A16z, USV Lead $12 Million Funding for CryptoKitties
CryptoKitties will break away from its developer, Axiom Zen, after raising $12 million of venture capital.
Official: G20 Calls for Cryptocurrency Regulation Recommendations by July 2018
The world’s economic leaders gathered in Buenos Aires, Argentina for the G20 summit, and sought for proposals of cryptocurrency regulations to come by July 2018 according to the G20 communique. The document backs the words of Frederico Sturzenegger, Argentina’s Central Bank chief, who noted cryptocurrencies need to be examined. Having seen the document, CCN can […]
Maryland Bills Call for Study, Possible Regulation of Blockchain
Maryland’s proposed Financial Consumer Protection Act would represent the U.S. state’s first regulatory pronouncements on cryptocurrency since 2014.
Wikipedia Rival Everipedia Plans Token Airdrop in June
Decentralized encyclopedia startup Everipedia announced it would airdrop its IQ tokens to members in June.
Op Ed: The Many Faces of Sharding for Blockchain Scalability
Any programmer who has ever sat down to build a DApp at one point has had to think about the limits of current public blockchains, the most important and obvious one being their limited throughput, i.e., the number of transactions processed per second. In order to run a DApp that can handle real-world throughput requirements, […]
Mark Carney: Cryptocurrencies Do Not Pose Serious Risks
When it comes to bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England and chairman of the Financial Stability Board (FSB), is known for being a harsh critic. Though Carney has praised the technology behind cryptocurrency in the past, he has often referred to digital money as a “bubble,” claiming it has failed […]
Second Life Creator: High Fidelity’s HFC Is a Social Cryptocurrency for VR
In December 2017, High Fidelity announced the launch of Avatar Island, a Virtual Reality (VR) space where High Fidelity users can purchase items for their avatars, all contributed by digital artists from around the world, and pay with High Fidelity’s own blockchain-based cryptocurrency, the High Fidelity Coin(HFC). High Fidelity is a next-generation platform for Virtual […]
Kenneth Goodwin–FinTech-Blockchain Advisor joins Zerocoin – CryptoCurrency for Gambling
Meet Kenneth Goodwin – Blockchain Advisor to ZeroEdge.Bet Kenneth Goodwin shares over 20 years of wisdom and knowledge gleaned through diverse fields including Financial Technology (FinTech), Regulatory Technology (RegTech), Artificial Intelligence, U.S., and Japan central banking, and of course, Blockchain and ICO. Ken is also a Mike and Maureen Mansfield Fellow is a regular U.S. […]
How to Kill Bitcoin?
The post How to Kill Bitcoin? appeared first on 99 Bitcoins. The nearly-indestructible honey badger, famed for its ability to endure venomous snakebites, is Bitcoin’s animal mascot for a good reason. Over the years, Bitcoin has survived so many technical attacks, so much internal strife, and so much outside criticism that it’s gained a reputation […]
Bitcoin News Summary – Mar 19, 2018
The post Bitcoin News Summary – Mar 19, 2018 appeared first on 99 Bitcoins. Here’s what happened this week in Bitcoin in 99 seconds. Bitcoin’s price declined moderately over the week and broke below the $8,000 level, probably due to a lot of bad press. Google has moved to ban cryptocurrency advertising […]