Iran Forges Ahead with Its Experimental National Cryptocurrency
Various central banks have shown a keen interest in creating their own digital currencies. Doing so is very different from drafting a whitepaper about it. It now seems most countries …
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How Blockchain Tech Can Make eLearning More Effective and Secure
May 1, 2018
Education
eLearning is big business. As technology permits us to run our lives from within our houses, it’s only logical that we should educate ourselves in our own little silos …
CFTC Aims to End Cryptocurrency Pump-and-Dumps With a Bounty Program
Pump-and-dump schemes are nothing new in the world of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. Such scams and hype cycles come around virtually every other week. The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission …
Bitcoin Price Watch: Currency on the Verge of Hitting $9,400
Bitcoin is now trading for just under $9,400. This is a near $200 spike from yesterday’s $9,200, which in turn, was a solid increase over bitcoin’s previous position of …
A Trust Architecture for the Supply Chain of Tomorrow
Not every company can be like Amazon, fulfilling customer orders within a specified period of time (e.g., 2 business days). But what if they could? Think of the supply chain …
Reserve Bank of India Faces Lawsuit Over Attempt to Ban Cryptocurrency Trading
When regulators attempt to clamp down on Bitcoin and cryptocurrency activity, the public will respond in one way or another. In India, it seems things are heading in a …
Thai Regulators Reject Request to Revamp Cryptocurrency Taxation Guidelines
Various digital asset operators in Thailand have submitted a request to remove capital gains taxes on cryptocurrencies. Unfortunately, that request has been denied by the country’s Revenue Department. The …
Putin Opponent Received 25% of Campaign Donations in Bitcoin
Alexei Navalny, one of the major opposition politicians who ran against current Russian President Vladimir Putin this year, raised more than 25 percent of his campaign donations in bitcoin. …
The 2018 Year of Cryptocurrency Challenge – Week 15
At the beginning of 2018, I wrote an article outlining a New Year’s resolution that I thought could help boost cryptocurrency adoption and awareness in 2018, as long as …