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Governments Are Testing Their Own Cryptocurrencies - MIT Technology Review
The people of Sweden are breaking up with cash. The number of banknotes and coins in circulation has fallen to its lowest level in three decades. …
Digital CurrencyBitcoin: The Case For A $10,000 Coin
An image of Bitcoin and US currencies is displayed on a screen as delegates listen to a panel of speakers during the Interpol World Congress in Singapore on July 4, 2017. (ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images)<p>You’ve probably read it on a multitude of news outlets, but the decentralized virtual currency …
CryptocurrencyJapan's Regulators Are Putting Bitcoin Exchanges Under Heavy Surveillance
Japan’s financial watchdog will soon pay very close attention to the internal systems of exchanges for virtual currencies such as bitcoin.<p>The …
CryptocurrencyYou'll Be Shocked by How Much $10 Invested in Bitcoin in 2010 Is Worth Today
Hint: You'd be a millionaire.<p>Bitcoin has had quite the year so far in 2017, with the price up by 320% since Jan. 1. However, this type of move pales …
CryptocurrencyGitcoin Launches Today, Pushing Open-Source Forward With Cryptocurrency Bounties
Eventually (if you aren’t already), you will be paying for your morning coffee through a cryptocurrency. Unless you brew it yourself, in which case you might be ordering your coffee pods online and paying for it with — you guessed it — cryptocurrency. It doesn’t matter which one. We will soon pay …
SoftwareHow Blockchain and ICOs Are Changing the Funding Game for Startups
For some tech firms, initial coin offerings are a way to raise early capital more quickly than they could through venture funding<p>By<p>Tomio Geron<p>Tomio Geron<p>The Wall Street Journal<p>Biography<p>@tomiogeron<p>geron.tomio<p>tomio.geron@wsj.com<p>Blockchain technology is changing the way many technology startups raise …
Venture CapitalFirst Bitcoinization of a Sovereign State is Happening Now
In recent months, news about Bitcoin being widely purchased and mined in Venezuela has led to a number of rumors regarding the growth and demand of …
VenezuelaUS Centers for Disease Control to Launch First Blockchain Test on Disaster Relief
For public health practitioners, the ability to quickly collect, analyze and take action on data is paramount to containing the spread of a deadly …
Public HealthCrypto Mining ”More Profitable Than Drugs and Arms Trafficking” in Russia
<b>Russian media has conducted interviews with several representatives of the country’s bitcoin mining industry. The investigation has provided unique</b> …
CryptocurrencyAre Bitcoin Profits Taxable?
Virtual currencies, such as bitcoin, are still in the relatively early stages of adoption, and many legal aspects of them aren't well understood. One big example is taxation -- that is, if you buy bitcoin or any other virtual currency and sell it for more than you paid, do you have to pay taxes on …
RetirementIBM: Never Mind The Cloud, Here Is What Should Excite Investors
International Business Machines has been declining in price in spite of continued growth in its cloud business.<p>However, blockchain technology has the …
BusinessHow much does The Pirate Bay's cryptocurrency miner make? | ZDNet
If adverts turn off visitors, the torrent search engine is hoping CPU borrowing can make up the revenue.<p>Users of The Pirate Bay recently discovered …
InternetPayment or Asset? Bitcoin's Limbo Is Leaving Merchants in the Middle
Word that South Africa's second-largest supermarket might accept bitcoin sent twitters of excitement through the cryptocurrency community last week – …
Ethereum Price Technical Analysis – ETH/USD Facing Major Hurdle
Key Highlights<p>ETH price recovered well from the $250.73 low against the US Dollar, but facing sellers near $292.<br>• There is a new connecting bullish …
TradingCrypto-Mania Grips Hong Kong as City Looks for Life Beyond Banks
In the mid-1990s, Johnson Leung embarked on a career in shipping. In the early 2000s, he moved to finance. And now, he runs a Hong Kong startup that …
Hong KongCryptocurrency - Still a Long Journey Ahead
There still needs to be a lot of development and scaling work done in order for Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin to overtake …
CryptocurrencyVitalik Buterin Speaks Out Against Raiden ICO, Vows to Donate Advisor Proceeds to Charity
<b>Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, has spoken out against the initial coin offering (ICO) of the Raiden Network and vowed to use his</b> …
Japan's Bitcoin Exchanges Under Regulator Surveillance From October
Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) will reportedly place cryptocurrency exchanges under "full surveillance" starting from next month, a news …
CryptocurrencyA Central Bank blockchain could make other banks obsolete
Will banks like ANZ and Westpac go the way of the record store?<p>Professor David Yermack from NYU Stern School of Business thinks so. He argues it’s …
BankingCryptoasset Valuations
Recently, an increasing number of crypto market participants and observers have become interested in a framework for cryptoasset valuations. Over the …
SaaSUPDATE 1-Saudi central bank suspends money transfers at three currency exchange houses
(Adds detail on nature of suspension)<p>DUBAI, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's central bank said on Monday it had suspended three currency exchange …
Saudi ArabiaCriticizing Bitcoin Could Backfire
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon is facing market abuse reports from algorithmic liquidity provider Blockswater, according to the UK’s biggest financial news …
Jamie DimonBitcoin investors should be taxed like any other investor
Despite its name, cryptocurrency isn’t just money. It could also be debt or equity and so it should be regulated and taxed in the same way as other …
FinanceBitcoin Price Volatility Due to Regulatory ‘Blind Spot,’ Claims Fmr. CFTC Official
Responding to recent bitcoin price volatility, former financial services regulator Bart Chilton has strong words for the cryptocurrency industry: …
CryptocurrencyHow much tax you have to pay on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in South Africa
While Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies may not officially be recognised by the Reserve Bank, there may still be tax considerations.<p>This is …
CryptocurrencyNewsBTC DASH and Litecoin Analysis September 25 2017 - NEWSBTC
Hello and welcome to News BTC’s Market Outlook September 25.<p>DASH/USD<p>DASH continues to be volatile, but I believe that the upward trend is still very …
CryptocurrencyFICO Patent Filing Hints at Plans for Bitcoin Exchange Monitoring
The company behind the FICO credit scoring system is looking at how to collect information from bitcoin exchanges as part of a new anti-money …
PatentsChina banned new cryptocurrencies, but a Macau company still plans $500 million token sale
Macau gaming company Dragon Corp. is looking to raise half a billion dollars through an initial coin offering (ICO), in an effort to integrate …
The U.S. IPO Market Is Broken -- U.S. Startups Will Now Look To Asian Exchanges
Today, there are roughly half the public companies there were 30 years ago. It seems as if having less activity in the IPO market has made the listing business even more competitive. The New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq’s most bitter rival, this year welcomed Blue Apron and Snap. That was a blow to …
EntrepreneurshipChina Construction Bank Partners IBM for Blockchain ‘Bancassurance’ Solution
China Construction Bank, the world’s second-largest bank by market capitalization, is working with IBM to develop and launch a blockchain-enabled …