Category: N-Featured
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New Wormhole Wallet Can Create Tokens and Crowdsales in Minutes
On Friday, Nov. 23, the developers behind the Wormhole project announced the launch of the Wormhole Cash wallet. The application allows users to store, send and receive BCH, WHC and any type of token created with the Wormhole software. Additionally, the new client allows users to burn BCH for WHC alongside the ability to crowdfund…
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Chatter Report: Ayre Bargains With ABC, Blockstream Sells More Hats
In today’s roundup of cryptocurrency influencers and project leaders, we detail the latest talking points from social media. In addition to Calvin Ayre bargaining with Bitcoin ABC, Wormhole SV has offered the entire Wormhole team a new job. Oh, and Blockstream are using the BCH hash war to market their new hats. Also read: Fisco Completes Takeover…
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Follow This Branch: A Guide to Splitting BCH and BSV
Since the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) hard fork on Nov. 15 resulted in a blockchain split, many pre-fork holders are interested in finding out how to split their BCH and BSV into two separate currencies. Over the last week, a few infrastructure providers have released tools and some exchanges have offered to split the two for…
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Uganda to Regulate Cryptocurrency as Fake Bitcoin Schemes Surge
Uganda will seek to regulate crypto assets to prevent criminals from exploiting digital currencies to scam citizens. This comes as thousands of Ugandans have fallen victim to a number of Ponzi schemes, including the D9 Club, which promised to pay members in bitcoin. Minister of State for Finance (Planning) David Bahati said the government has…
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Wendy McElroy: How the Blockchain Provides Private Justice
The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations Section 5: Saving the World Through Anarchism Chapter 11, Part 6 How the Blockchain Provides Private Justice The key to…an anarcho-capitalist court system is found in the concept of a “personal judiciary”. [Acting as your own judge.]…The courts’ purpose is to enable men to settle disputes so…
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The Daily: Cloud Outage Affects Exchanges, Okex Launches ICO Information Platform
In the Saturday edition of The Daily, we look at a technical issue with Amazon’s cloud services network that has forced two major South Korean crypto exchanges to temporarily go offline. In other news, Malta-based digital asset exchange Okex has launched a platform offering information on initial coin offerings and Estonia has issued licenses to…
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Bitcoininfo.ru Wins Court Case Against Ban
The owner of Bitcoininfo.ru has won an appeal against a ruling to block the cryptocurrency website. A court in Saint Petersburg has decided that access should be restored and that Nikolay Tonkoshkurov should be compensated for the unlawful actions of the prosecutors and judges who presided over the case. Also read: BTC-e Successor Wex Loses…
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Venezuela Approves Law Granting Legal Effect to the Petro
A government plan to counter economic sanctions is coming into force in Venezuela after parliament passed a law on crypto asset regulation. The law, originally proposed by the country’s leader Nicolás Maduro, gives legal effect to the petro, Venezuela’s multi-asset-backed digital currency. Also read: Nigeria’s Opposition Leader Promises Cryptocurrency Policy If Elected President ‘Breaking Financial and…
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Content Creators Can Earn BCH Using the Honest Cash Platform
Adrian Barwicki, the creator of the Panda Suite software development kit for Bitcoin Cash (BCH), revealed on Nov. 18 that he has been working on a “Medium-like” social media platform built around the BCH network. On Nov. 22, Barwicki announced the activation of his project, Honest Cash, which allows 100 accounts the ability to experiment…
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The Daily: Bitpay Adds Another Stablecoin, Waves to Launch Exchange in Malta
In this edition of the Daily, we look at Bitpay’s decision to add the U.S. dollar-pegged PAX token to its list of settlement currencies. We also cover a couple of recent announcements in the crypto industry. Waves is preparing to launch a regulated exchange in Malta and bitcoin mining giant Bitfury is planning to establish…