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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Predicts Rise of Privacy Coins in Upcoming Decade

Posted on January 8, 2020January 8, 2020 by Omri Shabath

In a blog post titled ‘What will happen to cryptocurrency in the 2020s’ published on January 3rd, Brian Armstrong, the co-founder and CEO of Coinbase, discussed cryptocurrency and its future. Armstrong wrote in the post that he thinks one of the popular blockchain networks will see an increase in privacy features and stated that he believes privacy coins will undergo a mainstream adoption in the coming decade. Armstrong further elaborates in the blog post that…

Bitcoin Developer: Ethereum to Power 2020’s Most Interesting Crypto Project

Posted on January 5, 2020January 5, 2020 by Rehan Yousaf

Gavin Andersen, a software developer who gained prominence from having worked for the development of Bitcoin, recently stated that for the past two years, the most interesting things for him were built on Ethereum. In a tweet posted by the IT expert on January 1st, Andersen elaborates that he found CryptoKitties, a blockchain game that allows users to purchase and maintain virtual pets, as the most interesting project related to cryptocurrency in the year 2018….

Judge Grants Crypto Expert Virgil Griffith $1M Bail in North Korea Case

Posted on January 1, 2020January 1, 2020 by Rehan Yousaf

Virgil Griffith, a tech expert who was arrested last month for travelling to a cryptocurrency conference in North Korea and allegedly provided sensitive information regarding the technology to the country, has been granted $1 million bail and is expected to be released shortly from jail. Griffith had initially been denied bail on December 26th and then appealed for a release on bail on December 30th. The appeal proceedings were covered on Twitter by Inner City…

Google Kicks Crypto App Metamask Out of Android Play Store

Posted on December 31, 2019December 31, 2019 by Julie Williams

Just when we thought that the anti-crypto ban YouTube made recently was a mistake as Google claimed, the technology giant strikes yet again. This time, Google took the banning spree to the Play Store – another extremely popular platform that happens to be the official app store for billions of Android operating system-powered devices across the globe. As with the YouTube witch-hunt, the ban was focused on crypto apps, leading to the suspension and consequent…

New on Rakuten Wallet: Conversion of Loyalty Points to Cryptocurrency

Posted on December 29, 2019December 29, 2019 by Rehan Yousaf

Rakuten Wallet, a cryptocurrency exchange of Rakuten Group, created a service in which the loyalty points that crypto users gain from Rakuten Group (called Rakuten Super Points) can be converted into crypto assets of the available cryptocurrencies on the platform. The announcement was made on December 24th regarding the new service on the official Rakuten Wallet app which allows the users to convert their Rakuten Super Points into crypto assets available on the Rakuten Wallet…

State Street Partners with Gemini to Launch Crypto Reporting Platform

Posted on December 18, 2019December 18, 2019 by Rehan Yousaf

The U.S.-based asset management and administration firm State Street announced the launch of a digital asset pilot project in collaboration with Gemini Exchange, a digital currency exchange and custodian led by the Winklevoss twins. The new joint crypto project is the culmination of intense research efforts from State Street and Gemini Exchange to create a product to aid investors by providing them a single platform on which they can receive detailed reports of their multiple…

Ethereum Completes Istanbul Hard Fork: Aiming for 3K Transactions Per Second

Posted on December 9, 2019December 9, 2019 by Julie Williams

A big congratulations to the Ethereum (ETH)trade community and the global crypto industry at large. The long expected Ethereum’s hard fork tagged ‘Istanbul’ is finally here and over. Okay, not entirely over as two other networks are expected to go live in the first quarter of 2020. Notwithstanding, the just-concluded upgrade of the second-largest cryptocurrency (by market capitalization) was a total success and it poses great hope for the future of crypto. The hard fork,…

Microsoft Creates a Token Reward System on Ethereum Blockchain

Posted on December 6, 2019December 6, 2019 by Julie Williams

Good news for crypto-tech geeks! Azure, the blockchain-supported cloud platform under the canopy of Microsoft, just announced a token reward system to help encourage growth and creativity in the Azure community. In the page titled Introducing Azure Heroes, Microsoft disclosed that the newly-launched non-fungible tokens (NFT) are created for the sole purpose of boosting creativity on the platform. This will be primarily targeted at developers who make notable impacts in the community. Built on the…

Sources: Virgil Griffith Wanted to Ship Ethereum Mining Equipment to North Korea

Posted on December 4, 2019December 4, 2019 by Rehan Yousaf

Virgil Griffith, a US citizen, a programmer and a cryptocurrency expert, was arrested last week on the grounds of aiding North Korea in violating international sanctions placed on the country. Now, new report indicates that he had previously told his peers about his plans to arrange a shipment of crypto mining equipment into North Korea to create new Ethereum (ETH)trade coins. According to close sources to Griffith, the 36-year-old Ethereum Foundation employee was working on…

Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin: Free Programmer Virgil Griffith!

Posted on December 3, 2019December 3, 2019 by Rehan Yousaf

On December 1st, Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of the second-largest cryptocurrency Ethereum (ETH)trade and Bitcoin magazine, tweeted a link to a blog post that promotes a petition to free the programmer Virgil Griffith, who is accused of assisting North Korea bypass U.S.-imposed sanctions. In the tweet, Buterin states that he believes throwing Griffith under the bus would be wrong, and he further elaborates his reasoning for doing so. Buterin begins defending Griffith by stating that he…

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