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Turing award recipient, MIT professor, and founder of Algorand, Silvio Micali to attend Asia’s largest blockchain weekly event, ‘Korea Blockchain Week 2019’.There are many ways to describe Silvio Micali: Professor of MIT, recipient of the Turing Award, or leader of cryptography. Above all, he has been more recently known for founding Algorand, a cryptocurrency platform addressing existing dilemmas of the blockchain industry like decentralization, scalability and security.Following his visit...

The U.K. arm of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has reached a settlement with a digital asset fund manager whose stolen bitcoin worth over a million dollars was transferred to the exchange.According to Law360, Coinbase U.K. struck a deal with the CEO of Alphabit Liam Robertson to discontinue the legal dispute that had been raging for about two months.Liam Robertson, CEO of AlphabitThe legal dispute started after Robertson lost bitcoin worth over $1 million in an email phishing attack. This...

La Lightning Conference de Berlin réunira les 19 et 20 octobre les concepteurs des trois principales implémentations de Lightning ainsi qu’un grand nombre de développeurs travaillant sur le Lightning Network ou sur Bitcoin. Où ? – 16/17 Köpenicker Strasse à Berlin en Allemagne Quand ? – Samedi 19 et dimanche 20 octobre 2019 En savoir plus : thelightningconference.com ...

Dans ce clip produit par Reid Hoffman, cofondateur de LinkedIn et diffusé le cinq septembre sur la chaine youtube du collectif Rhyme Combinator, Alexandre Hamilton (interprété par Epic Lloyd), créateur de la première Banque nationale des Etats-Unis, affronte Satoshi Nakamoto (Timothy DeLaGhetto), créateur de Bitcoin. ...

A new survey conducted by analytics firm Gate Trade suggests that Telegram users in Iran are earning an average of $500 to $3,000 in cryptocurrency funds. Iran Is Boosting Its Crypto UsageIran has been heavily into cryptocurrency following new economic sanctions from the United States and President Donald Trump pulling his country out of the 2015 nuclear deal. Iran has sought ways to alleviate some of the issues stemming from these sanctions including potentially introducing a national...

Email-Betrug: US-Behörden nehmen weltweit mehr als 250 Personen fest! In Nigeria und vielen weiteren Ländern wurden während der vier Monate andauernden Operation „reWired“, die sich gegen E-Mail Betrüger gerichtet hat, viele Verdächtige verhaftet. Die Ermittler der US Behörden haben in Zusammenarbeit mit den Behörden der Strafverfolgung auf der ganzen Welt ganze 281 Menschen festgenommen, die in Verbindung mit Internetbetrug, dem...

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss of the Gemini Exchange claim to have built a better vault system to protect their customers’ bitcoin and cryptocurrency assets. Gemini Brings On a Bigger, Better VaultOne of the big questions meandering through the crypto space as of late is, “How can we ‘insure’ people’s money? What can we do to protect money and ensure it remains safe from hackers?” After so many instances involving lost funds and personal data over the years, the question makes complete...

VanEck's recently launched BItcoin Trust is a total flop, based on initial investment interest. | Source: ShutterstockFollowing the divisive launch of a so-called “Limited ETF” from the fund manager VanEck, the crypto-focused offering has fallen short of impressive, citing just a single issuance of the instrument with a total of 4 BTC under management…Statistics from VanEck as of 09/09/19, on “ETF” i.e VanEck SolidX Bitcoin Trust 144A Shares. | Source: VanEckThe data was relayed via crypto...

Well, it seems analysts are now saying that bitcoin has failed to live up to our expectations. The currency, despite the harsh trade war conditions that should have put it in a top spot on the financial map, has really failed to rally the way many industry experts thought it would, and at press time, many are hoping the currency can turn itself around before 2020 shows itself.Bitcoin Ain’t Doing So HotIn August, trade war conditions were at their worst. The U.S. and China were at each other’s...

Bitcoin's suddenly boring again. Has $10,000 become the yawn-inducing new normal for BTC, or will the market wake back up soon? | Source: ShutterstockAfter bitcoin’s parabolic renaissance sparked hopes of new highs back in April, the expectation of BTC reclaiming $20,000 has become a fleeting reality. In recent weeks, bitcoin has sluggishly ranged between $10,000 and $11,000, causing its trademark volatility to vanish.Tranquil Bitcoin Market Leaves Traders Daydreaming of More Volatile...