Congress Requests SEC Clarify Crypto Security Laws to Support Innovation
The United States Congress has sent a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requesting that the agency clarify crypto security guidelines, to support innovation and to lessen the increasingly tense mood in the crypto space caused by widespread crackdowns led by the SEC. Congress says they believe crypto is important for many sectors […]
One Man, One Bitcoin: An Odyssey Around the World
A man named Rafael used a single bitcoin to travel around the entire world, visiting 18 countries from September 2017 through September 2018. During his travels, he met John McAfee and Vitalik Buterin, among numerous other less famous crypto movers and shakers, and conducted a total of 28 interviews. Rafael strictly stuck to using only […]
Tom Lee Calls for Major Ethereum Reversal, Projects USD 1,900 by the End of 2019
Crypto permabull and Head of Research at Fundstrat Global Advisors, Tom Lee says the stage is set for a major reversal in the Ethereum market. He projects that Ethereum will hit USD 1,900 by the end of 2019, far above its current price of USD 220 as of this writing on 28 September 2018, and above […]
Ukraine Developing a National Cryptocurrency
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), the country’s central bank is engaged in developing a national cryptocurrency. Reports indicate that this cryptocurrency will be centrally controlled by the NBU and at parity with Ukraine’s national fiat currency, the Hryvnia (UAH). It is possible the Ukrainian national cryptocurrency will be called the e-hryvnia. An advisor to […]
Luxembourg Aims to Provide Legal Certainty for Blockchain
The government of Luxembourg is hoping to pass a bill through their legislature which will enable blockchain technology to be backed by an extra layer of legal security. Tiny landlocked Luxembourg has an important role in the EU as the seat of the European Court of Justice, the highest judicial authority in the European Community. […]
Swiss Company Goes for Gold with Precious Metals Backed Tiberius Coin
A Swiss-based asset management company is to launch a new digital asset, backed by the price of copper, aluminum, nickel, cobalt, tin, gold and platinum. The Zug based company, Bullion Vault Ltd, which also trades commodities, follows in the footsteps of struggling Venezuela’s Petro, which is backed by crude oil reserves, but hopes this project […]
BitcoinNews.com Daily Podcast, 28th September 2018
Listen to the 28 September 2018 BitcoinNews.com Daily Podcast below. [su_audio url=”https://anchor.fm/s/58aba88/podcast/play/1436405/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fproduction%2F2018-8-28%2F4841453-44100-2-94882ec1e7a22.mp3″] On this edition of the BitcoinNews.com Daily Podcast, we discuss Tom Lee’s forecast for Ethereum to hit USD 1,900 by the end of 2019, and how Austria will be using the Ethereum blockchain for a federal bond auction. Hear about how the dairy […]
Dairy Farmers of America to Use Blockchain for Improved Supply Chain
The Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a cooperative of 8,500 dairy farms in the United States, is launching a pilot program for using blockchain technology to improve the dairy products supply chain. The DFA aims to increase supply chain transparency and freshness of dairy products by better connecting farmers to end customers. The DFA is […]
Austria to Use Ethereum Blockchain Notarization Service For Federal Bond Auction
Austria is deploying an Ethereum-based blockchain notarization service during a federal bond auction on 2 October 2018, after a series of successful tests. The bonds being auctioned include a 0.75% bond from 2018-2028 and a 0% bond from 2016-2023, totaling EUR 1.15 billion. This is the first time the Austrian government has officially used blockchain […]
Inflation Bug Causes Bitcoin Testnet Blockchain Split
On 18 September 2018, a critical double spend inflation exploit was patched with the release of Bitcoin Core 0.16.3. However, the developers warned that a Bitcoin blockchain split was possible, and to wait up to 200 confirmations (about 1.5 days) when accepting payments just in case a split occurred. The fork did not occur on the Bitcoin […]
