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U.S. lawmakers met venture capital firms and entrepreneurs operating in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space this week, with the latter group cautioning watchdogs of the possible “brain-drain” if digital assets continue to be abided by 72-year-old regulations. Industry Persons Call out Redundant Laws As reported by CNBC on Sept. 26, over fifty industry participants met […]

Regulated stablecoins continue their disruptive journey into mass adoption as Circle announces application of tokenized fiat assets. The U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin USD//Coin (USDC) is the product of Circle’s partnership with CENTRE, the open source distribution network which will facilitate deposits from U.S. bank accounts. With an open-internet concept in mind, USDC was designed for universal […]

Cryptocurrency wallet Binance Trust users will enjoy wallet support for Wanchain, the decentralized interoperability asset transfer protocol, as stated on an announcement on Sept. 26. As announced, the integration combines Binance’s secure mobile offering with Wanchain’s cross-blockchain payments solution. With the addition, Wanchain joins an exhaustive list of cryptocurrencies supported by the Trust Wallet–including obscure ERC20 […]

InterContinental Exchange-owned Bakkt has dropped the bombshell confirmation that its first products will be physically delivered Bitcoin futures contracts, which will be traded against fiat currencies including the US dollar, Great British Pound, and the Euro. The news broke in a tweet by New York-based Bakkt: Our first contracts will be physically delivered Bitcoin futures […]

On Friday, Sept. 21st, Minnesota Congressman Tom Emmer announced that he intends to introduce three pieces of legislation in support of blockchain technology and digital currencies. Great support for #blockchain by @RepTomEmmer spearheading 3 pieces of legislation to bring vision and clarity to the industry! https://t.co/Vlk9zh0O6N pic.twitter.com/9la0ZGyYZO — Chamber of Digital Commerce (@DigitalChamber) September 24, 2018 […]

Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox has another mountain to climb as a court-ordered civil rehabilitation pressure the company into near-bankruptcy. Mt Gox trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi, who procured the nickname “Tokyo Whale,” during the peak of his company’s extravagant bitcoin delegation, sold 24,658.00762 Bitcoin (BTC) and 25,331.00761 Bitcoin Cash (BCH) between March 18 and June 22 . That’s a […]

One of Bitcoin’s core principles outlined in its famous whitepaper is privacy. Yet not many people are aware that the promise of anonymity on the blockchain isn’t actually a sure thing in practice. As more and more users adopt cryptocurrencies, the need for basic financial privacy is vital. Just like how today we can’t look […]

In a post-mortem report released on their website on Tuesday, the developers of Monero say they were able to patch a potentially serious bug that would’ve allowed malicious users to ‘burn’ cryptocurrency exchange deposits. A Post Mortem of The Burning Bug: https://t.co/Iqii03G3DJ — Monero || #xmr (@monero) September 25, 2018 This burning would be achieved […]

Cryptocurrency and Bitcoin trading–infamously known for their volatility–seem to have become relatively “stable overall” as investors have held on to their digital investments, according to research published by Chainalysis on Sept. 24. Maturing Crypto Market In its report, the New York-based security company compiled data from the most-traded cryptocurrencies to the least. Based on their […]

Few movie buffs would fail to concede that the monsters on screen aren’t nearly as terrifying as the ones in real life. In SingularDTV’s new documentaryTrust Machine: The Story of Blockchain, however, it would seem that these real-world villains could be in for a nasty surprise. According to Forbes, Trust Machine paints a dystopian picture of […]