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Rise of Cryptocurrencies Could Curb American Power

Nicholas Ross Smith, Assistant Professor of International Studies, University of Nottingham and Zbigniew Dumieński, PhD Candidate in Political EconomyThere has been a lot of talk in foreign policy circles of the coming post-American world – in which the international system will...

, by Nicholas Ross Smith

Monero Not as Private as Previously Thought

Monero's privacy algorithm has a potential vulnerability that makes it possible for researchers to be able to trace around 80% of Monero transactions, a recent paper states. This is a significant hit on the deep web’s favored privacy coin that claims to offer untraceable transactions that are...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Crypto Job Popularity on the Decline, Blockchain Still Wanted

Interest in cryptocurrency-related jobs has declined in parallel with a slump in crypto prices, according to employment search engine Indeed.com. Blockchain, however, remains as attractive to job seekers as before.According to a new report released Wednesday, crypto-related searches on the site...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Bitcoin Bull Makes a Case for HODLing

“Buy the dip and HODL,” said Bitcoin bull Thomas Lee, head of research at Fundstrat Global Advisor, on CNBC’s post-market show "Fast Money" on Wednesday.“The mood in crypto is terrible right now,” the esteemed Wall Street analyst said. “Long-time holders are...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Ford Awarded Patent for Car-to-Car Crypto Transactions

Ford was awarded a new patent that suggests the automaker is considering using crypto in vehicle communication as a way to reduce traffic. The patent, published Tuesday, is titled “Vehicle-to-vehicle cooperation to marshal traffic” and was filed back in September 2016. Its main focus is...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Bitcoin Puzzles: A New Rewarding Pastime

Puzzles have always been a popular pastime with many, in all their different iterations. Now fans of both crypto and puzzles get the best of both worlds with crypto puzzles. Solving the puzzle gives you the key to the wallet with the reward, to be claimed by the fastest brain in the race.On Friday,...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Why Accountants of the Future Will Need to Speak Crypto

Anwar Halari, The Open UniversityIf you haven’t already heard of Bitcoin, you either haven’t been paying attention or you’re a time traveller who just touched down in 2018. Because by now, most of us will have heard of Bitcoin and some of us have even jumped on the bandwagon,...

, by Anwar Halari

Russians Helped Venezuela Launch Petro, Report Says

Russian government officials and businessmen were supporting Venezuela in their effort to create their own, state-backed cryptocurrency, Time Magazine reported Tuesday.Citing sources familiar with the matter, they write that the petro was in fact a collaboration between Venezuelan and Russian...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

The New Head of China’s Central Bank Might Show More Love for Crypto

A new governor was unexpectedly appointed to the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) on March 19. It is speculated that he could soften the bank’s stance on cryptocurrency, given that he has already spoken in favor of it before.Yi Gang, whose appointment is seen as “pointing to...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

The Two Faces of Crypto Elitism

Whenever a new idea, invention, or any area of human interest surfaces, elitism does as well. It is regarded as a way to discriminate based on the idea that one’s group is somehow above others. It could be argued that this competitiveness and desire to be better than others is part of human...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Report: Twitter May Start Banning Crypto Ads in Two Weeks

Only a few short days after we reported on the dilemma Twitter’s Jack Dorsey finds himself in, it would seem Twitter is taking the necessary steps to ensuring their users have a scam-free environment by banning crypto-related ads.The social media platform may prohibit advertisements for...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Google Trends: How Is Crypto Holding Up?

-What’s the best search engine in the world? Google? Yahoo? Bing? -Hold on, let me google that for you…Since Google is synonymous with search engine, checking Google Trends to see how interested people are in crypto is a failsafe way to get a pretty good picture. I mean, it’s not...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

The Pros and Cons of Google Crypto-Ad Ban

Experts are confident that the lifting of the ad bans will one day happen.It's now official: Google confirmed report by Cryptonews.com that it is set to ban cryptocurrency ads and join Facebook and Twitter in their bids to crack down on crypto-related scams and "misleading practices." We spoke to...

, by Simon Chandler

Market Talk: the Bad and the Good About Crypto

It’s been almost exactly three months since the prices skyrocketed and sent investors and noobs alike into a FOMO (fear of missing out) frenzy. Now that everything has calmed down, what is the general consensus on cryptocurrency?The short answer seems to be: confusion. Negative reviews are...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Twitter’s Jack Dorsey in a Dilemma After Google Crypto-Ad Ban

After Google officially joined Facebook in an internet-wide crackdown on crypto-related ads, the CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, may feel compelled to do the same. It would be a much simpler decision were he not the CEO of a financial services company which is eyeing crypto-investments after beginning...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Playboy to Play Crypto Card

Playboy Enterprises, an adult lifestyle and entertainment company, announced that they would be developing and integrating an online payment system that will support a wide range of cryptocurrencies. These will be used to pay for accessing adult content, exclusives, and augmented reality (AR) and...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

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