How often is too often to alter consensus? A group of ethereum’s veteran open-source developers discussed the subject in a bi-weekly meeting Friday, wherein they aired the possibility that system-wide upgrades,…
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How Crypto Is Taxed in the US: A Taxpayer’s Dilemma
Last year was a bear market for cryptocurrencies. Many investors who did not know how to hedge their cryptocurrency investments saw these investments lose value from the market highs…
Stellar Patched an Inflation Bug and Burned the Resulting 2.25 Billion XLM: Research
Cryptocurrency intelligence company Messari has claimed that Stellar (XLM) suffered an inflation bug in April 2017 that was exploited to create 2.25 billion XLM (worth about $10 million at the…
CFTC: We’re ‘Diligently’ Working on All Crypto-Related Applications, Including Bakkt’s
United States regulator the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is actively working to approve multiple crypto-related applications, including for Bitcoin (BTC) futures from institutional trading platform Bakkt. A CFTC commissioner revealed the news…
New Report Highlights Increasing Decentralization of Bitcoin Mining
Bitcoin (BTC) mining has become more decentralized and continues to diversify, a new report from Canadian wealth management company Canaccord claimed on Feb. 6. Canaccord, which tracks the blockchain and digital currency sectors along with its other financial operations, highlighted the increasingly…
Nasdaq CEO: Crypto Could Still Become ‘a Global Currency of the Future’
Adena Friedman, president and CEO of Nasdaq Inc., says that cryptocurrency “deserves an opportunity to find a sustainable future in our economy,” in a post on LinkedIn, published Jan. 20. Writing ahead of her appearance…
European Banking Regulators Call for Unity in Crypto Regulations
Last week, two of the largest banking regulators within the European Union released reports calling for uniformity in the regulations of crypto assets and Initial Coin offerings (ICOs) across…
Op Ed: Bitcoin Is a Declaration of Our Monetary Independence
Nick Spanos is an early adopter and innovator in the blockchain space. He is best known for launching Bitcoin Center NYC, the world’s first live cryptocurrency exchange, in 2013,…
Blockchain Developer Role Tops LinkedIn’s 2018 Emerging Jobs List
The role of blockchain developer has leaped straight to the top of LinkedIn’s emerging jobs list for 2018. The networking platform for professionals said in a report Thursday that recent increased interest around…
Iran’s Recognition of Crypto Mining Prompts Local Bitcoin Price Spike
The Iranian government has recognized cryptocurrency mining as a lawful activity as part of its effort to introduce a national cryptocurrency – a move that saw bitcoin’s price briefly…
