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Subsidiary Of Russian State-Owned Bank May Conduct Cryptocurrency Pilot

A board member with Gazprombank has revealed that the financial institution could run a cryptocurrency-related pilot in Switzerland through a local subsidiary there.According to...

New EIP Suggests Ethereum Hard Fork For ASIC Resistance

Leading Ethereum developers are currently debating whether to hard fork the blockchain in order to implement a change aimed at undercutting the effectiveness of...

Chilean Banks Deny Service To Cryptocurrency Platforms, Firms Ask For Regulatory Guidance

On Thursday, Chilean media reported that BancoEstado will close an account belonging to Orionx. This follows similar reports about cryptocurrency platforms BUDA and Crypto...

Ethereum Developers Talk Rent Fees For Mainnet Contracts

Several core developers are seriously discussing the possibility of using rent fees to fund the continued presence of individual EDCCs on the Ethereum network....

Russian Elections Chief To Pitch National Blockchain Voting To Putin

The head of Russia’s Central Election Commission will try to sell Vladimir Putin on the idea of a blockchain-based voting system for future presidential...

Gov’t-Owned Entity Launches Blockchain-As-A-Service Platform In China

A Chinese government research institute has begun offering a blockchain-as-a-service platform that aims to enable a wide range of use cases, from identity management...

Does Cryptocurrency Need Decentralized Exchanges?

Although decentralization is one of the foundational pillars of the cryptocurrency revolution, many of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges still maintain centralized power structures....

Dutch Court Finds That Bitcoin Has Characteristics Of Property

According to the district court of Amsterdam, bitcoin is transferable and has value.On February 14, 2018, after failing to comply with a court order...

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U.S., Ukraine Uncover Russian Cyber Spy Campaign

The Security Service of Ukraine and FBI uncovered a long-running Russian cyber-espionage campaign targeting officials and activists worldwide.Attackers used...

Nvidia’s $1,000 IPO Investment Now Worth Multi-Millions

A $1,000 investment in NVIDIA at its 1999 IPO, adjusted for splits, would be worth over $8.3 million as...

Ripple processed $16T but used almost no crypto

Ripple CEO criticized Strategy's leveraged funding model for hurting the wider crypto market.Brad Garlinghouse pointed to Strategy's preferred stock,...