Thursday, December 22, 2016

Bo Shen Hackers Hit Again, Ethereum Forum Members Under Threat

The attacker who recently hacked Bo Shen’s account draining his REP and ETH funds, though some were later recovered, has been named in yet another hit on the Ethereum forum on December 16.

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Kenyan Government Uses IBM Blockchain to Prevent Academic Certificate Fraud

The Kenyan government is utilizing blockchain to develop an immutable and transparent education management system, issuing academic certificates on a cloud-based blockchain network.

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Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Bitcoin Breaks $835 in China, Controls 93 Percent of Trading

The price of Bitcoin surpassed the US$820 mark in the afternoon of December 21, spurring the interests of investors and traders around the world.

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As India Changes Cash War Goal Posts, Bitcoin Gets Blamed for Capital Flight

Demand for Bitcoin and alternative currencies grows as Indian government changes demonetization goal posts each day.

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Bringing In and Breaking Out: 10 Bitcoin and Blockchain Predictions for 2017

As the Blockchain community gets prepared to cross into the 2017, here are the vibes from our sage of Shoreditch, with predictions for the next 12 months.

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Italian Startup Creates Bitcoin Platform for Transparent Natural Disaster Donations

Italian startup Helperbit created a Bitcoin-based platform to manage natural disaster donations.

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Sounds Familiar: Pakistan Bitcoin Surges While Gov’t Crushes Cash

In the week the country’s Senate advised the scrapping of its highest value banknote, Pakistan’s Bitcoin trading volume has shot up almost 400%.

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Tuesday, December 20, 2016

How To Get Away With $400 Mln Illicit Transfers? Be US Monetary Fund Chief

The Court of Justice of the Republic didn’t impose any punishment on the IMF chief Christine Lagarde convicted of criminal charges over the facilitation of suspicious transaction which amounted to $400 mln.

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Indian Mainstream Media Covers Bitcoin Actively Amid Gold Confiscation

Indian mainstream media and news networks have begun to extensively cover bitcoin amid ongoing crackdown on gold.

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Cancun-Based Group in Mexico Works to Promote Bitcoin

Currently, you can't go far with Bitcoin in Mexico. But a group made of IT experts, consultants and software developers want to change it.

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Crypto Experts Team Up to Give Impulse to Blockchain Revolution in Nigeria

A Nigerian group of experts from various fields of science and technology gets together to give a new impulse to crypto industry in this country.

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China’s Bitcoin Capital Flight Hits Mainstream As Analysts Fear Crackdown

China’s Yuan weakness causes investors to find ways of getting their capital out of the country - and Bitcoin is becoming the method of choice. Some analysts think that capital controls will be tightened even further.

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