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ICO Alert headed to Toronto for some exclusive face time with the people behind some of the most exciting projects in the blockchain and crypto space… Advertisements About Hosho Hosho provides blockchain security services, including smart contract auditing and penetration testing. Their clients include Cryptocurrency exchanges, ICOs and other established businesses leveraging Blockchain technology. They have […]

A casual conversation with the ICO Alert Team Welcome to the eleventh rendition of the ICO Alert Roundtable: an off-the-cuff discussion covering current events in crypto hosted by Zach Quezada & Evan Schindler. Advertisements Follow us on Twitter: Our guests this episode are two other ICO Alert Team members — Dimitry Chesnokov and Pete Keay Some of the […]

A significant portion of Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: A Brief History of Capitalism is dedicated to addressing what Varoufakis calls “unemployment deniers.” Advertisements Varoufakis sums up what he understands the arguments of “unemployment deniers” to be: that if a person can’t find a job at the wage standards they want, they simply […]

General Idea Layer Protocol wants to create a system that could benefit other projects, dApps and platforms. With the popularization of various services which need to trust the users with their products, Layer Protocol wants to create an ultimate reputation system, so that service providers can see if they can trust their clients or if […]

We hit the streets of Toronto for the Blockchain Futurist Conference to hear about the latest projects building momentum in the Canadian ecosystem… ICO Alert Block Talk is a collection of street interviews where we test the knowledge of the public on subjects like Bitcoin, blockchain, cryptocurrencies and ICOs. Advertisements In this episode, we were […]

Today Venezuela announces Petro cryptocurrency, Ethereum growth not tied to price, and blockchain groups push back against proposal of Korean ministry. Advertisements Image courtesy of CoinDesk. Venezuela Announces Petro Currency On August 20, a second government currency will be introduced to Venezuela. Reported by ABC Internacional, President Nicolás Maduro made the announce during a television address […]

Winklevoss Twins push forward despite ETF rejection, Square Cash BTC update, Alts tumble in light of BTC testing the $6,000 mark. Advertisements Winklevoss Twins push onward after SEC rejection The twins faced a tough reality when the SEC rejected their second proposed ETF in late July. This is not the sort of news that keeps […]

Turkish Lira Collapse Drives Interest in Crypto, Swiss Bank to Accept Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin Dominance Rate at 50% Advertisements Turkish Lira Collapse Drives Interest in Crypto The Turkish Lira collapse has made Bitcoin volatility seem tame. “The 10-day swings in the lira relative to the U.S. dollar now exceed those for Bitcoin amid Turkey’s escalating currency crisis,” […]

It’s an iconic line from Christopher Nolan‘s penultimate Batman film: “you either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” Batman fans watching the movie all knew that these words were prophetic, as Harvey Dent, Gotham’s White Knight and crime-smashing District Attorney, ended the movie — and his life — as the broken, insane […]

On this week’s episode, Mike Finch and I interview Jimmy Zhong of the IOS Foundation, building the Internet of Services (IOST). Advertisements We discuss the tech behind IOST, how Proof of Believability and Servi — a non-tradable token that IOST nodes accumulate by contributing to the network — makes the network more fair and decentralized, and what initiatives IOST […]