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Russian presidential Special Representative on digital and technological development Dmitry Peskov said the country is not ready for crypto circulation
Russian presidential Special Representative on digital and technological development Dmitry Peskov said the country is not ready for crypto circulation
Blockchain research institute and accelerator Cryptic Labs is adding two Nobel Laureates to its team of advisors. The additions, economists Dr. Eric S. Maskin and Sir Christopher Pissarides, are professors at Har…
Blockchain research institute and accelerator Cryptic Labs is adding two Nobel Laureates to its team of advisors. The additions, economists Dr. Eric S. Maskin and Sir Christopher Pissarides, are professors at Harvard University and the London School of Economics, respectively. They join Cryptic Labs’ Chief Scientist Dr. Whitfield Diffie, who won the 2015 Turing Prize for his contributions to cryptography.
Awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2007 for his seminal work in mechanism design theory, Dr. Maskin will bring extensive knowledge of this theory to puzzle out how projects can devise more effective token economics. To Dr. Maskin, unlocking the potential of blockchain technology means finding the proper incentives to drive a business model, and this means looking past the utility of the coins themselves.
“As with any technology, it will take time to parse how economic theories will adapt. I believe that the missing element in the blockchain space is an academic focus on applications of the technology beyond cryptocurrencies. This will allow experts to truly understand and demonstrate the potential for the technology to transform various industries,” he told Bitcoin Magazine.
Sir Christopher Pissarides, on the other hand, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2010, will provide insight on macroeconomic trends. With their combined expertise, these two authorities will work to fill in the industry’s gaps in economic knowledge.
“Cryptic Labs was founded to explore solutions for the issues that constrain the broad adoption of blockchain technology. Our initial focus has been the challenges of security and proper implementation of cryptographic methods. The addition of the economics Nobel laureates as advisors enables Cryptic Labs to offer blockchain companies insights and guidance on their economic and incentive models. The economics of blockchain remains an an important aspect of the industry that is not well understood,” Cryptic Labs Chief Scientist Dr. Whitfield Diffie told Bitcoin Magazine.
Acting “as a bridge between university, venture capital and industry in this global exchange of ideas practical solutions and resources,” Cryptic Labs is “a commercial accelerator focusing on security, economics, privacy and trust to advance the viability of the blockchain. To companies in our accelerator we offer collaboration on research, talent acquisition and mentorship,” the organization’s website states.
The new additions to its advisory board is the next step in the lab’s growth. Expecting the lab “to serve … both emerging blockchain companies or established enterprises seeking to subject their strategy to rigorous theoretical scrutiny,” Dr. Diffie said that Cryptic Labs will announce some “specific projects” it’s working with “in the coming weeks.”
This article originally appeared on Bitcoin Magazine.
A new research report from a leading independent fintech research firm says that funding for initial coin offerings (ICOs) has reached a 2018 low – levels not seen since April 2017. ICOs: From Business Boom to Burgeoning Bust ICOs were positioned as the trendy new way for startups to crowdfund their ambitious blockchain projects without…
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A new research report from a leading independent fintech research firm says that funding for initial coin offerings (ICOs) has reached a 2018 low – levels not seen since April 2017.
ICOs were positioned as the trendy new way for startups to crowdfund their ambitious blockchain projects without all of the regulatory red tape associated with initial public offerings (IPOs).
Businesses were able to get necessary funding they needed to get projects off the ground, while investors in the projects reaped tremendous gains from the returns they were experiencing on their investments. ICOs seemed like a win-win for everyone involved.
ICOs really started to take off around April 2017 – around the same time Ethereum’s price began to pick up momentum – and helped fuel the cryptocurrency market’s parabolic advance in late December.
ICO funding grew, peaking in January 2018 at around $3.077 billion in funding. In Q1 2018, ICO funding had already surpassed the entirety of 2017’s ICO funding total, proving that despite the bear market, enthusiasm and hope around ICOs hadn’t yet begun to fade.
It was at the start of Q2 2018 that the previously strong ICO funding numbers began to dip. Q1 2018 had brought in $8.8 billion in ICO funding, while Q2 2018 amounted to only $5.5 billion, representing the first quarter-over-quarter decline.
Q3 2018 started off strong, with July alone taking in $1.5 billion in funding. However, new research from independent financial services firm Autonomous Next, states that ICOs raised just $326 million during the month of August, down substantially from months prior, and the lowest funding total since May 2017’s $228 million total.
It’s worth noting that if it weren’t for ICOs from Telegram and Block.one, the developer behind the cryptocurrency EOS, 2018 so far wouldn’t have looked so stellar for ICO funding.
Of the nearly $23 billion in ICO funding raised in the first half of 2018, $5.7 billion of that was from the Telegram and EOS ICOs alone.
Together, the two represent nearly 25% of all of the ICO funding during the first half of the year.
The price trajectory of Ethereum, the blockchain and cryptocurrency most often used to build crypto projects and fund ICOs, has very closely followed monthly ICO raising totals.
Both ICO funding and Ethereum’s price began to pick up steam in April 2017, eventually peaking in early January. At the time, Ethereum had reached an all-time high of $1,417.38. As Ethereum reached an early 2018 low around April, so did ICO funding.
In August, ICOs reached their lowest one-month funding total since the ICO boom began. Meanwhile, Ethereum is currently trading at new one-year lows of $186 at the time of this writing.
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Cryptocurrencies are ill-suited for terrorist financing, a member of a think tank told the U.S. House of Representatives last week.
Cryptocurrencies are ill-suited for terrorist financing, a member of a think tank told the U.S. House of Representatives last week.
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Barron’sBitcoin Is Flirting With a New Low for the Year After the SEC Stopped Trading on 2 FundsBarron’sThe latest decline came after the Securities and Exchange Commission forced trading to halt on two securities linked to bitcoin and ether, the secon…
Barron's | Bitcoin Is Flirting With a New Low for the Year After the SEC Stopped Trading on 2 Funds Barron's The latest decline came after the Securities and Exchange Commission forced trading to halt on two securities linked to bitcoin and ether, the second most valuable cryptocurrency. The overall crypto market was cumulatively worth $194 billion, according ... Bitcoin Markets Volatile After US SEC Suspends Trading in Two Crypto-Based Securities SEC Suspends Exchange-Traded Bitcoin and Ether Investment Vehicles Bitcoin Tracker One and Ether Tracker One Suspended by US SEC |
A new ruling from China’s Supreme People’s Court clarified how blockchain records pertain to court processes, ruling that blockchain records are considered as admissible evidence in court. The new ruling regarding blockchain technology is particularly relevant for internet-based legal cases that can present difficulties regarding the accuracy of evidence and information presented to the court.…
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A new ruling from China’s Supreme People’s Court clarified how blockchain records pertain to court processes, ruling that blockchain records are considered as admissible evidence in court.
The new ruling regarding blockchain technology is particularly relevant for internet-based legal cases that can present difficulties regarding the accuracy of evidence and information presented to the court.
The ruling, which came last Friday, is the latest governmental decision that supports what many call a “pro-blockchain, anti-crypto” stance by the Chinese government. The country has been investing heavily in blockchain technology, while still clamping down on cryptocurrency trading and ownership, which is banned in the country.
The ruling on blockchain-based evidence comes over a year after the country devised a so-called “internet court,” which focuses solely on internet-related court cases. As reported by the South China Morning Post, a section of the Supreme People’s Court document explains that all “internet courts shall recognize digital data as evidence if they are verified by methods including digital signatures, timestamps and blockchains.”
The first internet court was set up in Hongzhou last August and has since covered over 10,000 internet-related disputes. The report also notes that the ruling on the use of blockchain evidence came about during a copy-right infringement case this past June, in which one of the parties attempted to use blockchain data as evidence.
The report discusses the expansion of internet courts, saying:
“China set up its first internet court in the e-commerce hub of Hangzhou in August 2017, which has so far handled more than 10,000 internet-related disputes in everything from lending to defamation to domain names. In a first in the country, the court ruled in a copyright infringement case in June that evidence authenticated with blockchain is legally binding.”
China is the first country to mandate that blockchain data is marked as admissible evidence, although a similar ruling has been made in the Vermont state courts in the United States.
Vermont first passed a law that accepts blockchain data as evidence in 2016, although it is limited to state-based courts, not country-wide cases. The Chinese ruling will only become more relevant in the coming months as the country moves to expand the number of internet courts the country has amidst growing demand for court action on internet-based cases.
The positive stance on blockchain by the government comes as they continue their war against cryptocurrency, restricting citizen’s access to offshore exchanges operating illegally in the country. The government has hailed their ban as highly successful, reducing global Yuan trading activity from 90% to under 1%.
Citizens are utilizing multiple methods, including Virtual Private Networks and peer-to-peer crypto transactions, in order to illegally acquire and sell cryptocurrencies. The latest move by the government only further legitimizes blockchain technology, and is consistent with the government’s pro-blockchain, anti-cryptocurrency stance.
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Despite bullish news today, crypto markets are mostly in red, with Bitcoin and Ethereum trading below $6,300 and $200, respectively
Despite bullish news today, crypto markets are mostly in red, with Bitcoin and Ethereum trading below $6,300 and $200, respectively
Police in Iceland charged seven individuals for conspiracy, burglary, and theft for stealing from the region’s mining facilities. Iceland prosecutors are charging the suspects with over $871,000 in stolen goods, but the group of individuals are also being sued for $1.7 million in damages from three separate mining firms. Also read: James Bond-Like Villain in $2 […]
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Police in Iceland charged seven individuals for conspiracy, burglary, and theft for stealing from the region’s mining facilities. Iceland prosecutors are charging the suspects with over $871,000 in stolen goods, but the group of individuals are also being sued for $1.7 million in damages from three separate mining firms.
Also read: James Bond-Like Villain in $2 Million Bitcoin Heist Caught in Amsterdam
Back in April Amsterdam police arrested a man named Sindri Thor Stefansson for his connection with stealing millions of dollars worth of bitcoin mining equipment in Iceland. Now according to a translated report of court documents stemming from Iceland prosecutors, Stefansson and six other individuals are being charged with ten criminal counts. The seven people will be charged with possession of weapons, cocaine, and theft of over $2 million USD worth of mining computers and equipment. Court documents given to Modern Consensus explain that Iceland officials are accusing the gang of $871,819 in stolen gear and the indictment will be followed by a trial that will go before a group of judges. Furthermore, law firms representing three separate mining facilities are suing the group for $1.7 million in a different case.
Stefansson and his gang were allegedly relentlessly trying to rob prominent bitcoin mines since the group’s first heist on December 5, 2017, when they stole 100 mining rigs from Algrim Consulting. The burglars then tried to steal from Borealis Data Center (BDC) mines, but failed that night because they set off an alarm. According to police in Iceland, the crew attacked BDC Mines in Ásbrú again a couple days later but were unsuccessful. Following the BDC attempts, Stefansson, Viktori Inga, Peter Stanislav, and Matthíasi Jóni robbed the VK data center in Borgarnes and made off with 28 Bitmain Antminers. After the successful score at the Borgarnes mine, the crew attempts to rob BDC again the day after Christmas, and one of the suspects managed to make it inside the facility. However, once again the BDC alarms scare the gang of thieves away.
According to the documents obtained by Modern Consensus columnist Brendan Sullivan, Iceland prosecutors say on January 16, 2018, the four men hired three more individuals in order to rob the Advania mines. The crew was able to steal 225 fully functional Bitmain mining rigs with the help from an ‘inside man’ and allegedly wore security uniforms. This particular heist was the crew’s biggest and the robbery reportedly took hours.
Reports state the ‘inside man’ gave the thieves a security access code and a layout of Advania’s floor plan. Iceland police arrested two members of the gang on February 1, 2018, with an illegal stun gun and more than a half ounce of cocaine. From that point, one of the suspects purportedly turned on Stefansson and his gang, so the police were able to track down each member of the group following the first two arrests.
An “Icelandic legal expert” familiar with the case explained that the prosecutors are working together with the private law firms hired by the miners. Stefansson and crew are being prosecuted for the successful robberies at Algrim Consulting, and Advania mines but also face burglary and conspiracy charges for the BDC attempts. Stefansson also faces charges for escaping from a “low-security” correctional facility in Iceland after being arrested again in Amsterdam. What’s interesting about this story is the time frame of all the heists was during the time when cryptocurrencies peaked at all-time price highs. This means the miners not only lost equipment, but significant mining revenue as well. The ‘Big Bitcoin Heist’ further confirms that bitcoin miners need to keep data facilities secure and maintain a tight ship. Because a robbery of a few hundred machines will cost a bitcoin mining operation a ton of money.
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Once again we must endure another downturn and many pundits in the cryptosphere are singing about the death of Ethereum and advising people to cut and run. But how many times do we need to hear the sky is falling before we figure out the sky never falls, however; it tends to turn black from […]
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Once again we must endure another downturn and many pundits in the cryptosphere are singing about the death of Ethereum and advising people to cut and run. But how many times do we need to hear the sky is falling before we figure out the sky never falls, however; it tends to turn black from time to time and even spit out some pretty terrific storms that can cause lots of havoc.
As of this writing, Ethereum is at $195, and in the world of crypto, this seems to be one of those black cloud times when many people will run for cover hoping not to get creamed by the weather that is hitting them. If you have all of your cryptocurrency investments centered on Ethereum, then it is understandable why you might have a panic attack or two.
But, if you are a long-term player that has his/her investments diversified knowing markets will rise and fall and it’s the investor who looks ahead by years, not days, that will come out on the other side with more than they entered, then you will be prepared to ride out any such storm. Even with Ethereum’s Vitalik saying things that aren’t all that encouraging about how adoption strategies are not working and that there isn’t any room for big growth anymore as there was in the past for cryptocurrency, the future of Ethereum is still bright for those who look past shallow speculations and knee-jerk reactions.
Now, if you’re looking for a 1000x growth in Ethereum soon you are likely to be disappointed. That doesn’t mean other cryptocurrencies don’t have room to grow this much, but just remember the circumstances for each type of coin is different and you shouldn’t make blanket assumptions about all from the behavior of a few, or the one.
Knowing speculation is one major driving force behind the cryptocurrency market it is no wonder that Ethereum is going low because of a vast amount of negative speculation happening for them right now. Many investors are betting against Ethereum, and with ETH Futures becoming a likely thing soon, there is even more reason for people to continue investing this way.
Coinbase, however; is still very bullish with Brian Armstrong saying there will be at least a billion people using cryptocurrencies within the next five years, and this means they predict that adoption of crypto tokens will soon take off and that slowly, but surely, the technology will change economies and eventually lead to wide-scale usage. This view might lead one to consider buying Ethereum while it’s low, along with other cryptocurrencies having promise, instead of doing a jump and run because it is the future we should speculate on.
Coinbase believes this so much they are doubling their staff to prepare for the expansion and adoption of crypto. They believe we are finally past a point of no return and they want to be the ones who put token trading on the big map. So, this might just be the time to get involved and if you are already involved it may be the time to increase your involvement. If you believe there will always be ups and downs in any market where assets are traded – it is the market itself that lives on no matter what happens to the tradables within – then you will find a way to be one of the winners in the game of cryptocurrency trading.
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Blockchain has become the hottest tech term used in recent times. Being primarily set up for the trading of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and Ripple, blockchain technology holds the potential to deliver significant transformations and finally become a means of solving many modern day problems that exist industry-wide. Disclosure: This is a Sponsored Article […]
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Blockchain has become the hottest tech term used in recent times. Being primarily set up for the trading of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and Ripple, blockchain technology holds the potential to deliver significant transformations and finally become a means of solving many modern day problems that exist industry-wide.
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With blockchain, you can store data more securely and efficiently and thus, it can be useful for any sphere. By using smart contracts, companies can form an electrical code that assists organizations to develop a venture in a conflict-free manner.
Therefore, as it was already mentioned in the opening, blockchain technology can be useful for any industry. Wondering what blockchain has to do with advertising?
Well, the lack of transparency in the world of online media is one of today’s biggest challenges. Indeed, trust is critical if we need to create a better advertisement ecosystem and it’s exactly what most advertisers, media agencies, publishers and enterprises are determined to achieve. Today, many companies try to harness blockchain technology to make digital advertising more transparent, trustworthy and, of course, safe. In fact, there are several exciting technologies coming out using blockchain. Blockchain-integrated apps, such as Hooch in close cooperation with TAP Coin, can solve dozens of issue the advertising industry has to face on a regular basis.
Look around, most people use a third-party ledger on a daily basis – even if they actually don’t realize it. It could be your credit card company recording your purchase of a book, or a booking site that you’ve recently visited reminding you to make a reservation again and again. Needless to add, your data is being collected regardless of the device you are using, be it a desktop computer, a MacBook or a mobile device.
People are getting too many ads, often not tailored to their preferences or ones that are improperly analyzed. Just a simple example to demonstrate- you can see the same display ad for a hotel following you from one site to another, even though you have already booked your accommodation there three days ago. Indeed, we can spot a significant disconnect between consumers and marketers with respect to what people desire, when and where they desire it, and in what manner they desire it.
The other important issue we face today is non-human traffic, fake profiles, and botnets. The advertisers might spend hundreds of dollars displaying ads for people who don’t exist. 
TAP Coin that aims to solve all of the mentioned challenges.
What the Advertising Industry Looks Like With TAP Coin Like Apps In Its DNA?
With TAP Coin, brands can identify and reward target consumers based on their purchase history. Moreover, digital advertisers can pay content creators directly, avoiding giants like Facebook and Google. Undeniably, it’s blockchain that can reduce the third-party interference in maintaining, securing and verifying data. Once entered into blockchain, the data cannot be altered and hence no scope of manipulation/cheating in future. Imagine direct business to business or peer to peer transactions. No banks, no government, no intermediaries of any type.
Regarding fake/bot ads display prevention, with TAP Coin, the integrity of all user profiles is strengthened via diffused validation — all interactions are verified on the blockchain, including ad instance IDs, timestamps, metadata, and also how a user’s data is being kept and used. Thus, advertisers will not spend money on showing their ads to an inexistant audience. That’s a ton of dollars saved.
Anyway, this is what TAP Coin-like apps are all about. Digital advertising needs them to give advertisers and consumers absolute confidence in the numbers they are given.
A word of caution, though. Blockchain technology is absolutely not the only answer to an industry struggling with the increasing complexity of a fragmented media landscape – but it can be a very powerful one. Blockchain cannot ensure that all customer advertising appears in a brand-safe environment since in every new case the aspect of truth or validation can greatly vary. It’s the specific app with the blockchain integrated system and a well-thought out combination of vision and architecture, like Hooch’s TAP Coin, that can make the difference.
In essence, if you are interested in knowing more about blockchain and want to get a more in-depth look at blockchain-based advertisements, you are encouraged to attend Advertising Week in New York, the premier event/conference for marketing, brand, advertising, and technology professionals. On the fourth day of the event, the CEO of TAP Coin, Lin Dai will be hosting and speaking during the blockchain topic day.
When it comes to other speakers taking part in this huge event, we can say without exaggeration that it’s a world-class mix of the industry’s best and brightest. Just for the record, you will meet Jordan French, a Fast 50 and Inc. 500 five-time serial entrepreneur and on the editorial staff atTheStreet.com.
To make it more epic, Lin Dai will be speaking with Matthew William Sorum, an American drummer & percussionist and a member of the hard rock band Guns N’ Roses. Moreover, Brian Wong, the CEO/Founder of Kiip, will be talking about blockchain & advertising and the beginning of the technological revolution. So, if you are interested in blockchain and advertising, attending this event is something you should consider.
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Spark is a web-based GUI wallet with built-in Electrum software designed for speed, safety and simplicity that utilizes Blockstream’s Lightning implementation c-lightning as its backend. The platform allows for e…
Spark is a web-based GUI wallet with built-in Electrum software designed for speed, safety and simplicity that utilizes Blockstream’s Lightning implementation c-lightning as its backend. The platform allows for easy spending and receiving of bitcoins over the Lightning Network, which is renowned for its payment speeds. Users can also run their own Bitcoin-based nodes, c-lightning nodes and Spark GUIs in a completely trustless environment.
Independent developer Nadav Ivgi is the developer behind the project. Also an ambassador at the Tel Aviv Bitcoin Embassy and the founder of Bitrated, a company that seeks to bring stronger consumer protection to blockchain applications, Ivgi developed Spark through a sponsorship from blockchain development company Blockstream.
Speaking with Bitcoin Magazine, he says Spark is a “purely off-chain wallet that provides a simple way to send and receive Lightning payments on multiple platforms. Spark is free and open-source software released under the terms of the MIT license.”
Spark provides users with a simple and minimalistic interface, designed to make things easy even for those with minimal crypto experience. It also includes automatic self-signed certificates, along with LetsEncrypt integration and Tor hidden service (v3) support for broader safety and security.
According to Ivgi, Spark can be used in three different ways, the first being through web browsers from any desktop or mobile devices. “For this, users need to set up Spark as a web server alongside their c-lightning node, which they can then access from everywhere over the web,” he comments.
Spark can also be used via desktop apps for Linux, macOS and Windows. These apps can connect directly to the c-lightning node and don’t require a Spark server setup. Lastly, Spark can be used with an Android mobile app, which connects to the Spark server and acts as a “remote control” for a c-lightning node hosted at home or on the cloud. Though only compatible with Android, at present, Ivgi says iOS will soon be an option.
Once Spark is started, the platform generates and prints a random username and password that the customer can utilize to log into the wallet. They can then customize their credentials once this first step is completed and bind an address to the app, which will allow them to access Spark remotely in the future.
Ivgi says that LetsEncrypt and Tor allow remote clients to access their accounts while enjoying the highest level of privacy. “When configured to accept remote connections, Spark will automatically enable TLS encryption with a self-signed certificate,” he explains. “This improves security but causes browsers to display a security warning about the certificate not being “certificate authority” (CA) signed. To make getting a CA-signed certificate as easy as possible, Spark has a built-in integration with LetsEncrypt, a certificate authority that gives free certificates with an automated API. After enabling this, encryption will work with no warnings and with a green lock bar.”
CA-signed also means “self-signed;” that is, an identity certificate is signed by the same entity whose identity it certifies. Regarding Tor, Igvi describes it as “ideal” for setting up Spark at home, as it prevents sources from learning about your business activities and internet searches.
“Overall, I would say that my goal was to create a user-friendly wallet UI for using Lightning in day-to-day payments with the tools to make it easy for users to host their Lightning node at home under their full control and operating it remotely,” he says. “Integration of Spark into plug-and-play hardware solutions like the Casa Lightning Node would help make that even more accessible and is something I’m very interested in seeing develop.”
This article originally appeared on Bitcoin Magazine.
More negative news from the U.S. SEC have not been good for the crypto markets, but the sentiment is still bullish in the longer perspective. Let’s see what the charts say
More negative news from the U.S. SEC have not been good for the crypto markets, but the sentiment is still bullish in the longer perspective. Let’s see what the charts say
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