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Community-Focused Exchanges with Proprietary Tokens Are Prospering
“Community” is a word that is synonymous with cryptocurrency projects, but aside expressing a desire to develop a strong user base, what does it actually mean? For exchanges, having a community-oriented model means consulting customers on new tokens, incentivizing participation, and creating a revenue-sharing system. Binance and Kucoin are two platforms that have tried this […]
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From Mansions to Prisons: Bitcoin and Real-Estate Doesn’t Mix So Well
There’s been a lot of hype surrounding purchasing real-estate with cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. However, even though bitcoin has spiked considerably in value using the asset for purchasing properties and homes is not so easy. Also read: Dancing With the Devil: ‘Cashing Out’ Cryptos Into Fiat Not So Easy Bitcoin Real Estate Purchases Come With Difficulties Lately, […]
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New Code Release Means Bitcoin Cash Addresses Are Just Around the Corner
The bitcoin cash community moved one step closer to having their own address format today with the release of Bitcoin ABC 0.16.2. The full node implementation of BCH includes a switch to a proprietary address format to distinguish it from bitcoin core. It is hoped that this will eliminate issues of BCH being sent to […]
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The Cream of the Crypto Crop: 10 Best Performing Assets in 2017
Bitcoin has garnered the lion’s share of mainstream media attention in the last year, but these altcoins have actually far outperformed Bitcoin. One of them, Ripple, increased in value 360-fold over the past year. #ANALYSIS
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Peter Thiel’s VC Fund Invests Millions Into Bitcoin, Market Reacts
Peter Thiel’s venture capital fund bought millions of dollars worth of BTC, WSJ reports. #NEWS
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Peter Thiel, Bitcoin Astronaut, Moves Markets with Crypto Moonshot
Investor Peter Thiel has reportedly made an all-in, rather giant, bet on bitcoin. Mainstream financial press is reporting his venture capital fund purchased and held the digital asset through last year’s thousand percent-plus gains, making the decentralized currency one of his firm’s most valuable investments. Also read: Jimmy Song Uses Andreas Antonopoulos Model, Open Sources […]
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Putin Wants to Use Cryptoruble to Evade Sanctions But Bank of Russia Skeptical
Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has reportedly commissioned work to create a cryptocurrency as a tool to circumvent international sanctions. His economic adviser explained that “no mining is possible” for the cryptoruble. Meanwhile, the country’s central bank and finance ministry have expressed skepticism about this “cryptocurrency.” Also read: Russian Cryptocurrency Bill Is Ready – Regulators Share Details […]
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Gibraltar Launches Regulation to Protect Value and Reputation
A mechanism tailored to protect customers of cryptocurrency businesses in Gibraltar, and its own reputation, went into effect on January 1. The regulation targets blockchain technology – companies storing and transmitting value must now be licensed by the Financial Services Commission (GFSC). Also read: Malta Bitcoin Schizophrenia: Government and Banks Send Mixed Signals Gibraltar – […]
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South Korea Expected to End Anonymous Crypto Trading by January 20
The South Korean government has been working on a system to enforce real-name identity verification on cryptocurrency traders. This system is expected to be implemented around January 20, thus ending the current practice which allows for anonymous crypto trading. Also read: Russian Regulators Draft Law to Restrict Crypto Mining, Payments, and Token Sales Government’s Real-Name System […]
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