Say Hello to SmartDrops: The New Way to Give Away Crypto Money

You can not run the experiment again. Once a system like Ethereum starts, it can only progress, stacking blocks one atop the other. Edging forward, the system creates its own understanding of time measured in block height. Hopefully it gains users, who can fill the chain with history – after which they can “read” the…

news BitForex exchange could be faking its bitcoin trading volume, according to a report released Friday by crypto auditors Chainalysis. For every one bitcoin recorded entering on-chain between January and November, BitForex claims some 40,000 bitcoins trades traded, the Chainalysis report said. That compares to most leading exchanges average with about 6 bitcoins traded to…

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news Ami Ben David is founder and CEO of institutional digital securities blockchain Ownera, co-founder of SPiCE VC, previously co-founder of Securitize and investor in security token companies.  The following article originally appeared in Institutional Crypto by CoinDesk, a free newsletter for the institutional market, with news and views delivered every Tuesday. Sign up here. Ten years after the invention…

Mar 31, 2020 at 06:00 UTCMt Gox image via ShutterstockThe submission deadline for the Mt. Gox rehabilitation plan has been pushed back again after a draft proposed last week was met with opposition from numerous creditors.In the plan, proposed to Mt. Gox creditors at a March 25 meeting, rehabilitation trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi said he would,…

First Mover: Even Bank of America Acknowledges China Winning Digital-Currency RaceChina’s push to roll out a digital version of its yuan isn’t likely to end the U.S. dollar’s century-long reign as the dominant currency for international payments and central-bank reserves. But it could make a dent.  That’s the conclusion of foreign-exchange analysts at Bank of…

Jan 9, 2021 at 1:25 p.m. UTCUpdated Jan 9, 2021 at 1:32 p.m. UTCExchange eToro Seeks to Deter New Users in Sign of Surging Retail Demand for CryptoeToro said it’s so overwhelmed by demand by newcomers who want to trade cryptocurrencies on the exchange it has temporarily boosted the amount new users have to put…

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