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Blockchain and turkeys: the digital Thanksgiving

While this may seem like a strange decision, an open-source blockchain now tells buyers where did the turkey they just bought comes from

22 November 2017 21:00, UTC
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Raiffeisen now in R3 too
The alliance of banks and financial organizations keeps growing, not showing any signs of stopping. Raiffeisen is the first Austrian bank to join the ranks of R3
22 November 2017 21:00, UTC
Regulation
Confido disappears after attracting $374,477 via ICO

The startup website goes down, but this is not a DDoS attack — social media profiles closed as well. Another fraud scheme, investors and tech media conclude

22 November 2017 21:00, UTC
News
Military coup or endless economic instability: what drove bitcoin to sky-high rate in Zimbabwe?

Last week, Zimbabwe was the focus of the entire world's cryptocurrency community. The military coup, that ousted president Robert Mugabe from power, led to a rapid rise of bitcoin price on the local exchange. What were other prerequisites for such a sharp increase in the price of the first cryptocurrency in Zimbabwe, read in the article of Bitnewstoday.com

22 November 2017 21:00, UTC Dennis WAFULA
Regulation
This simple U.S. law may accelerate U.S. Army blockchainization
Soon, the state bodies of the USA will not necessarily transfer cost savings back to the Treasury, improving the computer systems instead
22 November 2017 21:00, UTC
Regulation
More info on Tether hackers arrives from the open blockchain data
Thanks to the public blockchain data, it quickly became apparent that the $30 million hack of Tether is not the first felony this criminal group committed
21 November 2017 21:00, UTC
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Not December: CME Group calls its previous BTC futures release date announcement an error
Chicago-based CME Group has really given hope for cryptocurrency enthusiasts with its announcement of Bitcoin futures trading, but the release date apparently delayed
21 November 2017 21:00, UTC
Regulation
HBO cryptocurrency extortionist revealed, officials promise “winter is coming” for him
He might have thought he can hide behind cryptocurrencies, but American law enforcers claim they now know his name and his life is never going to be the same again
21 November 2017 21:00, UTC
Regulation
Bitcoin Gold enthusiasts scammed
More than 3000 of user wallets on Mybtgwallet became empty due to security breaches, the stolen sum equals over two million dollars, victims want help from the FBI
21 November 2017 21:00, UTC
Regulation
Switzerland - the cradle of ICO
Bitnewstoday analyzed the previous ICO and figured out which jurisdictions and what legal status are chosen by projects
21 November 2017 21:00, UTC Margareth Nail
News
Rumor: JPMorgan might consider linking its futures-brokerage unit with CME’s BTC futures platform
The situation is amusing, as Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase head, previously vowed to fire anyone in his company who trades with bitcoins and called this currency a fraud
21 November 2017 21:00, UTC
Regulation
Israel establishes cryptocurrency commission
The country does not want to prohibit the digital currency market, but it is almost certainly going to take regulative approach towards corresponding financial firms
21 November 2017 21:00, UTC
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Week in a review: ups & downs (Top-100 cryptocurrencies)
Bitnewstoday.com made a weekly review on price dynamics of the 100 largest cryptocurrencies in terms of capitalization. Which coins broke the record, and which - fell to the bottom, read in the article
20 November 2017 21:00, UTC Margareth Nail
Technology
Will blockchain kill traditional journalism?

Is it possible to create "journalism of self-service" on the basis of blockchain-technologies? In any case, this process has already started

20 November 2017 21:00, UTC Paul GRAPES
Regulation
Tether hacked, millions stolen

The cryptocurrency company has been attacked and subsequently, funds were lost, claim representatives of the startup that trades digital tokens backed by dollars

20 November 2017 21:00, UTC
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Mining can provide bail funds for poor thanks to this new project
Monero, the cryptocurrency often connected with cybercrimes, now serves as a means of help for those defendants who are too poor to be able to afford bails
20 November 2017 21:00, UTC
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Russian VK social media might use crypto payments in the future
Bitnewstoday has managed to acquire screenshots from the website internal translation system that suggest the site at least had plans to use cryptocoins
20 November 2017 21:00, UTC
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Power blockchain: Australia to invest $8 million in a new energy system project
The new generation of energy supply lines and power consumption monitoring systems — one of the most recent and prospective non-cryptocurrency blockchain applications
20 November 2017 21:00, UTC
News
JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs successfully cooperate on blockchain equity swaps
Two companies’ views on Bitcoin are very different, but it does not stop both of them from partnership on distributed ledger issue. The project’s focused on equity swaps
20 November 2017 21:00, UTC
Regulation
Russian State Duma proposes to include cryptocurrency in securities law
If this actually happens, the future Russian cryptocurrency legislation might take the form quite similar to the one we see in the United States of America
20 November 2017 21:00, UTC