The mastermind behind the $147 million Gemcoin cryptocurrency scam, has admitted to wire fraud and tax evasion. Steve Chen, the mastermind behind the $147 million Gemcoin cryptocurrency scheme, has admitted to wire fraud and tax evasion in a plea agreement. The 62-year-old Southern California resident agreed that he and other co-conspirators fraudulently promoted a cryptocurrency […]
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Cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex confirms that no users lost funds or holdings after a bug forced the platform to reverse trades on Feb. 12. Cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex remains confident that it has identified and fixed an error that caused a number of erroneous trades on the platform earlier this week. On Feb. 12, Poloniex made a […]
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Samsung confirms its commitment to cryptocurrency and blockchain technology with enhanced features in the flagship Galaxy S20 smartphone models. South Korean technology giant Samsung recently unveiled its latest smartphone series, the Galaxy S20, at the Unpacked 2020 event in San Francisco. While the headline feature is undoubtedly the new camera, according to the official marketing […]
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The cross-carrier blockchain payment network allows transactions to be paid directly in the user’s currency through their mobile carrier. Further developments to blockchain technology are being tackled every day. One of the biggest challenges is how best companies working on blockchain can make their services not only accessible but also practical for users in different […]
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Cryptocurrency trading is the exact opposite of forex and its options for owning an asset. In the early days of blockchain, cryptocurrency trading was seen by many as merely exchanging a few dollars for Bitcoins (BTC). The birth of other tokens and the high volatility in cryptocurrencies have led many traders to speculate by buying […]
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Microsoft is integrating Lition blockchain to its Azure cloud marketplace and continuing in leading the blockchain adoption among the major cloud providers. Lition, a commercial blockchain, announced on Feb. 18 that Microsoft has officially brought Lition blockchain solution to its Azure cloud marketplace. This makes Lition one of the few public/private blockchains currently supported by […]
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Blockchain sports venture Chiliz has partnered with major sports marketing agency Lagardere Sports and Entertainment. American sports fans could soon be using blockchain-based tokens to interact with their favorite teams. Blockchain sports firm Chiliz has partnered with major marketing agency Lagardere Sports and Entertainment, according to a press release on Feb. 17. Chiliz CEO Alex […]
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Binance’s CZ that you never knew: Talking with Cointelegraph’s number one in crypto. Some call him the Bill Gates of the crypto industry, but I personally think he is not just pushing forward our industry but transforming deeply rooted economic and social culture. He fills concert halls talking about the importance of decentralization and the […]
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2019 saw the long-awaited launch of ICE’s digital assets platform, Bakkt. CEO Kelly Loeffler is now pursuing a career in the U.S. Senate. Since the 2017 mania, every year in the crypto and blockchain space has been increasingly eventful. 2019 was no exception: Along with Facebook’s Libra project and China’s digital yuan endeavors, Intercontinental Exchange’s […]
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Joe Lubin’s long path from managing a lab in Princeton to building the technology serving as “an organizing principle for earth, the world, the planet.” Canadian entrepreneur and software engineer Joseph Lubin helped spearhead the development of the open-source smart contract blockchain platform that came to be known as Ethereum. Lubin has long believed that […]
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