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Revival of Truth: Wikipedia Co-Founder Joins Blockchain-Based ‘Everipedia’

December 8, 2017

“People that I would say are trolls sort of took over. The inmates started running the asylum,” said an outspoken critic of Wikipedia in an interview with Vice in 2015. The speaker was none other than Dr. Lar...

Surge in Bitcoin Demand Causing South Korea to Rethink its ICO Ban

December 7, 2017

Bitcoin is on a crazy ride this week. In the last 24 hours alone, the coin gained more than $2000 and reached $15,200 at the time of writing. However, in South Korea, the situation has grown even more tumultu...

SEC Freezes Assets of PlexCoin ICO Organizer, Halts $15 Million Scam

December 4, 2017

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged PlexCoin ICO organizer Dominic Lacroix, who raised $15 million through soliciting investors from the US and Canada, with illegally profiting from de...

Nations Respond to Need for Crypto Legislation

November 24, 2017

Within the last several weeks, the price of Bitcoin has surpassed $8000. Many cite the cause of the boom to the fact that CME announced that it will be offering Bitcoin futures trading by the end of the year....

FanDuel Chief Executive Exits, Former CFO Returns

November 21, 2017

FanDuel has announced that Nigel Eccles has stepped down as chief executive, with former chief financial officer Matt King to move into the role. Eccles led FanDuel since he co-founded the daily fantasy spor...

Exante Puts Julian Natale in Charge of Dubai

November 19, 2017

Exante, a CySEC and FCA-regulated investment company, has promoted Julian Natale to the role of Managing Director of its Dubai office, according to information made public on his LinkedIn profile. Exante is ...

Rumors of Power Cancellation to Chinese Bitcoin Mining Operations Disproved

November 15, 2017

On Tuesday, a report saying that Chinese power companies would allegedly cut off the electrical supply to Bitcoin mining rigs made its rounds on the internet. Later on the same day, however, it was revealed t...

ESMA Joins Fellow Regulators in Warning Against ICOs

November 13, 2017

The European Securities and Markets Authority and the Autoriteit Financiële Markten, the financial regulators of the EU and Holland respectively, have issued statements on the subject of initial coin offering...

Bitcoin Price Soars Just Shy of $8,000 as SegWit2x Fork Suspended

November 8, 2017

Bitgo CEO Mike Belshe has proposed delaying SegWit2x in a statement signed by Jihan Wu, Jeff Garzik and Erik Voorhees as the third fork of Bitcoin is proving to be a very contentious proposal in the cryptocurre...