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Telegram hit by SEC emergency action for its $1.7 billion token offering

The entities behind Telegram and its $1.7 billion ICO were hit by an emergency action and restraining order by the SEC for failing to…

Mitchell Moos 2 min read 7 years ago

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CTFC head: Ethereum is a commodity, anticipates launch of ETH futures

The chairman of the U.S. Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CTFC) gave verbal confirmation that Ether is a commodity and that he expects an…

2 min read 7 years ago

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Bitcoin, Etheruem, XRP, and Litecoin could be preparing for a bloody weekend

A number of technical indicators are signaling that the entire market is susceptible to a downturn over the next few days, or even hours.…

6 min read 7 years ago

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VanEck: Bitcoin improves portfolio upside, potential as “digital gold”

VanEck, known as the first U.S. investment manager to bet on gold before it broke from the gold standard, produced a report pitched at…

3 min read 7 years ago

Coin Center director: Libra’s path towards permissionless is flawed, unlikely to become decentralized

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OpenLibra announcement overshadowed by core team member’s questionable past

The launch of OpenLibra, a permissionless and open-source fork of Facebook‘s cryptocurrency, was overshadowed by fraud accusations toward one of the core team members. Crypto…

3 min read 7 years ago

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Adoption

Why certain countries ban crypto

Whether you love it or hate it, cryptocurrency is here to stay. Managed by decentralized networks spread out across the entire globe, the world’s…

5 min read 7 years ago

Adoption

Gambling and DeFi keep dapps afloat as transaction volume drops; Ethereum, EOS and Tron leading

The transaction volume of dapps built on 6 main blockchains went down 40 percent in Q3 2019, while just 148 new dapps launched in…

3 min read 7 years ago

Merge

Community still believes in Ethereum 2.0 despite scaling challenges

At the 2019 Devcon in Japan, the Ethereum community was optimistic about the launch of the network's second iteration, seemingly untouched by the latest…

3 min read 7 years ago

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Altcoins including TRON, Cardano, Chainlink on the run

Some of the top altcoins by market capitalization—including TRON, Cardano, and Chainlink—began surging over the last few hours. As they absorb a bigger share…

5 min read 7 years ago