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If you bought Bitcoin and other cryptos when prices were high then there’s a silver lining around the gray state of the crypto markets now: any losses you take this year could place you in a lower tax bracket. What’s more, claiming those losses is easier than you might think. Read on to find out […]

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by market cap, will utilize the sophisticated Delegated Byzantine Fault Tolerance (dBFT) for its upcoming Binance Chain product, as seen on a Youtube video released on December 4, 2018. Building a Robust Product First revealed in a tweet last week, Binance Chain is a native blockchain that strives to […]

A new stablecoin, StableUSD (USDS), was recently added to Bittrex. The Seattle-based project seeks to contend with other major stablecoins in an attempt to bring greater ease to crypto and fiat exchanges. StableUSD is a cryptocurrency that is “fully backed and redeemable 1-to-1 for US dollars.” The startup is looking to bring users a safer […]

One of the worst things to happen to a proof-of-work cryptocurrency is a 51 percent attack. Such attacks undermine the immutability—and consequently the trust—in a blockchain. Satoshi Nakamoto summarized proof-of-work as “one-CPU-one-vote.” Since then, the cryptocurrency mining industry has advanced beyond CPU mining, which could compute the Bitcoin algorithm thousands of times per second, to […]

NEO has announced that it is looking to decentralize the nodes on its network. NEO Foundation, which currently runs five of the seven nodes on its system, is opening the process to applicants who wish to run one of these nodes. NEO is a smart contract blockchain platform and cryptocurrency that is designed to “build […]

In an era of digital triumphs, trials, and security breaches, 2018 has simultaneously become both the best and worst time to be a content creator in the digital media space. While it’s now easier than ever for writers and artists to share their work with the world, whether it’s through publishing an e-book on Amazon […]

Brave browser was announced as the default browser for HTC’s new Exodus “blockchain-powered” phone, opening Basic Attention Token (BAT) to a new cohort of potential users. BAT is a cryptocurrency that commoditizes attention, allowing users to receive compensation for sharing their data and attention-span with advertisers. Currently, the cryptocurrency is only compatible with the Brave […]

There is a distinct division around blockchain-related regulation in the United States, especially when it comes to state-level regulation. The spectrum ranges from conservative New York to progressive Ohio. In the U.S. today, two main positions from a regulatory standpoint exist. New York has taken a stricter, more controversial stance towards blockchain projects while states […]

These are turbulent days for crypto. The price of Bitcoin on Coinbase dipped to $3300 in early December, its lowest point since August 2017. The amount of capital raised through ICOs has declined in the second half of 2018, and the flow of U.S. money into new ICOs dried up well before that. The specter […]

On Dec. 6th, Mastercard filed the patent Method and System for Anonymization of Electronic Transactions Via Blockchain. The move comes as several multinational corporations attempt to stake intellectual property claims around emerging blockchain technology. Yesterday, Mastercard filed a patent that would allow the company to send anonymous transactions using blockchain technology. In summary, the abstract […]