We now know the reason why China’s central bank is rushing to issue its “cryptocurrency” as quickly as possible: Facebook’s Libra. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: We now know the reason why China’s central bank appears to be rushing to issue its “cryptocurrency” as quickly as possible. Beijing, reports suggest, is worried that Facebook’s […]
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We finally know the real reason why Coinbase UK unexpectedly dumped Zcash, one of the best-known “anonymous” crypto tokens. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: Coinbase users in the UK continue to get bad news, with the latest impacting Zcash holders specifically. The rumor mill began to churn this week when the cryptocurrency exchange unexpectedly […]
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Bitcoin enthusiasts in India have a reason to rejoice – the country’s government hasn’t banned cryptocurrencies, yet. Responding to a question in the Indian Parliament about the status of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin in India, minister of state for finance Anurag Thakur responded in the negative, according to a report by Inc42. Bitcoin bulls in […]
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By CCN: A recent article in Reason suggests that there’s a reason to believe that science fiction author Neal Stephenson might be Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto. The article starts: “Consider the possibility that Neal Stephenson is Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous inventor of Bitcoin.” Let’s Not Go Around Calling People Satoshi Nakamoto Let’s not do that. […]
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Blockchain Voting Makes Democracy More Transparent There’s a reason why we have to go to a polling place to fill out ballots for our elections. Anonymous ballots are the easiest way to protect the integrity of the vote while also protecting voter privacy at the same time. Digital voting has been a difficult challenge because […]
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