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A number of significant events have occurred pertaining to the Ethereum ecosystem in recent days. Last week, the code for the proposed first step of Ethereum’s technical transition toward the adoption of proof-of-stake mining, Vitalik Buterin made disparaging comments regarding 2017’s explosion in the initial coin offering (ICO) industry in an interview with Financial Times, and most recently, an Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) seeking to restore a disabled contract to unfreeze 513,774 ETH held in 587 wallets used by Parity Wallet has been rejected. Also Read: New Party in Ukraine to…

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The crypto industry has gotten used to a lot of hype and endorsement from the mainstream media recently, so it is easy to think that the ecosystem is mature enough for widespread adoption. But when you look at the nuts and bolts of trading and transaction, it is clear that the crypto industry still has a long way to go. For example, trading crypto is more inconvenient than regular stock trading by orders of magnitude. Between irritating Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) requirements, inconvenient trading platforms, and…

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This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material. Bitcoin.com does not endorse nor support this product/service. Bitcoin.com is not responsible for or liable for any content, accuracy or quality within the press release. Changelly, a popular instant cryptocurrency exchange, has partnered with Binance, TOP-1 trading platform, to bring more tokens, faster transactions and better rates to users. Konstantin Gladych, CEO of Changelly met Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance in Valletta, Malta – on the island recently becoming the…

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More than 100 people have bought land plots in the “private city” of Liberstad, Southern Norway. Its founders accept 27 cryptocurrencies. Deals have been sealed already with future residents from Brazil, Sweden and the UK, among other countries. They should be able to move in within two years. Also read: Bitcoin Payments Are on the Rise in the Baltics Liberstad for the Libertarians With slogans like “taxation is theft”, Liberstad is attracting more and more libertarians from around the world, local media reports. According to its website, 112 people have…

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Ripple, a San Francisco-based real-time gross settlement system, currency exchange and remittance network, has announced partnerships with five new European and Asian customers. FairFX (U.K.), RationalFX (U.K.), Exchange4Free (U.K.), UniPAY (Georgia), and MoneyMatch (Malaysia) will all use xVia to power frictionless payments over RippleNet. Adding Five More to the List xVia is a technological solution for corporates, payment providers and banks wishing to send payments across various networks using a standard interface. As explained by Ripple’s official website, “xVia’s simple API requires no software installation and enables users to seamlessly send payments…

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The cryptocurrency mining industry is spread all over the world and includes everyone from small miners with a few GPUs at home to vast datacenters with both ASICs and racks of endless GPUs. As such, one of the best ways to get an overall view of the market is via the chip suppliers. And the latest report by AMD shows the demand for mining capacity remained strong in early 2018, despite a slump from the price highs of 2017. Also Read: $350 Million Bitstamp Acquisition Negotiations Denied by Nexon CEO…

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Despite experiencing one of the worst heists in the cryptocurrency market’s history, Coincheck has still managed to turn a significant profit. Can’t Nobody Hold Coincheck Down As reported by Reuters, Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck Inc. has recorded a writedown of roughly $432.56 million for the financial year ending in March. The information comes directly from the exchange’s parent company, Monex Group Inc. Earlier this year, Coincheck notoriously suffered a hack which saw the exchange lose approximately $530 million worth of NEM (XEM). The exchange subsequently began a reimbursement process in…

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Its seems users who frequent the online encyclopedia platform Wikipedia read the ‘Bitcoin’ article hosted on the site a lot. According to statistics, the Wiki Bitcoin page was the ninth most read article on Wikipedia last year. Also Read: Binance Exchange Founder Sued by VC Fund Sequoia Capital Bitcoin Article on Wikipedia Was the Ninth Most Popular Last Year Last year lots of people were inquiring about the cryptocurrency bitcoin and the word itself was one of the topmost trending words searched in 2017 according to Google Trends data. Another area…

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Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman has once again reminded everyone that the cryptocurrency market is legit — too legit to quit, even — as institutional investors have already begun to enter into the future of finance and technology. An Endorsement from Nasdaq Looking for someone to make a case for cryptocurrency’s future? Look no further than Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman. The major figure in the world of finance explained in an interview with CNBC yesterday: I believe that digital currencies will continue to persist…it’s just a matter of how long it…

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Not long ago, forex (FX) and contract-for-difference (CFD) broker SimpleFX released a brand new mobile application for trading. Let us show you how it’s done. Installation and Account Set-Up To get started trading with the new SimpleFX App, simple head to the Google Play store and download the mobile application. After the process has finalized, simply click “open” to launch the platform. After booting up the application, users are met with a welcome screen that automatically prompts them to view a demo account with an example balance of $10,000.00. We…

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