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Telegram hit by SEC emergency action for its $1.7 billion token offering
The entities behind Telegram and its $1.7 billion ICO were hit by an emergency action and restraining order by the SEC for failing to…

You can’t fix 51% attacks on Bitcoin without adding centralization, argues core developer
The ability to 51% attack Bitcoin indicates that it’s decentralized. It’s impossible to fix this vulnerability without adding centralization, argued Litecoin founder Charlie Lee…

EOS.IO phasing out free network resources after smart contract exploit
Block.one is planning to phase out free network resources on EOSIO after the feature allowed an attacker to exploit a smart contract for 30,000…

Bitcoiner Pierre Rochard joins Kraken as Bitcoin Evangelist
Today, Pierre Rochard, a well-known Bitcoin advocate, joined Kraken as the crypto exchange’s “Bitcoin evangelist.” “When I spoke with the team at Kraken, it…

DeFi portal InstaDApp raises $2.4 million in seed round
InstaDApp, a portal that simplifies interactions between major DeFi protocols, raised $2.4 million in seed funding from a line-up of high profile strategic investors.…

Analyzing wealth concentration on Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP
Analysis shows that XRP has much higher wealth concentration than both Bitcoin and Ethereum. Nevertheless, such concentration poses risks for all three coins. Here's…

NEO’s strategy of ‘pragmatic’ centralization
One of NEO’s competitive advantages over Bitcoin and Ethereum is its ‘pragmatic’ approach toward centralization, argues founder Da Hongfei. Leveraging centralization One of NEO’s…

Bitcoin breaks below $8,000 as free fall continues
Bitcoin continues ripping through major support, breaching the $8,000-level support within the last hour. From open at $10,027 on Sep. 23, BTC has now…

New Ethereum ASIC dominates GPU mining performance
Canaan unveiled a new Ethereum ASIC that’s more than 5-times more efficient than commercially available GPUs. This doesn’t bode well for small-scale miners and…

ProgPOW author steps down as Core Scientific CTO, vows to implement algorithm on Ethereum
Kristy-Leigh Minehan, the author of ProgPOW, stepped down as CTO of Core Scientific to focus on ensuring the disputed algorithm gets implemented on Ethereum…

Ethereum miners increase network capacity by 20% in response to congestion
Miners have expanded the gas limit on Ethereum by 20 percent over the last 10 days, helping address congestion and highlighting an innovative network…

NEO joins Microsoft-created .NET Foundation as first blockchain member
NEO joined the Microsoft-created .NET Foundation as a member, the first blockchain organization to do so. It seems the project’s newest executive, Microsoft veteran…