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The development kit is envisioned as having multiple components that would enable increase the accessibility and openness of bitcoin mining hardware.
Jack Dorsey’s Block has posted a new blog that details the Mining Development Kit, a new project that would seemingly replicate the Lightning Development Kit and Bitcoin Development Kit projects, providing developers access to bitcoin mining projects focused on integrating bitcoin mining into various novel use cases.
Analyzing Federal Reserve policy decisions in addition to data from the purchasing managers’ index can give us three scenarios for the bitcoin price.
Darius Dale is the Founder and CEO of 42 Macro, an investment research firm that aims to disrupt the financial services industry by democratizing institutional-grade macro risk management processes.
The digital space is creating more impressive output recently in different areas of life, with the introduction of metaverse, more people believe in the possibility of getting the digital form of real-life. The metaverse is gradually making its waves with diverse applications in the virtual space.
It’s becoming quite intriguing how you can get the virtual form of several physical items and objects. There is even a possibility of getting your digital lands, houses, clothes, and other assets. Also, you can conveniently host events on virtual platforms.
Immunify.Life leverages fast, secure, and cost-effective Cardano Blockchain to revamp patient data collection and provision
Infections and diseases kill millions of people around the world every year, but ineffective healthcare processes and policies have a significant negative impact on patient outcomes as well. From relapsed patients and delays in providing care to inaccurate patient data and misaligned incentives between different players in the healthcare space, the status quo is in serious need of redesign. With the security, reliability, privacy, and cost-effectiveness of blockchain technology, Immunify.Life is a transformative app that is tackling these challenges head-on. Read on below to learn more about how the Immunify.Life project is poised to become the high-impact health app the world needs today.
Softchains are a sidechain implementation that interact on a deeper level with consensus mechanisms, which can bring benefits and risks.
This is an opinion editorial by Shinobi, a self-taught educator in the Bitcoin space and tech-oriented Bitcoin podcast host.
In this next piece looking at different sidechain implementation designs, we’re going to go through softchains. This is another one of Ruben Somsen‘s proposals for a sidechain mechanism. This differs heavily from spacechains, the design covered in my previous article. It requires a specific change to the Bitcoin Core protocol specifically structured to implement a sidechain, imposes a new validation cost on Bitcoin full nodes, and has support for a two-way peg mechanism that does not depend on a federation to custody funds.
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Money laundering cases related to cryptocurrencies in Japan have increased significantly in 2018. Nevertheless, their number remains a fraction of the total. According to the Japanese press, the majority of reported money laundering instances actually involve banks and other traditional financial institutions.
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The number of cases of suspected money laundering linked to cryptocurrencies reported in Japan surpassed 7,000 last year, the Japan Times reported, quoting the National Police Agency. The figure represents a 10-fold increase in comparison with the 669 cases registered between April and December of 2017, when crypto exchange operators were obliged to report suspicious transactions that may be linked to the movement of illicit funds.
Use cases are the name of the game for any token, and this is especially true when it comes to exchange tokens. Binance Coin (BNB), the token associated with the world’s leading crypto exchange, is now up over 20% in the last month as expanded use cases have fueled demand. The most important use case in […]
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In the midst of a severe economic depression and the devaluation of the Venezuelan bolívar, bitcoin cash (BCH) supporters have been teaching people about the benefits of using permissionless cryptocurrencies throughout the country. The BCH meetup in Venezuela has swelled to 349 registered participants and group coordinator Lizbeth Alviarez has recently detailed that dedicated members are doing everything they can to accelerate adoption in the area.
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Did you know there have been 13 million cryptojacking incidents in 2018? Russian cyber-security firm Kaspersky Lab has released data that cryptojacking cases have gone through the roof rising 400% this year alone. Crypto-crime has been one of the most publicized issues in the financial world this year as the popularity of digital currencies has
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When it comes to explaining this never-ending bear market, positive affirmations seem to be the rationale du jour. Here’s another “HODL on FFS” theory that forecasts the eventual crypto-boom by drawing comparisons between the Dot-com era and the nascent blockchain industry.
Benedict Evans, a partner at Andreessen Horowitz, recently tweeted that “crypto today” is nearly identical to the internet in 1993 and 1999. Evans went on to explain that in the 90s the internet had “huge potential with few of the use cases invented yet.”
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Cryptocurrencies are commodities, according to four court cases involving the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). A federal judge recently ruled that a token is a commodity, certifying the CFTC’s authority to prosecute fraud and manipulation in the crypto space. In her ruling, the judge cited three other crypto-related cases that arrive at the same conclusion.
Also read: Yahoo! Japan Confirms Entrance Into the Crypto Space
Barely before the ink had dried on the news that Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Zaif had been hacked and slightly less than US$ 60 million stolen, the National Police Agency (NPA) of Japan has released a report highlighting the vulnerability of Japan’s crypto space. According to the NPA, the number of incidents involving the theft of funds
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Bitcoin believers and enthusiasts beware, you could be unwitting members of a cult if Bill Harris is to be believed. Speaking on CNBC’s Fast Money program, the former CEO of payments services firm PayPal claimed that bitcoin’s supposed advantages are non-existent. “The cult of bitcoin make many claims — that it’s instant, free, scalable, efficient,
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The head of a government watchdog in Thailand has admitted that domestic cases of cryptocurrency crime are few and far between despite calling for increased preparedness to combat it in the future. Speaking at a joint seminar with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Bangkok on Thursday, Thailand Institute of Justice
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North American regulators have revealed that more than 200 cryptocurrency-related cases are being actively investigated, with 46 enforcement actions taken. The coordinated efforts by over 40 jurisdictions in the U.S. and Canada are part of Operation Cryptosweep, aimed at cracking down on unregistered and fraudulent crypto-related investment products.
Also read: Yahoo! Japan Confirms Entrance Into the Crypto Space
The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) announced Tuesday that “more than 200 active investigations of initial coin offerings (ICOs) and cryptocurrency-related investment products are currently underway by state and provincial securities regulators in the United States and Canada.”
Although smart contracts are of great interest to a lot of people, finding the real use cases for this technology is still very challenging. Hundreds of potential applications of smart contracts exist, and some industries are getting more attention than others. Below are some examples, in random order.
In the world of cryptocurrency, multisignature solutions have become the new normal over the past few years. This does not just apply to wallet solutions, but also to smart contracts. A multiparty smart contract allows user A to lend money to user B to buy a property, car, etc. In this instance, a smart contract can serve as a legally binding agreement between the involved parties.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has reportedly revealed that it is working on 130 cryptocurrency-related investigations, citing an increase in illegal activity facilitated by crypto payments. These cases “encompass crimes such as human trafficking, illicit drug sales, kidnapping and ransomware attacks.”
Also read: Yahoo! Japan Confirms Entrance Into the Crypto Space
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reportedly “has 130 cases tied to cryptocurrencies,” according to Supervisory Special Agent Kyle Armstrong. Speaking at the Crypto Evolved conference Wednesday in New York, he was quoted by Bloomberg:
While women in the blockchain industry want to focus on the technology, a lack of women is hurting the industry.
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