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Privacy cryptocurrency Zcash received a hash rate boost on Sept. 30 with a 13 percent rise ahead of its much-awaited Sapling protocol upgrade. A network’s hash rate has historically indicated rising miner interest in a particular coin. More mining groups join a coin’s network ahead of a significant upgrade, fork, or other technology development, resulting […]

Cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea faced the dreaded government hammer last week, as the authorities decided to exclude the burgeoning business type from the country’s “Venture Company” certification, reported Business Korea on Oct.1. The certification provides small and medium businesses with tax breaks, relaxed government policies, and privileged support for raising funds and acquiring lines […]

At the United Nations General Assembly, Joseph Muscat, Prime Minister of Malta, announced that crypto is the inevitable future of money. Serving as Prime Minister of Malta since 2013, Muscat has recently been an influential figure in the blockchain space. At the UN General Assembly, Prime Minister Muscat said: “I passionately believe technology revolutionizes and […]

Over the past decade, there has been an unrelenting movement pulled by a global digital current leading us to migrate our identities and almost our entire lives online. Modern lives demand a working internet connection; work emails, social media, banking. All of these online movements and all our personal information associated with these movements are […]

According to Jake Chervinsky, a government enforcement defense and securities litigation attorney at Kobre & Kim LLP, as of now, the U.S. Congress will not be passing a crypto bill in the foreseeable future. Had drinks yesterday with a friend who's deeply connected in DC. Me: "what do you hear about crypto on the Hill?"Him: […]

According to the People’s Daily on Sept. 28, 2018, JD Finance, a division of the Beijing-based e-commerce goliath JD.com (Jingdong Group), recently founded the Smart City Research Institute at its Nanjing headquarters. A smart city is generally an urban area that ultilizes various forms of electronic information collection sensors in order to provide data used to manage […]

The government of China and its central bank the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) enforced a strict crypto trading ban in September 2017. Yet, the local cryptocurrency market of the country remains active, with hotels, exchanges, and over-the-counter (OTC) trading platforms supporting digital assets. Local authorities have prohibited commercial banks from dealing with overseas crypto […]

Ethereum-based decentralized application 333ETH, one of the protocol’s most used dApp, has been labeled as an “active scam” by cryptocurrency wallet MetaMask, reported Hard Fork on Sept. 28. Accessing 333ETH via MetaMask throws up a caution message to visitors–stating the website is flagged for malicious reasons and may compromise user data. 333ETH is the most […]

Earlier this month, Danske Bank, the biggest bank in Denmark, faced its largest scandal to date for laundering more than $230 billion. Despite the billions of dollars banks launder on a daily basis, critics are still focused on crypto exchanges. On Sept. 28, Erik Voorhees, the CEO of popular cryptocurrency exchange ShapeShift, responded to the […]

Swiss watch company Hublot announced Sept. 19th that it will be releasing a special limited edition of its Big Bang line of watches that you’ll only be able to purchase with Bitcoin. According to the announcement on Hublot’s website, the special edition watch is being released to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Bitcoin, as well […]