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🎩 Facebook’s David Marcus resigns from Coinbase’s board.
via VentureBeat
📊 According to the new study, Malta, Belize, and Seychelles are topping the exchange-based crypto trade chart.
via Bitcoin.com
🇨🇳 China’s Communist Party has released the book noscriptd Blockchain—A Guide for Officials.
via CoinDesk
🇺🇸 The U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is now receiving more filings of crypto-related Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs).
via Cointelegraph
🔚 On September 10, BitConnect’s token will get removed from the last cryptocurrency exchange that traded it.
via ccn
🎩 Facebook’s David Marcus resigns from Coinbase’s board.
via VentureBeat
📊 According to the new study, Malta, Belize, and Seychelles are topping the exchange-based crypto trade chart.
via Bitcoin.com
🇨🇳 China’s Communist Party has released the book noscriptd Blockchain—A Guide for Officials.
via CoinDesk
🇺🇸 The U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is now receiving more filings of crypto-related Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs).
via Cointelegraph
🔚 On September 10, BitConnect’s token will get removed from the last cryptocurrency exchange that traded it.
via ccn
The giant of cryptocurrency mining, Bitmain, is planning to go public and is targeting a valuation of $40-50 billion.
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Crypto Unicorn Bitmain Weighs $18 Billion IPO, One of World's Largest
Bitmain is going public in China. The IPO might make it one of the most valuable startups, cryptocurrency or not, to ever debut on the public markets.
What Is Margin Trading?
Margin trading is one of the most profitable, but at the same time, the riskiest of strategies. In margin trading, a crypto trader takes a loan from a broker, most often represented by an exchange, and provides collateral—the margin. At the same time, interest is charged for using the loan. But in this way, margin trading allows one to buy a cryptocurrency in excess of the balance of the trader. To make a deal, a trader has a margin account on the exchange, where funds act as a guarantee to the lender. A tool that allows one to trade amounts that exceed one’s own funds is called leverage. The size of the maximum possible leverage is established by the exchange operator.
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Margin trading is one of the most profitable, but at the same time, the riskiest of strategies. In margin trading, a crypto trader takes a loan from a broker, most often represented by an exchange, and provides collateral—the margin. At the same time, interest is charged for using the loan. But in this way, margin trading allows one to buy a cryptocurrency in excess of the balance of the trader. To make a deal, a trader has a margin account on the exchange, where funds act as a guarantee to the lender. A tool that allows one to trade amounts that exceed one’s own funds is called leverage. The size of the maximum possible leverage is established by the exchange operator.
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How Wall Street Can Strangle Hug Bitcoin
The game of cat and mouse continues. On August 7, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) postponed its consideration of the application from the exchange Cboe BZX, which asks to change the rules so that Bitcoin ETFs from the VanEck SolidX Bitcoin Trust could be released to the market. The question was postponed until September 30, and by its shift, the SEC follows the same path that led to the rejection of the ETF which the Winklevoss brothers, the owners of several hundred-thousand Bitcoins, had asked for. And yet, an ETF is likely to be approved, if not from the Winklevoss brothers or the Cboe BZX, then from other applicants. And if this does not happen in the current year, then it will in the next year for sure. The investment fund Canaccord Genuity is certain of this, where they consider the approximate date of ETF approval to be March 2019. A closer date of February 27 of next year is also voiced by lawyer Jake Chervinsky.
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The game of cat and mouse continues. On August 7, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) postponed its consideration of the application from the exchange Cboe BZX, which asks to change the rules so that Bitcoin ETFs from the VanEck SolidX Bitcoin Trust could be released to the market. The question was postponed until September 30, and by its shift, the SEC follows the same path that led to the rejection of the ETF which the Winklevoss brothers, the owners of several hundred-thousand Bitcoins, had asked for. And yet, an ETF is likely to be approved, if not from the Winklevoss brothers or the Cboe BZX, then from other applicants. And if this does not happen in the current year, then it will in the next year for sure. The investment fund Canaccord Genuity is certain of this, where they consider the approximate date of ETF approval to be March 2019. A closer date of February 27 of next year is also voiced by lawyer Jake Chervinsky.
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How Wall Street Can Strangle Hug Bitcoin
Too much anticipation around the arrival of ETFs to the market can strangle cryptos to death.
Havven's Stablecoin: Technology, Security, Philosophy
The Havven project, which brings together a decentralized payment network and a stablecoin, announced that it is going to release its nUSD stablecoin on the EOS blockchain by the end of this year. At the same time, the startup does not plan to abandon the Ethereum network. Instead, nUSD will become a cross-platform stablecoin, which will exist in parallel on two blockchains and will allow transfers between decentralized platforms without the intermediation of exchanges. 50 percent of the new Havven tokens created on Ethereum will be distributed among current Havven holders during the airdrop (the minimum amount of Havven a user must have to receive new coins is not yet determined).
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The Havven project, which brings together a decentralized payment network and a stablecoin, announced that it is going to release its nUSD stablecoin on the EOS blockchain by the end of this year. At the same time, the startup does not plan to abandon the Ethereum network. Instead, nUSD will become a cross-platform stablecoin, which will exist in parallel on two blockchains and will allow transfers between decentralized platforms without the intermediation of exchanges. 50 percent of the new Havven tokens created on Ethereum will be distributed among current Havven holders during the airdrop (the minimum amount of Havven a user must have to receive new coins is not yet determined).
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Havven's Stablecoin: Technology, Security, Philosophy
Another crypto philosopher and another stablecoin—Havven is coming.
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📉 Bitcoin sinks below $6,000 as almost everything crypto tumbles.
via Bloomberg
🇪🇺 The European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs suggests new regulations for public initial coin offerings (ICOs).
via CoinDesk
👁 “We don’t list shitcoins even if they pay 400 or 4,000 BTC,” said Changpeng Zhao, the head of Binance.
via Bitcoin.com
🇺🇸 Customers can now use Cash App to buy Bitcoin in all fifty states.
via ccn
🤔 A group of researchers claims to have hacked the Bitfi wallet despite the company’s executive chairman, John McAfee, calling it “the world’s first unhackable device.”
via The Next Web
📉 Bitcoin sinks below $6,000 as almost everything crypto tumbles.
via Bloomberg
🇪🇺 The European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs suggests new regulations for public initial coin offerings (ICOs).
via CoinDesk
👁 “We don’t list shitcoins even if they pay 400 or 4,000 BTC,” said Changpeng Zhao, the head of Binance.
via Bitcoin.com
🇺🇸 Customers can now use Cash App to buy Bitcoin in all fifty states.
via ccn
🤔 A group of researchers claims to have hacked the Bitfi wallet despite the company’s executive chairman, John McAfee, calling it “the world’s first unhackable device.”
via The Next Web
Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss were dealt a blow by the SEC on their ETF proposal. Bloomberg has published an article on how two famous twin brothers are regrouping.
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Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase will reduce its Index Fund’s—which has also been rebalanced to incorporate Ethereum Classic (ETC)—annual management fee “for all new and existing investors” from 2 to 1 percent “to attract investors who are familiar with lower-fee index funds in other asset classes.”
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The Coinbase Blog
Coinbase Index Fund reduces fee to 1%, adds Ethereum Classic
We’re pleased to announce that we are reducing the annual management fee for Coinbase Index Fund from 2% to 1% for all new and existing…
Who Was First to Describe the Concept of Smart Contracts?
The idea was introduced by famous cryptographer and legal scholar Nick Szabo in 1994. The concept, however, didn’t find practical application until 14 years later when Bitcoin was invented. Back then, it was already possible to execute smart contracts on its blockchain, but they were not implemented in client software due to security concerns. The mass use of smart contracts started in 2015 when the Ethereum blockchain was launched.
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The idea was introduced by famous cryptographer and legal scholar Nick Szabo in 1994. The concept, however, didn’t find practical application until 14 years later when Bitcoin was invented. Back then, it was already possible to execute smart contracts on its blockchain, but they were not implemented in client software due to security concerns. The mass use of smart contracts started in 2015 when the Ethereum blockchain was launched.
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Minter Validator: The Network Is Ready for Operation
More than six months ago, the Minter test network was launched, which aims to allow for creating individual coins and integrate them into various projects. The blockchain running on the Tendermint engine and using the Delegated Proof-of-Stake (DPoS) consensus algorithm has already found its validators, who will support the network and form the blocks using masternodes. DeCenter spoke of the goals, the difficulties of working on Minter, and the remuneration for the functioning of the network with Evgeniy Taburyanskiy, creator of the StakeholderSpace project that was one of the first to launch a validator on the Minter network.
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More than six months ago, the Minter test network was launched, which aims to allow for creating individual coins and integrate them into various projects. The blockchain running on the Tendermint engine and using the Delegated Proof-of-Stake (DPoS) consensus algorithm has already found its validators, who will support the network and form the blocks using masternodes. DeCenter spoke of the goals, the difficulties of working on Minter, and the remuneration for the functioning of the network with Evgeniy Taburyanskiy, creator of the StakeholderSpace project that was one of the first to launch a validator on the Minter network.
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Minter Validator: The Network Is Ready for Operation
The Minter network is ready for operation and we have a firsthand look at its inner workings.
A Clever Move by the SEC and the Banal Collapse of Bitcoin
An op-ed on the past week in crypto.
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An op-ed on the past week in crypto.
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A Clever Move by the SEC and the Banal Collapse of Bitcoin
Bitcoin is spiraling down the drain amidst negative news backgrounds and a blurry end in sight.
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👥 Coinbase says it was signing up 50,000 users a day last year.
via Bloomberg
💵 According to Kaspersky Lab’s Spam and Phishing report, scammers stole $2.3 million worth of cryptocurrency in Q2.
via CoinDesk
🇻🇪 Venezuela is reportedly eyeing a central bank for cryptocurrencies.
via ccn
🇸🇽 The Caribbean central bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten is planning to issue its own digital coin.
via Bitcoin.com
🇯🇲 The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) will introduce cryptocurrency trading in partnership with Canadian fintech company Blockstation.
via Cointelegraph
👥 Coinbase says it was signing up 50,000 users a day last year.
via Bloomberg
💵 According to Kaspersky Lab’s Spam and Phishing report, scammers stole $2.3 million worth of cryptocurrency in Q2.
via CoinDesk
🇻🇪 Venezuela is reportedly eyeing a central bank for cryptocurrencies.
via ccn
🇸🇽 The Caribbean central bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten is planning to issue its own digital coin.
via Bitcoin.com
🇯🇲 The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) will introduce cryptocurrency trading in partnership with Canadian fintech company Blockstation.
via Cointelegraph
Below is the link to Bloomberg’s recent interview with Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin (starts 13:17):
https://t.co/Dfckh40bjw
https://t.co/Dfckh40bjw
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LIVE: Interview with Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin
Japan’s largest messaging app LINE has established a new corporate token venture fund with $10 million in capital for startups in the blockchain and crypto industry.
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Cointelegraph
Japan’s Messaging Giant LINE Sets Up $10 Million Hong Kong Blockchain Venture Fund
Major Japanese messaging app LINE has announced its move into blockchain startup funding with a Hong Kong-based venture fund run through a subsidiary.
The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday obtained permanent officer-and-director and penny stock bars against the founder of a company who perpetrated a fraudulent initial coin offering (ICO) to fund oil exploration and drilling in California.
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Cointelegraph
US Regulator Fines and Halts Activities of Fraudulent Tomahawkcoin Issuer
The creator of Tomahawkcoin has agreed to a permanent officer-and-director ban and a $30,000 fine from the U.S. SEC after the ICO was found to be fraudulent.
To Fork or Not to Fork: How Crypto Exchanges Are Related to Hard Forks
What is the difference between "soft" forks and "hard" forks? What will happen to your cryptocurrency if it is stored in a hot wallet and will soon be faced with a hard fork? Why did the opinions of the crypto exchange teams about the hard forks divide so diametrically, and what could Themis offer to the holders who are left with no access to their assets? Let us examine these questions in our material.
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What is the difference between "soft" forks and "hard" forks? What will happen to your cryptocurrency if it is stored in a hot wallet and will soon be faced with a hard fork? Why did the opinions of the crypto exchange teams about the hard forks divide so diametrically, and what could Themis offer to the holders who are left with no access to their assets? Let us examine these questions in our material.
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To Fork or Not to Fork: How Crypto Exchanges Are Related to Hard Forks
The essence of a hard fork is the divide of a digital world, but many of them spill out into the real world with dire consequences.
Axoni, an enterprise blockchain startup founded in 2013, has concluded a $32 million Series B funding round headlined by a group of Wall Street’s largest financial institutions.
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Axoni Announces $32 Million Series B Funding Led By Goldman Sachs And Nyca Partners To Expand Blockchain Offerings
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📈 Bitcoin rallies as “the crypto market appears to be in its final stretch of its bearish state.”
via Bloomberg
🇨🇳 Ripple wants to target the Chinese market with its distributed ledger technology designed to speed up cross-border payments, an executive at the firm said.
via Cointelegraph
💵 Pantera Capital has already raised as much as $71 million for its recently launched third crypto fund.
via CoinDesk
🇲🇹 Malta’s financial watchdog has published a Virtual Financial Assets (VFA) Rulebook.
via ccn
🗝 The Coinhive miner generated 1,271 XMR, or approximately $250,000 worth of Monero, during the observation period of four weeks this spring.
via Bitcoin.com
📈 Bitcoin rallies as “the crypto market appears to be in its final stretch of its bearish state.”
via Bloomberg
🇨🇳 Ripple wants to target the Chinese market with its distributed ledger technology designed to speed up cross-border payments, an executive at the firm said.
via Cointelegraph
💵 Pantera Capital has already raised as much as $71 million for its recently launched third crypto fund.
via CoinDesk
🇲🇹 Malta’s financial watchdog has published a Virtual Financial Assets (VFA) Rulebook.
via ccn
🗝 The Coinhive miner generated 1,271 XMR, or approximately $250,000 worth of Monero, during the observation period of four weeks this spring.
via Bitcoin.com
Overstock loses 21% of market value as crypto craze fades.
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Coinbase has acquired San Francisco-based startup Distributed Systems Inc., which works on decentralized identity solutions.
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TechCrunch
Coinbase acquires Distributed Systems to build ‘Login with Coinbase’
Coinbase wants to be Facebook Connect for crypto. The blockchain giant plans to develop “Login with Coinbase” or a similar identity platform for decentralized app developers to make it much easier for users to sign up and connect their crypto wallets. To…