As noted by the renowned financial analyst Joseph Young, an independent study of coding can serve as an alternative to expensive training in American colleges for many millennials. DeCenter has collected eight of the best free digital learning programs on cryptocurrency and blockchain.
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Crypto Education: The Best Online Courses about the Crypto Market
Ever wanted to get educated in cryptos and blockchain?
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💵 The soon-to-arrive CoinFLEX trading platform will enable its customers to trade in physically-delivered futures contracts for Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Ether.
via The Block
📲 Last year, hackers managed to steal millions of dollars in cryptocurrency by successfully carrying out SIM swapping attacks.
via Motherboard
🤝 The USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin, which was established by a peer-to-peer payments technology company Circle and a U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, is now supported by approximately 100 businesses.
via CircleBlog
🇻🇪 Venezuela has filed a complaint against the USA with the World Trade Organization (WTO), claiming—among other things—that sanctions against its national cryptocurrency Petro are “discriminatory.”
via CoinDesk
👥 During the Ask Me Anything session on Reddit, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss said they are still committed to making a Bitcoin ETF a reality.
via Bloomberg
💵 The soon-to-arrive CoinFLEX trading platform will enable its customers to trade in physically-delivered futures contracts for Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Ether.
via The Block
📲 Last year, hackers managed to steal millions of dollars in cryptocurrency by successfully carrying out SIM swapping attacks.
via Motherboard
🤝 The USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin, which was established by a peer-to-peer payments technology company Circle and a U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, is now supported by approximately 100 businesses.
via CircleBlog
🇻🇪 Venezuela has filed a complaint against the USA with the World Trade Organization (WTO), claiming—among other things—that sanctions against its national cryptocurrency Petro are “discriminatory.”
via CoinDesk
👥 During the Ask Me Anything session on Reddit, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss said they are still committed to making a Bitcoin ETF a reality.
via Bloomberg
The seven-day average for the number of daily Bitcoin transactions has reached a 1-year high.
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Source: https://goo.gl/TrcLw7
Jihan Wu and Micree Zhan, co-founders of a Chinese Bitcoin mining behemoth Bitmain, will quit their posts as co-CEOs but still have a determining voice in the company’s more important decisions.
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Bitmain Poised to Appoint Tech Chief as New CEO, Says Report
Cryptocurrency mining giant Bitmain may be about to appoint its product engineering director as CEO.
Facing fierce competition from one of its main rivals—Binance—Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the U.S., is aiming to shift its institutional efforts toward cryptocurrency-dedicated funds and firms instead of Wall Street giants; the move goes against the strategy that the company followed last year.
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The inside story of the Coinbase crypto OGs and Wall Street guard power struggle
For many crypto enthusiasts, mid-2018 feels like a lifetime ago. In those heady days, crypto’s market capitalization stood at $300 billion; rumors swirled that bulge bracket investment banks such as Goldman Sachs were entering the market; and Intercontinental…
One of the main complaints against investors in cryptocurrencies, as well as against crypto exchanges from the regulators, is that the KYC (Know-Your-Customer) procedure is often violated. That is, it is often unclear to the authorities who is hiding behind a Bitcoin address or a digital wallet. And if in the case of the oldest cryptocurrency, at least according to the U.S. regulators, it is still possible to figure out who is sending the funds, then there are serious concerns about the blockchains of other cryptocurrencies—namely that it will not be possible to verify the transaction participants. But just how rational is requiring the cryptocurrency community to comply with KYC?
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Identification of Investors in Cryptocurrencies or the Dusk of the Crypto Exchanges?
Why is privacy becoming a matter of life and death for crypto exchanges?
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🇺🇸 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s inspection unit has named cryptocurrency one of its top examination priorities for 2019.
via The Block
✍🏻 Cryptocurrency index fund provider Bitwise has applied to list a physically-held Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) on NYSE Arca.
via CoinDesk
🇷🇺 The Russian Parliament will focus on bills related to the digital economy in the next session, according to the chairman of the lower chamber.
via Cointelegraph
🇨🇳 China’s Internet censorship agency is set to start regulating blockchain businesses as soon as next month.
via CoinDesk
🇰🇷 Only seven of the South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges have passed the government-initiated security inspection.
via Bitcoin.com
🇺🇸 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s inspection unit has named cryptocurrency one of its top examination priorities for 2019.
via The Block
✍🏻 Cryptocurrency index fund provider Bitwise has applied to list a physically-held Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) on NYSE Arca.
via CoinDesk
🇷🇺 The Russian Parliament will focus on bills related to the digital economy in the next session, according to the chairman of the lower chamber.
via Cointelegraph
🇨🇳 China’s Internet censorship agency is set to start regulating blockchain businesses as soon as next month.
via CoinDesk
🇰🇷 Only seven of the South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges have passed the government-initiated security inspection.
via Bitcoin.com
According to the estimates of researchers from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and King’s College London, at least 4.32 percent of the Monero (XMR) cryptocurrency in circulation has been mined as a result of malicious interference.
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Crypto Mining Malware Has Netted Nearly 5% of All Monero, Says Research
Hackers have mined at least 4.32 percent of the total monero in circulation, worth nearly $40 million today, according to new research.
The new #CryptoCaselawMinute’s contents cover the following cases:
• Roberts v. Obelisk
• Kaplan v. CompCoin
• Fabian v. Nano
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• Roberts v. Obelisk
• Kaplan v. CompCoin
• Fabian v. Nano
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Crypto Caselaw Minute #18: 1/10/2019
Government shutdown or not, plaintiffs lawyers haven’t stopped filing new crypto lawsuits. This week we look at three new complaints, one…
“I will transfer it to your account”—this phrase is heard more and more often and can compete with the question about the availability of a store’s bonus card that a buyer gets asked when making certain purchases. Applications for smartphones have enabled many people to make money transfers in a few clicks without being physically present in a bank. Modern financial enterprises organize development teams to create mobile banking solutions and wallets accessible to all users. DeCenter compared two online funds transfer applications: Blockchain.info and BIP Wallet. We want to clarify that it is the functionality of the programs that is under review, their simplicity, accessibility, and speed of work regardless of monetary units.
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Money Transfer Applications: Which Are User-Friendly?
Money transfer applications are becoming ever more popular, but just how good are they?
Experts believe that 2019 may continue one of the trends of the previous year and become another year of the stablecoins. The site collecting statistics on stablecoins, the Stable Report, has 89 similar projects, while the list of coins backed by gold is incomplete and includes only the most popular projects, while their number is constantly growing. Blockchain company’s researchers point out that stablecoins open up “multi-trillion-dollar opportunities” and “have the potential to grow into one of the largest, if not the largest kind of digital assets.”
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A Crypto Dollar without a Dollar: What Should the Perfect Stablecoin Be Like and Where to Use It?
Stablecoins everywhere, but what does the future hold in store for them?
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💵 Blockchain developers have seen growth in annual salaries over the past half year.
via Computer World
🗣 Recently announced BitTorrent Token (BTT) is “basically a marketing machine layered on a very thin veneer of technology,” according to the company’s former executive.
via BreakerMag
💻 Organizers behind a recent 51-percent attack on Ethereum Classic (ETC) blockchain have returned $100,000 to one of the affected exchanges.
via Cointelegraph
📃 Wyoming state’s local authorities have approved a financial technology sandbox bill.
via CoinDesk
🇷🇺 Russian officials have refused to use Venezuela’s national cryptocurrency, the Petro, in bilateral trade with the country.
via Bitcoin.com
💵 Blockchain developers have seen growth in annual salaries over the past half year.
via Computer World
🗣 Recently announced BitTorrent Token (BTT) is “basically a marketing machine layered on a very thin veneer of technology,” according to the company’s former executive.
via BreakerMag
💻 Organizers behind a recent 51-percent attack on Ethereum Classic (ETC) blockchain have returned $100,000 to one of the affected exchanges.
via Cointelegraph
📃 Wyoming state’s local authorities have approved a financial technology sandbox bill.
via CoinDesk
🇷🇺 Russian officials have refused to use Venezuela’s national cryptocurrency, the Petro, in bilateral trade with the country.
via Bitcoin.com
Coincheck, a Japanese cryptocurrency exchange that ran into scrutiny after suffering a major breach last year and was consequently obliged to improve its security measures, has recently obtained a license from the Financial Services Agency (FSA), the country’s primary financial watchdog.
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Coincheck Wins Crypto Exchange License 12 Months After Major Hack
Japanese crypto exchange Coincheck, which suffered a $530 million hack in January of last year, is now a licensed entity.
A U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex has announced the launch of an over-the-counter (OTC) trading desk. The service provides customers with an opportunity to trade in around 200 crypto assets that are already available on the main platform.
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Bittrex Follows Major Crypto Exchanges in Launching Over-The-Counter Trading Platform
The Bittrex OTC platform, which is geared towards high-volume trades, launches later Monday, a statement confirmed.
A derivatives trading platform LedgerX has launched an index designed to track the first cryptocurrency’s volatility. According to the company’s president and chief risk officer, the indicator could also be referred to as “a Bitcoin fear index.”
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LedgerX Launches 'Bitcoin Fear Index' to Track Price Volatility
LedgerX is launching LXVX – a "Bitcoin Fear Index" similar to the VIX, a popular volatility benchmark in the stock market.
Although just two weeks have passed since the beginning of the year, many events have already taken place in the crypto market that have a direct impact on the entire industry. From the launch of new trading platforms and tokens to attacks on the network of one of the largest cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. DeCenter collected the most important events of 2019 so far that you could have missed.
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Crypto Digest: The Main Market Events since the Beginning of the Year
Two weeks into 2019 and lots of things happening, so here they are in one digest.
The leading top 50 cryptocurrency assets have been showing strong growth in recent weeks, which could be the beginning for a repetition of the powerful upward rally that many traders remember in the fall and winter of 2017. For the “to the moon” to take off, about which investors already spoke so much in the past year, demand from “big capital” is necessary. We’ve reviewed the main news of this year and how they can affect the future rates of digital assets.
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Cryptocurrencies Are Tanking up before a Long Flight
The long-awaited rally of cryptos is on the horizon, so buckle up for this long ride.
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⌚️ Everything you need to know about Constantinople, an upcoming system-wide upgrade to the Ethereum network.
via The Block
🏦 HSBC, one of the world’s largest banks, has settled over $250 billion in trades using distributed ledger technology.
via CoinDesk
🤝 Bakkt, a cryptocurrency platform run by Intercontinental Exchange, announced the completion of its first acquisition.
via Cointelegraph
🖥 Hackers behind Ryuk malware received approximately $3.7 million in ransom in less than six months.
via CrowdStrike
🇩🇰 Denmark’s tax agency will soon start collecting trader information from local cryptocurrency exchanges.
via Bloomberg
⌚️ Everything you need to know about Constantinople, an upcoming system-wide upgrade to the Ethereum network.
via The Block
🏦 HSBC, one of the world’s largest banks, has settled over $250 billion in trades using distributed ledger technology.
via CoinDesk
🤝 Bakkt, a cryptocurrency platform run by Intercontinental Exchange, announced the completion of its first acquisition.
via Cointelegraph
🖥 Hackers behind Ryuk malware received approximately $3.7 million in ransom in less than six months.
via CrowdStrike
🇩🇰 Denmark’s tax agency will soon start collecting trader information from local cryptocurrency exchanges.
via Bloomberg
Cryptopia, a cryptocurrency exchange based out of New Zealand, released a statement today saying that it “suffered a security breach which resulted in significant losses.” The platform’s website is currently out of service, with no information regarding the amount of losses, names of digital assets affected, or further steps that will be taken to refund users.
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New Zealand Crypto Exchange Cryptopia Goes Offline Citing Hack
New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia has gone offline claiming "significant" losses arising from a hack.
A cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX is shutting down trading accounts in the U.S. and Canadian province of Quebec due to regulatory restrictions.
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Canadian financial watchdog cracks down on the largest crypto exchange
BitMEX, one of the most active trading platforms for bitcoin, has accounts shut down in U.S. and Quebec since the company was not registered with AMF.