ETHNews: Distributed Digest: Friday, January 11, 2019

ETHNews: Vermont To Test Blockchain For Regulation Of Insured-Owned Insurance

Monday, 14 January 2019 18:05

Vermont's Office of Secretary of State and Department of Financial Regulation signed a memorandum of understanding to launch a pilot program testing the use of blockchain by captive insurance companies.

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ETHNews: The Importance Of Social Norms For Content-Neutral Platforms

Thursday, 10 January 2019 16:06

Does the virtue of a decentralized platform created by an alt-right bigot vary from a decentralized platform created by a leftist Libertarian?

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Ethereum World News: Litecoin (LTC) Price Analysis: Sell Rallies Near $32 and $35

Monday, 14 January 2019 05:24

Litecoin price moved into a bearish zone below the $35.00 support. LTC may continue to move down and it may soon test the $28.00 or $26.00 support levels. Key Talking Points Litecoin price fell sharply this past week and broke the $40.00 and $35.00 supports (Data feed…

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Ethereum World News: Bitcoin (BTC) Price Analysis: New Bearish Channel Forming

Monday, 14 January 2019 03:16

Bitcoin is starting to trend lower since last week’s selloff, creating a descending channel with its lower highs and lower lows on the 4-hour time frame. Price is down to the mid-channel area of interest after recently bouncing off the resistance. A break below this near-term floor…

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Ethereum World News: Marshall Island Hires Malta’s Strategic Advisor to Assist in the Issue of an Official Cryptocurrency

Sunday, 13 January 2019 18:31

The government of the Marshall Islands, headed by Hilda Heine, stands firm in its efforts to issue an official cryptocurrency as a mechanism for optimizing financial services and avoiding an exclusive dependence on US Dollars to ensure the proper functioning of banking operations. “Sovereign” (SOV) is the…

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Ethereum World News: Tron (TRX) Accused of Price Pump In Accelerator Competition Uproar

Sunday, 13 January 2019 12:55

Tron’s accelerator competition closed on 4 January with $1 million in prize money to be won, but now dapp developers are up in arms, if the outpouring of complaints on the discord channel are anything to go by. Tron, a dapp platform that is now ranked the ninth…

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Ethereum World News: Euro Exim Bank Will Start Using XRP for Cross-border Payments in Q1 2019

Sunday, 13 January 2019 06:48

XRP continues its successful path to mass adoption as the ultimate token for interbank transaction processing. After multiple tests and announcements by several banks and payment processors, Euro Exim Bank of London finally announced that it will use XRP and Ripple’s xRapid software in a matter of…

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ETHNews: New DX.Exchange Fixes Security Vulnerability That Exposed User Data

Thursday, 10 January 2019 23:14

The tokenized securities trading platform, launched just this week, was quickly subject to a major security snafu.

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ETHNews: Having A Gas: This Week In Crypto Pop Culture, January 7-11

Friday, 11 January 2019 18:01

Tarot cards to design your cryptoeconomic system, a new use case for cryptocurrency, and a Pink Floyd cover band (and some tech startups) hosted at Mike Tyson’s mansion.

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