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A definitive word may come from the G20 summit in October. Advertisements In addition to the many financial, economic, and technical issues discussed at the G20 summit last weekend in Argentina, assembled finance ministers and central bank governors from the world’s top economies also touched upon cryptocurrency standards and regulations. Members of the G20 summit […]

The blockchain Dapp browser extension has disappeared from the Android and Chrome marketplace. Advertisements UPDATED | 1:42 p.m.: After announcing that its extension had been removed from the Chrome Web Store earlier on Wednesday, MetaMask took to Twitter several hours later to say that it’s back: ORIGINAL | 11:38 a.m.:  Advertisements MetaMask, which enables users […]

The hottest new apps on ethereum resemble an old favorite: the Ponzi scheme. At least that’s the early consensus on FOMO 3D and PoWH3D, two of the platform’s top three apps entering Tuesday. Advertisements According to data website DappRadar, both games have amassed 20,000 ether ($9 million) in trading volume over the last 24 hours, a […]

Michael Novogratz recently stated EOS can process 5,000 transactions per second and will soon handle far more. But it’s hard to find data to support the claim. Advertisements Michael Novogratz recently made headlines with a bold assertion during an interview with TheStreet that the EOS blockchain is, “already doing 5,000 transactions a second. It should […]

The US Securities and Exchange Commission extended the deadline to approve or disapprove a proposed rule change associated with NYSE Arca’s potential listing of Direxion’s bitcoin-tied exchange-traded funds. Advertisements On Tuesday, the Federal Register published a notice from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) dated July 18, 2018. The agency has postponed by 60 […]

One of the most popular cryptocurrency wallet service providers, MyEtherWallet, will launch a beta version of MEW Connect, its upcoming iOS application. Advertisements An announcement from MyEtherWallet (MEW) made on Monday via Twitter asked followers to “stay tuned” for the beta release of the new MEW Connect iOS app, which is expected to launch in […]

One of the most prolific features of cryptocurrencies and the budding blockchain-powered “decentralized economy” is that is providing individuals with more privacy and digital anonymity than ever before. Advertisements The world’s first digital currency bitcoin is enabling anyone in the world with an Internet connection to make digital payments without the need for an intermediary, […]

Here are what I find to be the most significant Tritium features described in the whitepaper. Advertisements We’ll go one layer at a time. 1) Network Layer Nexus points out that scalability doesn’t just depend on ledger size (read: the size of messages, and by extension block size) but on how messages are routed among nodes. […]

Amber Baldet, former JPMorgan blockchain program lead (and current CEO of Clovyr), has expressed her doubts about the proliferation of blockchain protocols: “Each of these blockchains speaks a different language,” she said in April. Advertisements Getting different blockchains to talk to one another has become a pressing issue, as more and more protocols pop up – […]

A scandal around the fraudulent actions of a vaccine manufacturer in China has sparking a heated debate over the last week – and now the Chinese cryptocurrency community is suggesting blockchain as a potential solution. Advertisements The uproar followed a report from China’s State Drug Administration, which, based on a tip-off, launched an investigation of the […]