A dedicated focus group says that Israel’s central bank should “continue examining the field” prior to making a firm commitment in releasing a digital currency. An Israeli study group exploring digital currency options has recommended that the country’s central bank not issue its own token, a press release confirmed Nov. 6. The interdepartmental team, set […]
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Per a recent report by crypto research firm One Alpha, Israel-based startups raised $606 million through ICOs as of the third quarter of 2018. Israel-based projects have raised over $600 million through Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) as of the third quarter (Q3) of 2018, according to report by cryptocurrency analytics firm One Alpha released Nov. […]
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Blockchain software tech company ConsenSys has acquired U.S.-based asteroid mining firm Planetary Resources. Blockchain software technology firm ConsenSys Inc. has acquired American asteroid mining company Planetary Resources, Inc. through an asset-purchase transaction, according to an announcement published Oct. 31. Founded in 2009 and formerly known as Arkyd Astronautics, Planetary Resources is supposedly engaged in the […]
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Binance has received an investment from Temasek subsidiary Vertex Ventures to support the exchange’s expansion into the Southeast Asian market. Vertex Ventures has announced an investment in the largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance to facilitate its expansion into Singapore, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph Oct. 23. Vertex Ventures is a subsidiary of Singapore-based […]
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Law enforcement agencies and the military could benefit from blockchain as much as financial institutions do. Blockchain-based systems’ decentralized nature makes for their formidable resiliency to the outsiders’ attempts to infiltrate or take down such networks. Governments, law enforcement agencies and even military leadership around the world seem to be embracing a more blockchain-friendly way […]
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Hackers have minted 235 million fake tokens of the digital Pigeoncoin currency by taking advantage of a bitcoin bug, The Next Web reported. As a result, the hackers were able to circumvent the cryptocurrency’s set supply of 21 billion coins. The hackers have not sold or moved their Pigeoncoins, but the reported noted the attack […]
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Israel’s national securities regulator has started using blockchain to improve the cybersecurity of its messaging system. The Israel Securities Authority (ISA) has started to use blockchain to improve the cybersecurity of its messaging system, online newspaper Times of Israel reports today, October 3. The government regulator has reportedly embedded the technology into a system dubbed […]
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