Head of the IMF, Christine Lagarde, has called on central banks to explore the use of digital currencies in the future. Read more Markets pieces here. Christine Lagarde, Chairwoman of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on central banks to explore the possible use of digital currencies in the near future in a speech […]
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The ICO has become almost inseparable from the idea of a blockchain startup. It is now the go-to means of raising capital for development teams convinced they are onto the next big thing. The sheer volume of ICOs has led to a proliferation of new tokens entering the market and, almost inevitably, an ever-expanding graveyard […]
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Previously we evaluated the privacy of Monero and Zcash. Today, we’re going to look at some other coins that are frequently recommended for their privacy preserving capabilities. Bytecoin, PIVX, Verge, and Dash are usually all classed as privacy coins. Although, as we shall see, there are huge discrepancies between their levels of anonymity. Here, we’re […]
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Messenger app maker Kik is quitting ethereum for good as it continues to develop its cryptocurrency, dubbed kin. Launched on ethereum early in the ICO boom, Kik has now announced that it will close kin’s atomic swap with ethereum. Without specifying a date, the Kin Ecosystem Foundation said Wednesday that it would soon release a tool […]
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Amazon is set to collaborate with ConsenSys Kaleido to bring an Ethereum marketplace for enterprise-level blockchain. Read more Technology pieces here. ConsenSys subsidiary, Kaleido, is set to launch a “plug-and-play” set of services to help Ethereum blockchain projects from the initial proof-of-concept stage to the production level of their business. The announcement came at the Lisbon […]
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The Hong Kong division of global accounting and consulting firm PwC is exploring the best practices for issuing stablecoins, as part of an initiative with the non-profit Loopring Foundation. Announced Tuesday, PwC Hong Kong’s Asia-focused study on stablecoins follows a PwC partnership in the U.S. to advise decentralized lending platform Cred, which is working on a U.S. […]
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Israeli startups have brought in more than $600 million in funding from initial coin offerings (ICOs) in the first three quarters of 2018, according to an industry report. Crypto analytics and research firm One Alpha surveyed ICOs and blockchain projects globally, from the past year, aiming to provide an overview on the status of the […]
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Alex Sunnarborg is a Founder of Tetras Capital. Previously, he was a research analyst at CoinDesk and a founder of the crypto investing app Lawnmower. As you may know, securities classification analysis in the U.S. today primarily revolves around the Securities Act of 1933 and the SEC v. W.J. Howey Co. Supreme Court case of 1946. The Securities […]
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A global money-laundering watchdog has said it will begin publishing rules for international cryptocurrency regulation by next summer. According to a Reuters report Friday, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) – the France-based intergovernmental body founded in 1989 to develop policies for tackling money laundering – said that global jurisdictions will have to bring into force licensing schemes […]
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Civil, the New York-based startup aiming to put journalism on a blockchain, is to refund users who participated in its token sale, after failing to meet its pre-set minimum target. Matthew Iles, Civil’s CEO, wrote in a blog post on Tuesday that the startup closed sales of its proprietary CVL token on Oct. 15, falling […]
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