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WeChat, the Chinese messenger app owned by Tencent, has banned several blockchain and cryptocurrency media accounts. Jinse, which is supported by Node Capital, and Deepchain, a website backed by multiple token funds, were both affected by the ban, according to China-based finance news outlet Lanjiner. On Jinse’s official WeChat account, a post disclosing that the account […]

The South Korean National Assembly has kickstarted an “extraordinary” meeting for discussing ICO regulation, cryptocurrency and blockchain frameworks, as well as other steps to support optimal growth of the digital assets sector, Business Korea reported. Korea’s Cryptocurrency Push The Korean government is swiftly taking steps in the cryptocurrency sector as it looks to bolster its […]

Retail investors have long awaited a Bitcoin ETF to draw in an influx of new institutional capital. On Aug. 22, the SEC denied nine Bitcoin ETF proposals from ProShares and Direxion. This article was co-authored by Avi Felman and Jonathan Kim. Update: A previous version of this article stated that the SEC filed seven rejections. The […]

A copycat Ethereum application on Google Play came under scrutiny earlier this week–scamming users under the pretext of selling them 1 ether, without selling any actual ether. Several users were tricked into buying the non-existent token, according to Hard Fork. ETH Hopefuls Scammed Currently trading at $285, ether trades on all popular cryptocurrency exchanges and […]

Dogecoin’s much-awaited bridge to the Ethereum blockchain will soon be released following a 13-month long development period, according to the Medium blog. The update will make moving DOGE to the Ethereum network possible and in a seamless manner. ETH-DOGE Join Hands Taking inspiration from Ismael Bejarano and Oscar Guindzberg’s innovative Superblocks protocol, which merges transactional hashes […]

Once a unified front, the leadership of Bitcoin Cash has fractured into warring factions, and it appears that it’s headed toward not one, but two contentious forks. In this, we’ll review Bitcoin’s history, from its first hard fork to the details of Bitcoin Cash’s upcoming three-way split. 2009 – The Genesis Block In January 2009, […]

Last month, Tron Foundation CEO Justin Sun acquired distributed technologies giant BitTorrent. Recently revealed, BitTorrent founder Bram Cohen has confirmed that he left the company ahead of its acquisition. Update Aug. 22: An earlier version of this article misstated that Bram Cohen left BitTorrent after the Tron acquisition. Tron has confirmed that Bram Cohen left […]

With growing adoption, blockchain integration continues to proliferate across nations worldwide. The U.S. government, meanwhile, has invested $800,000 in developing a research-oriented distributed ledger, called Open Science Chain. US Researchers Develop Distributed Ledger The U.S. government has granted $818,433 to researchers at the University of California-San Diego for the development of Open Science Chain (OSC), […]

Since the ICO fervor of 2017, software pioneer and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has been reluctant to join the blockchain sector. Changing his sentiment, Wozniak revealed plans to join blockchain startup Equi Capital. Woz’s First Blockchain Venture Might be a Bust Apple 1 inventor and Bitcoin bull Steve Wozniak revealed his upcoming involvement in fintech blockchain […]

Blockchain analysis and forensics firm Chainalysis recently produced a report on payments received by the world’s top 17 cryptocurrency merchants, concluding the role of Bitcoin Cash (BCH) has steadily decreased in most day-to-day transactions. As reported by Bloomberg, a group of researchers from Chainalysis observed a stark decline in BCH transactions in 2018. While payments soared […]