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ForkLog 18 11.12.2020

How S&P Dow Jones’s crypto indices could transform the bitcoin industry

Company S&P Dow Jones Indices announced plans to launch “global crypto-asset indices” next year. This could be a major catalyst for the cryptocurrency market.

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ForkLog 8 09.12.2020

End-to-end encryption under threat? How and why governments seek access to our messages

In early November, in the wake of the Vienna attack, reports surfaced of a possible EU ban on end-to-end encryption.

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ForkLog 9 05.12.2020

November 2020 in figures: Bitcoin hits a historic high, Ethereum 2.0 launches

Spot and derivatives markets were flooded with activity, DEX volumes retreated, yearn.finance began aggressive expansion, and Ethereum’s hash rate hit a new high ahead of the ETH 2.0 Phase Zero launch.

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ForkLog 5 04.12.2020

Not Prohibited by Law: Why You Shouldn’t Abandon Crypto Services Over Blockades

In July 2020, the State Duma passed the Law on Digital Financial Assets (the DFA Law). The document brought cryptocurrencies into the legal framework, but Roskomnadzor continued to block sites with information about them.

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ForkLog 7 04.12.2020

Why blockchain voting won’t solve the trust problem in election results

Office work and public services are moving to digital formats, but governments are not rushing to implement online voting. Reasons include technical problems, a never-ending string of failed experiments, and public distrust. The obvious way out of this impasse is blockchain technology — after all, it was designed to solve the problem of trust. ForkLog investigates whether this is feasible in practice.

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ForkLog 19 01.12.2020

When to report Bitcoin: A Look at the cryptocurrency taxation bill

A government-approved bill on cryptocurrency taxation has been submitted to the State Duma. The document provides for fines for breaches of the reporting regime for digital currencies, but the penalties are significantly more liberal than the amendments to the Criminal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code proposed earlier by the Finance Ministry, experts say.

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ForkLog 18 01.12.2020

ForkLog’s Person of the Year 2020 — It’s Time to Vote!

The Bitcoin industry is built by people. Some become role models, while others are anti-heroes.

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ForkLog 15 30.11.2020

Launch of Ethereum 2.0 Phase Zero: what’s coming and what users should expect

At the core of Ethereum is the idea that a blockchain can do more than just underpin decentralized money—for example, to run an entire decentralized economy.

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ForkLog 15 28.11.2020

How to Spot Manipulation: A Comparison of the Silver and Crypto Bubbles

From January to December 2017, the price of Bitcoin rose from $1,000 to $20,000. Experts predicted $100,000 price for Bitcoin, and investors took loans to buy Bitcoin and traded cars for ASIC miners. In 2018, Bitcoin’s price fell to $4,000. Some users lost their savings, and some went into debt.

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ForkLog 12 27.11.2020

NFT as a New Class of Virtual Assets: Prospects (Part Two)

ForkLog publishes the third part of Dmitry Bondar's series on non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as a new class of virtual assets. The first part introduced the NFT market, the second discussed the deep kinship between cryptocurrencies and collectibles, the third examines the prospects for NFTs.

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ForkLog 7 26.11.2020

NFT as a New Class of Virtual Assets: Prospects (Part I)

ForkLog publishes the third part of Dmitry Bondar's series on non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as a new class of virtual assets. The first part is an introduction to the NFT market, the second on the close kinship between cryptocurrencies and collectibles, the third on the prospects for NFTs.

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ForkLog 17 24.11.2020

Why Bitcoin Is Rising: Fundamental Drivers, Opinions, and Forecasts

The year 2020 proved not only tumultuous but also extraordinarily successful for bitcoin investors. Fueled by global uncertainty, turbulence in financial markets and currency devaluations, the price of the world’s first cryptocurrency approached December 2017 levels.

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