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Regulation
SEC Chairman: lawyers not telling about “token equals security” principle are unacceptable
While previous SEC’s claims on ICOs were mostly about scammers or unfair businessmen, this one is dedicated to those lawyers who instead of doing their actual work just serve as figures which provide additional credibility to projects
23 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Regulation
IOTA hack: $4 mln stolen
The main tool of the hackers were 3rd-party websites offering to generate “random” keys - and it seems that those keys were not so random after all. This collective mistake of users led to $4 million losses and quite possibly, comparable reputational costs for the IOTA team
23 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Guest posts
What effect will Bitcoin have on the office rental industry?
Head of Public Relations & Communications at Free Office Finder, Henry writes about office space, coworking and how technology is changing our working lives. See the review of how one can use Bitcoin to buy real estate and rent offices
23 January 2018 21:00, UTC Henry Wisbey-Broom, Public Relations & Communications Manager, Freeofficefinder
News
Vitalik Buterin’s father: fiat currencies are backed by collective hallucination, just like cryptos
Dmitry Buterin has a deep understanding of the work his son does, as witnessed by the recent interview to Radio Liberty (in Russian). Meanwhile, his son Vitalik Buterin, founder of Ethereum, warns of new scammers posing as him
22 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Investments
5 reasons why crypto market collapsed again
When will we see bitcoin at $20,000 again? Over the month, the cryptocurrency market fell almost twofold. However there had been several factors indicating an imminent correction. Which were the main ones read in the article by Bitnewstoday.
22 January 2018 21:00, UTC Igor CHEKUNOV
Regulation
IMF not thrilled about people borrowing money to buy cryptos
European and Asian countries together with the United States will discuss joint cryptocurrency regulation on G20, and the International Monetary Fund representative decided to support the emerging trend of collaborative supervision, it seems
22 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Regulation
bitFlyer gets EU’s Payment Institution license - now it’s compliant with Japanese, US and European laws
bitFlyer became probably the world’s most compliant cryptocurrency exchange, as the media notes. Read below to see who gave the Payment Institutions license and what the company itself thinks on the event
22 January 2018 21:00, UTC
News
Vermont senator to introduce new blockchain initiatives, including e-residency
As the time goes by, the senators of America propose more and more new blockchain initiatives within their states. Such initiatives are aimed towards blockchain improvements of either cybersecurity or paperwork optimization. This case from Vermont is the latter
22 January 2018 21:00, UTC
News
Shell ramps up its stock prices by investing in Applied Blockchain
Situation with this investment made by Shell looks similar to that blockchain rebranding of Long Island Tea: nobody really knows what is going to happen next, but the price grows anyway due to the interest of the majority in the topic
22 January 2018 21:00, UTC
News
Nvidia to shops: gamers come first
Miners bought so much graphics cards lately that gamers are now with empty hands, and Nvidia tells miners are not the people the company is making the video cards for
22 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Regulation
Europol Executive Director: criminals start to use altcoins more often than Bitcoin
Due to the big popularity Bitcoin now has, criminals and hacker groups will move to altcoins similar to Monero and other privacy-focused digital currencies, reports say. Rob Wainwright, Executive Director of Europol, confirms this on his Twitter
22 January 2018 21:00, UTC
News
Bitcoin is the sign of greed, warns Federated Investors representative

The assets manager of Federated Investors tells that Bitcoin was the first ever sign of greed since the Great Recession of 2008-2012. Other examples provided by Mr. Chiavarone lead to believe he is a supporter of “Bitcoin is a bubble” theory

21 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Regulation
Reports: People’s Bank of China forbids local companies engagement with cryptocurrency
The Chinese central bank has never been a fan of cryptocurrencies and has a stable policy, which means only one thing: the crypto market in China will die unless they suddenly change their mind. Recent reports tell about yet another prohibitive measure
21 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Analytics
DASH spokesperson Amanda B. Johnson to Bitnewstoday: it pays to be nimble

Bitnewstoday has interviewed the spokesperson of one of the most popular cryptocurrencies. See why DASH is better than Monero, what new technologies await us and some useful market tips

21 January 2018 21:00, UTC Nick CORY
Regulation
Alleged BTC-e money launderer Alexander Vinnik requests political asylum in Greece
Alexander Vinnik, Russian citizen, who until recently lived in Greece, is accused of serious financial crimes by several U.S. law enforcement agencies. Find out why he has requested political asylum
21 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Regulation
Opera pre-installs new anti-mining measure in its ad blocker
In full accordance with previously voiced plans, the development team of Opera releases a set of measures intended for blocking in-browser mining scripts, to prevent a threat of tomorrow today
21 January 2018 21:00, UTC
News
EOS to announce its second VC partner tomorrow
The big project established by a team of experienced developers (which many current fintech-related projects often lack) is going to announce its second partner tomorrow, 23 January 2018. Opinions on who that might be vary
21 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Regulation
Pavel Durov: don’t fall for scams related to Telegram ICO and Gram tokens
Unconfirmed news messages on the Telegram messenger ICO have filled the media lately, and the founder of Telegram Pavel Durov, who, by the way, has successfully invested in cryptocurrency, had to speak out after scammers started to appear
21 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Regulation
OneCoin office searched by Bulgarian police
The Ponzi scheme posing as cryptocurrency has managed to infuriate several European authorities, with Bulgarian financial crimes enforcement agencies lately joining the group
21 January 2018 21:00, UTC