A new patent filed by Alibaba seeks to develop a blockchain system that enables authorized parties to intervene in a smart contract. Chinese e-commerce conglomerate Alibaba has filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a blockchain-based system that allows a third-party administrator to intervene in a smart contract in […]
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Ethereum developer points out that Petro white paper has copied an image from Dash’s GitHub repository, among other similarities. Venezuelan state-owned cryptocurrency Petro has apparently plagiarized parts of its white paper from the GitHub repository of Dash. Core developer of Ethereum Joey Zhou pointed this out in a tweet posted Tuesday, Oct. 2. Zhou has […]
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Cryptocurrencies are today posting modest gains market-wide, with all of the large-market cap coins seeing green. Thursday, Oct. 4: cryptocurrencies are today posting modest gains market-wide. All of the top twenty coins by market cap are tipping into green, as data from Coin360 shows. Market visualization by Coin360 Bitcoin (BTC) is up by 1.2 percent […]
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EOS developer Block.one recently responded to claims of suspicious voting activities among block producers (BPs). Last week, reports emerged that Huobi and other BPs were colluding to manipulate votes in the network. Decentralization Means BPs Voting Together? Brendan Blumer, the CEO of Block.one, responded to the allegations in a blog post published on Monday, saying: […]
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TD Ameritrade, along with other U.S. trading companies, has invested in a new crypto exchange, ErisX, launching in early 2019. Retail brokerage firm TD Ameritrade has announced that it is backing new crypto exchange ErisX, according to a press release published on the company’s website Wednesday, October 3. TD Ameritrade, which currently provides investment services to […]
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The EEA and Hyperledger will seek more active cooperation to advance the enterprise blockchain sphere. The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) and Hyperledger announced October 1 they would join each other’s organizations as “Associate Members” in order to support enterprise blockchain adoption. The EEA, an enterprise blockchain organization created in March 2017 by Santander, JPMorgan, and […]
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According to a report by business magazine WirtschaftsWoche, investors in German ICOs have lost up to 90 percent of their capital. Investors in German ICOs have lost up to 90 percent of their capital, Cointelegraph auf Deutsch reports Monday, October 1. German business magazine WirtschaftsWoche compared the token issue prices of Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) […]
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New research on ICOs’ spending habits reveal over $700 million “realized” in profits and almost $100 million remaining. Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) have almost broken even on funds sold versus funds they raised, new research by Hong Kong cryptocurrency trading platform BitMEX revealed Monday, October 1. The findings, compiled in partnership with crypto analytics resource […]
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Blockchain network developed by the government of Australia recorded 40,000 transactions per second. On Sept. 26, Australia’s National Science Agency (CSIRO), an independent Australian federal government agency responsible for scientific research, developed a blockchain network called Red Belly with the University of Sydney. They successfully conducted a pilot test on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) […]
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Around 50 of the top 100 coins by market cap see slight growth; Bitcoin has climbed above $6,600 again. Sunday, September 30: crypto markets are seeing a mix of red and green today. A little more than half of the top 100 cryptocurrencies have grown in the 24 hours to press time. The daily trade […]
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