bans on crypto advertising, but the severity of it could be changing now

Overstock’s New Interim CEO Pledges its Allegiance to Cryptocurrencies

27.8.2019
Earlier this month, Patrick Byrne, C.E.O. of Overstock, resigned as the company’s chief executive and chairman after disclosing romantic affairs with a Russian agent. His official statement, with references to the “Deep State,” “Men in Black” and “political espionage,” had sent Overstock’s down...

Bitcoin Miners Are Heating Homes Free of Charge in Frigid Siberia

23.8.2019
Hotmine makes a bitcoin mining rig that doubles as a home heating appliance. It's targeting places where winter is brutally cold

ICO Rating Settles With SEC Over Alleged Anti-Touting Violations

21.8.2019
The U.S. SEC reaches a $268,998 settlement with ICO Rating over alleged violations of anti-touting provisions of the Securities Act of 1933

Moscow Blockchain Voting System ‘Completely Insecure,’ Says Researcher

16.8.2019
A blockchain system that will soon be used to allow Moscow residents to vote in elections is currently easy to hack, according to a researcher

Moscow to Develop a Blockchain System for Transparent City Services

15.8.2019
Russia's capital is seeking a contractor to build an ethereum-based system to host some of the city's administrative services

Anti-Corruption Group Proves Crypto’s True Power: You Can’t Confiscate Math

14.8.2019
Last week in Russia, state agents tore apart the offices of FBK, a privately funded anti-corruption foundation, freezing group assets and more than 100 bank accounts. Officials are using suspicion of money laundering as justification for targeting the largely bitcoin-funded group, possibly in a...

BTC-e’s Vinnik Case Drags on as New Accusations Continue Emerging

9.8.2019
The U.S. has filed a new indictment in an ongoing tug-of-war with Russia over the fate of the accused BTC-e operator

From Booze to Bitcoin Mining – Why Violent Prohibition Is Always Harmful

6.8.2019
Stories continue to emerge about newly discovered illegal mining operations being busted by state and corporate authorities. Just last week Iranian media reported the seizure of 177 Bitcoin mining units worth over $270,000 being smuggled via truck in the Arak region. On July 31, Russia’s...

Blockchain Ticketing Platform From Top Russian Airline Took $1 Million in July

31.7.2019
Russia's second largest airline is touting the benefits of blockchain after a ticketing platform it developed raked in over $1 million in a month

Large Regulated Token Sales Indicate ICOs May Be Coming Back

28.7.2019
Initial coin offerings have seen a significant decline in popularity, but they are not to be written off completely. Although you don’t hear the term “ICO” so often nowadays, some recent regulatory developments indicate they have a place in the digital economy realm. Crowdfunding...

How Big Hydro Power Partners With Bitcoin Miners to Prevent Energy Waste

22.7.2019
We are often told that the verification of bitcoin transactions eats a lot of energy. The largely inaccurate comparison to a small country, the size of Ireland or Denmark, is evoked thanks to numerous clickbait headlines. What mainstream media fails to explain, however, is that bitcoin mining...

Blockchain Start-Up Vostok Sold to Financial Consultant Firm GHP Group by Wave CEO

17.7.2019
Russian blockchain start-up Vostok, backed by Waves Platform, has been sold to financial consultancy firm GHP Group. The group was one of the earliest investors of the Vostok project. Vostok founder and Waves CEO Alexander Ivano has sold his stake in the project to GHP chief Mark Garber. Vostok...

Global Crypto War Is Heating up – Iran Next in Line With Its Own Gold-Backed Coin

17.7.2019
Control of the U.S. dollar and the global financial system that depends on it gives the American government an incredibly powerful tool in shaping international affairs. As such, it is not surprising that its geopolitical rivals around the world will try to exploit the invention of cryptocurrency...

How 10 Countries Respond to Facebook’s Libra Cryptocurrency

11.7.2019
A growing number of governments have responded to Facebook’s cryptocurrency plans including China, France, India, Japan, South Korea, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, the U.K., and the U.S. Several intergovernmental organizations have also weighed in such as the European Central Bank and the Bank...