It seems the issue of sexism might be a concern at the events dedicated to cryptocurrency and blockchain. What’s the solution?
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Crypto probably definitely has a gender problem | Modern Consensus | Cryptocurrency and blockchain news and opinions
Just over one week ago, World Crypto Con was touting how well-balanced the genders were for their speakers’ agenda. On Monday, the blockchain and crypto media are buzzing over a series of tweets by Pamela Paige, who had a series of experiences that didn’t…
Switzerland’s Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) advises banks and securities dealers to assign a “flat risk weight of 800% to cover market and credit risks” against crypto assets.
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FINMA sets tough restrictions on bank bitcoin trading
The Swiss regulator says cryptocurrencies should be valued at eight times their market price when calculating loss-absorbing capital buffers.
Recent survey by the German Consumer Centers of Hesse and Saxony showed that 28% of respondents between the ages of 18–29 are willing to invest in cryptocurrencies.
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Survey: Younger Germans More Inclined to Invest in Cryptocurrencies
A recent poll in two German federal states found that 55 percent of respondents are aware of crypto, while 28 percent of younger people find crypto investment “conceivable.”
A Russian exchange WEX is the successor of the scandalous BTC-e platform, which was closed by the FBI last summer. Having started paying debts to users, WEX enjoyed the trust of traders and an excellent reputation for some time. The events of recent months show, however, that WEX became the heir of not only the infrastructure and debts but also the infamous dark history of its predecessor.
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The Scandalous Story of BTC-e/WEX: How the “Dead” Keep Pulling down Exchanges from the World of the Living
As far as Halloween is concerned, the crypto world has its own fair share of creepy tales, and none so spooky and twisted as that of the BTC-e exchange.
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📉 The number of Bitcoin short positions on the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex hit a three-month low.
via CoinDesk
🇮🇱 The Bank of Israel’s recent report recommends that the country’s central bank should not issue the national cryptocurrency anytime soon.
via ccn
🇨🇳 The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has warned of “bubbles” in blockchain-related financing and investment.
via Reuters
🇦🇪 The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) has issued a thought paper on cryptocurrency and blockchain infrastructure for issuing digital assets.
via Bitcoin.com
⚡️ Bitstamp will soon replace its engine with the one developed by tech provider from the Wall Street guard, which would reportedly boost the speed of order matching on the platform by 1,200x.
via The Block
📉 The number of Bitcoin short positions on the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex hit a three-month low.
via CoinDesk
🇮🇱 The Bank of Israel’s recent report recommends that the country’s central bank should not issue the national cryptocurrency anytime soon.
via ccn
🇨🇳 The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has warned of “bubbles” in blockchain-related financing and investment.
via Reuters
🇦🇪 The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) has issued a thought paper on cryptocurrency and blockchain infrastructure for issuing digital assets.
via Bitcoin.com
⚡️ Bitstamp will soon replace its engine with the one developed by tech provider from the Wall Street guard, which would reportedly boost the speed of order matching on the platform by 1,200x.
via The Block
Link to tweet: https://twitter.com/nickszabo4/status/1058900955150729216
Two candidates supportive of cryptocurrency have won the U.S. mid-term gubernatorial elections in the states of California and Colorado.
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Crypto Friendly Candidates Take California and Colorado
The crypto space has scored two big wins in this mid-term election as two crypto friendly candidates become governors of California and Colorado. Gavin Newsom scored big, winning 59% of...
On November 3, hackers breached StatCounter, a popular web analytics platform, in an attempt to attack the cryptocurrency exchange Gate.io.
The representatives of the exchange service claim all user funds are safe.
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The representatives of the exchange service claim all user funds are safe.
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CoinDesk
Hackers Breach Popular Web Analytics Site to Target Crypto Exchange
Cryptocurrency exchange Gate.io was apparently the target of hackers who compromised a widely used web analytics platform.
In late December, cryptocurrency exchanges may expect no less than $4 billion in yearly revenues. The figure may be double that of 2017, according to a report by Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. The study also indicated that information about the decline in interest in cryptocurrency trading was greatly exaggerated. DeCenter spoke with experts from digital asset exchanges and identified the major development trends for the near future. What awaits traders in 2019?
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The Crypto Trading Development Forecasts: What Happened in 2018 and What Will Happen Next
A crystal ball won’t help the crypto market. Experts, on the contrary, can give a sound forecast on crypto trading.
The investment bank Goldman Sachs has started attracting a limited number of clients for trading in Bitcoin-based derivatives. According to The Block, this is a non-deliverable forward contract (NDF) for Bitcoin, which will be settled in fiat currency. This tool is similar to existing futures contracts for cryptocurrencies from the CBOE and CME trading platforms. A Bitcoin NDF, however, will not be traded on the stock exchange. Let’s understand what the significance of this tool is for the cryptocurrency market and how a financial conglomerate contributes to the adoption of digital assets at the institutional level.
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Goldman Sachs Paves the Way for Bitcoin on Wall Street
One of the powerhouses of the American financial system is eyeballing Bitcoin for real.
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⛓ Cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex has enabled pre-fork trading in Bitcoin Cash ABC (BCHABC) and Bitcoin Cash SV (BCHSV).
via Circle
📈 During the third quarter, Square generated $43 million in revenue from Bitcoin and a profit of $500,000.
via Square
👩⚖️ Over 85% of all Bitcoin ever confiscated or seized is coming from just two cases—Silk Road and SELEC.
via The Block
📚 URL shortener Bitly, which recently blocked crypto-related links from Andreas Antonopoulos’ upcoming book, seems to have resolved the issue.
via Cointelegraph
🎙 Anthony Pompliano’s popular cryptocurrency podcast Off the Chain has been blocked on Apple’s iTunes app without any explanation.
via CoinDesk
⛓ Cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex has enabled pre-fork trading in Bitcoin Cash ABC (BCHABC) and Bitcoin Cash SV (BCHSV).
via Circle
📈 During the third quarter, Square generated $43 million in revenue from Bitcoin and a profit of $500,000.
via Square
👩⚖️ Over 85% of all Bitcoin ever confiscated or seized is coming from just two cases—Silk Road and SELEC.
via The Block
📚 URL shortener Bitly, which recently blocked crypto-related links from Andreas Antonopoulos’ upcoming book, seems to have resolved the issue.
via Cointelegraph
🎙 Anthony Pompliano’s popular cryptocurrency podcast Off the Chain has been blocked on Apple’s iTunes app without any explanation.
via CoinDesk
A mysterious buyer snapped up 67,000 acres in the Nevada desert earlier this year. At the end of October, the buyer gave The New York Times’ Nathaniel Popper a tour of the property and described his ambitious plans. It involves a town, an e-gaming arena, underground vaults, and lots of blockchain.
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NY Times
A Cryptocurrency Millionaire Wants to Build a Utopia in Nevada (Published 2018)
A man spent millions on an enormous plot of land near Reno. Now he wants to build a community based on the blockchain technology introduced by Bitcoin.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is charging the founder of EtherDelta, Zachary Coburn, with operating an unregistered exchange.
Over 18 months, the platform “executed more than 3.6 million orders, including tokens that are securities under the federal securities laws,” according to the Commission.
Coburn agreed to pay $300,000 in disgorgement, $13,000 in pre-judgment interest, and a $75,000 penalty.
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Over 18 months, the platform “executed more than 3.6 million orders, including tokens that are securities under the federal securities laws,” according to the Commission.
Coburn agreed to pay $300,000 in disgorgement, $13,000 in pre-judgment interest, and a $75,000 penalty.
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SEC Charges EtherDelta Founder Over 'Unregistered Securities Exchange'
The SEC has charged Zachary Coburn, founder of EtherDelta, with running an unregistered national securities exchange.
The Commissioner for the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Brian Quintenz gave a speech on the regulation of intellectual contracts at the GITEX Technology Week in Dubai. He has acknowledged that there are still many problems in the field of smart contracts that need to be resolved, and therefore market participants are unlikely to avoid CFTC control.
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decenter.org
Could the Development and Publication of a Smart Contract Code Be a Crime?
Who is to blame if a smart contract falls into the wrong hands?
On Thursday, November 1, the decentralized cloud storage blockchain Sia successfully completed a planned hard fork, after which ASIC miners from Bitmain and Innosilicon cannot participate in the production of blocks. As a result, only one type of mining equipment, which is produced by a subsidiary of the Sia developer company, Obelisk, remained compatible with the updated Sia protocol. The miners, who believe that the “developer” monopolization is no better than that of Bitmain, refused to change the algorithm and formed a competing branch of the blockchain, which operates according to the old consensus mechanism.
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Another Classic and Another “Declaration of Independence”: Sia’s Hard Fork Followed the Ethereum Scenario
Another fork, another drama. This time, the Sia blockchain has decided to undergo mitosis.
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🔌 Bitmain is deploying 90,000 S9 Antminers to the western Chinese region of Xinjiang, preparing for the “Hash War” for Bitcoin Cash.
via Cointelegraph
💸 Cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX has become the latest crypto trading platform to launch a venture-capital arm.
via The Block
👨⚖️ The judge has lifted the order to freeze Charlie Shrem’s assets in the Winklevoss case.
via CoinDesk
🇨🇳 Two Chinese cities are reportedly using the blockchain technology to track offenders on parole.
via ccn
🇹🇭 Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) expects to approve the country’s first portal for initial coin offerings (ICOs) this month.
via Bitcoin.com
🔌 Bitmain is deploying 90,000 S9 Antminers to the western Chinese region of Xinjiang, preparing for the “Hash War” for Bitcoin Cash.
via Cointelegraph
💸 Cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX has become the latest crypto trading platform to launch a venture-capital arm.
via The Block
👨⚖️ The judge has lifted the order to freeze Charlie Shrem’s assets in the Winklevoss case.
via CoinDesk
🇨🇳 Two Chinese cities are reportedly using the blockchain technology to track offenders on parole.
via ccn
🇹🇭 Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) expects to approve the country’s first portal for initial coin offerings (ICOs) this month.
via Bitcoin.com
Link to tweet: https://twitter.com/erikvoorhees/status/1060548059996684290
Cryptocurrency-focused law firm Silver Miller filed arbitration claims against AT&T and T-Mobile on behalf of their clients who fell victim to SIM swapping hacks.
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Victims Sue AT&T, T-Mobile Over 'SIM Swap' Crypto Hacks
A cryptocurrency-focused law firm in the U.S. says it has filed lawsuits against AT&T and T-Mobile on behalf of victims of "SIM swapping" hacks.
On November 5, the American White House fully restored the sanctions that were applied to Iran earlier, but had been canceled by the previous U.S. President, Barack Obama, because of the “nuclear deal.” Back then, it seemed to Washington that Tehran was ready to abandon the development of nuclear weapons, but Trump does not see it that way right now. Meanwhile, in the United States, the authoritative American journal Foreign Policy stated on the eve of the introduction of new restrictions that the sanctions would not have any significant impact on the political elite of Iran.
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The U.S. Is Sealing the Cryptocurrency “Loophole” Allowing to Circumvent Sanctions
The U.S. is once again sealing up the cracks in the cryptocurrency world for the sake of sanctions.
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💸 Mike Novogratz’s merchant bank Galaxy Digital is shifting its focus to institutional business.
via The Block
💳 Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex announced charging a three-percent fee on all external wire withdrawal requests from its high-frequency clients.
via Bitfinex
💎 Ethereum developers chose January as a deadline for Constantinople upgrade.
via CoinDesk
🔍 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) puts decentralized exchanges on notice.
via Forbes
👩⚖️ Bitmain has sued an anonymous hacker who has allegedly stolen $5.5 million in cryptocurrency from the company’s Binance account.
via Cointelegraph
💸 Mike Novogratz’s merchant bank Galaxy Digital is shifting its focus to institutional business.
via The Block
💳 Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex announced charging a three-percent fee on all external wire withdrawal requests from its high-frequency clients.
via Bitfinex
💎 Ethereum developers chose January as a deadline for Constantinople upgrade.
via CoinDesk
🔍 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) puts decentralized exchanges on notice.
via Forbes
👩⚖️ Bitmain has sued an anonymous hacker who has allegedly stolen $5.5 million in cryptocurrency from the company’s Binance account.
via Cointelegraph