Posts Tagged ‘bitcoin’

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Director of Corporate Finance William Hinman said during a speech at the Yahoo Finance All Markets Summit in San Fransisco that the Ethereum network and its cryptocurrency Ether do not constitute securities — and as such are out of the purview of US securities law. Hinman also said the test to [Continue]

Cryptocurrency News items worthy of attention:   * Reuters News Survey: At least 56 Finance Firms will enter the Crypto market in the next 3 to 6 months. (cointelegraph.com) * 88 million USD of Litecoin (LTC) transferred in 2 1/2 minutes for only 40 cents in fees. (globalcoinreport.com) * 2nd largest electric utility in Japan [Continue]

Cryptocurrency News items worthy of attention: * Verge privacy coin partners with Pornhub.com. (wired.com) * Buy & Sell Real Estate using Bitcoin, Ethereum or Litecoin. (bitcoin-realestate.com) * Six leading global banks (Barclays, Credit Suisse, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, HSBC, MUFG & State Street) have joined forces to create [Continue]

Cryptocurrency News items worthy of attention: * YouTube and Facebook are losing content creators/artists to decentralized blockchain-powered platforms. (Bloomberg) * Po.et $POE releases a WordPress plugin to automatically timestamp your words/art on the blockchain etc. (blog.po.et) * Coinbase buys Cipher Browser for ERC20 tokens, which they soon [Continue]

Cryptocurrency News items worthy of attention: * Pantera Capital (ranked 15 out of 1000’s of venture capital firms by Crunchbase) says Bitcoin has bottomed out. (bloomberg.com) * Billionaire Tech investor Tim Draper correctly predicted $10,000 Bitcoin in 2017—now says Bitcoin $250,000 by 2022. (cnbc.com) * South Koreans ask government for [Continue]

Cryptocurrency News items worthy of attention: * Bitcoin surges over 1000 USD in 30 minutes with largest single 1 hour volume in history. (marketwatch.com) * 2nd largest Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx moves to Malta. (bitcoinmagazine.com) * Chile Energy Regulator adopts Ethereum blockchain. (http://markets.businessinsider.com/) * Cryptocurrency [Continue]

Cryptocurrency News items worthy of attention: * 22 European countries sign Blockchain & Artificial Intelligence Development Partnership (financemagnates.com) * Litecoin (LTC) blockchain to launch smart contracts on April 13th, 2018. (cryptoslate.com) * Jeremy Gardner co-founder of Augur reports OTC demand for bitcoin (BTC) is now at historic [Continue]

The Joint Economic Committee (JEC) released a 311 page Economic report on March 13, 2018. The JEC is one of four joint committees of the U.S. Congress (established in 1946), that is responsible for reporting the current economic condition of the United States as well as for making suggestions to improve the economy. Starting on [Continue]

A better Question is WHY is Rep. Brad Sherman Anti-Bitcoin or anti-Blockchain? Brad Sherman (D-CA) is on record as saying at a US House Financial Services subcommittee during an overview of the cryptocurrency landscape: “Cryptocurrencies are a crock” “They allow a few dozen men in my district to sit in their pajamas all day and [Continue]

John Oliver’s satirical comedy style of journalism on HBO’s Last Week Tonight just took a look at Bitcoin and Blockchain technology, but this time there was too much focus spent on getting superficial laughs at the expense of due diligence. Personally I typically enjoy John Oliver’s take on most things and his show is a [Continue]