Cryptocurrency

Daily Byte: Friday, December 7, 2018

Atlanta declines ransom request, Congress takes on crypto … again, Mastercard exploring transaction anonymity, and Facebook toothless against ad scams.Lawmakers Seek Beginnings of US...

Thunderstruck: Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Experiences ‘Explosive’ Growth

The Bitcoin scaling solution has gotten bigger.Over 450 bitcoin (BTC) is held among more than 12,000 Lightning Network channels on the Bitcoin mainnet, according...

The Exodus 1 And The FINNEY: A ‘Quiet Revolution’ Or Just Quiet?

December 6, 2018 10:21 PMHTC and Sirin Labs look to increase mainstream adoption of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency through smartphones.Launching just over a month...

ConsenSys Sacrifices 13 Percent Of Its Employees In New Business Strategy

December 6, 2018 10:36 PMAmid Crypto Winter, many projects are cutting back. ConsenSys has historically bragged about its almost infinite funding, but apparently even...

Mediterranean EU Countries Agree To Push Blockchain Adoption

December 6, 2018 12:13 AMSeven countries, including France and Malta, put their weight behind the "Southern European Countries Ministerial Declaration on Distributed Ledger Technologies."France,...

Crypto Exchange Orionx Loses Chilean Supreme Court Appeal

December 6, 2018 12:23 AMThe company sought to have its account reinstated after being dropped by BancoEstado earlier this year, but that’s not going...

Researchers Provide Model To Detect ‘Pump-And-Dump’ Schemes Before They Occur

Jiahua Xi and Benjamin Livshits of Imperial College London have used an algorithm to detect signs of an imminent scam.In findings that could prevent...

Japan’s National Tax Agency Works To Prevent Crypto Tax Evasion

December 4, 2018 11:49 PMThe tax regulator seeks to tighten its grip during the country’s 2019 tax reformation restructuring.According to a report in Japanese...

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Florida Files “First-In-Nation” Lawsuit Against OpenAI

Florida AG James Uthmeier filed what is described as the first state-led lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman...

Microsoft to Unveil New AI Models at Build 2026

Microsoft is set to unveil new AI models for Windows and a "super app" Copilot at its Build 2026...

$7M Lost in Weekend DeFi Hacks: Four Projects Hit

A spate of weekend hacks on DeFi platforms and bridges resulted in combined losses of approximately $7 million across...