On October 11, Coinbase Pro, owned by the American cryptocurrency trading platform Coinbase, announced the start of support for the new ZRX token of the 0x decentralized exchange protocol. As a result of the so-called "Coinbase effect," the price of the token soared by 40 percent.
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The Coinbase Effect: How the Listing of a New Coin Can Bring 35-Percent Profit to Traders
How bots and listings generate profits for savvy traders.
Timothy May is a cryptographer and cypherpunk who recently agreed to comment on the white paper of Bitcoin at the request of Coindesk. His reflections resulted in a 30-page document on the history of cryptocurrency, the role of the state, and the ideals of cryptography. What is known about Timothy May and what role does he play in the development of the cypherpunks movement?
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Timothy May about Cryptos: 1988 and Now
The father of the cypherpunk movement speaks out on Bitcoin and his regards on the modern world of cryptos.
Hong Kong plans to introduce cryptographic regulation. Such a measure is necessary to protect the interests of investors. Information about this appeared in the Hong Kong newspaper "South China Morning Post" on October 15. A statement was made by the chairman of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), leaving office on October 19. Tong Ka-shing noted that the Commission does not have a focus on a total ban, as happened on the mainland of China, since "prohibitive measures are not always correct and fair."
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Hong Kong Is Preparing to Regulate the Crypto Market
Hong Kong wants to enter the club of crypto-regulating countries.
Forwarded from Minter Network
Minter mining is a real revolution:
- No hardware needed;
- Use any coin issued on the network;
- And any amount of funds;
- Rewards are distributed to delegators and validators every minute;
- Proportionally to their stakes.
There are three simple steps:
- Choose a validator;
- Transfer your stake to a public address;
- Monitor your rewards every minute.
For more detail, check out one of our how-to articles — https://medium.com/@MinterTeam/how-to-become-a-minter-network-delegator-d0c2ee918909
- No hardware needed;
- Use any coin issued on the network;
- And any amount of funds;
- Rewards are distributed to delegators and validators every minute;
- Proportionally to their stakes.
There are three simple steps:
- Choose a validator;
- Transfer your stake to a public address;
- Monitor your rewards every minute.
For more detail, check out one of our how-to articles — https://medium.com/@MinterTeam/how-to-become-a-minter-network-delegator-d0c2ee918909
Medium
How to Become a Minter Network Delegator
A holder of any coin in the Minter network can become a delegator. In order to become a delegator, the user must send a delegation…
According to an unconfirmed anonymous source, the U.S. regulators could approve Bakkt Bitcoin (BTC) futures launch in the first week of November.
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Tether, the company behind the fiat-backed stablecoin USDT, announced that over the past week, it has “redeemed a significant amount of USDT” and will now burn 500 million USDT.
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Tether Redeems and ‘Burns’ More than Half of USDT in Circulation
Tether says it has “redeemed a significant amount” of tokens from the circulating supply, and will now “destroy” 500 million USDT from its treasury wallet.
The ICO space has experienced a host of changes this year. Here's the question: What are the market factors that should be taken into account by startups willing to run an ICO for their projects?
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How ICO Projects Have Changed and What Tends They Are Encountering
The business is changing again and we present an overview of what it has become.
Succumbing to the FOMO (fear of missing out) syndrome and trying to catch the uptrend is what causes investors to hurry and breed unprofitable deals.
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Always a Bad Investment Outlook
Rash decisions lead to dire consequences, but there is always light at the end of the tunnel.
Researchers from the University of Florida and Princeton University recently discovered over 3,400 cryptocurrency pump-and-dump announcements from 80 active Telegram channels after having examined data from May 15, 2017, to August 26, 2018.
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In its financial report, microprocessors and graphics processing units manufacturer AMD says that “blockchain-related GPU sales in the third quarter were negligible” compared to “approximately high single digit percentage of total AMD revenue” in Q3 of 2017.
The report sent the company’s stock price down by 25% in after-hours trading.
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The report sent the company’s stock price down by 25% in after-hours trading.
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Cointelegraph
AMD: ‘Blockchain-Related GPU Sales in Third Quarter Were Negligible’
American semiconductor manufacturer AMD has revealed “negligible” blockchain-related GPU sales in its 3rd quarter report.
According to people familiar with the matter, blockchain technology company Bitfury is considering a potential Initial Public Offering (IPO).
This could mark the first major public listing in the crypto industry in Europe.
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This could mark the first major public listing in the crypto industry in Europe.
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Bloomberg
Bitfury Considers Europe’s First Major Crypto IPO
Cryptocurrency-mining startup Bitfury is weighing strategic options including an initial public offering in what could be Europe’s first major listing in the industry, according to people familiar with the matter.
Japan’s financial watchdog formally approved the Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA), an organization that includes all 16 domestic cryptocurrency exchanges, to self-regulate and police domestic cryptocurrency exchanges.
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Chinese arbitration court has ruled that Bitcoin is protected as property. The defendant refused to return the crypto assets to the plaintiff, claiming the contract should be invalid due to the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) ban on cryptocurrency trading and ICOs. The arbitrator stated, however, that the nature of the case does not fall under the bans outlined by the PBOC.
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Cointelegraph
Chinese Arbitrator Reaffirms That Bitcoin Can Be Held, Privately Transferred as Property
A Chinese arbitration court has ruled that “there is no law or regulation that explicitly prohibits parties from holding bitcoin or private transactions in bitcoin.”
Forbes Middle East didn’t fact check its recent cover story and devoted it to a man impersonating as one of the original Monero core team members. Source »
If this is not the first time you hear about ICO projects, then you will understand exactly what is about to be discussed. How often do you see ICO projects that are ready to change our familiar world by staging a technological revolution? Unfortunately, this does not happen often, and not because of the existence of serious technological developments in ICO projects but rather because of simple speculation over the value of a startup.
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The Crowd of ICO Projects: PR Move and No Revolution
Some projects with noble goals and dubious applications of blockchain.
A well-known provider of cybersecurity solutions Group IB is preparing to release its report on trends in high-tech cybercrime. According to the summary received by the media, the document contains evidence of 14 different attacks on cryptocurrency exchanges since January of last year. Group IB argues that the state-sponsored North Korean group Lazarus is responsible for most of the criminal activities.
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The North Korean Lazarus Cyber Criminal Syndicate: The Most Profitable Hacker Group in the World
Hacking is thriving in North Korea and the crypto industry is still at risk.
“We do need to get the other carriers on the platform. Without that network, we don’t have a product. That is the reality of the situation,” said Marvin Erdly, head of TradeLens—a blockchain supply chain product jointly developed by IBM and Maersk.
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IBM and Maersk Struggle to Sign Partners to Shipping Blockchain
Since Maersk and IBM launched TradeLens 10 months ago, only one other carrier has joined the network. As those involved admit, that's not enough.
A Belgium-based investment company NXMH has acquired the largest European cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp. The terms of the acquisition are currently unknown.
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Russia and Venezuela are dominating LocalBitcoins volumes. Source »
Privacy-focused cryptocurrency Zcash (ZEC) has officially implemented its network hard fork called Sapling.
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Privacy Coin Zcash Completes “Sapling” Network Upgrade
Privacy-focused Zcash, currently worth just over $110 per coin, has completed a network upgrade dubbed “Sapling” that it says will vastly improve transaction speed as well as reduce the actual size of transactions themselves. Zcash hopes