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Coincheck Hack Victims to Be Paid Back by the Exchange

In order to resume their operations as soon as possible, Coincheck said they would be compensating the users who had fallen victim to their hack starting next week, Bloomberg reported.At a news conference on Thursday, the Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange company said that all of the 260,000...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

World’s Richest Are Dipping into Crypto Without Understanding It

In an annual survey of wealth advisers and private bankers, 21% of respondents said clients had increased their investments in cryptocurrencies in 2017 - even though they may lack sufficient understanding of the technology behind the asset class, according to a Knight Frank's 2018 edition of its...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

USD 4 Billion Crypto Is Just the Beginning for 22-year-old Dominik

When 22-year-old Dominik Schiener lost EUR 500,000 in 2013/2014 in an attempt to set up a trading platform for crypto, he could have easily given up without batting an eyelid. However, he persisted, helped establish IOTA, a cryptocurrency designed for the Internet of Things, in 2015 - today’s...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

How the Security of Your MetaMask Wallet Can be Compromised

While a Chrome browser extension MetaMask is popular with many users, it is important to be aware of the ways through which malicious parties can compromise the security of this Ethereum wallet with more than 1 million users.MetaMask allows its users to interact with the Ethereum network. This...

, by Alex Lielacher

Morning News: Japanese Exchanges Suspension Risk, SEC Wants New Powers

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.US Regulator Wants More Powers over Cryptocurrency Exchanges American financial regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says...

, by Tim Alper

Lympo ICO: Lessons Learned by the Founder

Cryptonews.com kicks off a series interviewing founders of blockchain projects who just completed their initial coin offerings (ICOs). Among other things, you’ll find out what lessons founders and their teams learned during their ICO process.First in a line - Ada Jonušė, founder...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

Tim Draper Gives Fiat Money Another Five Years

Tim Draper is a venture capitalist and one of the earliest investors in the internet, so his word carries quite a lot of weight in any and all technology-related fields. So when he says for CNBC that, “This is the most excited I've ever been as an investor, and I was right there at the...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Arianna Simpson: Crypto Is My Jam

Trying to identify good investment opportunities in the bitcoin world is a difficult task for even the most experienced of investors. But Arianna Simpson, an early-stage investor with close to 40 investments to date, is proving it can be done.Arianna used to work at Facebook and BitGo, a Blockchain...

, by Emily Perryman

US Federal Judge Rules: Crypto Is a Commodity

While cryptocurrencies hold great potential in the eyes of enthusiasts, the fact is that lawmakers and government officials often do not know what to make of them, and how to treat them in court, for example. In another win for team “Clear the FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) surrounding...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

SEC ICO Probe: Lawyers and Regulators, Beware

Mark Toohey is a lecturer on Digital Currency Regulation at the University of Nicosia (UNIC) with a corporate law background. He is also the Founder and CEO of TBSx3 – a blockchain logistics and supply chain management solutions company. ____Lawyers and regulators who are involved in the...

, by Mark Toohey

ICO Scam Flees After Naming Ryan Gosling Part of the Team

Another initial coin offering (ICO) pulls an exit scam after putting the picture of a Canadian actor Ryan Gosling to the name of “their” graphic designer, Kevin Belanger.The ICO, called Miroskii, claims to have raised more than USD 833,000 from 389 contributors. It was discovered by...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

How Russia’s Billionaires Have Gone Bonkers for Bitcoin

There are few hotter issues in Russia right now than cryptocurrencies. So it may come as no surprise to hear that many of the country’s most influential, super-rich elites have a finger firmly planted in the crypto pie.In fact, it seems almost everyone wants a piece of the action – from...

, by Tim Alper

The Bank of Lithuania Starts Race for the First Digital Collector Coin

The Bank of Lithuania is planning to issue a one-of-a-kind digital collector coin already this year, thus set to make a place for themselves in the history of crypto, according to their press release.The coin is to be made using blockchain or other equivalent technologies, the bank adds, leaving...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Investment Opportunity: Blockchain ETFs

The bitcoin community has been waiting for a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) since the bitcoin billionaires Winklevoss brothers submitted their first proposal for their COIN ETF in mid-2013. Until today, no Bitcoin ETF has been approved by financial regulators. Having said that, there are...

, by Alex Lielacher

Morning News: Japan Keen to Lead G20 Talks, Microgrid Funding Spike

Japan to Take Initiative in G20’s Crypto Talks Energy Trading Startups Get Massive Funding Boost Kakao Group Launches Blockchain Subsidiary, ICO to Follow? US Marshals to Auction BTC 2,170Catch up on the most essential cryptocurrency and blockchain news stories breaking in Asia and the...

, by Tim Alper

Uber Co-Founder Designs New Cryptocurrency, People Are Not Amused

Garrett Camp, Uber’s co-founder and chairman, is creating his own cryptocurrency called Eco, to be developed and operated by a new non-profit organization, the Eco Foundation.Camp wants Eco to be a digital global currency that can be used as a payment tool around the world for daily-use...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

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