Day: August 29, 2018

Tippr Bot Distributes Over $100K in Bitcoin Cash Across Reddit Forums

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During the first month of 2018, news.Bitcoin.com reported on a bitcoin cash (BCH) tip bot called Tippr, which distributes thousands of BCH tips on Reddit and Twitter. This week, according to Tippr statistics just on Reddit alone, the tip bot has tipped people over $100,000 worth of bitcoin cash (76 BCH) since the app’s launch. Also read: Researchers Find Discrepancies With Top Exchange Volumes Bitcoin Cash Bot Tippr Sends $100,000 Worth of Bitcoin Cash Across Reddit Because bitcoin cash transactions (tx) have really low network fees that typically average around $0.003…

Yahoo Finance Integrates Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin Trading

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Yahoo Finance has integrated trading with Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Litecoin (LTC) on its platform. While statistics are available on the platform for other digital currencies like Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Ethereum Classic (ETC) or EOS, they currently do not have buy and sell options. The development has led some in the crypto community to say that it is an important step forward for crypto adoption. Crypto enthusiast and founder of Morgan Creek Digital, Anthony Pompliano tweeted: You can now buy Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin on Yahoo Finance. THE VIRUS…

Litecoin Creator Charlie Lee Recommends Buying Bitcoin in Bear Market

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The cryptocurrency market has now been in a bear cycle for more than two-thirds of the past year, and, as August prepares to roll in September, predictions from past months that the bitcoin price would test its all-time high in 2018 appear less and less likely. However, even after this prolonged decline, Litecoin creator Charlie Lee says that the flagship cryptocurrency is still a good buy. Speaking with CNBC, Lee said that the dropoff in prices has created an excellent investment opportunity for long-term bulls who have cash-in-hand that they…

University of Malta Launches Blockchain and DLT Scholarship Fund

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The University of Malta has partnered with the Malta Information Technology Agency (MITA) to establish a €300,000 ($351,000) blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) scholarship fund, Times of Malta reported August 29. The new scholarship is targeted at students studying information and communications technology (ICT), law, finance, and engineering, and will be split over three years. Starting this coming academic year, students can apply the scholarship to completing their Master’s and PhD research dissertations in blockchain and DLT. The move comes amidst governmental efforts to attract blockchain companies to Malta…

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Russia’s Pension Fund Eyes Blockchain to Prevent Labor Abuse

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Russia’s FIU pension fund will use blockchain technology to integrate all of its information into a distributed registry and will prepare proposals to integrate all systems into a single platform, according to Izvestia. The fund believes it will cut costs for servicing and storing significant amounts of data. The technology will also provide more transparency to labor relations agreements and help protect workers from having their rights violated by negligent employers, which experts have cited as a pervasive problem. Data to Move to Distributed Databases The FIU currently houses employers’…

JPMorgan’s Balancing Act Between Blockchain and Crypto

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Multinational investment bank JPMorgan Chase has had a chequered relationship with cryptocurrencies over the years. While it has maintained an apparent apathy toward Bitcoin and the likes, the financial institution has openly embraced blockchain technology and is actively using it in various internal projects. This has come to the fore in August 2018, as chief information officer Lori Beer made a bold statement in an interview, claiming that blockchain technology ‘will replace’ existing financial systems in the next few years. Beer’s sentiments come at an interesting time, especially considering JPMorgan’s…

News Giant Associated Press Partners Blockchain Journalism Startup Civil

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The Civil Media Company and The Associated Press (AP) have announced a partnership to license AP news content for use by newsrooms that use Civil. The news was revealed in a blogpost on Civil’s website on Tuesday, August 28. Potential Synergy Between Civil and AP Under the terms of the agreement, AP will deliver news content – local and international – to Civil, giving newsrooms easy access to it through Civil’s platform. Newsrooms that want to access AP content through Civil will still need to be licensed directly by AP. As…

Poland Introduces New Bill to Clarify Crypto Taxation

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Polish legislators have introduced a long-awaited new bill to clarify the current crypto taxation policy. The document was published on the country’s government site on Friday, August 24, and explained by local crypto media outlet Kryptowaluty August 25. Kryptowaluty writes that a new document has been offered for consultation, and the Polish Council of Ministers will review it in the third quarter of 2018. The previous taxation policy, which had been resisted by country’s crypto community earlier this year, was taken into account but has been slightly changed. The purpose…

Dark Web Hackers Sell Data Of 130 Million Consumers For 8 Bitcoin (BTC)

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One of the largest data leaks in China’s history has potentially just occurred, with a hacker or group of hackers recently revealing that he/she/they had garnered sensitive data from over 130 million individuals. As per a report from The Next Web’s Hard Fork column, the hacker recently made a move to sell the aforementioned data for 8 Bitcoin ($56,000) on a China-based dark web portal. According to a post made by the seller, the data was gathered from a security breach of the Huazhu Hotels Group, which is one of China’s…