Tag: Cryptocurrency

  • Cinemagraphs – Proven Eyecatchers with Outdoor Ads

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    By Alex Mardikian Advertisers are constantly battling viewer fatigue and ad blindness. People, after a time, cease to respond to the stimulus from a message. Then, you need to change the message. But, what do you do when people are exposed to so many different messages, and often in the same format? This is the […]

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  • A History of Bitcoin – Told Through the Five Groups who Bought it

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    The recent fluctuations in Bitcoin’s value are just the latest in a series of spectacular peaks and troughs since it was created in 2009. (Though its price has been falling recently, it remains five times higher than last April, before the latest major peak began.) Commentators are often dismissive of Bitcoin buyers, writing them off […]

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  • Colorado’s ‘ICO Task Force’ Levies Orders Against 3 Crypto Startups

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    Colorado Securities Commissioner Gerald Rome has issued signed orders to show cause that three cryptocurrency businesses have allegedly offered and promoted unregistered ICOs in Colorado. The investigation is part of a recent crackdown against fraudulent ICOs by officials of the Division of Securities under Colorado State’s Department Of Regulatory Agencies (DORA). ‘ICO Task Force’ Targets […]

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  • What are the Factors Affecting the Size of a Digital Playlist?

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    By Gulaiym Agbal Determining the size of a digital playlist can be tricky. The quality of the content displayed and its appeal for the targeted audience are attributes that depend, to a large extent, on the quality of data supplied. You don’t want to begin setting up a data playlist from scratch, without any data. […]

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  • US, Canadian Securities Regulators Are Involved in Over 200 Crypto Probes

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    The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) announced that there are “more than 200 active investigations” by state or provincial-level agencies into initial coin offerings (ICOs) and other crypto-related investment products. NASAA, composed of securities regulators from the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Mexico, said in a press release Tuesday that […]

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  • OpenFinance Launches Regulated Trading Platform for Security Tokens

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    Trading platform OpenFinance has launched a regulated alternative trading system (ATS) for security tokens, CEO Juan Hernandez announced Tuesday. Accredited investors in the U.S. can now purchase or trade the digital assets on OpenFinance’s platform. Retail investors who cannot receive accreditation may also be able to trade certain assets, though after a 12-month holding period, […]

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  • North Korea to Host its First-Ever International Crypto Conference

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    Sanctions-hit North Korea is planning to host its first-ever international conference focusing on cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology in October. According to Radio Free Asia, the event will be held in the hermit kingdom’s capital of Pyongyang and will stretch for two days beginning October 1. Per various reports, the conference is expected to attract blockchain […]

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  • Interview: Bitcoin Venezuela on Why the Petro Cryptocurrency Isn’t Even ‘Backed by Trust’

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    Randy Brito is the head of Bitcoin Venezuela, a non-profit organization dedicated to educate and promote Bitcoin in Venezuela. He is also spearheading the Locha project, which he describes as “an effort to push the needed developments and research for achieving the hyperbitcoinization in Venezuela.”  Brito also sees a use case for bitcoin in countries […]

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  • Philippines, Korea, and Thailand Move to Create the Next Crypto Valley

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    The Philippines, Thailand, and South Korea are moving towards creating the next crypto valley, after recognizing the success of Malta and Zug, Switzerland in creating crypto and blockchain friendly environments. Most countries in Southeast Asia, including Vietnam and Thailand, have cracked down on crypto trading and blockchain-related developments over the past year. A few months […]

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  • World Bank launches first bond instrument built on a blockchain with the Australian Bank

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    The World Bank has launched the first bond on a blockchain with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. The A$110 million ($87 million) bond-i (blockchain operated new debt instrument) — so named, I’m assuming, because of Australia’s famed Bondi Beach (bankers have the funnies!) — is the first bond to be created, allocated, transferred and managed […]

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