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Thailand’s Central Bank is researching blockchain technology, including the benefits of issuing a central bank digital currency. Advertisements On June 5, the Bank of Thailand’s (BoT) governor, Veerathai Santiprabhob, announced the bank has been researching the benefits of blockchain technology and is considering issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC). During his keynote speech at […]

The potential opening of a Fidelity Investment cryptocurrency exchange begs the question of how money designed to be independent of banks could be affected by the introduction of an institutional interloper. Advertisements Cryptocurrency has always held a contentious relationship with traditional banking. In 2009, the genesis block of bitcoin had embedded in it an indictment […]

The company behind some of the world’s most popular cryptocurrency mining chips and one of the world’s largest bitcoin mining pools is open to going public. Advertisements Bitmain, a Beijing-based chip developer and operator of the AntPool bitcoin mining pool, could be receptive to an initial public offering (IPO), according to a Thursday report by […]

Amidst a national narrative in which cryptocurrency is sometimes endorsed and sometimes disparaged, President Vladimir Putin has confirmed at least one emerging truth about cryptocurrency moving forward in the Russian Federation. Advertisements Vladimir Putin has made clear his take on the sovereignty of cryptocurrencies. “Russia cannot have its own cryptocurrency inherently, just like no other […]

Cryptocurrency mining company Coinmint has announced its New York data center project, which it hopes to have the largest capacity for digital currency mining in the world. Advertisements Coinmint signed a lease for the 1300 acre Alcoa site in Massena, New York, which has a 435-megawatt power capacity, on December 1, 2017. Operations to convert […]

Coinbase has acquired three California-based companies in an effort to not only expand its business, but to achieve regulatory compliance as the cryptospace strives for mass adoption. Advertisements One of the most popular fiat onramps to the cryptospace, San Francisco’s Coinbase, isn’t waiting to be regulated. Rather, the famous exchange is acquiring security broker-dealer Keystone […]

In the last year, initial coin offerings attracted billions of dollars in cryptocurrency capital from retail investors. Some folks have hailed ICOs as democratizing startup investment opportunities, but the system is not without its flaws. Advertisements When I was small, my mom played a guessing game with me and my sister when we went shopping. […]

On Monday, Coinbase announced it will be opening a new office in Japan in order to advance mass adoption of cryptocurrency. Advertisements In a June 4 blog post, the San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced it will be opening an office in Japan. Written by Coinbase vice president Dan Romero, the post stated that this move […]

Insured to a degree against theft or loss, the proposed VanEck SolidX Bitcoin Trust ETF aims to assuage the SEC’s concerns about cryptocurrency-linked financial products. The ETF would use a price index based on over-the-counter cryptocurrency trading desks located in the US, as opposed to the prices generated through trading activity on cryptocurrency exchanges. Advertisements […]

A recent rash of double-spend attacks on ZenCash and other privacy coins is exposing a potential security oversight that has already cost investors and exchanges millions of dollars. Advertisements Privacy-focused ZenCash (ZEN) joined the “51 Percent Attack” club when, on June 2, the cryptocurrency was subjected to at least three double-spend attacks. “At the time […]