Two Chinese blockchain, crypto heavyweights are targeting the American market – with both filing applications to launch USD 100 million initial public offerings (IPOs) with regulators. Per a filing lodged with the United States Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC), crypto mining equipment provider Canaan, based in Hangzhou, wants to raise around USD 100 million, and…
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Analyzing cryptocurrency exchange users and their preferences, Beijing-based token data and rating agency TokenInsight found that people’s number one concern when choosing and using an exchange is safety. For the exchange personas section of their latest cryptocurrency exchange industry research report for the third quarter of 2019, TokenInsight collected 207 Read more »Pay/Trade/Buy Bitcoin with…
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From coin killers, over private messages, to stacking sats. The Cryptoverse rests on innovation and innovative technology. It’s no wonder then that we often see interesting new gadgets or digital solutions to existing problems, or the problems we didn’t even know exist. Occasionally, we’re even witnesses to massive strides in the evolution of technology. This…
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As China is preparing to launch its domestic digital currency, a person in charge of its development says that its creation is not about controlling people’s information, but maintaining a balance. The goal of this move by China is not gaining full control of information belonging to the general public, but to create a balance…
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Crypto Briefs is your daily bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – keeping you up-to-date with under the radar crypto news from around the world. Exchanges news The most popular crypto market data provider CoinMarketCap announced the launch of its new Liquidity ranking metric aimed at fighting “volume inflation” problem. The Liquidity metric Read…
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Source: iStock/st_lux A court in South Korea has jailed the head of cryptocurrency exchange Coinup for 16 years, after convicting him of fraud. Eight other executives from the exchange were also given jail time, with the company’s vice president given an 11-year prison term. The Seoul court ruled that Coinup’s CEO, “Cash Kang” (real name…
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Crypto Briefs is your daily bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – keeping you up-to-date with under the radar crypto news from around the world. Legal news Zuoxing Yang, founder and CEO of Chinese Bitcoin miner maker MicroBT, and former processor design director at now major competitor, Bitmain, is reportedly being held by local…
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SatoshiLabs, the manufacturer of the Trezor hardware wallet, has moved to distance itself from a somewhat unexpected endorsement from Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro. Around 18 minutes into an hour-long state TV segment on cryptocurrencies that was also shared on the president’s Facebook page, Maduro met representatives of a company named Trezorvenezuela, who gifted the Read…
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It looks like salaries in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry are set to grow as demand is outstripping supply. More companies than ever before are looking to fill “Bitcoin, blockchain and cryptocurrency roles,” with employer demand “skyrocketing,” per a new report. A study released by job search platform Indeed claims that postings for Read more…
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A Russian newspaper says it has seen a copy of the much-awaited draft law “On Digital Financial Assets” – a piece of legislation that might decide the fate of cryptocurrencies in the country. However, local experts do not agree what this draft means exactly. RBC states that “two sources familiar with the matter” confirmed the…
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