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The formal release of EOSIO 1.0 on Saturday, shipped by development company Block.one, has come after a year-long ICO. With the ICO Block.one raised an impressive $ 4 billion in total to finance the EOS project. It is by far the largest ICO ever, even bigger than many IPOs on the stock market. Is EOS the Ethereum killer and is...

The New York Assembly may be sending out a crypto task force to investigate the current state of global cryptocurrency and blockchain utility and legislation. The state of New York has been taking a very innovation-minded approach to cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. New York has previously announced that it wishes to be a leader in the blockchain space. New York is now...

South Korea's Supreme Court has recently confiscated 191 Bitcoins from a man who operated on a pornographic site, therefore, recognizing cryptocurrencies as assets, reports South China Morning Post. This is the first time cryptocurrencies have been confiscated in the country. The court has seized 191 Bitcoins worth approximately $2.3 million, which the man, called Ahn, earned on pornographic sites. “The cryptocurrency is...

“Bitcointopia”: For only 0.5 Bitcoin, you can take part in an effort to secede from America and live in a shipping container in the middle of a desert. Have you ever wanted to live in a society that only uses Bitcoin? Have you ever wanted to secede from the United States? Have you ever wanted to live in a shipping...

GMO Internet Inc, a Japanese Tech giant, has developed a new feature, CryptoChips byGMO, which will remunerate gamers who play Whimsical War. The official press release says, "CryptoChips can be mounted on the game application and allows players to receive cryptocurrency as remuneration within the game – like a “secret pocket money” - depending on the players’ rankings or when players have achieved...

Dan Morehead, the founder of Pantera Capital, says that investors should buy Bitcoin while it is cheap. "That's the essence of this trade: It rarely ever gets cheap to its long-term average," Morehead said. "So today is a good day to be buying," he told CNBC Fast Money. He began by saying that today all cryptocurrencies are relatively affordable. Indeed, the current price...

Bittrex is launching USD pairings for Bitcoin (BTC), Tether (USDT), and TrueUSD (TUSD) for corporate customers in Washington, California, New York, and Montana. U.S. based crypto exchange, Bittrex, has announced it is making banking agreements in order to allow some customers to trade their 200+ coins directly with USD. The coins chosen to start with were Bitcoin (BTC), Tether (USDT),...

Yesterday, the Spanish Congress unanimously supported a draft of legislation regarding innovation-focused regulation of the blockchain and cryptocurrencies. All parties in the Spanish Congress of Deputies found something they could agree on yesterday. They unanimously agreed on draft legislation regarding plans for the regulation of cryptocurrencies and blockchain. The draft stresses the need to review current regulations of blockchain and cryptocurrencies...

Paxos, a blockchain and cryptocurrency startup, has raised $65 million from investors, reports Reuters. The company, which is New-York based, has claimed that its investors include VC firms like RRE Ventures and Liberty City Ventures raising a total of $93 million to date. "It is a crucial time in the financial markets. We are at an inflection point to reduce the risk...

The current low volume within current crypto market conditions has led the Central Bank of Russia to declare that cryptocurrencies do not pose risk to global financial stability. Russia has been looking into cryptocurrencies for a while now. Recent developments include the Russian State Duma approving the first reading of regulation legislation for the crypto industry, which defined cryptocurrencies as...