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Targeting Media Ecology, PR Chain Reshapes Global Media Credibility with Blockchain

With the full development of the Internet, Internet media is now everywhere in our life. Media has grown to be the most important cornerstone of modern economy as its intangible value gradually surpasses the tangible ones. Like any other technology, media industry has encountered bottleneck, and it is one that is hard to overcome. However, […]

With the full development of the Internet, Internet media is now everywhere in our life. Media has grown to be the most important cornerstone of modern economy as its intangible value gradually surpasses the tangible ones. Like any other technology, media industry has encountered bottleneck, and it is one that is hard to overcome. However, blockchain technology may provide solutions to break through, and PR chain is such an innovator and pioneer mastering this technology in modern era…

The gust of blockchain was quietly picking up and has swept across the world; the myth of so many people getting rich from blockchain attracted a group of speculators. Compared with such speculators who want to become rich overnight, the founding team of PR Chain is really different. The chairman and CEO of PR chain, Zhou Haomin (Jeremy); co-CEO and COO Hu Weihang (Jason) have worked in media industry for many years and will continue to work in this field relying upon blockchain technology. They are determined to establish a compliant, reasonable, fair and just media platform. Although the creation and circulation of false news from the source is a big problem, PR chain is firmly believed that with the help of blockchain technology, the source of information can be under control.

Currently, the following problems in media market are major pain points which need to be solved:

It is difficult to confirm the ownership and protect related rights. In the process of shared transaction, media information is subject to being copied or washed by other media. Thus, their rights and interests are at risk. The sharing and opening-up of media content is no less than making a wedding dress for free for others. As a result, original content provider and media clients will not actively participate in the transaction since the originality is hard to confirm and related rights difficult to protect.

The reliability and security of news. On a centralized media platform, information precipitating will inevitably occur because news release will have to go through the platform, leading to the distrust from all sides of the platform. At the same time, media workers also worry that the centralized media platform might be manipulated by the giants, thus losing neutrality and leading to the proliferation of false information through pirating. Only when there is cross of multi-dimensional media can we maximize media value, something even Internet giants like toutiao and Weibo are unable to achieve.

The plunder of user privacy and media value. Generally speaking, mass users are source of production for all media, therefore deserve the right to read and secure what they created. However, the reality is that the user’s privacy is often plundered, sold, and illegally used in the “ chain of gray industry”. Users cannot track how their media is used and cannot protect it. What’s more, the media which users read are not theirs, so they can’t get returns in the circulation. The commercial value generated by these media users is usually exclusively owned by the App Owner rather than the APP User.

Then how does the PR Chain break the asymmetry of information, making everyone the information center, making them resource link points, and establishing such “attention economy” blockchain media platform? After thoroughly analyzing the media market and the pain points of all participators (content creators, value transmitters, disseminators and content recipients), PR Chain employs blockchain technology to perfectly solve these problems! Making use of the technology to protect information, PR Chain comes up with such a decentralized media ecosystem based on blockchain technology, smart contracts and consensus mechanisms.

Amid the rampant public blockchain chain, Zhou Haomin took a different approach and chose the media industry as a breakthrough point to create the PR Chain. The PR chain is a set of compliant, reasonable, fair, just, effective and innovative community autonomy incentives. They are committed to build the most trustworthy media credibility index, which is PR-INDEX and establish a fair, open and transparent media credibility system by rewarding content creators, value transmitters and recipients of content with largest incentives. Breaking down the user’s dimensional barriers with blockchain technology, fully expanding the boundary between media and community, encouraging more user’s participation in the creation of high-quality content and the spread of its value.

PR Chain’s goal is to achieve a core media supplier based on a decentralized media transaction platform and centered around an autonomous alliance consisting of massive vertical scene application. In addition, to build a whole new media information and win-win ecological community revolved around credible and reliable information flow and based on global media industry’s production relations and trust relationship. The entire ecosystem will include the following features:

Fair, Transparent, Open and Autonomous

Decentralize the platform by using blockchain technology, so that the platform is shared by all nodes, rather than monopolized by a single organization or institution. On the one hand, absolute openness, transparency, openness and autonomy will be ensured; and on the other hand, more institutions and individuals will be drawn to involve in the campaign of media information sharing and opening up.

Media Ownership Confirmation and Traceability

Blockchain technology itself can be regarded as a distributed ledger, which can record all behaviors including uploading, downloading, updating and reading in a distributed manner, and cannot be tampered with, thus ensuring all media on the platform are ownership-confirmable and traceable.

User Privacy Protect and Data Ownership Confirmation

To be clear, the user’s privacy and or all kinds of privacy are completely owned by the user, who will hold a private key by himself. The user is his own master to determine to whom he will authorize and how he will charge. The entire process of personal information using is recorded on the link and users can track the record any time.

The founding team of PR Chain is not only doing a great career, but also reshaping the media industry. Meanwhile, they are hoping to reward their motherland with hearts of sincerity. Mr. Zhou Haomin and Mr. Hu Weihang are both Taiwanese, and Mr. Zhou Haomin was brought up in New Zealand. But they do believe that China’s huge media market, as well as global media market, will benefit from the PR chain.

Zhou Haomin (Jeremy) is the Chairman and CEO and Chief Strategy Officer, Synereo (AMP) President and Chief Representative of Greater China. He is an entrepreneur continuously innovating and a consultant to a number of companies both home and abroad, with years of experiences in blockchain, fashion, education, film and television, cultural creativity and so on.

Hu Weihang (Jason) co-CEO and COO, founder of Hutchison and Hash Star, producer and host of the new media program –“InnoFace”; core founder of MVP Private Board.

For more information on PR Chain, please follow

Official website: prchain.app

WeChat official public account: PRChain

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Telegram Chinese group: t.me/prchain_cn

Telegram English group: t.me/prchain

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US Congressman Sherman Feels Wrath of Twitter After Anti Crypto Remarks

US Congressman Bradley Sherman has become extremely unpopular with Twitter followers over the past twenty-four hours. As reported yesterday by Bitcoin News, California Democrat Brad Sherman boldly declared his belief that all cryptocurrency mining and trades should be banned across the US. His announcement made during Wednesday’s long-awaited House of Representatives Financial Services Committee meeting …

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US Congressman Bradley Sherman has become extremely unpopular with Twitter followers over the past twenty-four hours.

As reported yesterday by Bitcoin News, California Democrat Brad Sherman boldly declared his belief that all cryptocurrency mining and trades should be banned across the US.

His announcement made during Wednesday’s long-awaited House of Representatives Financial Services Committee meeting has not been well received, and Twitter became the axe to deliver the final coup de gras on the hapless congressman.

As if his comments weren’t radical enough, and contrary to most sensible global government’s efforts to regulate the industry for crypto and blockchain use, rather than total eradication, he added insult to injury by suggesting that there should be a ban on all US citizens from dealing in cryptocurrencies.

The fact that California-based Sherman’s largest donor during his last election round was a Los Angeles credit card payments firm, certainly didn’t add to his popularity.

The resulting tide in anti-Sherman sentiments following the two hearings and his comments was seemingly unstoppable. The CryptoCongress hashtag was red hot yesterday, having reached over I million accounts and more than 2.7 million impressions.

What is resoundingly clear is that rather than unite members of the committee in adopting a negative stance towards how the US approaches future cryptocurrency legislation, the comments have simply created a united front among those in the industry against Congressman Sherman.

 

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Billionaire Investors Trash Bitcoin Despite Recent Uptrend

Bitcoin has no intrinsic value, and those who invest in it only do so in the belief that they’ll find a greater fool who’ll buy it at a higher price. This is according to billionaire investor Howard Marks who in a recent interview tore into Bitcoin, stating that it does not have any substance. His […]

Bitcoin has no intrinsic value, and those who invest in it only do so in the belief that they’ll find a greater fool who’ll buy it at a higher price. This is according to billionaire investor Howard Marks who in a recent interview tore into Bitcoin, stating that it does not have any substance. His sentiments were echoed by another billionaire and hedge fund mogul, Ken Griffin, who stated that the reason he has stayed away from investing in Bitcoin is that he doesn’t believe in it. However, cryptos found an unlikely proponent in Marc Lasry, yet another billionaire investor, who stated that he believes Bitcoin will hit $40,000 as more merchants begin to accept it and trading becomes easier.

Invest in More Meaningful Ventures, Not Crypto

Ken Griffin didn’t mince his words as he called out Bitcoin for its lack of real-world applications. The founder of one of the world’s most renowned financial institutions, Citadel LLC, Griffin sees investing in cryptos as misguided, stating that he wished young people would invest their money in companies that better the world as opposed to cryptos.

I wish that 27-year-olds weren’t buying Bitcoin. I wish they were investing in companies that define the future of our country and pushing capital in a way that will create jobs, create innovation and that will grow our economy.

Griffin, whose firm has over $25 billion worth of assets under management, also revealed in the interview that none of his portfolio managers had suggested that the company invest in cryptos. To top it all off, he stated:

I have a hard time finding myself wanting to be in the position of being a liquidity provider to a product that I don’t believe in.

Taking a similar stand against cryptos was the co-founder and co-chairman of Oaktree Capital Management, Howard Marks. According to the “savvy investor,” as he has come to be known, Bitcoin has no future. Bitcoin is not an investment but a trade, one in which the buyer always assumes he will land a bigger fool who will buy his stake at a higher price, he said at the Delivering Alpha conference in New York.

Marks’ firm has over $120 billion worth of assets under management, but he made it clear that he would never invest a dime in Bitcoin. He further criticized Bitcoin investors who lead others to believe that they are genuinely interested in its potential, yet they are in it for the quick bucks. According to Marks, most investors are in the industry “not because they can specify its intrinsic benefits, not because they can judge the intrinsic value, but only because they think it’s going up.”

However, one billionaire investor remains bullish on Bitcoin, predicting that it could hit $40,000 in the near future. According to Marc Lasry, the rise will be due to the continued acceptance of Bitcoin by merchants and the countless trading platforms that have sprung up that make trading easier. Lasry is the founder of Avenue Capital Group, which has over $14 billion under management.

As it gets more into the mainstream, and as more markets end up allowing it to trade where it’s freely tradable, to me that’s more of the bet.

Lasry revealed that he had invested some of his own personal money in Bitcoin and that he regrets not having done it earlier when the price was just a few hundred dollars. As for which crypto one should invest in, Lasry suggests Bitcoin, as “it’s the one everybody is going to come to.”

Newly Launched Bitcoin Optech Initiative Aims to Address BTC Scalability Issue – Cointelegraph


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Japan Internal Affairs Denies Links to Regulator Exchange Inquiry

Japan’s Internal Affairs minister has refuted that she had any involvement in current FSA investigations into cryptocurrency exchanges. The minister, Seiko Noda, was accused of meddling in investigations which are only authorized to be conducted by the country’s financial watchdog, Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA). The current investigation is looking at a non-registered Toyko-based cryptocurrency exchange …

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Japan’s Internal Affairs minister has refuted that she had any involvement in current FSA investigations into cryptocurrency exchanges.

The minister, Seiko Noda, was accused of meddling in investigations which are only authorized to be conducted by the country’s financial watchdog, Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA).

The current investigation is looking at a non-registered Toyko-based cryptocurrency exchange which had previously not responded to the FSA’s requests for future information about the exchanges business activities. It reported that if the company “did not respond by the deadline given, it would report the matter to investigate authorities and take necessary steps”.

The request by the FSA was followed a week later by a request by the minister for more information about the case while in the presence of a representative of the exchange in question. This lead to accusations that Noda was bringing pressure on the FSA in the process of conducting its information.

Noda claimed that this meeting was simply a matter of getting “an overall general account of cryptocurrency exchanges”, and explained that she had no business interests in the exchange and had no intention on putting any pressure on the FSA. The FSA’s response was that simply the presence of the minister at the meeting could be seen as applying pressure on due process. A senior FSA official stated:

“A public servant will likely take it as pressure if an aide to a sitting Cabinet member calls for a meeting in which an employee of a company the agency is looking into is also present.”

In her defense, the minister stated that it was her aide who actually presented at the meeting suggesting:

“My aide and the employee of the company know each other. Since we received a request for details of the regulations concerning cryptocurrency exchanges, we arranged [for a meeting with the agency]. I was not aware of the agency’s warning against the company.”

This week, the FSA is undergoing a reshuffle in order to deal with regulatory issues underlying Japan’s financial sector. A Strategy Development and Management Bureau will now deal with issues connected with cryptocurrency, fintech and money laundering.

 

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Top-6 Most Popular Multi-Asset Wallets for Android

So you’ve decided to explore something other than Bitcoin. Good for you! Since keeping crypto assets on an exchange account is not the best idea, the next step is to choose a multi-asset wallet that will best accommodate your portfolio. Picking a wallet is not an easy decision as each provider has its pros and

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So you’ve decided to explore something other than Bitcoin. Good for you! Since keeping crypto assets on an exchange account is not the best idea, the next step is to choose a multi-asset wallet that will best accommodate your portfolio. Picking a wallet is not an easy decision as each provider has its pros and cons.

We’ve analyzed the most popular wallet service providers and made a list based on their popularity on Google Play store (the number of installations), the number of supported coins, security features and the number of additional functions.

Coinbase

Released: 2013

Supported platforms: iOS, Android, web
Supported coins: BTC, BCH, ETH, LTC
Private keys: held by a third party
Extra security measures: 2FA, multisig, cold storage
Built-in exchange: enabled by ShapeShift
Buy crypto with credit card: Yes
Localisation: No
Android installs: 5,000,000+

Coinbase is one of the oldest and most popular crypto wallets on the market. It won’t be of use if you need to store anything rarer than Bitcoin and Ether. It is not only a wallet but also an exchange where you can trade different coin pairs.

Coinbase is a custodial wallet, meaning that it stores the user’s private keys, but balances it with additional security measures such as 2FA, multisig and cold storage. The app is popular worldwide but especially in the US since some features are only available for US citizens. Due to its popularity, Coinbase and its users are often targets for hackers. But unlike other crypto service providers, Coinbase insures the held funds.

Blockchain.info

Released: 2013
Supported platforms: iOS, Android, web
Supported coins: BTC, ETH, BCH
Private keys: held by a third party
Extra security measures: 2FA, multisig
Built-in exchange: enabled by ShapeShift
Buy crypto with credit card: Yes
Localisation: 37 languages
Android Installs: 1,000,000+

Blockchain.info is a very famous open-source app and web-platform available in 37 languages. It provides an internal exchange service operated by ShapeShift and allows users to buy crypto with a credit card through one of its partners. As it also stores the user’s private keys, Blockchain.info guarantees security with 2FA and multisig. Integrated with the blockchain explorer, Blockchain.info will be your destination when you need to check a transaction hash or a Bitcoin address.

Freewallet

Released: 2016
Supported platforms: iOS, Android, web
Supported coins: BTC, ETH, BCH, LTC, XMR, ARDR, BCN, BNT, BTG, DASH, DCT, DOGE, EOS, FCN, GUP, IGNIS, LSK, NEO, NXT, PTOY, USDT, XDN, XEM, XMO, ZEC
Private keys: held by a third party
Extra security measures: 2FA, multisig, cold storage, email transaction confirmation, transaction limit
Built-in exchange: enabled by Changelly
Buy crypto with credit card: Yes
Localisation: 16 languages
Android Installs: 1,000,000+

Unlike other apps, Freewallet is a family of apps with its Multiwallet flagship product and a cohort of mono-currency wallets. In its web version and iOS and Android apps, it supports 25 coins and a big set of ERC-20 tokens. Being a custodial wallet, it stores the user’s private keys but provides extensive security features that include 2FA, multisig, transaction confirmation by email and transaction limit control. It also uses cold storage to keep the user’s funds safely offline. It is integrated with Changelly for internal exchange transactions and operations with fiat currency and Bitrefill for phone top-up feature. The customer support service is very prompt, providing assistance by email and on social media.

Coinomi

Released: 2014
Supported platforms: iOS, Android
Supported coins: 154 coins and tokens including BTC, ETH, BCH
Private keys: held by owner
Extra security measures:
Built-in exchange: enabled by ShapeShift/Changelly
Buy crypto with credit card: No
Localisation: English, Russian, Chinese and 25 more
Android installs: 500,000+

Coinomi is a popular crypto wallet with one of the biggest sets of supported coins and tokens. Its iOS and Android apps are integrated with ShapeShift and Changelly for built-in exchange transactions and allow users to buy crypto with a credit card. Coinomi makes it easy to participate in ICOs and purchase rare tokens that are not that widely supported. The private keys are always kept on the user’s side, so the app does not provide additional security features.

Jaxx

Released: 2014
Supported platforms: iOS, Android, Chrome (extension), OS X, Windows, Linux
Supported coins: 69 coins and tokens including BTC, ETH, BCH
Private keys: held by owner
Extra security measures:
Built-in exchange: enabled by ShapeShift
Buy crypto with credit card: No
Localisation:
Android installs: 500,000+

Jaxx wallet was created in 2014 by Ethereum co-founder Anthony Diiorio. Since then, it has probably been designed for every platform possible: it has iOS and Android apps, a Chrome browser extension, and desktop wallets for OS X, Windows, and Linux. It also supports a great deal of coins apart from Bitcoin and Ether and is convenient for participating in ICOs. Jaxx has a built-in exchange operated by ShapeShift, but does not allow fiat-crypto operations.

BRD Wallet

Released: 2016
Supported platforms: iOS, Android
Supported coins: BTC, ETH and BCH + 100 ERC-20 tokens
Private keys: held by owner
Extra security measures: No
Built-in exchange: Yes
Buy crypto with credit card: No
Localisation: 15 languages
Android installs: 100,000+

BRD Wallet (former Bread Wallet) supports Bitcoin, Ether and Bitcoin Cash along with an impressive number of ERC-20 tokens. The private keys are user-handled, so additional security features are not implemented. BRD allows users to buy Bitcoin via a bank account transfer, with a credit card via Simplex, and with BCH and ETH via Changelly. All operations have a required minimum.

Nice touch: The company has launched its own BRD token, with 900 BRD traded for 1 ETH.

Bird’s eye view on the analyzed data

Parameter Coinbase Coinomi BRD Wallet Freewallet Jaxx Blockchain.info
Usability
Release date 2013 2014 2016 2016 2016 2013
Num

ber of Installs on Google Play

5,000,000+ 500,000+ 100,000+ 1,000,000+ * 500,000+ 1,000,000+
Coins / tokens supported 4 coins 154 coins and tokens BTC, ETH and BCH + 100 ERC-20 tokens 25 cryptocurrencies, including 69 coins and tokens 3 coins
Localization ❌ English, Chinese, Russian 15 languages 16 languages ❌ 37 languages
Built-in Exchange ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Ability to buy crypto for fiat ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ ❌ ✅
Multiple platform support ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Technical support ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Design ⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐
Security
Keeps the private keys Yes No No Yes No Yes
Extra security measures 2FA – ✅

Multisig – ✅

2FA – ❌

Multisig – ❌

2FA – ❌

Multisig – ❌

2FA – ✅

Multisig – ✅

2FA – ❌

Multisig – ❌

2FA – ✅

Multisig – ✅

Ever hacked Yes No No No Yes Yes
The amount of money stolen by hackers Officially not reported Officially not reported $50 million
Price of use
Transaction fees No fee between Coinbase users

Network fee + transaction fee based on the amount for external transactions

Withdrawal fees

3 fee options on Bitcoin for fast or cheap transactions Network fee No fees for transactions between Freewallet users

4 fee options on Bitcoin for fast or cheap transactions

Withdrawal fees

Network fees Network fees
Exchange fees GDAX Exchange rate + Coinbase (“loyalty rate”) ShapeShift / Changelly fees Changelly Changelly fees ShapeShift fees ShapeShift fees
Exchange to fiat fees 1,5% to 3,99% of the transaction amount based on the country Simplex fees Bitrefill fees for top up phone feature Exchange partner’s fees

 

* – across the whole family of apps

 

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Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Bitcoin Cash, EOS, Litecoin, Cardano, Stellar, IOTA, TRON: Price Analysis, July 20 – Cointelegraph


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Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Bitcoin Cash, EOS, Litecoin, Cardano, Stellar, IOTA, TRON: Price Analysis, July 20
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Have cryptocurrencies bottomed out? This is the first question to pop up in any crypto investor’s mind following the recent pullback from the lows. Arthur Hayes, a Bitcoin bull and co-founder of one of the largest crypto exchanges Bitmex is not


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Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Bitcoin Cash, EOS, Litecoin, Cardano, Stellar, IOTA, TRON: Price Analysis, July 20
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Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Bitcoin Cash, EOS, Litecoin, Cardano, Stellar, IOTA, TRON: Price Analysis, July 20

Most major coins have gained significantly over the past few days, but are we out of the woods yet? Let’s look at the charts to see whether we have hit a bottom or it’s just a dead cat bounce

Most major coins have gained significantly over the past few days, but are we out of the woods yet? Let’s look at the charts to see whether we have hit a bottom or it’s just a dead cat bounce

North America: Crypto and Blockchain News Roundup, 13th to 19th July 2018

North America Welcome to our weekly roundup of all important blockchain and cryptocurrency news from around the world. Follow the latest developments in the cryptocurrency space continent by continent, country by country. USA US ranked at top of favorable countries for ICOs despite regulatory unclarity: A report by Crypto Finance Conference has said that USA continues …

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North America

Welcome to our weekly roundup of all important blockchain and cryptocurrency news from around the world. Follow the latest developments in the cryptocurrency space continent by continent, country by country.

USA

US ranked at top of favorable countries for ICOs despite regulatory unclarity: A report by Crypto Finance Conference has said that USA continues to be the top destination for cryptocurrencies and ICOs despite SEC crackdown and lack of regulatory clarity.

According to the figures presented in the report, the US has seen over 30 new crypto startups launched in the country, which is the highest in the world. Switzerland and Singapore come in second and third respectively with 15 and 11 projects respectively.

The report also singled out Russia, UK and Estonia as good locations for starting cryptocurrency projects. While the US is still the world’s most popular place for ICOs, other countries are catching up as the US is focusing on regulating the industry, particularly at state level. Arizona is leading in that front but many US states are still in a state of confusion regarding the future of ICOs and cryptocurrencies.

Congressman lobbying for crypto trading, mining ban: US Democratic Congressman from California Brad Sherman has said that cryptocurrency mining and trading should be banned across the USA in a subcommittee meeting.

Sherman used the age-old argument of the use of cryptocurrencies in tax evasion and involvement of rogue states to support this ban and believes the ban must force all US citizens to stop trading in cryptocurrencies.

Observers noted that Sherman’s biggest campaign donor was Allied Wallet, a fiat credit card processing company which stands to gain much from such a crypto ban in the future. Other members and witnesses in the subcommittee hearing mostly stated that the benefits of cryptocurrencies fat outweighed the negatives.

Impact of dollar’s inflation on Bitcoin prices revealed: Bitcoin’s price effect vis-a-vis dollar and Euro inflation is discussed in great detail in a Bitcoin News piece. Dollar and Euro are both subject to constant inflation due to ever increasing money supply from government-controlled state and reserve banks.

While Bitcoin is traded alongside all major fiat currencies in the world, it is primarily traded against USD and Euro in the trading circles. The article concludes that the USD Consumer Price Index  (CPI) and the Euro CPI have increased from 211 to 252 since the launch of Bitcoin and therefore, the price of Bitcoin must increased 2-3% per year according to the net increase in CPI.

This behavior is obviously impossible to see in the Bitcoin price as it is too volatile right now. If in the future, the price stabilizes, users may see the 2-4% yearly increase. There is also controversy surrounding the CPI so that makes things inaccurate as well. Inflation is likely a lot higher than the actual change in CPI figures.

Blockchain-based energy grid receives $1 million funding from US government: A new blockchain-based smart grid company Grid7 has received a USD 1 million grant from the US Department of Energy, according to latest announcements by the DoE on Monday this week.

The grant was given after Grid7, along with 95 other businesses, were qualified to pass the second stage. The grant will allow the startup to be funded for the next stage of development that will last two years.

Grid7 consists of a 3-member team and aims at developing an energy grid backed by the transparency of blockchain technology.

SEC gives Coinbase approval to buy 3 broker companies for securities trading: The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has given Coinbase the go-ahead to acquire three broker exchanges including Keystone Capital Corp, Digital Wealth LLC, and Venovate Marketplace Inc. The acquisition will allow Coinbase to become the first cryptocurrency trading exchange to offer securities trading in the country.

The Coinbase move is seen as crucial because SEC has declared that all cryptocurrencies except Bitcoin and Ethereum will be regulated like securities in the US. Hence, an organization trading in them would need a securities-related framework to do so.

However, it will take some time for Coinbase to offer the coins as securities as the regulatory work is still not complete and it is also seeking a broker-dealer with the SEC. Employees will also need to obtain proper licensing for this purpose.

Canada

Canada’s largest blockchain coalition has joined R3 blockchain consortium: Canada’s largest umbrella organization for credit unions, LCUC, has recently announced that it has joined blockchain database company R3.

R3 already leads a consortium of 200 financial institutions in the US and is responsible for the development and deployment of DLT in the space. Its open source system called Corda was designed for dealing with complex transactions.

LCUC wants to add competitiveness to Canadian credit industry through the development of new technologies.

 

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Bitcoin Price Increase Turns Long-Term Bear Bullish – Bitcoinist


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Bitcoin Price Increase Turns Long-Term Bear Bullish
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Staunch Bitcoin bear Boris Schlossberg, Managing Director of FX strategy at BK Asset Management, has expressed positive sentiment on key matters surrounding the world’s largest cryptocurrency’s recent rally.

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Bitcoin Price Increase Turns Long-Term Bear Bullish
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Staunch Bitcoin bear Boris Schlossberg, Managing Director of FX strategy at BK Asset Management, has expressed positive sentiment on key matters surrounding the world's largest cryptocurrency's recent rally.

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