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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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

Greek courts have been considering US and Russian requests for the extradition of Alexander Vinnik, suspected MtGox hacker. Now France wants to try him for cryptocurrency-related fraud. Advertisements The latest development in the accusations against infamous BTC-e operator Alexander Vinnik sees France joining the US and Russia in requesting his extradition. French authorities allege that […]

The National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning will offer a course focused on blockchain technology starting next month. Advertisements India’s National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) has teamed up with IBM to provide a 12-week online course that will cover blockchain architecture and design as well as various use cases. The course will be […]

The US Patent and Trademark Office recently published a Mastercard patent application to develop an anonymous blockchain transaction system. Advertisements On Thursday, the US Patent and Trademark Office published an application submitted by Mastercard Inc. to allow the company to patent a “method and system for anonymous directed blockchain transaction.” The patent proposes to protect […]

After weeks of chaos and embarrassing news for EOS, Dan Larimer, creator of EOS.io and chief technology officer of Block.one, calls for the creation of a new constitution that will reduce human meddling. Advertisements Last night, Dan Larimer caused a stir when he indicated in a Telegram conversation that he believed the EOS constitution should […]