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Google Trends: How Is Crypto Holding Up?

-What’s the best search engine in the world? Google? Yahoo? Bing? -Hold on, let me google that for you…Since Google is synonymous with search engine, checking Google Trends to see how interested people are in crypto is a failsafe way to get a pretty good picture. I mean, it’s not...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Morning News: FSB in G20 Warning, S Korean Exchanges Go on Offensive

S Korean Exchanges Abandoning Self-imposed Regulations FSB Chairman Sends Crypto-Asset Warning to G20 Ministers S Korean Lawmakers Call UK, Estonia, Finland Blockchain, Crypto Summit BIC Camera: “Most of Our Crypto Customers Are Japanese”Catch up on the most essential cryptocurrency...

, by Tim Alper

The Race to Put Cannabis on the Blockchain

Blockchains and the marijuana industry have much in common. Both are often maligned and misunderstood; both are in early stages of development, where new players are throwing everything at the wall in the hope that something will stick.It may therefore come as little surprise that a handful of...

, by Simon Chandler

CIS Gamers and Social Networkers Cultivating Crypto-friendly Future

The CIS’ burgeoning gaming industry and social networking world is looking to for exciting new cryptocurrency and blockchain-related crossovers in 2018.As the love for e-sports intensifies, crypto’s newest CIS champion, Belarus, was most recently the venue for the inaugural Play2Live...

, by Tim Alper

The Pros and Cons of Google Crypto-Ad Ban

Experts are confident that the lifting of the ad bans will one day happen.It's now official: Google confirmed report by Cryptonews.com that it is set to ban cryptocurrency ads and join Facebook and Twitter in their bids to crack down on crypto-related scams and "misleading practices." We spoke to...

, by Simon Chandler

S Korea Academics Are Batty for Blockchain – And the North’s Keen Too

Reports allege that North Korean universities are also training a new generation of blockchain experts.South Korean universities are responding to heightened demand for cryptocurrency and blockchain knowledge among the country’s youth with a slew of new fintech and crypto-themed courses and...

, by Tim Alper

Havven ICO: Lessons Learned by the VP of Partnerships

Cryptonews.com recently launched a series of articles covering 'Lessons Learned' from ICO teams. We kicked off the series featuring Lympo.io just last week. Here are five new lessons from Jordan Momtazi, Vice President of Partnerships at Havven, a Sydney-based decentralized payment network and...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

Market Talk: the Bad and the Good About Crypto

It’s been almost exactly three months since the prices skyrocketed and sent investors and noobs alike into a FOMO (fear of missing out) frenzy. Now that everything has calmed down, what is the general consensus on cryptocurrency?The short answer seems to be: confusion. Negative reviews are...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Can a Bank Hear Crypto Investors? Yes, in Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein’s Bank Frick has become the country’s first institution of this kind to add cryptocurrency trade to its product portfolio. The bank, which does not engage in retail banking and works exclusively with professional clients and financial intermediaries, says it aims to place...

, by Jaroslaw Adamowski

Morning News: Huawei’s Sirin Deal?, S Korean Gov’t to Regulate Crypto

Catch up on the most essential cryptocurrency and blockchain news stories breaking in Asia and the Americas while the rest of the world was asleep.S Korean Finance Minister: "Gov’t Will Regulate Crypto" South Korea’s Finance Minister Kim Dong-yeon has reiterated that regulation remains...

, by Tim Alper

Crypto Adoption in Media: Washington Post Example

The Brave browser and its Basic Attention Token (BAT) just added the Washington Post to its list of verified publishers which includes The Guardian, VICE and a number of YouTube channels according to an original Reddit post.The news was hailed as a huge step forward in terms of crypto adoption by...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Twitter’s Jack Dorsey in a Dilemma After Google Crypto-Ad Ban

After Google officially joined Facebook in an internet-wide crackdown on crypto-related ads, the CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, may feel compelled to do the same. It would be a much simpler decision were he not the CEO of a financial services company which is eyeing crypto-investments after beginning...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Playboy to Play Crypto Card

Playboy Enterprises, an adult lifestyle and entertainment company, announced that they would be developing and integrating an online payment system that will support a wide range of cryptocurrencies. These will be used to pay for accessing adult content, exclusives, and augmented reality (AR) and...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Blockchain: at the Core of the Energy Sector Revolution

.Inese Dosé, Senior Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers Latvia.The Blockchain has created an exceptional hype around its utilisation by many industries. The technology facilitates transactions between parties by using computer algorithms without the need for third-party involvement. It...

, by Inese Dosé

Morning News: US Lawmakers Want Regulations, Bithumb’s Interpark Deal

US Congress Subcommittee Hints It May Regulate Crypto Bithumb Launches Crypto Shopping Platform with E-commerce Giant Coincheck Partner Invests in Crypto Monitoring App Crypto Hackers Focusing on Ethereum Miners and Android UsersCatch up on the most essential cryptocurrency and blockchain news...

, by Tim Alper

Apple-Approved App Mining Crypto on Users’ Computers

It looks like one cannot escape cryptojackers even on the Apple's app store. Calendar 2 is an app, approved by an American technology company Apple, that was pulled after news broke that it was using its users’ computers to mine crypto for the developers.But is it really malware if the app...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

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