The founder of Romanian cryptocurrency exchange Coinflux will reportedly be extradited to the United States. Nistor Vlad Călin, the founder of Romanian crypto exchange Coinflux, will be extradited to the United States, local media company Mediafax reports Jan. 4. As Cointelegraph reported in December, Călin was arrested earlier on a warrant from the U.S. for […]
Continue ReadingThe Gemini cryptocurrency exchange has launched a new ad campaign, in which it calls for better regulation of the crypto space. The Gemini cryptocurrency exchange founded by the Winklevoss twins in 2014 is calling for better regulation of the crypto space in a new ad campaign, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports on Jan. 4. […]
Continue ReadingThe Texas Department of Banking is considering recognizing stablecoins as money under the Texas Money Services Act. The Texas Department of Banking could consider stablecoins as money, making them and exchanges that deal with them subject to a number of Texas laws and license requirements, according to a Supervisory Memorandum published on Jan. 2. Supervisory […]
Continue ReadingEthereum core developers have reached a tentative consensus to implement a new proof-of-work algorithm that would increase the efficiency of GPU-based mining on the network. Ethereum (ETH) core developers have reached a tentative consensus to implement a new proof-of-work (PoW) algorithm that would increase the efficiency of GPU-based — as opposed to ASIC-based — mining […]
Continue ReadingNaysayers continue to believe that Bitcoin is a scam and can neither become a currency nor act as a store of value. The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own […]
Continue ReadingConsenSys, AMD and Abu-Dhabi-based Halo Holdings have partnered to build a blockchain-based cloud computing infrastructure for the public and private sector. Blockchain software company ConsenSys, semiconductor producer AMD, and Abu-Dhabi-based investment management firm Halo Holdings are jointly working on a blockchain-based cloud computing infrastructure. ConsenSys announced the collaboration in a press release published on Jan. […]
Continue ReadingCrypto exchanges OKEx and Huobi will support the upcoming Ethereum Constantinople hard fork which will fundamentally change the Ethereum blockchain. Leading cryptocurrency exchanges OKEx and Huobi Global will support the Ethereum (ETH) Constantinople hard fork which is estimated to happen between Jan. 14 and 18, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph. The Constantinople […]
Continue Readingsponsored The “first arts and games smart economy on the EOS blockchain” is planning to use non-fungible tokens to address issues of provenance in the art community. A new project is gearing up to be the “first arts and games smart economy on the EOS blockchain” — offering games and giving artists the chance to […]
Continue ReadingCo-founder of U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase Brian Armstrong confesses that Bitcoin is his first love and that the “full promise of Bitcoin is still yet to be realized.” Brian Armstrong, founder and CEO of United States cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, has confessed that “Bitcoin is my first love” in a series of tweets commemorating the coin’s […]
Continue ReadingChinese banking blockchain platform will be built with funds from various banks and the United Nations Development Bank. China’s self-regulatory bank organization the China Banking Association (CBA) will launch a blockchain-based platform to improve efficiency across the sector, participants confirmed in a statement Dec. 29. The project, formally dubbed the ‘China Trade Finance Inter-bank Trading […]
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