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Sam Altman, the president at Y Combinator, one of the largest early-stage technology venture capital firms globally, has paid $10,000 to preserve his brain and potentially upload his memories to the cloud after his death. Earlier this week, MIT Technology Review reported about a startup that is providing a mind-uploading service through a process that … Read more
This week the U.S. Treasury Department issued guidelines on how the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) could add cryptocurrency addresses to the country’s sanction list. Also read: New Tools Help Crypto Traders Make Smarter Decisions Cryptocurrency Addresses to be Added to the U.S. Sanctions List The U.S. government may soon have the ability to add … Read more
The NEM Foundation has announced it will no longer track cryptos stolen from the Japanese exchange Coincheck. The Singapore-based organization said it had provided law-enforcement agencies with information from its investigations. It did not explain its decision to end the tracking efforts. According to some estimates, half of the NEM coins that disappeared in the … Read more
Bitcoin is allegedly entering a recovery phase, and is now trading for just under $9,000. Following two harsh weeks of negative sentiment from both Google and Twitter, bitcoin is once again showing an ability to surpass the latest resistance levels and spike through new territory. Many allege that a positive response to this year’s recent … Read more
Decentralized exchanges are gaining a lot of traction in the cryptocurrency world these days. Kyber Network is one of the platforms a lot of people are showing great interest in. With centralized exchanges being scrutinized and targeted by hackers, it is evident that decentralized solutions are the way forward. Kyber Network Goes Live Even though Kyber … Read more
In the global downtrend that has extended for a majority of 2018, ICON (ICX) is among the coins that have taken the biggest hit, seeing a loss in value of more than 80% from January highs to recent lows. In the past week, however, ICX has more than doubled, and in the past day alone, … Read more
There have been numerous discussions as to whether or not Amazon will ever accept cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Litecoin. So far, the company is not even remotely inclined to do so. A recent survey by LendEDU shows that Amazon could easily become the go-to company for various financial services, including its own native currency and banking. … Read more
Most cryptocurrency enthusiasts are well aware that the SEC is cracking down on initial coin offerings. This is not entirely surprising, as the industry raises a lot of questions regarding the legitimacy of creating value out of thin air. The SEC’s website has recently been updated with a page dedicated to initial coin offerings, which is pretty interesting. … Read more
Anyone swiping through the tech news on their tablet this week may have been startled by an unsavory story. Child pornography (CP) is permanently encoded in the bitcoin blockchain accoriding to mainstream media reports, making anyone who downloads the blockchain guilty of accessing CP. Not only is this old news, but it’s fake news. Understanding … Read more
A lot of people are confident about the Bitcoin price as of right now. Despite the mounting volatility in the market, it has become evident there is some positive momentum looming overhead. Some experts even claim this is the moment at which the Bitcoin price trend will reserve. An optimistic view, as there is a … Read more