Study: Traditional Banks Can Reshape the Cryptocurrency Market (and May Kill It)

Study: Traditional Banks Can Reshape the Cryptocurrency Market (and May Kill It)

If banks would issue digital currencies of their own, it could “reshape” the entire crypto-market by adding more competition, a new study by the European Parliament Committee of the European Union (EU) has found. The downside, however, is that banks could also thus suppress and crush their decentralized cryptocurrency competitors. The study, labeled “Competition issues in the Area of Financial Technology (FinTech),” analyzes the current FinTech industry based on new start-ups, traditional financial institutions and…

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Open the Floodgates! Opera Browser Integrates Built-in Crypto Wallet

Open the Floodgates! Opera Browser Integrates Built-in Crypto Wallet

If you are a regular crypto user who happens to use Opera browser then there are some great news that might be especially beneficial to you: The latest version of the Opera browser on Android (presently in private beta) now incorporates a built-in Crypto Wallet! That makes Opera the first major browser to assimilate such a feature. And, justifiably, the company is quite proud of its new integration. We believe the web of today will…

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No, William Shatner Does NOT Award Free Ethereum

No, William Shatner Does NOT Award Free Ethereum

It sounds like a dream – nay, a fantasy – William Shatner, Captain Kirk himself, hands out free (FREE!) cryptocurrency coins! Doesn’t it seem so wonderful? Magical? Uncanny? Almost too good to be true? Well, it’s probably because… it is. Of course William Shatner doesn’t reward free Ether! It’s just another crypto scam; one of way too many out there which target unsuspecting and unconversant people (to be fair, when it comes to crypto most…

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China’s June Ranking of Crypto: EOS First, Bitcoin Seventeenth

China’s June Ranking of Crypto: EOS First, Bitcoin Seventeenth

The relationship between the Chinese government and crypto is complicated. While China does not allow trading cryptocurrencies, it does not stop it from ranking the different digital coins. And this crypto-ranking is incredibly intriguing in itself… The monthly ranking is conducted by China’s Center for Information Industry Development (CCID), which answers directly to the state’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, so it is important to note that it is not clean of politicization. The…

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Strong Indications from U.S. Officials that Ethereum Is Not a Security

Strong Indications from U.S. Officials that Ethereum Is Not a Security

Promising news for crypto enthusiasts: senior U.S. officials have indicated that Ether (ETH) – the second-largest cryptocurrency – is not a security. Yet, it is important to note that these kinds of statement are not binding nor final; they are merely hints that may suggest towards which direction the official U.S. policy regarding cryptocurrencies is leaning. On June 14th at the Yahoo Finance All Markets Summit, the SEC’s Director of the Division of Corporation Finance,…

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Cryptocurrencies Skyrocket in the Past Week

Cryptocurrencies Skyrocket in the Past Week

Hi there, Crypto-Community and denizens of the internet! As you probably know (or not? I don’t know you anymore!), AllStocks has just recently begun its ICO (YAY!) – which led to a flood of questions regarding cryptocurrencies… “What???” “How???” “Why???” or just one long confused “WhaahoooWhyyyyy???” We might not be able to answer all of these bewildered questions in this one humble blog post, but over the past week we did receive one strong response…

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