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Why Blockchain Adoption Is Slow, and Why That’s Nothing to Worry About

Technological limitations, ideologies and lack of standardization are to blame. It took the internet some three decades to move from ARPANET to the World Wide Web.Talk of 'the blockchain' is inescapable. It's mentioned on an almost daily basis by newspapers, by politicians, and even by comedians....

, by Simon Chandler

Say Your Prayers and Earn BTC: the Blockchain is Coming for Religion

Blockchain-based projects aim to provide religious communities with new tools and opportunities.They may be only ten years old, but many people have already described bitcoin and blockchain as ‘religions.’ It’s therefore entirely fitting that, slowly but surely, the first...

, by Simon Chandler

Central-Bank Digital Currencies: Toward a Cashless Society?

While private digital currencies such as the bitcoin are in the news daily, countries including China and Sweden are studying the creation a new form of money – a central-bank digital currency (CBDC). The objective is to complement (or eliminate altogether) banknotes and coins. But CBDCs risk...

, by Pôle Léonard de Vinci – UGEI

Crypto Tax Policy in the US as Unclear as Ever

If you’re from the US and are confused about the cryptocurrency tax policy in the face of next week’s deadline for filing, you’re not the only one. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) seems as confused as everyone else.The twice-weekly newsletter Chain Letter by MIT Technology...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Japanese Giant With Billions in Revenue Expresses Crypto Interest

The incoming president of Japanese business group Sumitomo Corporation has hinted the company may “actively invest” in cryptocurrencies.Masayuki Hyodo, who will take charge of Sumitomo in June this year, spoke to reporters for the first time since his appointment was announced. Hyodo...

, by Tim Alper

That Contract Your Computer Made Could Get You In a Legal Bind

There is a lot of hype in the business world surrounding the emerging blockchain technology and so called “smart contracts” - computer programs which execute the terms of an agreement. But like all computer programs, smart contracts can malfunction and even develop a mind of their...

, by Mark Giancaspro

Another Crypto Giant Moves to Malta

The Hong Kong headquartered cryptocurrency exchange OKEx, second largest by 24 hour trading volume, has announced today that they will be expanding to Malta.“We are confident in the Malta government’s approach and decided to make Malta a foundation for further OKEx growth,” says...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Vietnam to Investigate USD 658m Crypto Fraud Allegations

Allegations of a cryptocurrency scam involving USD 658 million spurred the Vietnamese deputy prime minister into action, who promptly ordered an investigation.Vuong Dinh Hue, Deputy Prime Minister, told six ministries to “quickly consider and tackle” the scam, according to a statement...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

A Guide to Crypto Terminology

Crypto and blockchain are relatively new things, not even a full decade old. This would imply that it is easier to become part of it now, while it is still in its formative phase, rather than later, when you have to learn all the rules of the game after everyone else. Like any community centered...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

A Rubbish Idea: How Blockchains Could Tackle the World’s Waste Problem

Katrien Steenmans, King's College London and Phillip Taylor, University of WarwickCryptocurrencies like Bitcoin may fill news headlines, but attention has been shifting to the technology that underpins them: blockchains. Blockchains are virtual ledgers on which data can be permanently stored. They...

, by Katrien Steenmans

Crypto Community Turns to Petitions Amid Regulatory Crackdown

A petition, a request to do something, most commonly addressed to a government official or public entity, is perhaps the most popular way of giving voice to the people’s needs and concerns. A seemingly unlikely way to express people’s opinions about crypto, it was a logical step after...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Latest Bitcoin Price Forecasts: from Zero to USD 91,000

It has been a tough start to the year for cryptocurrency investors. The price of bitcoin is down by over 50% year-to-date, lawmakers are mulling over potentially restrictive global cryptocurrency regulations, and digital asset exchanges are finding themselves under increased scrutiny. Some experts...

, by Alex Lielacher

Japanese Police Bust Nationwide Crypto Crime Ring

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s cybercrime division, acting in conjunction with local police forces in Japan’s Hyogo Prefecture, says it has busted a cryptocurrency fraud ring worth at least USD 1.8 million. Police said they had made seven arrests thus far, but official...

, by Tim Alper

South Korean Regulators May Suspend Exchanges’ Corporate Bank Accounts

South Korean financial regulators may move to suspend the corporate bank accounts of the country’s small- and medium-sized cryptocurrency exchange platforms.A special unit of the Financial Supervisory Service is currently working with the Financial Services Commission as part of a series of...

, by Tim Alper

South Korean Investors Snubbing Real-name Crypto Banking

Media outlet Money Today claims that South Korean customers appear loath to open real-name cryptocurrency bank accounts. In January this year, the government unveiled guidelines that required cryptocurrency to Korean won transfers through banks to be made via special real-name, social security...

, by Tim Alper

How HODLing and Bitcoin Price Correlate

Just when you may think that Reddit, a social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website, cannot possibly have a subreddit dedicated to anything in the world, they prove you wrong. Over at the immensely popular DataIsBeautiful subreddit, its user Anthony Xie measured how often the...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

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