While Hal Finney may no longer be with us, one of his proposals from 2011 may soon find its way to Bitcoin thanks to an expired patent. In a February 8, 2011 post on Bitcointalk, Finney said that reading a book titled “Guide to Elliptic Curve Cryptography” by Hankerson, Menezes, and Vanstone, gave him an […]
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OpenBazaar received a temporary lifeline, but they aren’t out of the woods yet. On September 25, OpenBazaar announced that their platform would likely shut down due to financial difficulties, stating that user growth and adoption had stalled. According to a tweet published on Open Bazaar’s official Twitter account, a mysterious donor has since agreed to […]
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This project is continuing to build momentum three years after their token sale. After securing millions of dollars via an initial coin offering in 2017, decentralized data housing platform Filecoin now aims to launch its mainnet. Filecoin will move over to its own blockchain in stages, rather than all at once, according to a Sept. […]
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Bitcoin and altcoins may hit a few roadblocks in the short-term as they near stiff overhead resistance levels, but the overall trajectory remains bullish. Bitcoin (BTC) soared above $10,000 on July 27 and has sustained above this level since then. Data shows that this streak of 63 consecutive days of closes above the $10,000 level […]
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The investment firm purchased 17,100 BTC in the last week. Crypto fund manager Grayscale Investments has increased the assets under management in its Bitcoin Trust by more than $180 million over the past week. According to data from information platform Bybt, Grayscale added 17,100 Bitcoin (BTC) to the firm’s Bitcoin Trust in the last seven […]
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For the U.K. to remain attractive to the crypto industry, it should strive to provide more clarity and certainty around compliance. Policymaking in the United Kingdom is typically reactionary, and this is no less true in the context of the crypto-asset industry. Reactionary policymaking means that the U.K.’s crypto regime is occasionally behind those of […]
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If it’s a taxable event, authorities want to know. New Zealand businesses must now submit information on their clients’ digit asset usage to the country’s tax regulator, the Inland Revenue Department, or IRD. The governing body said it wants to get a better grasp on the crypto scene in the country and determine an applicable tax […]
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Following a successful research phase between the two central banks, Consensys will develop a proof-of-concept for cross-border interbank blockchain payments. Blockchain firm ConsenSys announced Sep. 25 that it had been awarded the contract for a cross-border payment project between Thailand and Hong Kong. The company will lead the second implementation phase of Project Ithanon-Lionrock. The […]
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Despite Bitcoin’s online sentiment being at a two-year low, analytics say that BTC may be on the verge of a breakout. The global economy doesn’t seem to be in a good place right now, especially with countries such as the United Kingdom, France and Spain imposing fresh, new restrictions across their borders, thereby making the […]
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The user claimed to have lost a massive amount of money due to Bithumb’s negligence. According to news agency Yonhap, Bithumb will not have to repay a crypto investor who allegedly lost $401,000 as a result of a 2017 data breach suffered by the firm. A High Court judge determined that the man (identified as […]
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