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ETHNews: An Economist Talks Crypto

Monday, 15 April 2019 14:55

Gina Pieters talks about why economists shun the study of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, how the study of crypto can shed light on government manipulation of exchange rates, and the challenges of working in a male-dominated field.

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ETHNews: LedgerX Wants To Offer Physically Settled Bitcoin Futures Contracts

Monday, 15 April 2019 15:46

Juthica Chou, chief risk and operating officer at LedgerX, explains why the digital currency derivatives firm applied for a license to provide physically settled bitcoin futures products to its customers and the benefits of offering this service.

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ETHNews: BSV Price Falls As Binance Promises To Delist

Monday, 15 April 2019 16:25

Fed up with Craig Wright's purportedly unethical actions toward those who disagree with him, Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance, announced that the exchange will delist the Bitcoin Satoshi’s Vision (BSV) digital token on Monday, April 22. This announcement apparently caused the price of BSV to plummet.

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ETHNews: Can You Find The Keys To Unlock Satoshi's Treasure?

Monday, 15 April 2019 17:22

Eric Meltzer, co-founder of investment firm Primitive Ventures, talks about the new reality game Satoshi’s Treasure. The developers of the game have hidden 1,000 fragments of a private key to a wallet containing $1 million worth of bitcoin. Players will work together or individually to solve logic…

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ETHNews: Trading Bots Found On Decentralized Exchanges

Monday, 15 April 2019 18:12

Researchers from Cornell Tech published a report outlining the manipulation done by "Flash Boys," or automated trading bots, working on decentralized exchanges. According to professor Ari Juels, these trading bots are typically used by large firms and allow these companies to profit by placing their transactions at…

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ETHNews: Interview With Blockchain Forefather W. Scott Stornetta

Monday, 15 April 2019 18:58

Blockchain forefather W. Scott Stornetta speaks about the process of developing blockchain technology, the emergence of cryptocurrency, how being a theoretical physicist has informed his blockchain-related research, and how to create more positivity in the crypto community.

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ETHNews: It's Tax Day For Crypto, Too

Monday, 15 April 2019 21:36

Cryptocurrency tax expert and developer of the CryptoTrader.Tax software David Kemmerer breaks down what constitutes a taxable event when dealing with digital currency, how to file losses and gains connected to crypto trading, and how to make sure traders are using the correct tax forms.

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ETHNews: What Coinbase's Support Of Proof Of Stake Means

Tuesday, 16 April 2019 14:34

Coinbase Custody recently announced it will provide staking support for the Maker, Tezos, and Cosmos platforms. Coinbase Custody head Sam McIngvale breaks down how the move will benefit institutional investors and some of the problems that still need to be worked out.

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ETHNews: Japanese Regulators Want More Security For Cold Wallets

Tuesday, 16 April 2019 15:09

To better protect investors from theft and help spur economic growth in Japan, the country's Financial Services Agency will now require cryptocurrency exchanges to beef up cold wallet security.

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