Binance Tackles Cryptocurrency ‘Misinformation’ With Multilingual Educational Article Bank

Binance joins the various education initiatives seeking to provide reliable material on the industry. Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has launched a collection of educational content comprising almost 500 articles in order to fight “incorrect” and “misleading” information, a press release confirmed Dec. 12. Binance, which regularly tops the list of the world’s largest exchanges by volume […]

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Ukraine’s Former Prime Minister Proposes to Tackle Corruption Using Blockchain

Ukraine’s former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is planning to participate in the 2019 presidential elections, wants to combat corruption using blockchain technology. Ukraine’s former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is currently running a presidential campaign for the March 2019 elections, wants to tackle corruption using blockchain, according to a recent Facebook post from Sunday, […]

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KFC Venezuela Denies Accepting Dash Payments

KFC Venezuela has reportedly denied that it will soon accept Dash payments, but has confirmed negotiations with the company. The CEO of KFC Venezuela, Antonio Sampayo, has denied a recent announcement that it will start accepting major altcoin Dash (DASH), Spanish language crypto media Criptonoticias reports Monday, Dec. 10. Sampayo explained that KFC had discussed […]

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‘The Drug Is Gone’: Mike Novogratz Compares Current Bitcoin Markets to ‘Methadone Clinic’

Mike Novogratz has said that the ICO market is “dead right now” during an interview on the current state of the crypto industry. Mike Novogratz compared current cryptocurrency  market performance to a “methadone clinic” in an interview with Bloomberg Dec. 11. During the interview, Bloomberg asked Novogratz how coming from Wall Street made him different […]

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British Crypto Exchange CEX.IO Now Requires Identity Info From Users

London-based crypto exchange CEX.IO has started requiring its users to disclose their identities to purportedly comply with international laws. United Kingdom-based cryptocurrency exchange CEX.IO now requires its users to disclose their identities, financial trading news outlet Finance Magnates reported Dec. 11. Established in 2013, CEX is a London-based cryptocurrency trading platform, initially started as a […]

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Vitalik Buterin: Proof-of-Stake, Sharding to Make Blockchains ‘1,000x’ More Efficient

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin tweeted that proof-of-stake blockchains with sharding will be “thousands of times” more efficient in the future. Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin declared that future blockchains with sharding based on proof-of-stake (PoS) will be “thousands of times more efficient,” in a lengthy Twitter thread Dec. 10. In the long series of tweets, […]

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US CFTC Asks for Comments to Improve Understanding of Ethereum Blockchain, Altcoin

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has asked for public comments to improve its knowledge of the Ethereum blockchain. The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is seeking public comments and guidance on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain, according to an official press release published Dec. 11. In order to improve the commission’s understanding of […]

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