The South Korean government is looking to re-evaluate existing cryptocurrency policies in order to facilitate the maturity of the cryptocurrency market. South Korean officials are considering a revision of existing regulatory frameworks regarding digital currencies, local media outlet ZDNet Korea reported on April 4. Speaking at the Deconomy conference in Seoul, top government officials reportedly […]
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Hong Kong’s financial watchdog secretary states that illicit crypto mining operations are subject to local trading law. The secretary of Hong Kong’s Financial Services and the Treasury has stated that crypto mining operations are regulated by local trading law. His written response to Hong Kong’s Legislative Council was published on Wednesday, April 3. The Council […]
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Wien Energie has announced their new blockchain fridge, developed with Bosch, as part of a sustainable energy consumption experiment. Austria’s largest energy provider, Wien Energie, has developed a blockchain-driven fridge in partnership with tech giant Bosch, Cointelegraph’s correspondent reported from the ANON Blockchain Summit Austria. Wien Energie presented the new model during the crypto conference […]
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18 out of the 20 top cryptos by market cap are in the red today, while still seeing solid growth over the past 7 days. Thursday, April 4 — following its first major bullish move in 2019, the crypto markets reversed to see red today, with Bitcoin (BTC) having dipped below the $5,000 threshold. Out […]
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The Supreme Court of India has granted interim bail to two brothers who are among the chief suspects accused of running a Bitcoin (BTC)-related Ponzi scheme. The Supreme Court of India has granted interim bail to two brothers who are among the chief suspects accused of running a Bitcoin (BTC)-related Ponzi scheme. The development was […]
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Russia’s state-owned gas giant Gazprom introduced its blockchain project for automated gas supply agreements. The Russian prime minister has welcomed an initiative to use blockchain in agreements over gas supplies by the country’s state-owned gas giant Gazprom, local finance news outlet Vestifinance reports on April 4. The news agency operates under Russian Television and Radio […]
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The decisions over rehabilitation claims have been sent to customers of Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox. Nobuaki Kobayashi, trustee of the notorious Japanese Bitcoin (BTC) exchange Mt. Gox, has announced Wednesday, April 3, that all creditors who had filed rehabilitation claims have received decisions. In late March, Kobayashi had announced that the processing of filings had […]
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Digital Asset has open sourced the code for its DAML under the Apache 2.0 open source license. Blockchain software firm Digital Asset has open sourced its Digital Asset Modeling Language (DAML), the company announced on Twitter on April 4. Introduced in April 2016, DAML is an expressive language designed for financial institutions to model and […]
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DLT-powered games developer Lucid Sight will use a total of $11 million in funding to launch Scarcity Engine later this year. Blockchain games developer Lucid Sight has raised $6 million to expand its digital scarcity-powered games to traditional game platforms, tech news website VentureBeat reports April 2. Los Angeles-based Lucid Sight now has $11 million […]
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Endor’s new protocol leverages artificial intelligence and targets ERC-20 tokens as one of its use cases. Predictive analytics firm Endor has launched a blockchain-powered tool allowing businesses and cryptocurrency holders to ask and answer questions based on big data. The company confirmed the launch in a press release provided to Cointelegraph on April 4. Endor, […]
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