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After MIT Find Vulnerabilities, Medici Ventures Defends Blockchain Voting App Voatz

Jonathan Johnson, CEO of Overstock, backs Voatz app amid circulating claims of the app’s security vulnerabilities

Report: Middle East and Africa’s Blockchain Spending to Surge 400% by 2023

Governments across the Middle East and Africa to increase blockchain spending by 400% in four years, a new IDC report says

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Bitcoin and Doomsday Preppers — Would Crypto Have Any Survival Value If SHTF?

As so-called “doomsday prepping” grows in popularity thanks to news of coronavirus lockdown in Chinese cities, red flag gun laws and rampant Fed stimulus in the U.S., preparedness enthusiasts are asking about the viability of bitcoin in a SHTF situation. From cautious, light investor, to vehement denigrator of the “NSA-created surveillance money,” there is no […]

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Blockfolio and TokenTax Join Forces to Make Taxes Easier

Blockfolio users can now import their existing crypto portfolios into TokenTax’s automated software

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New Report Finds North Korean Mining of XMR Increased Tenfold in 2019, Online Activity 300%

New Report Finds North Korean Mining of XMR Increased Tenfold in 2019, Online Activity 300% A report published by cybersecurity organization Insikt Group claims internet use in North Korea has grown significantly in the past three years. The group cites a “300% increase in the volume of activity to and from North Korean networks since 2017,” and part of this activity involves monero (XMR) mining. Insikt observes a tenfold increase […]

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Crypto Community Loses Its 2020 Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang

Andrew Yang, a cryptocurrency-friendly United States presidential candidate, decided to end his campaign

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New Canadian Dollar-Pegged Stablecoin QCAD to be Regulated by FinTRAC

Canada Stablecorp’s new CAD-pegged stablecoin QCAD will start being regulated by major local AML authority, the FinTRAC, by June 2020

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Central Bank Digital Currencies Are Good for Bitcoin, Barry Silbert Says

Bitcoin would benefit from global central banks issuing their own digital currencies, founder of Grayscale Investments said

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North Korean Internet Use Spikes 300% as Regime Turns to Cryptocurrencies

According to a new report, North Korean internet usage is up as state actors use it as a means for raising revenues and skirting sanctions

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Trump’s New Budget Would Have Secret Service Investigate Crypto Crimes

President Trumps’ new budget for 2021 claims a consolidated Treasury and Secret Service will be more efficient in tackling cryptocurrency-enabled crime

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