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Substratum’s Dark Side of the Moon

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Substratum is a project aiming to power the decentralized web by allowing free and equal internet access to users around the globe. The project promises to allow anyone to host a node and receive Substrate in return for contributing to the network. Currently the product is in closed-beta allowing only a select few participants, supposedly … Read more

Korean Regulators Launch Investigations of Bithumb and Coinone Crypto Exchanges

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The South Korean regulators have started investigating two major cryptocurrency exchanges. The country’s National Tax Service has conducted an on-site investigation of Bithumb and Coinone. In addition, Coinone is also being investigated by the Korean police for allegedly offering illegal gambling services to investors. Also read: South Korea Urges 23 Countries, EU, and IMF to Collaborate … Read more

SEC Suspends Trading in Blockchain Firm With No Revenues and No Product

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Financial regulators around the world seem to finally notice that some companies are trying to capitalize on the insatiable appetite for everything crypto by claiming a link to blockchain. Trading in the stocks of one such alleged company has now been stopped by the SEC. Also Read: Peak Blockchain Hype? Firm With No Revenues and … Read more

Bitcoin Becomes A Trendy Way to Buy New Homes

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While some people still feel hesitant to accept cryptocurrencies, we see an increasing trend in the real estate markets. Over the last few months the number of sales of houses and land properties conducted in bitcoin have risen considerably. Also Read: Fantasy Market Porn Coin CEO Ghosts, ICO Folds, Investors Lose A New Way of Transferring … Read more

Malaysia Issues Cease and Desist Order to Copycash ICO

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The Malaysian financial regulator has issued an order to the team behind an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) to halt any operations in the country. This is just another example of how authorities in different regions are trying to limit access to ICOs from the investing public under their jurisdictions. Also Read: New Monero Mining Malware … Read more

VPN Provider Now Accepts Lightning Network Payments

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During the first week of the new year, many cryptocurrency enthusiasts have been talking about the Lightning Network (LN). So far the protocol has surpassed 610 nodes and 1882 channels while many bitcoiners, businesses, and developers have tried the technology on both testnet and mainnet. This week the virtual private network (VPN) service Torguard initiated … Read more