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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has decided to postpone the Wilshire Phoenix’s Bitcoin ETF proposal. According to a document released by the commission, they will continue putting the proposal under review. By February 26th, 2020, the SEC will approve or disapprove the rule changes that will determine the status of the ETF. This decision essentially puts in limbo the status of the ETF. It also indicates the cold feet that the SEC has towards new Bitcoin and other...

Tesla stock seems to be unstoppable in the last few days. At the time of writing, the stock just hit a record high, rising 2.39% to $402.67. This puts the company close to that $420 figure that costs its CEO Elon Musk $20 million in fines with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). When the stock reaches $420, Musk said Tesla will go private.Since Tesla announced a surprise profit in the third quarter, the stock has been on a rise. It finally recovered from its problems caused mostly...

Yesterday, authorities in New Jersey arrested three men for running a cryptocurrency scam called BitClub Network, which defrauded unsuspecting investors of about $722 million. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito in an official press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of New Jersey.Initially reported by Bloomberg, Matthew Brent Goettsche, 37, of Lafayette, Colorado and Jobadiah Sinclair Weeks, 38, of Arvada, Colorado, are both facing charges of...

Google’s parent company Alphabet, has announced that it has added Nobel laureate Frances Arnold to its board of directors. Arnold who received 2018’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry, is now the third woman on the tech giant’s board.In a tweet posted yesterday by Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, Arnold will be bringing her “incredible academic and industry expertise with a career spanning chemistry, engineering, renewable energy and more,” to the company.I’m thrilled to welcome @francesarnold to the...

After in September, Bakkt’s physically-backed Bitcoin futures platform finally started its work, a lot of crypto believers wondered what is next. Well, there is something. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently approved a new investment fund that will invest in Bitcoin futures contracts. The registration statement filed by Stone Ridge Trust VI for the NYDIG Bitcoin Strategy Fund began with its work on Monday after the company, already in October filed Form N-2 with the...

The new EOS-based social network Voice in its beta version will start on 14 February 2020 and is set to reward users with its token, thus bringing the desired freedom of speech and ad-hoc monetization that lacks in other social networks. Presented by Creators of EOS, Voice will Not Manipulate Data Particularly, using the blockchain technology, Voice can set all its operations to move through blockchain. When blockchain records inner operations of the network, it is impossible to insert...

OneConnect Financial Technology which is the artificial intelligence and blockchain arm of Ping An Insurance that is easily one of the largest insurance firms in China has come forth with the terms for its IPO valued at $468 Million. Sources indicate that based on the F-1 Filing of its prospectus with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the firm intends to conduct the initial public offering which is aimed at raising between $432 million and $504 million via issuing...

District Judge P. Kevin Castel of the New York Southern District Court, has signed a document which requires a deposition from three members of the Telegram team, as the case regarding its GRAM token sale continues. According to the document, Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov himself is expected to testify, along with two others.Dated Nov. 25, the document states that the depositions will begin on December 10 with Telegram employee Shyam Parekh. Although it doesn’t state Parekh’s position...

Congress Representatives were unhappy with Zuckerberg‘s attitude on his last hearing within a building of the House Financial Committee Services. Previously, Mark claimed that his company would not be trying to undermine the existing dollar-based economy. Yet, he wants Facebook to have its branded currency no matter what, working all over the Earth, with 200 million people as the “ready to go” audience. And even if the EU, Asia-Pacific and other tech-savvy gigs start developing much better,...

As on date, a massive amount of data and content is being created and shared every second on the internet. Messaging apps like WhatsApp, Messenger, and Telegram have been the hot mediums to move data. One of the major challenges these companies are facing today is to segregate the right information.With such massive data available, users are usually overwhelmed with excess data. Now, to enhance the user experience, messaging giant Telegram has come up with a new Data Clustering Contest for...