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Krzysztof Shpak 1584 23.05.2020

Binance and Coinbase Accused of Insider Trade (Again)

Binance and Coinbase, two large crypto exchanges, were accused of facilitating insider trade on Twitter by a researcher from The Block and the CEO of Canadian exchange BullBitcoin. Both exchanges recently listed small-time altcoins that saw a significant price increase days before the official announcement.

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Krzysztof Shpak 494 20.05.2020

Google to Fight Online Ads That Use Built-In Crypto Mining Scripts

Tech giant Google has begun combating resource-heavy web ads, such as those that mine cryptocurrency, and is planning to launch a dedicated feature on the Chrome browser by the end of summer.

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Krzysztof Shpak 905 14.05.2020

Cryptocurrency Documentary Review: Should You Watch It and Why

Writing about crypto-themed documentaries is a relatively rare occasion. Most of them, however, obviously focus on Bitcoin, which is arguably the easiest target for research. Still, if you compare the number of documentaries on Bitcoin with the number of documentaries on the Nazis, it will become very clear that even 80 years later the ominous […]

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Krzysztof Shpak 1287 13.05.2020

Baking Bad Founder: How My Team Won Development Grant From Tezos Foundation

In recent years, the blockchain industry has gained increased popularity among developers, with some of them involved in the work on already existing ecosystems. Among a great number of development teams, just a few can claim financial independence, while others start wondering how to attract financial resources.

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Krzysztof Shpak 443 27.04.2020

Government Blockchain Consultant: Smart City Comes After Smart Citizens

Technologies are constantly changing modern society. Back in the day, VCRs disrupted home entertainment. Sometime later, social media disrupted news networks and communication. But once in a while, technologies bring about tectonic shifts in all areas of life at once.

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Krzysztof Shpak 1096 24.04.2020

CoinJanitor: The Shitcoins’ Highlander out to Kill All Your Shitcoins

Shitcoins, the inglorious remnants of the golden age of crypto, they continue wandering aimlessly like redundant post-apocalyptic robots in a world where they no longer have a purpose or an excuse to exist. They are the bane of every Bitcoin maximalist and a sore on the once pristine body of blockchain tech.

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Krzysztof Shpak 952 17.04.2020

YouTube Strikes Again: Tone Vays’ Channel Deleted and Restored Overnight

Yesterday, Tone Vays had his channel instantly deleted by team YouTube. Crypto media attributed this move to Google’s continued purge of crypto-related channels. Today, after an uproar on social media, Tone’s channel was restored.

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Krzysztof Shpak 536 07.04.2020

U.S. Is Almost Compliant With FATF Recommendations on Crypto

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) issued a report on the level of compliance with its recommendations in the U.S. It turned out, the country isn’t following the crypto-related recommendations exactly to the letter.

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Krzysztof Shpak 1017 05.04.2020

Peter McCormack on Silk Road and Bitcoin: as a Cocaine User—It Was Brilliant

As governments and law enforcement agencies love to remind us, Bitcoin, just like everyday paper cash, does have a darker side. Many people entered crypto through shady deals and darknet markets. Yet some managed to get their lives in order and realized that Bitcoin was just so much more than darknet cash.

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Krzysztof Shpak 435 30.03.2020

Trump vs Maduro: What Does Crypto Have to Do With It?

U.S. authorities have indicted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro for involvement in drug trafficking. Allegedly, the drug cartel led by Maduro used cryptocurrencies for money laundering purposes.

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Krzysztof Shpak 1051 27.03.2020

Black Thursday for DeFi: Wounds to Lick and Lessons to Learn

The market crash of March 12th presented the DeFi sector with a real trial. Even the DeFi flagship MakerDAO couldn’t withstand the crisis losing $8 million to unscrupulous network participants during what is now known as Black Thursday. Yet, it’s not the only recent problem of the DeFi sector.

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Krzysztof Shpak 499 26.03.2020

Stepan Gershuni: You Will Be Able to Buy Something With Bitcoin, Not so Sure About Other Currencies

When the quarantine is over and there are people in the streets and shops once again, we may see a world that isn’t the same as the one before. On the one hand, many people and organizations will learn new tools and ways to work remotely. On the other hand, the world economy will take […]

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