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Vitalik Buterin, co-founder and ubiquitous mouthpiece of Ethereum, hinted the start of his detachment from the operational side of his creation and dropped a series of bombshell announcements about the progress of the smart contract platform’s much-anticipated scalability enhancements, including Casper and Plasma. In a tweet Oct. 6, Buterin claimed that the rubber has begun […]

A proposed bill in the Australia parliament is stifling the citizens’ right to privacy. The bill calls for a software “backdoor” to encrypted data for government authorities to access on demand. If passed, decentralized applications–which pride on their privacy features–stand to bear the brunt. As blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies gain prominence, a major issue most […]

On Oct. 6, Ethereum transactions reached a daily average of 600,000 as network fees and ETH prices decreased. Just last month, the network saw faltering transaction rates and the drop of a yearly-low of 434,000, reported Trustnodes on Oct. 7. Increasing Interest A look at ether’s (ETH) transactional history chart indicates falling ETH prices made […]

According to a recent news release by the Israel Securities Authority (ISA), the regulator has started utilizing blockchain technology to improve cybersecurity and more effectively address challenges regarding information security. The ISA was established in 1968 and seeks to ensure an efficient capital market based on transparency and fairness. The ISA models its practices on […]

According to a recently published Diar report, venture capital investments in crypto and blockchain companies have nearly tripled in the first three quarters of 2018 from that of 2017. Diar references data from Pitchbook that reveals that blockchain and crypto-related companies have raised approximately $3.9 billion in venture capital this year. This figure represents a […]

Ten years after the launch of Bitcoin in 2008, the world is yet to witness the widespread adoption of cryptocurrencies as an accepted form of payment – even in concentrated geographics. The Decentralization Irony Diving into the cryptocurrency market a bit deeper displays shortcomings beyond those mentioned above; which include usability issues, compliance roadblocks, and […]

In the past several days, the daily trading volume of Bitcoin has declined by more than 23 percent to its lowest point in 2018. Edward Morra, a respected technical analyst in the cryptocurrency sector, said: ‘This is the lowest recorded daily volume in more than a year at least (as much as I could squeeze […]

In a stunning move, Binance, the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange by daily volume, has announced it will be publicizing all listing fees and donating the entirety of proceeds to charity with immediate effect. As per an Oct. 8 press release by the founder and CEO, Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao, cryptocurrency projects will now propose a listing […]

Following the announcement of BlackBerry Spark, an Enterprise of Things platform for ultra-secure hyperconnectivity, BlackBerry Limited announced new partnerships and projects with the shared goal of transforming the global delivery of healthcare and patient care. BlackBerry, a smartphone line created by BlackBerry Limited, is well-known for the keyboards on most of its devices and mobile […]

Many investors and traders have started to anticipate the next deadline of Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). But, it is highly unlikely for the SEC to approve the first Bitcoin ETF in US markets within the next two months. Earlier this week, publications reported that the deadline […]