The never-ending sandbox fight between Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) camps just got a new twist. A scaling solution for Ethereum was proposed the other day, but now, some bitcoiners claim this is an old idea and that it might be implemented in Bitcoin if it proves valuable. Short recap: we reported yesterday on market’s…
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Jack Dorsey, the founder and CEO of Twitter, has revealed that the company funded a dedicated team to develop a decentralized standard for social media. Jack Dorsey, the founder and CEO of Twitter and payments operator Squre, has revealed that Twitter is funding a dedicated team to develop a decentralized standard for social media. In…
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Several altcoins are on the verge of resuming their downtrend. What are the critical levels to watch out for going into mid-December? Paris-based asset management firm Napoleon AM has announced the launch of a specialized professional fund under French law, the Napoleon Bitcoin Fund. The fund would replicate the price of the cash-settled Bitcoin futures…
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Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. Regulation news The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued their ‘Proposed Guidance Regarding Adoption or Listing of Virtual Currencies,’ which will modify the approval process for Read more »Pay/Trade/Buy…
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Jack Dorsey. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube/Ted Twitter has just launched a new project, bluesky, aimed at developing a “decentralized standard for social media.” “Twitter is funding a small independent team of up to five open source architects, engineers, and designers to develop an open and decentralized standard for social media. The goal is for…
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The New York Department of Financial Services plans to review its crypto listing framework by late January 2020. The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) is planning to update its virtual currency license for the first time in nearly five years. The authority has published proposed guidance on adoption or listing of virtual currencies…
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Huobi completes its executive team in Turkey by appointing ex-Deloitte exec Alphan Gogus as the new general manager. Global crypto exchange Huobi completes its executive pursuit in Turkey by appointing Alphan Gogus, a veteran in crypto and finance, as the new general manager for Huobi Turkey. A new manager for a growing market Global crypto…
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The KeepKey hardware wallet. Source: KeepKey, Instagram After cryptocurrency exchange Kraken reported a flaw in hardware wallet KeepKey, the owner of this product, crypto exchange ShapeShift replied that the report is misleading and the attack difficult to carry out. The story starts on December 10, when Kraken Security Labs published a post alleging that there…
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CoinBurp CEO, Peter Wood, during a live stream. In an ambitious bid to raise money for Centrepoint, a UK homeless charity, and encourage charities to accept cryptocurrency as the form of donation, Pete Wood, the CEO of CoinBurp, a crypto startup, has challenged himself to say the word ‘crypto’ 100,000 times on a live stream,…
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Source: iStock/ridvan_celik U.S. law enforcement has arrested three men in connection with a USD 722 million cryptocurrency mining Ponzi scheme that targeted thousands of investors the conspirators called “dumb” and “sheep.” The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey said yesterday that, between April 2014 and December 2019, the defendants operated BitClub Network,…
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