The history of the cryptocurrency project can be traced to the 1970s. One key factor was the fear of future surveillance. Both surveillance and the possibility to more directly manipulate transaction data. I wrote about Paul Armor, a computer scientist who worked on and off in the Department of Defense, and at Rand in the 70s,
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Digital currency prices have slumped again as the entire crypto market capitalization has dropped below $200 billion. At press time, most of the top digital assets are down a few percentages after gathering some gains over the last few days. With multiple coins getting rejected after trying to surpass upper resistance, skeptics think crypto prices
Despite having operable smart contract blockchains like Ethereum in production, projects have struggled with product-market fit for decentralized applications in recent years. The industry might simply be too early. If we look back to how “mobile applications” progressed, they didn’t really solidify into a multi-billion dollar business until their infrastructure — smartphones like iPhone and
The guidance released Wednesday includes two specific updates that the public can comment on: Any coins that the regulator approves for listing in New York can be listed by any exchange that operates in the state, as long as they provide notice to NYDFS, and the regulator will publish a model framework for coin listings
The tax authority of Denmark has reportedly sent out warning letters to 20,000 crypto owners asking them to amend their tax returns, pay taxes on crypto gains, or face penalties. The tax agency is demanding a full breakdown of their crypto transactions; it recently obtained information on these traders from three local crypto exchanges. Also
Notably, Shyft has not announced virtual asset service providers like Binance and Bitfinex – the actual target of the FATF travel rule – as partners at the time of publication. Joseph Weinberg, Co-founder of Shyft, hinted in an email statement that exchanges are indeed assisting in the product set to launch alongside the Shyft mainnet
While hype surrounding crypto certainly helped drive consumer interest, funding, and innovation in the past, it has also perhaps overshadowed some of the hard business uses to which blockchain is uniquely suited. These advantages include immutability. Blockchain can readily digitize the paper processes once relied upon to share information up and down supply chains. In
Singapore, one of the leading hubs for blockchain adoption, now boats over 400 fintech firms within the island nation, one for every 14,000 people living in the country. “Blockchain” is the fastest growing job skill in Singapore, and among the top 3 in China, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Vietnam, according to LinkedIn
“Most banks at the moment have a zero-tolerance approach to crypto,” said Tom Robinson, Elliptic’s chief scientist and co-founder. “They don’t have any visibility into the risks that a particular exchange may possess – they all look the same to them. So, many of them won’t bank any exchanges.”
On December 10, Switzerland-based firm Amun AG announced the company’s base prospectus has been approved by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (SFSA). The ETP provider said it has extensive plans to expand its digital asset ETPs throughout Europe, while Sweden shows “strong demand” for these products. Also read: Wisdomtree’s Physically Backed Bitcoin ETP Goes Live
“The people who earn €500 a month, of course, will tax-evade because otherwise they cannot survive,” Konstantopoulos said. “Literally every young person who wants to do things in their life is looking for ways to work abroad. …Generally, salaries suck; there are high taxes and fixed fees, pension or insurance, so a lot of shops
Many Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) have been and are frauds. The state enables this con game in various ways, including the establishment of accredited investors and the regulation of businesses that sell equity. Shut off from the most lucrative aspects of investment, average people rush into the few sources of profit still available to them.
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Ross Ulbricht, serving life without parole for allegedly running the Silk Road marketplace, hasn’t allowed his detention to deprive him from monitoring bitcoin’s price action. In a new blog series titled Bitcoin by Ross, Ulbricht reveals that he is closely attuned to BTC’s price movements, and shares some suggestions as to where the market might
Italy, one of the world’s largest economies, has faced plenty of financial challenges in the past decade. That’s probably one of the reasons why cryptocurrencies have been faring better there than in other European countries. Italians love cash but are also warming up to its decentralized digital alternative. The number of businesses accepting crypto payments
On December 8, the U.S.-based coffee firm that uses cannabidiol (CBD) in its product, Crazy Calm, launched a promotion that aims to send $5 per order to the charity EatBCH. The founder of Crazy Calm, Matt Aaron, also detailed that the startup wanted to leverage the payment processor Shopify but the company closed their account
“The late 20th Century digitization of information through the Internet took place in a regulatory ‘light’ zone due to the US Constitution’s protection of speech from Federal government interference. Conversely, the early 21st Century digitization of value is taking place in regulatory ‘heavy’ zone because of the long-established authority of US state and federal governments to
IGN dubiously removed Death Stranding from its own 2019 Game of the Year Awards. Gamers report that it tried to rig a reader poll but support poured in for the Hideo Kojima game. Rating rumors continue to circulate as we approach the end-of-year game awards. Popular gaming publication IGN has come under fire after it
According to a press release, Matthew Brent Goettsche, 37, of Lafayette, Colorado; Jobadiah Sinclair Weeks, 38, of Arvada, Colorado; and Joseph Frank Abel, 49, of Camarillo, California were indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud (Goettsche and Weeks) and conspiracy to offer unregistered securities through their participation in BitClub Network, a mining pool
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Two Tesla accidents yielded TSLA stock gains of 4% this week, proving Elon Musk is the master of buzz. The Cybertruck’s first road trip included an incident with a traffic pylon, but investors were unfazed. Buzz about the Cybertruck overshadowed another autopilot crash. It was a smashing weekend for electric vehicle maker Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA), and
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The Onecoin scam, a multi-level Ponzi scheme that acquired $4 billion from investors has been falling apart at the seams. Criminal proceedings have started against Onecoin leaders and one alleged associate who was found guilty of laundering $400 million has asked a New York judge for more time to process an acquittal motion. Additionally, according
There exists a long history of censorship resistant and privacy preserving technologies: Signal for messaging, Bittorrent for file-sharing, Tor for web browsing. Like bitcoin, these tools are not built for the mainstream. Most people would rather use faster, slicker, glossier centralized alternatives like Facebook Message, Dropbox, and Google Chrome. But for censored people and organizations,
Sandeep Nailwal, chief operating officer and co-founder of MATIC Network, trashed allegations of manipulation and assured investors that his team had nothing to do with the price drop. He backed up his claim in a tweet noting that a majority of tokens are still in MATIC’s foundation address and that the unlocking of the 248 million
The Patriots are 10-3 and the No. 2 seed in the AFC. But some fans and members of the media are acting like the team is falling apart. From booing the team, fighting amongst each other, and harassing the brother and girlfriend of Patrick Mahomes, the fans sure seem to have lost it. But with
Amazon wants the decision to award a government cloud computing contract to Microsoft rescinded. The e-commerce behemoth is a leading spender on lobbying, far outstripping its rivals. Jeff Bezos could learn a lot from Tim Cook on how to handle Washington, D.C. After the U.S. military awarded a cloud computing contract to Microsoft two months
FitBit data helped Jane Slater catch her boyfriend cheating. The use case for wearables data among the police and other emergency services is growing. Calls for better privacy protection are getting louder as Google prepares to take over FitBit’s massive customer data pool. It turns out there could be some drawbacks to wearing a device
After multiple failed attempts, the second largest blockchain in the world by market capitalization executed its sixth system-wide upgrade, also called a hard fork. Dubbed Constantinople, the hard fork was executed as two upgrades, one after the other, in order to patch a critical vulnerability discovered mere hours before the upgrade was scheduled for activation.
