Ethereum World News: Litecoin (LTC) Compliments Bitcoin and is Currently Massively Discounted, Says Market Analyst

ETHNews: First Cryptocurrency SIM Jacking Case Brought In California

Wednesday, 01 August 2018 22:39

In California, the first case has been brought against an alleged SIM hijacker charged with stealing over $5 million worth of cryptocurrency with the help of accomplices.

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ETHNews: Two Nobel Prize-Winning Economists Weigh In On Blockchain, Disagree About Usefulness

Wednesday, 01 August 2018 19:17

Paul Krugman says blockchains are useless. Oliver Hart, who is serving as an advisor for a blockchain governance and design firm to help make better EDCCs (aka smart contracts), says they can be great for automating certain business dealings and assisting in legal disputes.

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Ethereum World News: BitMEX CEO: A Bitcoin ETF is Great For Adoption, Triples-Down On $50k Prediction

Wednesday, 01 August 2018 21:54

Despite the SEC declining the Winklevoss Twins’ ETF proposal, the discussion of such a fund is still a hot topic within the cryptocurrency community. CNBC Africa’s “Crypto Trader” show, hosted by Ran NeuNer of OnChain Capital, recently spoke with BitMEX’s CEO regarding what an ETF means for…

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ETHNews: MacCoin Not Really A Cryptocurrency, Rides On Craze’s Coattails

Wednesday, 01 August 2018 20:53

McDonald’s recently unveiled its MacCoin promotion, causing some to think the fast food chain was going to issue a cryptocurrency or hold an ICO. Alas, Mickey D’s is simply using the crypto trend as a marketing tactic.

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Ethereum World News: Former Beverage Company Turned Bitcoin Miner Eyes Customer Loyalty Market

Wednesday, 01 August 2018 21:27

Cryptocurrency–The tale of Long Blockchain Corp. continues to grow in and outside of the crypto space. Originally branded as Long Island Iced Tea, the former beverage company made an abrupt turn in early January when it was announced that the company would be pursuing Bitcoin mining operations.…

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ETHNews: Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales Passes On Cryptocurrency, ICO

Wednesday, 01 August 2018 18:53

The online encyclopedia’s co-founder recently said the website would not join the crypto bandwagon.

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Ethereum World News: Coinsquare Launches XRP Support Prior To Global Expansion

Wednesday, 01 August 2018 19:52

Coinsquare, one of the foremost cryptocurrency platforms in Canada, has just revealed support for the trading of XRP. “XRP Is Now Live” On Tuesday, Coinsquare took to Twitter to issue an announcement to let users know that XRP support “is now live.” #XRP is now live –…

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ETHNews: Bithumb Cryptocurrency Exchange Suspends Creation Of New Accounts

Wednesday, 01 August 2018 18:51

One of South Korea’s "big four" digital asset exchanges will no longer allow for the creation of new real-name virtual accounts, due to its failure to sign a contract with a partner bank.

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IOTA: Alpha

Wednesday, 01 August 2018 14:07

Alpha: playing with randomnessIf you have been following the Illustrated Introduction to the Tangle series, you might remember a mysterious parameter called α, which affects the level of randomness in the random walk. In this article we will go into the specific way in which α affects…

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