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A report produced at the request of the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs argues virtual currencies are here to stay and need to be taken seriously by policymakers. Advertisements A recent report by the Policy Department for Economic, Scientific and Quality of Life Policies, which was written for the European Union Parliament, […]

ICO Information What’s the hard cap? The total ICO hard cap is $41,840,000 USD Advertisements What is the price of the token? The price of a META token is 0.02 USD When does the token sale start? What is the minimum purchase requirement? Minimum purchase requirements across sale events and stages are as follows: Pre Sale Advertisements Stage […]

The Oxford-affiliated creators of Woolf, a blockchain-based university, hope to address a number of issues plaguing academia, including high costs, large class sizes, and an overly saturated job market. Advertisements Online, low-residency, and hybrid learning options are commonplace in today’s higher education landscape. Students have more flexibility than ever before in crafting their academic schedules. […]

Several projects are turning to blockchain solutions to improve advertising. Advertisements It’s no secret that Facebook and Google maintain an advertising duopoly – it was reported that the pair accounted for 58.9 percent of digital advertising spending in 2017. Even though concerns about how personal data is handled by the companies are bringing that number […]

Cryptojacking Up 629%, LINE Launches New Cryptocurrency Exchange, Polish Banks Unofficially Banning Crypto Cryptojacking Up 629% in Q1 2018, McAfee Labs Report Says Nearly 400,000 samples of coin miner malware were analyzed in Q4 2017, but that grew to 2.9 million in Q1 2018, says cyber security firm McAfee Labs in a new report. (The company is […]

Call it an explosion of cute names for a cause. Advertisements Announced this week, CryptoKitties debuted a number of new initiatives that will further decentralize its popular ethereum app, which while largely passing under the radar, show the startup is making strides to give users rights. It’s been the subject of criticism for the beloved game, […]

With the SEC takedown of John McAfee’s Twitter ICO endorsements, many are questioning whether or not ICO ratings are a scam.The answer to that question may be complicated. Advertisements It has become universally recognized that ICO ratings are definitively biased. Typically, companies that are endorsed by celebrities, experts, and/or influencers, usually pay a fee for […]

A recent survey published by the Ontario Securities Commission reveals lackluster results concerning public knowledge of “cryptoassets.” Advertisements On Thursday, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) published the results of a survey titled “Taking Caution: Financial Consumers and the Cryptoasset Sector,” which detail the commission’s findings regarding Ontario residents’ knowledge of cryptocurrencies (which the report refers […]

Something is not right. Advertisements Humans are notoriously bad at generating random numbers. We’re amazingly predictable. That’s why the distribution of trade volumes on Kraken’s USD/USDT pair looks awfully suspect. “I’ve looked through lots and lots of data, and I don’t think this is real,” said Rosa Abrantes-Metz, a professor at New York University’s Stern […]

On Thursday, MyEtherWallet founder Kosala Hemachandra announced that he’s joining Blockchains LLC. Advertisements Blockchains LLC has made a splash with its first major technical hire, adding MyEtherWallet founder Kosala Hemachandra as chief blockchains officer. Hemachandra shared the news on Twitter yesterday evening. ETHNews spoke with Hemachandra, who enthusiastically discussed his new role. “I was approached […]