Month: February 2018

Polish Financial Authorities Paid Youtuber to Smear Cryptocurrency

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Polish financial authorities have spent taxpayers’ money on a smear campaign on Youtube and Facebook against investing in cryptocurrencies. While issuing warnings or trying to educate the public against what regulators fear are risky investments are not uncommon around the world, in this case they tried to sway public opinion against crypto assets by paying … Read more

Trading Tip `The Wall´ – Drop Tokens That Suffer From Overtokenization

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It’s said that 90% of all startups fail, and that we should expect nothing more from ICOs. But 10% success rate is still overly optimistic for ICOs, perhaps not for the reason you may think. You’re probably aware of examples of ICO “founders” who turned out to be a bunch of made up Linkedin-profiles. You’re … Read more

Siacoin Price Aims to Surpass $0.03 Again

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The cryptocurrency markets once again find themselves in an awkward position. Most weekends result in rather boring trading action, and this week is no different. With most markets suffering from a small retrace, it’s all the more remarkable to see the Siacoin price rise to nearly $0.03 again. Siacoin Price Make Small Positive Moves As … Read more

PR: Vadim Nareyko, CTO PlayHall – Technical Aspects of the PlayHall Platform

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PlayHall is a blockchain platform for holding regular skill-gaming tournaments and matches between users. In skill-games, your success does not depend on luck but on your skills and intelligence. In matches and tournaments held on the platform gamers will be able to win liquid cryptocurrency, which today can be quickly exchanged for fiat money. All … Read more

Salon Offers Visitors In-House Cryptocurrency Mining When Blocking Ads

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Mainstream web magazine Salon has started allowing its readers an ad-free site, if readers start mining cryptocurrency for them, after sustaining a decline in income due to ad blocking technology. Also read: Japan Cracks Down on Foreign ICO Agency Operating Without License Salon’s Mining Initiatives Salon, a left-leaning political and lifestyle webzine started in 1995, has launched … Read more

Steps towards Self-Regulation in Croatia and Slovenia

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Communities in two countries, which share a border, history and perspectives, have expressed similar views about the future of the cryptocurrency sector. A new association in Croatia hopes to lay the foundations of self-regulation in the industry. In neighboring Slovenia, entrepreneurs and government officials have promised to work together to “educate the public” on the … Read more

Bitcoin Puzzle Games Are Growing in Popularity

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In many respects, Bitcoin is the ultimate puzzle. Armchair sleuthers have expended countless hours trying to deduce the identity of its pseudonymous creator, and miners have expended countless more trying to puzzle the nonce required to solve each block and claim the 12.5 BTC reward attached. It seems logical that a new wave of puzzle … Read more