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Trading / Greyscale Investments Launches Zen Investment Trust for Certified Investors

« on: September 08, 2018, 10:41:42 AM »

Grayscale investments have officially launched an investment trust dubbed “Zen Investment Trust” for certified investors. The announcement made on Thursday contained details of the functionalities of the newly launched investment trust.

Why Did Greyscale Pick Zen?

Check out here: https://coinpedia.org/news/greyscale-investments-launches-zen-investment-trust-for-certified-investors/

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Crypto Products & Services / ShapeShift Introduces New Membership Program

« on: September 06, 2018, 10:40:00 AM »

ShapeShift made this announcement via an official post on 4th September. The CEO at ShapeShift, Erik Voorhees specifies that his platform will have to start gathering users’ basic personal information. However, he also explains about the five membership levels within the program.

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Chinese Language / China Determined To End Cryptocurrency While It Embraces Blockchain

« on: September 06, 2018, 10:38:36 AM »

China continues to embrace blockchain even though it banned cryptocurrency promotions and initial coins offerings (ICOs).

https://goo.gl/nHEJQD

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Crypto Discussion / Columbia Government to Adopt Blockchain and Cryptocurrency

« on: September 04, 2018, 12:43:14 PM »

Columbia is set to adopt cryptocurrency and blockchain as the newly elected president continues to show his affinity for cutting-edge technologies.

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Mining / Firefox Upgrades to Ban Crypto Mining Malware

« on: September 03, 2018, 01:52:50 PM »

Firefox has announced that it plans on blocking cryptojacking malware in future updates of its browser.

The Mozilla Foundation announced on August 30 that future versions of its Firefox browser will block crypto-related malware. The move is part of its anti-tracking initiative which was began in 2016.

https://coinpedia.org/news/firefox-upgrades-to-ban-crypto-mining-malware/

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Mining / BTC.com is Launching an Ethereum Mining Pool

« on: September 01, 2018, 11:24:08 AM »

The worlds’ leading Bitcoin mining pool, BTC.com has mined around 21% of all the Bitcoins in 2017. Currently, the company has taken the initiative that they will add the support for Ethereum mining.

https://coinpedia.org/news/btc-mining-pool-launching-eth-mining-pool/

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Mining / Bitcoin Mining Apps Still Live on Google Play Despite Ban

« on: August 31, 2018, 01:07:30 PM »

In July, Google placed a ban on crypto mining apps that features on Google Play Store. The affected developers were given 30 days to comply before it starts removing defaulting apps. However, 43 days after the issued warning, apps that have mining functions are still available in the store.

https://coinpedia.org/news/google-plays-store-apps-crypto-mining/

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(KR) Crypto news / Samsung SDS Introduces a Blockchain Certification Platform for Banks

« on: August 30, 2018, 12:22:33 PM »

The IT arm of tech giant Samsung, revealed that the certification system is as a joint project with Korea’s Federation of banks (KFB). The new project aims to create a universal certification platform for all the banks in South Korea. Hence certified users of a bank in South Korea can have access to all other banks for mobile banking services.

https://coinpedia.org/news/samsung-sds-blockchain-certification-platform/

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Chinese Language / China is Blocking More Than 120 Offshore Cryptocurrency Exchanges

« on: August 25, 2018, 08:01:03 AM »

China continues with government’s crackdown activities associated to cryptocurrency. As a result, China is about to block more than 120 offshore cryptocurrency exchanges.


https://coinpedia.org/news/china-block-120-offshore-cryptocurrency-exchanges/

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Trading / Ripple Joins Three Cryptocurrency Exchanges!

« on: August 18, 2018, 12:28:01 PM »

Ripple partners with Bits, Bittrex, and Coin.Ph belonging to Mexico, United States, and the Philippines respectively. The announcement was made via the blog of Insights.

https://coinpedia.org/news/ripple-three-crypto-exchanges-xrapid-transactions/

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Crypto Discussion / Bitcoin will gain more value despite Investors Worries

« on: August 17, 2018, 11:22:01 AM »

In an early Monday interview on CNBC on Monday, cryptocurrency advocate Meltem Demirors revealed that bitcoin’s real value is coming in real-time. However, the current situation regarding bitcoin price is rather unpleasing to investors and potential bitcoin users. Demirors stated that new technologies that shift the paradigm take a long time to get acquainted with.

https://coinpedia.org/news/bitcoin-will-gain-more-value-despite-investors-worries/

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Arabic Language / Is Cryptocurrency Trading Illegal in Saudi Arabia?

« on: August 16, 2018, 12:29:47 PM »

Despite the proactive and eventually positive approach of Saudi Arabia towards blockchain technology, the officials are still holding back cryptocurrency trading to come into law.

https://coinpedia.org/news/official-warn-crypto-trading-illegal-saudi-arabia/

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Crypto Discussion / Ukranian proposed Bill Taxes 5% from Every Cryptocurrency Gains

« on: August 13, 2018, 01:44:17 PM »

The proposed bill if implemented into a law will see any profits gained from cryptos being cut by 5% in government taxes. Adding the mandatory military charge of 1.5%, Ukrainian cryptocurrency enthusiast will now be subjected to about 6.5% in income tax.

https://coinpedia.org/news/ukranian-proposed-bill-taxes-5-for-every-cryptocurrency-gains/

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Crypto Discussion / Ripple is Now Available on Coins.ph Android Wallet App

« on: August 10, 2018, 12:48:42 PM »

According to post released on Aug 9, Bitpinas says that Ripple wallet app is now live on Android of Coins.ph.

Coins.ph is performing a test on integrating Ripple (XRP) with its renowned wallet app. The platform also discloses its plan to incorporate XRP within CX. The CX is the cryptocurrency exchange platform of Coins.ph.

https://coinpedia.org/news/ripple-live-coinsph-android-wallet-app/

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Thai Language / 50 ICO Projects and 20 Crypto Exchanges Applied For Licenses in Thailand

« on: August 10, 2018, 08:23:06 AM »

Following the announcement by Finance Ministry, around 50 initial coin offering (ICO) projects and 20 cryptocurrency exchanges have applied for licenses in Thailand
https://coinpedia.org/news/thailand-50-ico-20-crypto-exchanges-apply-licenses/