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CFTC To Examine Self-Certification

The self-certification process, used by some trading houses like CBOE and CME, will be examined by regulators after cryptocurrency derivatives come under the spotlight.Remarks...

NASAA Reminder to Crypto Investors Garners SEC Endorsement

A message to cryptocurrency investors that was issued today by NASAA has struck a chord with the SEC, which promptly commended the association for...

The Royal Society Studies Evolution And Cryptocurrencies

The cryptocurrency market is a hyper-volatile ecosystem. A new study attempts to describe it using ecological modeling.Royal Society Open Science, a peer-reviewed open-access scientific...

Vitalik Announces Ethereum Foundation Subsidy Programs To Tackle Scalability

The Ethereum Foundation announced two subsidy programs to spur scalability development.The subsidies will reward teams working on sharding and second layer protocols.Sharding aims to...

Overview Of Ethereum’s Developments In Closing 2017

Ethereum's Q4 developments in 2017 focused on scalability to handle more complex applications and increased transaction volume.Casper, a proof-of-stake mechanism, and sharding were key...

Grand Mufti Of Egypt Issues Fatwā Against Cryptocurrency

The highest ranking Islamic official in Egypt has stated that virtual currencies are incompatible with Sharia Law.Local sources in Cairo are reporting that Egypt's...

Convergence Of Bitcoin And Financial Market Threatens Stability, Says ECB Board Member

Yves Mersch is worried that bitcoin may threaten financial stability as “market infrastructures such as stock exchanges enter this business.”The ex-governor of the Luxembourg...

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Circle Launches Bitcoin-Backed Borrowing for Institutions Via USDC

Circle launched a Bitcoin-backed borrowing service for institutional clients, allowing eligible Circle Mint customers to deposit BTC as collateral...

TASK#STOMP Campaign Uses PowerShell Backdoor to Steal Data

Security researchers have uncovered a new campaign dubbed TASK#STOMP that deploys a PowerShell backdoor on compromised systems.The malware...

Bitmine 98% to 5% ETH goal after $74M buy

Bitmine bought 27,562 ETH, bringing its total holdings to 5,983,940 ETH ($16.1 billion), or 4.9% of the total supply.Chairman...