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Venezuela launches pre-sale of state-sponsored Petro coin, a glitch on Japan-based Zarif exchange allowed users to buy cryptocurrency for $0, top 5 price changes, and more! Advertisements Venezuela’s government has started the pre-sale of its petro (PTR) cryptocurrency, making 82.4 million of the virtual coins available for purchase. Image from Stefano Carella. Venezuela Launches Pre-Sale of Controversial, […]

iStock.com/LEEDDONG Ethereum News Update Over the last year, initial coin offerings (ICOs) have become quite a phenomenon. And ETH prices have largely benefitted from this trend, since most ICOs take place on Ethereum’s platform. Advertisements However, ICOs are not without their faults. They have drawn a lot of criticism. They may offer startups a new […]

Betting on assets without owning it, in fact, seems to be a well-known model, this idea is used by Forex-like brokers and being successfully implemented to the crypto market as well. Although, the betting process may even get more entertaining if you add a contest element. And this is exactly what a new Blockchain project, […]

Even as Russia stands accused of meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, its national capital is taking a leadership role in making democracy more transparent. Advertisements Using an existing program called Active Citizen, the city of Moscow has been allowing residents to cast votes for measures ranging from the name of their new metro […]

February 21, 2018 12:38 AM Advertisements Last week, ING Group apparently confirmed its banking relationship with Bitfinex and Tether. This has raised questions in the Dutch parliament. On February 19, 2018, Dutch MP Henk Nijboer submitted a series of questions to minister of finance Wopke Hoekstra after the publication of an investigative article on Bitfinex […]

February 21, 2018 12:47 AM Advertisements Initially issued as a draft in January, the final version of a circular on taxation and cryptocurrencies has been handed down by the Israeli Tax Authority. On February 19, 2018, in a final circular released by the Israeli Tax Authority, it was announced that cryptocurrencies will continue to be […]

February 21, 2018 12:08 AM Advertisements Three laws aimed at regulating and promoting innovation within the blockchain space are expected to be submitted to the Maltese Parliament in early March. On February 16, a three-week-long period of public consultation began for three blockchain-related bills in Malta. At the end of the period, the legislation is […]