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A Southern District Court judge in Florida produced a report arguing why Centra Tech’s ICO tokens should be classed as securities. Hit with a class-action lawsuit for violating US securities law, several of the Centra Tech team members already face prosecution by the US Government — having had 91,000 Ether seized from the project’s ICO […]

Kim Yong-bum, the Vice Chairman of the Financial Services Commission and one of the main financial regulators in South Korea, expressed optimism towards the cryptocurrency market and the disappearance of the “Kimchi Premium” which exceeded 30% at the cryptocurrency market’s peak in December 2017. Why Premiums Existed in the First Place Merely seven months ago, […]

In part one of “How to Build a Simple Bitcoin Trading Bot,” we covered what algorithmic trading is and how to recognize and analyze market inefficiencies. In part two of this series, we will cover the six steps to developing an algorithm. This is a guest post by Izak Fritz, a software contractor for Stably Blockchain […]

With cryptocurrency coming into the mainstream, digital assets and traditional securities are separate entities no more. Announced on June 27, Uphold digital currency exchange agreed to acquire New York-based JNK Securities Corp. Uphold Prepares for Emerging Regulation In a blog post released June 27, Uphold introduced its newly-formed securities division and announced the pending acquisition of […]

Pornhub announced the addition of TRON (TRX) along with ZenCash (ZEN) as payment options for its popular adult entertainment site. @Pornhub is now accepting TRX! The leading adult website will soon offer #TRX as a payment method. With over 85 million daily visitors, Pornhub is currently ranked 13 across all website categories in the world! […]

From its turbulent mainnet launch, the EOS network faced community backlash for freezing several user accounts. On June 26, 2018, EOS CTO Dan Larimer took to Telegram to propose a complete rehaul of the network’s constitution. Controversy With Current EOS Governance Model On June 26, CTO of EOS and an original drafter of its constitution, Dan […]

Outside the glamour of Bitcoin millionaires and record-breaking ICOs, few crypto-powered projects aim to resolve global issues. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong seeks to change this by launching a non-profit crypto charity, GiveCrypto. Using Crypto to Share the Wealth Since the rise of Bitcoin in 2017, cryptocurrency has fueled a wave of overnight millionaires. In their […]

The Tokyo District Court has ordered Mt Gox to begin compensating victims of its infamous 2014 hack, effectively stalling the exchange’s pending bankruptcy. Posted on the Mt Gox website June 22, the ruling may bring closure to a November 2017 petition requesting compensation — filed by creditors of the now-defunct Mt Gox exchange. Crucially, victims […]

Stanford University students demonstrate how multi-million dollar initial coin offerings (ICOs) are not necessary to create working blockchain-related products and solutions. Stanford Focuses on Active Blockchain Development Since 2017, companies from the traditional finance sector and tech industry have aggressively targeted the lucrative ICO space to generate substantial profits in a short period of time. For […]

Algorithmic trading is the process of applying the same set of rules to make buy and sell orders in a market – it involves applying the scientific method to trading in order to develop an effective strategy. This means doing research on an asset and coming up with a hypothesis on how to trade it. This […]