The Treasury Committee of Britain Considers the Crypto Market a Wild West
In a September 19, 2018 report, British parliamentarians said that most of the initial coin offerings (ICOs) are not governed by the rules of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which leaves investors virtually defenseless against fraudulent schemes.
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In a September 19, 2018 report, British parliamentarians said that most of the initial coin offerings (ICOs) are not governed by the rules of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which leaves investors virtually defenseless against fraudulent schemes.
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The Treasury Committee of Britain Considers the Crypto Market a Wild West
The U.K. Government is turning its hawkeye at the crypto sector with a desire to regulate it.
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🇨🇳 Chinese technology giant Baidu has released the Baidu Blockchain White Paper.
via Cointelegraph
🤝 FedEx has recently joined the Hyperledger consortium.
via coindesk
💵 A Swiss startup launched by several former UBS bankers has raised around $104 million to establish a regulated cryptocurrency bank.
via Bloomberg
🇭🇰 Bitmain has submitted an IPO (initial public offering) application filing in Hong Kong.
via Bitcoin.com
🇰🇵 North Korea is more and more using cryptocurrency to evade sanctions imposed by the U.S.
via ccn
🇨🇳 Chinese technology giant Baidu has released the Baidu Blockchain White Paper.
via Cointelegraph
🤝 FedEx has recently joined the Hyperledger consortium.
via coindesk
💵 A Swiss startup launched by several former UBS bankers has raised around $104 million to establish a regulated cryptocurrency bank.
via Bloomberg
🇭🇰 Bitmain has submitted an IPO (initial public offering) application filing in Hong Kong.
via Bitcoin.com
🇰🇵 North Korea is more and more using cryptocurrency to evade sanctions imposed by the U.S.
via ccn
Deloitte, one of Big Four audit and consulting firms, will help The Institutes RiskBlock Alliance blockchain consortium expand into Canada.
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Cointelegraph
Deloitte to Assist Insurance-Focused Blockchain Consortium to Expand Into Canada
Audit firm Deloitte will help the RiskBlock Alliance blockchain consortium to expand into Canada.
According to a fresh investigation conducted by the Xinhua News Agency, it is possible to bypass China’s Initial Coin Offering (ICO) ban.
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Cointelegraph
Report: Companies, Investors Circumvent Chinese ICO Ban
A Xinhua News Agency investigation revealed ways Chinese crypto investors are avoiding the country’s ICO ban.
Ethereum Smart Contract Bugs
What happens if there are bugs in Ethereum smart contracts? Are smart contract developers the new middlemen? What happened during the Bancor hack? Are Ethereum smart contracts and tokens secure? Could someone make centralized contracts still based on the ERC-20 standard?
https://youtu.be/VxEzZP3zx9o
#flashcards
What happens if there are bugs in Ethereum smart contracts? Are smart contract developers the new middlemen? What happened during the Bancor hack? Are Ethereum smart contracts and tokens secure? Could someone make centralized contracts still based on the ERC-20 standard?
https://youtu.be/VxEzZP3zx9o
#flashcards
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Ethereum Q&A: What happens if there are bugs?
What happens if there are bugs in Ethereum smart contracts? Are smart contract developers the new middlemen? What happened during the Bancor hack? Are Ethere...
Chinese Bank of Communications (BoCom) has utilized the blockchain technology to issue $1.3 billion worth of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS).
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Cointelegraph
Chinese State Bank Uses Blockchain to Issue Digital Mortgages Worth $1.3 Billion
The Chinese Bank of Communications has successfully finished the first issue of a digital mortgages pack on blockchain worth approximately $1.3 billion.
CVE-2018-17144: A Lot of Frightening Letters for an Equally Frightening Vulnerability
The vulnerability, called CVE-2018-17144, existed in the Bitcoin code since the release of Bitcoin Core version 0.14.0 and could lead to a DoS attack and Bitcoin inflation. The Bitcoin developers received a report on it only a year and a half later from a mysterious anonymous source. We have restored the chronology of those events.
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The vulnerability, called CVE-2018-17144, existed in the Bitcoin code since the release of Bitcoin Core version 0.14.0 and could lead to a DoS attack and Bitcoin inflation. The Bitcoin developers received a report on it only a year and a half later from a mysterious anonymous source. We have restored the chronology of those events.
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CVE-2018-17144: A Lot of Frightening Letters for an Equally Frightening Vulnerability
The bug in Bitcoin that passed painlessly. This time . . .
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🏦 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has dismissed reports of establishing a research unit for cryptocurrency, blockchain, and artificial intelligence as rumors.
via Bitcoin.com
🇮🇳 One of India’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges has announced it would cease operation following the central bank’s banking ban on the crypto industry.
via ccn
🇸🇱 The U.N. Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and the U.N. Development Program (UNDP) have partnered with the nation of Sierra Leone to develop a blockchain-based identification system.
via coindesk
🇨🇭 Swiss asset manager and commodities trader Tiberius Group AG will offer a new token backed by seven metals in a sale set for October 1.
via Cointelegraph
🇨🇳 The Chinese city of Nanjing’s online ruling system with a built-in blockchain network for depositing and storing data in legal disputes has gone live in a testing phase.
via coindesk
🏦 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has dismissed reports of establishing a research unit for cryptocurrency, blockchain, and artificial intelligence as rumors.
via Bitcoin.com
🇮🇳 One of India’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges has announced it would cease operation following the central bank’s banking ban on the crypto industry.
via ccn
🇸🇱 The U.N. Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and the U.N. Development Program (UNDP) have partnered with the nation of Sierra Leone to develop a blockchain-based identification system.
via coindesk
🇨🇭 Swiss asset manager and commodities trader Tiberius Group AG will offer a new token backed by seven metals in a sale set for October 1.
via Cointelegraph
🇨🇳 The Chinese city of Nanjing’s online ruling system with a built-in blockchain network for depositing and storing data in legal disputes has gone live in a testing phase.
via coindesk
Some key takeaways from Diar’s government blockchain spending analysis: https://goo.gl/JPZsr3
Crypto’s open secret: Almost everyone believes its multibillion-dollar volume is inflated. But it’s hard to say by how much. Bloomberg compared exchanges’ web traffic with reported volume and found big discrepancies.
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Bloomberg.com
Crypto's Open Secret: Multibillion-Dollar Volume Is Suspect
Four months ago, BitForex was just one of many obscure exchanges offering users the ability to trade cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin.
MimbleWimble and Dandelion
What is the story behind MimbleWimble? What is Grin? What is a Dandelion transaction relay, as described in BIP156, and how does it improve the anonymity of the Bitcoin network?
https://youtu.be/LjDJGTpK_lE
#flashcards
What is the story behind MimbleWimble? What is Grin? What is a Dandelion transaction relay, as described in BIP156, and how does it improve the anonymity of the Bitcoin network?
https://youtu.be/LjDJGTpK_lE
#flashcards
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Bitcoin Q&A: MimbleWimble and Dandelion
What is the story behind MimbleWimble? What is Grin? What is a Dandelion transaction relay, as described in BIP156, and how does it improve the anonymity of the Bitcoin network?
CLARIFICATION/ CORRECTION: At 1:14, I talk the origins of MimbleWimble. The…
CLARIFICATION/ CORRECTION: At 1:14, I talk the origins of MimbleWimble. The…
Which Generation Will Become the Driver of the Mass Spread of Cryptocurrencies?
The technology of the distributed ledger and the most vivid financial manifestation of it in the form of cryptocurrencies appeared at a time when the global society was full of dissatisfaction with the way the issues affecting the essence of the socioeconomic arrangement were being solved. This causes a crisis of confidence in centralized institutions, as Congressman Jared Polis talked about. In addition, the report of the Bank for International Settlements, which does not support cryptocurrencies, nevertheless stated that it is necessary to value the trust factor, and cryptocurrencies have already become a new magnet of public sympathy. If regulators try to "crush" cryptocurrencies, this will cause a loss of public confidence in the markets of crypto coins and, as a result, "can lead to the disappearance of confidence in the financial system in the broad sense and its regulators."
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The technology of the distributed ledger and the most vivid financial manifestation of it in the form of cryptocurrencies appeared at a time when the global society was full of dissatisfaction with the way the issues affecting the essence of the socioeconomic arrangement were being solved. This causes a crisis of confidence in centralized institutions, as Congressman Jared Polis talked about. In addition, the report of the Bank for International Settlements, which does not support cryptocurrencies, nevertheless stated that it is necessary to value the trust factor, and cryptocurrencies have already become a new magnet of public sympathy. If regulators try to "crush" cryptocurrencies, this will cause a loss of public confidence in the markets of crypto coins and, as a result, "can lead to the disappearance of confidence in the financial system in the broad sense and its regulators."
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Which Generation Will Become the Driver of the Mass Spread of Cryptocurrencies?
Cryptocurrencies have given a completely new meaning to the idea of a generation gap.
Google and Goldman Sachs invested in a Bitcoin startup that aims to replace the massive correspondent banking industry.
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Forbes
Google And Goldman Back Bitcoin Startup For Small Businesses
Enterprise bitcoin adoption is already very real at payments startup Veem, and that's without this $25 million cash infusion from Google and Goldman Sachs.
Forwarded from Minter Network
Dear Minter network participants,
We are pleased to announce a new version (0.4) of our white paper! What’s inside?
• Introducing Minter’s integration with Telegram Open Network (TON)—one of the most technologically advanced blockchain projects of recent years—and steps we will take the next year to achieve that goal;
• Describing the Validators’ Decentralized Bank (MBank) that would provide users with an additional option to buy BIPs directly from validators;
• Acquainting you with the team members and their professional skills and accomplishments.
https://medium.com/@MinterTeam/minter-white-paper-60cef56d09e5
Stay tuned!
We are pleased to announce a new version (0.4) of our white paper! What’s inside?
• Introducing Minter’s integration with Telegram Open Network (TON)—one of the most technologically advanced blockchain projects of recent years—and steps we will take the next year to achieve that goal;
• Describing the Validators’ Decentralized Bank (MBank) that would provide users with an additional option to buy BIPs directly from validators;
• Acquainting you with the team members and their professional skills and accomplishments.
https://medium.com/@MinterTeam/minter-white-paper-60cef56d09e5
Stay tuned!
Medium
Minter White Paper
Version 0.4, September 24, 2018
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🏦 Noble, the Puerto Rico-based bank whose customer is Tether, has cash flow problems and may be forced to wind up operations.
via Modern Consensus
🇲🇹 “In Malta, we have launched ourselves as the blockchain island . . . the first jurisdiction worldwide to regulate this new technology that previously existed in a legal vacuum. Blockchain makes cryptocurrencies the inevitable future of money,” Maltese PM Joseph Muscat said, addressing the United Nations General Assembly.
via YouTube
🇨🇳 China’s Bitcoin whale Li Xiaolai has halted blockchain-related investments.
via ccn
🤝 Ripple-hired lobbying firm will get paid partially in cryptocurrency.
via coindesk
🇯🇵 The self-regulatory Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA) plans to tighten its customer asset management rules.
via Cointelegraph
🏦 Noble, the Puerto Rico-based bank whose customer is Tether, has cash flow problems and may be forced to wind up operations.
via Modern Consensus
🇲🇹 “In Malta, we have launched ourselves as the blockchain island . . . the first jurisdiction worldwide to regulate this new technology that previously existed in a legal vacuum. Blockchain makes cryptocurrencies the inevitable future of money,” Maltese PM Joseph Muscat said, addressing the United Nations General Assembly.
via YouTube
🇨🇳 China’s Bitcoin whale Li Xiaolai has halted blockchain-related investments.
via ccn
🤝 Ripple-hired lobbying firm will get paid partially in cryptocurrency.
via coindesk
🇯🇵 The self-regulatory Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA) plans to tighten its customer asset management rules.
via Cointelegraph
Forwarded from Minter Network
On October 17 and 18, we will be speaking at the Crypto Games Conference in Minsk, Belarus!
Daniil Lashin will be delivering his report on how to utilize our blockchain to integrate any cryptocurrency into any game.
The conference is unique in the topic it covers. Sign up and buy a ticket at https://cryptogames.events.
Our followers are eligible for a 20-percent discount using the DeCenter’s promo code: DECENTER.CGC
Daniil Lashin will be delivering his report on how to utilize our blockchain to integrate any cryptocurrency into any game.
The conference is unique in the topic it covers. Sign up and buy a ticket at https://cryptogames.events.
Our followers are eligible for a 20-percent discount using the DeCenter’s promo code: DECENTER.CGC
Forwarded from Minter Network
🔥 Great news, everyone!
Since recently, everyone can participate in the Early Access Campaign who signs up via the @MinterNetworkBot and chooses the User status. The contribution of such members is capped at 1 BTC, but they will be able to take part in the airdrops and get various bonuses.
We have introduced such a format for those who want to get some gifts from the network in the first place. And we will be generous—the total worth of airdropped coins will be about 1,000 BTC.
Check out our guide on how to register in the system: https://medium.com/@MinterTeam/how-to-get-bip-84f4b04e9c91
Since recently, everyone can participate in the Early Access Campaign who signs up via the @MinterNetworkBot and chooses the User status. The contribution of such members is capped at 1 BTC, but they will be able to take part in the airdrops and get various bonuses.
We have introduced such a format for those who want to get some gifts from the network in the first place. And we will be generous—the total worth of airdropped coins will be about 1,000 BTC.
Check out our guide on how to register in the system: https://medium.com/@MinterTeam/how-to-get-bip-84f4b04e9c91
Medium
How to Get BIP?
It is possible to receive BIP, the native digital coin of the Minter blockchain network, at an early stage during the Early Access Campaign…
What Is ewasm?
ewasm stands for Ethereum flavored WebAssembly. It is a restricted subset of the WebAssembly (WASM) programming language to be used for contracts in Ethereum and updating the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM).
ewasm also implies the initiative to upgrade the EVM version to improve the latter’s performance.
#flashcards
ewasm stands for Ethereum flavored WebAssembly. It is a restricted subset of the WebAssembly (WASM) programming language to be used for contracts in Ethereum and updating the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM).
ewasm also implies the initiative to upgrade the EVM version to improve the latter’s performance.
#flashcards
Ultimatum to Congress from the Crypto Industry: Who Will Prevail?
It seems that American crypto enthusiasts have run out of patience with respect to a clearly unregulated legislative base. More than 50 industry leaders gathered at the invitation of Congressman Warren Davidson to discuss this issue. The roundtable was attended by representatives of Nasdaq, Fidelity, Andreessen Horowitz, State Street, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Why are industry representatives so bellicose towards the Congress and will they succeed in meeting their demands? We sorted it out in our article.
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It seems that American crypto enthusiasts have run out of patience with respect to a clearly unregulated legislative base. More than 50 industry leaders gathered at the invitation of Congressman Warren Davidson to discuss this issue. The roundtable was attended by representatives of Nasdaq, Fidelity, Andreessen Horowitz, State Street, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Why are industry representatives so bellicose towards the Congress and will they succeed in meeting their demands? We sorted it out in our article.
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Ultimatum to Congress from the Crypto Industry: Who Will Prevail?
The crypto community demands working legislation from a reluctant U.S. Congress.
In a surprise investment, Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin backed a former competitor from R3, Tim Grant, with $6.5 million.
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Forbes
Ethereum Cofounder Invests $6.5 Million In A Former Competitor
Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin invested $6.5 million via his blockchain studio ConsenSys, in DrumG, co-founded by former executives of the R3 distributed ledger consortium.
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💰 According to a new report by Bitmex Research, the majority of initial coin offerings (ICOs) have profited off selling Ether (ETH).
via Bitcoin.com
🙅🏻♂️ ShapeShift CEO Erik Voorhees has denied allegations of money laundering made by the Wall Street Journal.
via Cointelegraph
🔍 Google has taken measures to protect its users from falling victim to crypto hacks and mining malware.
via coindesk
💶 Belgium and the Netherlands have recently seen an increase in the number of cryptocurrency ATMs.
via Bitcoin.com
🇬🇧 The London-based cryptocurrency exchange Block Exchange has announced a GBP-pegged cryptocurrency stablecoin called LBXPeg.
via ccn
💰 According to a new report by Bitmex Research, the majority of initial coin offerings (ICOs) have profited off selling Ether (ETH).
via Bitcoin.com
🙅🏻♂️ ShapeShift CEO Erik Voorhees has denied allegations of money laundering made by the Wall Street Journal.
via Cointelegraph
🔍 Google has taken measures to protect its users from falling victim to crypto hacks and mining malware.
via coindesk
💶 Belgium and the Netherlands have recently seen an increase in the number of cryptocurrency ATMs.
via Bitcoin.com
🇬🇧 The London-based cryptocurrency exchange Block Exchange has announced a GBP-pegged cryptocurrency stablecoin called LBXPeg.
via ccn