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South Korea’s government announced that it may still go on to ban the trading of cryptocurrencies on exchanges, following apparently conflicting reports on the matter days earlier. Advertisements A statement issued on January 15 by South Korea’s Office for Government Policy Coordination (a branch of the Prime Minister’s Secretariat) warned that a national ban of […]

Smartphones are rarely designed with security and privacy features at the fore. Developers want their devices to sing and whistle and shine like the stars, but the users will have to ensure the security of their devices and privacy through third-party apps. In most cases, the user’s device is eventual compromised due to the reactive […]

General Idea PayPro wants to create a financial marketplace with various services being provided by Decentralized Applications. Their plan consists of two stages. Firstly, they want to create a cryptocurrency wallet, which will store popular coins and most of the ERC-20 tokens. Secondly, they will focus on developing the sole platform and marketplace for dApps […]

An interview with the team behind AidCoin and CharityStars My guests today are Francesco Fusetti, the Co-Founder & CEO of AidCoin, and Giorgio Venier, the Project Lead at AidCoin. AidChain is a new platform solving the biggest problems in the non-profit and charity sectors. During the podcast, we’ll talk about the AidCoin cryptocurrency, how the […]

Russia’s Ministry of Finance has started the process of legalizing cryptocurrency trading in government-approved trading platforms. Photo from photoff. Russia’s Ministry of Finance Begins Process of Legalizing Cryptocurrency Trading Russia’s Ministry of Finance has started the process of legalizing cryptocurrency trading in government-approved trading platforms. According to RNS Online, the draft law, the title of which […]

NASA has awarded a grant to the University of Akron for research into data analysis and other topics related to space exploration. The allocation will help a team led by associate professor Jin Wei to pioneer a resilient networking system based in part on the Ethereum blockchain. Advertisements Space exploration has taken monumental leaps, but […]

Although some believe that developing common standards for blockchain technology could hamper its growth and stifle its spirit, it is the creation of such standards that will spur greater ingenuity, innovation, and eventually mass adoption. Advertisements What is the maximum amount of time a conversation about blockchain technology can last before the mention of cryptocurrency, […]

January 13, 2018 12:14 AM Advertisements Baidu, the Chinese search engine that often draws comparisons to Google, has launched a Blockchain-as-a-service platform. On January 12, it was announced that one of China’s leading websites in terms of traffic, the search engine Baidu, launched a Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform called Baidu Trust. According to Baidu Financial, the […]

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2017, or the year cryptocurrency went mainstream, started with a whimper. The crystal balls didn’t see it coming, neither did the star portend its glorious rise in their constellation. Bitcoin had lost close to 30% of its ATH and Ether was still struggling to establish its identity. Close to a thousand ICOs and over $5 […]