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Explained: Bitcoin Cash Hash Wars, Where the Factions Stand on the Issues
Recently, there has been a storm brewing in Bitcoin Cash (BCH). Two upgrades to the underlying software of Bitcoin Cash threaten to split the…
Adoption
Amazon Wins Two Blockchain Related Patents: Cryptography and Distributed Storage
Internet retail behemoth Amazon was recently awarded two blockchain-related patents. The patents related to cryptographic signatures and expandable data grids, signal a race to…
Derivatives
Bitcoin Plunges to $5400: 12 Month Low, Market Sheds $25 Billion
Bitcoin hits a historic 12 month low of $5400; The pre-eminent cryptocurrency has cratered 11 percent just within the last four hours. The enormous…
Lending
How Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Ripple-Backed Loans Will Change Crypto
The advent of cryptocurrency backed loans will have profound ramifications on the crypto markets. Although several exchanges and credit companies have tried to enter…
Adoption
Bitcoin Payment with Square’s Cash App Signal Growing Adoption
Square’s mobile payments application, Cash App, posts impressive growth for Bitcoin transactions despite the bearish cryptocurrency market. In Square’s Q3 shareholder letter the company…
Exchanges
EtherDelta Founder Charged by SEC for Operating Unregistered Exchange
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced in a press release that it has settled charges against EtherDelta founder Zachary Coburn. This is the SEC’s…
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People
From Digital Payments to Crypto to Executive, Meet Lawrence Lerner [INTERVIEW]
Meet the man who was working to integrate digital payments into our daily lives and build cryptocurrency before there was even such a thing…
Regulation
CEO of NASDAQ Would Consider Offering Regulated Cryptocurrencies
The CEO of the NASDAQ, the second-largest exchange in the world by market capitalization, announced that it would consider adding cryptocurrency to its offerings…
Technology
Ethereum Co-Founder Joseph Lubin: Proof of Stake Within Year, Infinite Scalability on Horizon
In the face of uncertainty, Ethereum Co-Founder Joseph Lubin reassures the community that proof of stake is near, and that infinite scalability is on…
Regulation
Investigations by the SEC Signal Crypto and ICO Regulations Tightening
Arguably the most contentious issue surrounding initial coin offerings (ICOs) is SEC compliance. The crux of the matter lies on whether tokens issued through…
Regulation
SEC’s New Cyber Unit Tasked with Blockchain Securities Fraud
The wild west of blockchain may come to a close. The SEC has recently created a Cyber Unit focused on investigating digital misconduct and…
Adoption
NFC and the Lightning Network Could Make Bitcoin Payments Practical Again
Development of Bitcoin‘s core protocol could alleviate many scalability issues facing Bitcoin. Advancements on the new Lightning Network could allow for fast, inexpensive, and…