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This Central Asian Nation Aims To Become “the Next Malta” for Crypto

Uzbekistan’s latest batch of pro-cryptocurrency measures will help the country build on a local market worth USD 700,000, per a media report. Russian news agency Pravda has predicted “rapid growth” for Uzbekistan in the “near future” after presidential decrees...

, by Tim Alper

Why Video Games Will Drive Blockchain Adoption

Blockchain adoption is slow, at least relative to the amount of money and attention crypto has been attracting recently. However, there is at least one increasingly strong reason to think that blockchains can gain mainstream understanding, acceptance and adoption in the months to come.This reason...

, by Simon Chandler

ICOs: A Giant Scam or a New Financial System?

Juan Villaverde is an econometrician and mathematician devoted to the analysis of cryptocurrencies since 2012. He leads the Weiss Ratings team of analysts and computer programmers who created Weiss cryptocurrency ratings. _______In “Ethereum Myths Debunked,” I showed you why the teams...

, by Juan M. Villaverde

Will Japan and South Korea Rediscover their Thirst for Crypto?

Certain influential figures in South Korea are starting to develop a keen interest in crypto, according to a local consultant. In Japan, it would take a “leap of faith” for the general public to regain its pre-Coincheck hack thirst for crypto trading.East Asia is currently in the grip...

, by Tim Alper

20 Jokes for the Crypto Aficionado

Another week, another bear run. It’s hard to stay optimistic - but they say it’s always darkest right before the dawn. Still, we’d love to see a green candle for a change, to guide us to this dawn. Meanwhile, Cryptonews.com is back with yet another installment of an...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

This Company with 2m Wallets Knows Where Revolution Is Happening

Contrary to the popular belief, the real crypto revolution is happening in the emerging, not western markets, said Magdalena Golebiewska, head of Eastern Europe region at Luno, a Bitcoin company boasting two million global accounts.People in the emerging markets, such as Africa and Asia are...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Why This Man Scared Bitcoin Maximalists?

ShapeShift, one of the best known platforms offering peer-to-peer trading of digital assets, will require personal information from their users very soon, and it is making Bitcoin maximalists quite unhappy. ShapeShift has previously been described as “more in line with the original vision for...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Kraken Confirms Job Cuts but US Public Still Crypto Keen

Job cuts are looming in America’s crypto sector with a major exchange set to ax dozens of employees – but the United States public has not yet lost its enthusiasm for Bitcoin and altcoins, per a new survey from researcher YouGov.The online survey of 1,202 adults between 29th - 30th...

, by Tim Alper

EU Finance Chiefs Advised to Regulate Exchanges, ICOs

EU economy and finance ministers reportedly will be advised to adopt a common policy on cryptocurrencies, and will be asked to consider regulating trading and policing initial coin offerings (ICOs).News agency Reuters claims a Belgian economic think-tank named Bruegel – which advises...

, by Tim Alper

HK Company to ‘Issue 100,000 Crypto Visa Cards’

A Hong Kong company is set to issue 100,000 “cryptocurrency Visa prepaid cards” over the next two months, in what it claims will be a first for Asia.Per newspaper the South China Morning Post, the company, Crypto.com (formerly known as Monaco) has partnered with Germany’s Wirecard...

, by Tim Alper

A Guide to Cryptocurrency Tipping Bots

When bitcoin first started to gather more attention in online forums and on social media, one of the most talked about use cases for the digital currency was online micropayments. Not too long after, the first bitcoin tipping bot was launched, which enabled social media users to tip each other in...

, by Alex Lielacher

Iran Gov’t OKs Mining as Crypto Love-in Intensifies

An Iranian news agency claims that the country has given the green light to cryptocurrency mining, with more crypto-friendly measures and legislation to follow.IBENA, which claims to be affiliated with the central bank, reported on September 4 that the bank and five major ministries have reached an...

, by Tim Alper

How “Goldman Sachs for Crypto” Performs on Stock Exchange?

Galaxy Digital, the merchant bank dedicated to digital assets that was founded by former Wall Street banker Mike Novogratz earlier this year, had a bumpy first month on a stock exchange. The company was listed on the TSX Venture Exchange in Toronto, Canada, on August 1 this year, making it one of...

, by Fredrik Vold

What are Masternodes and Why do People Run them?

Masternodes are increasing in popularity across the cryptocurrency sector. There are now over 400 blockchain-based projects that allow members of their community to run masternodes on their blockchain. In addition, search volumes for the term masternode have been at a consistently higher rate...

, by Alex Lielacher

A New Chance for Crypto Trading (and Coinbase) in Japan

Japan’s regulatory Financial Services Agency (FSA) will now likely start processing applications of potential new cryptocurrency exchanges again – should candidates meet all of its new requirements. Among candidates is American cryptocurrency exchange giant and wallet provider...

, by Tim Alper

S Korean Gov’t To Take Bigger Slice of Exchange Profits

The South Korean government has confirmed that it will move to strip cryptocurrency exchanges of the same sort of tax breaks and business incentives it offers to other small- and medium-sized businesses in the country.As previously reported on Cryptonews.com, the government made its initial...

, by Tim Alper

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