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Ein Jahr SBF: Viel Kitt und Schub für das Ökosystem Ein Jahr nach der Gründung hat sich die Swiss Blockchain Federation als verlässlicher Partner für das Crypto Valley und das einher entstehende Ökosystem etabliert. Die Swiss Blockchain Federation hat den Auftrag, die Rahmenbedingungen für die Blockchain-Technologie zu verbessern und die Thematik auf politischer Ebene voranzutreiben. Dieser Auftrag umfasst insbesondere das Zusammenbringen...

Warteschlange in Athen vor einem Geldautomaten der National Bank of Greece am 5. Juli 2015 Foto CC 4.0 by Ggia, Wikipedia „Ernste Verstösse gegen Disziplin und Gesetz“ das ist in China die blumige Umschreibung für Korruption. Getroffen hat es den Ex-Vorsitzenden der Yichuan Rural Commercial Bank. Und wie er bald in der Gefängnis-Kantine Schlange steht, so stehen die Anleger...

Bitcoin Podcast Im aktuellen Podcast von Anita Posch spricht Jonas Schnelli. Schnelli ist Bitcoin Core Programmierer und seit 2011 aktiv an der Entwicklung des Codes beteiligt. Als einer von nur sechs Maintainern weltweit sorgt er für die “Drecksarbeit”, das sorgfältige Kontrollieren und Testen des Codes bevor Neuerungen implementiert werden. Er ist Co-Gründer von SHIFT...

A question is ringing through the minds of both the general public and regulators: Should the Fed develop a national cryptocurrency?What Could the Fed Do to Improve Things?We’ve discussed China’s plans to develop a state-issued cryptocurrency – likely a digital yuan – as a means of stabilizing its economy, monitoring people’s transaction histories and competing with the likes of Facebook’s Libra. Recently, Live Bitcoin News covered a new law passed in China that permits the digital yuan to...

When are people going to realize that cryptocurrency scams are never a good idea? You’re always going to get caught. This is a lesson that’s hitting Instagram influencer Aziz ‘Com’ Mizra rather hard at press time.Mizra Is Spending Time in JailA one-time Canadian resident now living in the United Arab Emirates, Mizra has been arrested in Dubai by law enforcement officials under charges that he potentially defrauded investors through several cryptocurrency and real-estate schemes that saw...

Bei der Postfinance zahlen Privatkunden ab einer halben Million ein Prozent Strafzins auf Privat- und Sparkonten. Bei Geschäftskunden wird dies individuell festgelegt. Dicke Post von der Postfinance: Die Kunden der Postfinance erhalten momentan Briefe, in welchem zwei Punkte etwas kafkaesk anmuten. Einerseits betitelt die Postfinance Negativzinsen als „Gebührenguthaben“....

Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey is back in the news thanks to his support of a new cryptocurrency startup.Dorsey: Becoming the Face of Crypto?That startup is known as Coin List, and Dorsey recently took part in a $10 million funding round to help the venture begin its operations. The company is designed to help other crypto businesses garner funds through token sales. Executives say they are looking to utilize the funds for several purposes, including building Coin List Trade, a new crypto...

In the last few months, Bitcoin futures trading is on the rise, beating up to 50% of the total spot market on 13 well-known exchanges. The futures market helps to keep the price less volatile, and it increases liquidity via the attraction of new investors. Wise actors always made predictions that cryptocurrencies would co-exist with the current banking and stock markets. They are not doing any substantial harm to banks and classic exchanges. Instead, cryptocurrencies add fungibility and...

Stellar saw a sharp increase of around 8% over the past 24 hours and it currently trades at $0.068. The cryptocurrency went on a nice run in the second half of October after increasing by a total of 17% over the last 30 days.Stellar is now the tenth-largest cryptocurrency with a market cap of $1.39 billion.XLM suffered over the past 3 months after dropping by a total of 63% from June’s high to September’s support at $0.053. XLM rebounded here and started to ascend during October. The...

About a week ago, rumors regarding Google’s parent Alphabet’s decision to acquire American wearable maker Fitbit, surfaced online. Now, Google has officially confirmed that it will buy the Fitbit company in a new deal worth $2.1 billion. This move from Google can be said to be one in the direction of the tech giant’s desire to hold a larger stake in the wearables business, an area mostly dominated by a rival company Apple.An official statement from Google’s Senior Vice President for Devices...