$13.5 Million Hack Ignites Fresh Debate Over Crypto Project Bancor
The security breach of a well-funded blockchain project renewed critiques against its technology this week.
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Jul 15, 2018 at 10:40 a.m. UTC
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PoWx: The New Effort to Change Bitcoin Mining Explained
Technologists unveiled a foundation dedicated to rewriting bitcoin's underlying tech, giving the long-controversial idea new wings.
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Jul 6, 2018 at 1:30 a.m. UTC
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Two Big Crypto Startups Are Out to Build One Universal Wallet
The two startups are offering developers $50,000 to build a wallet that would support almost any token, even those that haven’t been created yet.
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Apr 25, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
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Decentralized Exchange Startup 0x Raised $775K in SAFT Sale Last Year
Decentralized protocol 0x has raised $775,000 through a SAFT sale last year.
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Apr 16, 2018 at 6:15 p.m. UTC
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Ex-Trump Adviser Bannon Says Cryptocurrency Will Bring 'True Freedom'
Steve Bannon, the former White House strategist and right-wing firebrand, is now touting the liberating potential of cryptocurrency and blockchain.
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Mar 7, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
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Ripple Papers Pledge New Start for $40 Billion XRP
Ripple, the startup behind the world's third-largest cryptocurrency, has released two white papers that it hopes will move the technology forward.
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Feb 21, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
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What a Facebook Blockchain Token Might Look Like
If Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg really wants to experiment with decentralized systems, a publicly issued crypto-token would be hell of a way to do it.
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Jan 22, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Jan 22, 2018
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2018: The Year Blockchain, AI and IoT Converge
Cryptocurrencies emerged as a leading tech in 2017, but 2018 may find them merging with other technologies to become even more ubiquitous.
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Jan 12, 2018 at 9:14 a.m. UTC
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Scratch That: CryptoKitties Isn't Quite Ethereum's Vision for Apps
Ethereum's biggest success story isn't showcasing the full benefits of the platform, at least that's what its critics allege.
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Dec 13, 2017 at 5:01 a.m. UTC
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First Cash, Now Gold? Another Bitcoin Hard Fork Is on the Way
A plan to hard fork the bitcoin blockchain, and change its mining algorithm, is emerging. Still in its early stages, what does the new coin offer?
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Sep 27, 2017 at 8:00 a.m. UTC
Sep 27, 2017