Japanese government agencies held a crypto meeting, Coincheck added Qtum, and more headlined news from Japan this past week. This week’s headlines from Japan include crypto exchange Zaif reopening account registrations, government agencies meeting on crypto, the Federation of Economic Affairs submitting a national Blockchain proposal, Coincheck adding Qtum, and Rakuten Wallet opening leverage trading […]
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Coronavirus anxiety continues to overshadow second day of London Blockchain Week. The second day of Fintech Worldwide’s Blockchain Summit kicked off to unusually glorious sunshine. But you’d be hard pressed to notice that in the venue because there was no natural light filtering through to the handful of attendees that braved the ongoing coronavirus scare. […]
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The U.S. central bank continues inflationary measures to satisfy liquidity demands from lenders, as coronavirus plays havoc with stability. The United States Federal Reserve has funneled the equivalent of half the entire Bitcoin (BTC) supply into the economy — but banks want even more money. As the New York Fed confirmed on its website, so-called […]
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BitPanda CEO Eric Demuth explains why regulations are necessary to avoid a “Wild West” for crypto, and names first stop outside of the EU. The crypto ecosystem tends to see regulations as “the big bad wolf.” In this narrative, government and regulators set rules that slow down innovation and damage growth for the crypto industry. […]
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After ending his presidential bid last month, Andrew Yang wants to rewrite the rules of the economy with its new nonprofit Humanity Forward. Former presidential candidate and known cryptocurrency proponent Andrew Yang has announced a new initiative to protect privacy online. After ending his presidential bid last month, Yang has announced the creation of new […]
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A petition circulating on Twitter is demanding that the crypto community unite to boycott Google’s services and migrate to distributed platforms. A petition taking aim at Google for censoring cryptocurrency-related content across its platforms is gaining traction on Twitter. #ForkGoogle’s memorandum accuses Google and its subsidiary YouTube of waging “campaigns of suppression against Bitcoin and […]
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The recent incidents with Steem show a critical vulnerability in proof-of-stake algorithms that might affect all cryptocurrencies and exchanges. The Steem blockchain reportedly experienced a troubling episode recently, whereby the blockchain’s entire governance system was disturbed. Tron founder Justin Sun, new owner of the Steemit social network based on the Steem token, appears to have […]
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Bullish as ever, Max Keiser believes that a sky-high Bitcoin price will come this year purely as a result of coronavirus’ impact on the fiat economy. Bitcoin (BTC) will reach $100,000 and Jamie Dimon will be “begging” the United States Federal Reserve for money to buy some. Those were just two of the predictions from […]
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Emerging technologies such as blockchain and cryptocurrencies have created an opportunity to match the gaming industry with the real-life property market. If you had bought a house in San Francisco at the start of the millennium, you’d be rich now. The median price of a house then was $420,000. Now, a house in the city […]
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With the Indian apex court repealing the RBI’s crypto ban, experts now believe that the S.E Asian country’s economy is set to surge. In what is widely being considered a historic day for the crypto industry as a whole, the Supreme Court of India has passed a judgment nullifying the controversial banking ban imposed by […]
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