Beyond privacy, the ability for individuals to buy bitcoin with fiat and convert bitcoin into fiat is a big challenge. In the past few years we have seen an incredible increase in local liquidity, where it’s now fairly easy to buy or sell bitcoin in most major urban areas around the world, even inside dictatorships and countries in conflict. If you have bitcoin in Tehran, Beijing, Aleppo, Caracas, or even Gaza, with a bit of research you’ll be able to find someone who will sell you fiat in return. But…
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Meet Crypto’s New Best Friend: Fiat
At VideoCoin, our utility token VID plays an incredibly useful function in securing and powering the network, ensuring the most qualified network operators are serving customer needs. The VID token does not act as a payment mechanism. Instead, it’s a reputational staking mechanism for building the global infrastructure that runs the worker nodes on the VideoCoin Network. Miners are continuously selected by the VideoCoin Network services algorithm as operators to process video files based on three factors: quoted price, number of staked tokens, and performance. This drives the least expensive…
Highest in 2 Years: 65% of Bitcoin Hash Power Is in China, Report Finds
For all of bitcoin’s promise of being the world’s first decentralized, peer-to-peer cryptocurrency, 65 percent of the total hash power resides in China, according to a recent report by CoinShares Research. Author: Omkar Godbole Source link
VeChain Foundation Hacked for $6.5M in VET Token Theft
The Singapore-based VeChain Foundation’s buyback wallet was compromised by a hacker at 12:27 UTC on Friday, VeChain wrote, with the funds being withdrawn to a private address. The firm says it has tagged and tracked the funds and is working with cybersecurity firm Hacken to isolate the tokens’ flow to various exchanges. Author: William Foxley Source link
New York Attorney General Calls Bitfinex’s Legal Stance ‘Deeply Perverse’ in New Filing
In a sharply worded brief, the New York Attorney General’s Office has criticized the exchange’s tactics in its case involving the Tether stablecoin’s backing. Author: Daniel Palmer Source link
Bitcoin Risks Deeper Drop After Shallow Price Bounce
The cryptocurrency looked to have had potential to jump above $7,300 and possibly extend gains toward $7,500. After all, credible signs of seller exhaustion had emerged on the intraday technical charts following Thursday’s drop to $7,072 – the lowest level since Nov. 24. Author: Omkar Godbole Source link
US Authorities Allege SIM Swapping Thief Bought Music Royalties, Jewelry, With Crypto
Court documents allege that Pennsylvania resident Anthony Faulk hijacked a crypto company executive’s phone, stealing crypto and using the proceeds for an expensive watch, music royalties, jewelry and a house. Author: Danny Nelson Source link
PODCAST: Introducing ’The Breakdown’ With Nathaniel Whittemore
In the debut episode, Nathaniel discusses recent regulatory action, DeFi project on bitcoin, and a new social media protocol initiative from Twitter. Author: Nathaniel Whittemore Source link
TokenSoft Scores SEC Transfer Agent Registration to Build ‘Automated Investment Bank’
Transfer agents act as intermediaries for parties in stock transactions. They can engage in activities like providing stock transfer services, book entries, order reviews, proxy voting, dividend disbursement and providing reports to fulfill regulatory and tax obligations. Author: Nikhilesh De Source link
2019: The Inflection Point for Data Privacy
There were other positive developments this year. From a regulatory perspective in the US, Nevada’s SB220 went into effect on October 1, 2019, requiring businesses to provide notice of a designated email, toll-free number, or website address that allows consumers the right to opt-out of the “sale” of their personal information. In November, Democratic senators led by Sen. Maria Cantwell introduced a new federal data privacy bill. If ultimately enacted into law, the federal bill would provide similar data protections as GDPR offers in the EU and create a new…