Preventing Crypto Terrorism Financing From Spreading

[ad_1] One of the biggest threats of our time is terrorism. This plague upon the modern world comes in many shapes and forms. Crypto terrorism is something relatively new and it’s something which should be looked at very seriously. Some people believe that governments and government agencies are funding terrorist organizations around the globe. Whether or not you share these believes is not important. These organizations are enemies of humanity and whatever a person’s views on the government are, the main priority should be wiping them off the face of…

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Piracy Will Cost Billions to the TV and Music Industries

[ad_1] With the evolution of the Internet, piracy has become increasingly more sophisticated. It’s biggest victims however, are probably music artists and actors. In the last year’s forecast of Digital TV Research, it’s mentioned that the TV series and film could reach a revenue loss of over $50 billion by 2022. This is all attributed to online piracy and those rough estimations do not include sports, pay-per-view and other forms of media content. The real number would be quite higher. If we’re looking at the scale of worldwide blockchain adoption,…

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CoinStaker 2020 Prediction – Is Binance Coin Rise Sustainable in the Long Run?

[ad_1] The entire crypto community is buzzing about Binance and Binance Coin. As one of the biggest cryptocurrency platforms in the world right now, Binance is at its peak. However, not everyone would agree – some say that this is just the beginning of the Malta-based platform. When the official reports published the fact that Binance Coin toppled Bitcoin on a global scale, the entire community of cryptocurrency users was aghast. What’s the secret of the new top-performing cryptocurrency and can we expect to see this trend maintain in the…

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SpankChain and Blockchain Tech: Freedom of Self-Expression

[ad_1] SpankChain is not your typical startup. It’s actually centered around porn and it managed to raise $6 million for its ICO back in 2017. Maybe not being a typical startup or ICO is just what SpankChain needs to make it nowadays. SpankChain has managed to differentiate itself from its ICO and actually deliver a stable, usable platform for many users. Since the site launched in April to late October, it has paid over $70 000 to over 30 camgirls. Some of the camgirls are actually making more on SpankChain…

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6 Questions for Joe DiPasquale of BitBull Capital – Cointelegraph Magazine

[ad_1] We ask the buidlers in the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector for their thoughts on the industry… and throw in a few random zingers to keep them on their toes!   This week, our 6 Questions go to Joe DiPasquale, CEO of BitBull Capital — a company that manages a bundle of crypto hedge funds and has access to closed and exclusive funds. Joe DiPasquale is CEO of BitBull Capital, which has managed crypto hedge funds since 2017. Joe founded BitBull because he believes in active management in crypto investments.…

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How Europe’s new AML regulation will affect crypto

[ad_1] According to recent media reports, six European countries, led by Germany, are working on launching an Anti-Money Laundering (AML) body that will include the cryptocurrency market in its purview. Details remain scarce, but it is known that the initiative involves Germany, Spain, Austria, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. The group is working on “the remit and design” of a new international AML watchdog force that will have a particular emphasis on crypto, and the European Commission — the key executive institution of the European Union — will be the…

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From millionaire at 16 to incredible IoT inventor – Cointelegraph Magazine

[ad_1] A self-made millionaire by 16, Jonathan Manzi is no ordinary entrepreneur. Now 31, the past 15 years have seen him start an energy drink business but shutter it once he realized that there wasn‘t enough of the required kava-plant ingredient in the world to feed his ambitions of competing against Gatorade. Becoming the youngest bar owner in San Francisco at 22, Manzi went on to create a robotic FedEx-like printing office with his company INK and later launch Beyond Protocol, a blockchain that styles itself as the “internet” for…

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How blockchain contributes to the fight against COVID-19

[ad_1] On Jan. 30, the South China Morning Post reported that one of the largest Asian pharmaceutical companies, Zuellig, had launched a blockchain-based system to track the quality of COVID-19 vaccines. Called “eZTracker,” it allows any user to “instantly verify the provenance and authenticity” of vaccines by scanning the QR code on the package. Somewhat surprisingly, throughout the pandemic, there have not been many reports of blockchain-based products adopted by big pharma or global healthcare organizations to bolster the anti-COVID effort. Here is a rundown of the major cases of…

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The outlook of El Salvador’s crypto mining industry

[ad_1] El Salvador, the first nation to adopt Bitcoin (BTC) as legal tender, has recently announced the relaunch of its wallet app Chivo, which is supposed to patch the previous version’s stability and scalability issues. The update is welcomed news for the Central American country’s crypto experiment, which faced some hurdles and harsh criticism over the last few months. While much of the observers’ attention has been focused on aspects such as retail adoption of crypto and geopolitical implications of Bitcoin’s legal status in El Salvador, the progress of the…

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Making sense of the Bitfinex Bitcoin billions

[ad_1] It’s the Netflix script that wrote itself. A story so outlandish, it’s stunned the crypto community; an industry accustomed to apparent suicides in Spanish jail cells and nonfungible token auctions for dead rappers. The plot involves the United States Department of Justice (DoJ), a crypto exchange with a checkered history, a rapper-cum-Forbes magazine writer, a voucher to buy a new PlayStation, an occasional magician and $4 billion worth of Bitcoin (BTC). The alleged Bitfinex hack money launderers have kept the internet enraptured since the larger-than-life story emerged last week.…

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