Month: November 2017

It’s unusual for panels to get heated, but that’s just what happened during a discussion on securities law and the Simple Agreement for Future Tokens (SAFT) on Tuesday. Called “Structuring Legally Compliant Token Sales,” the panel took place at the Cardozo School of Law, at Yeshiva University in Manhattan. There, much of the conversation centered on the SAFT white paper introduced by Cooley LLP attorney Marco Santori and Protocol Labs, as well as critiques leveled yesterday at that model by the Read more …

Dr. Pavel Kravchenko holds a PhD in technical sciences and is the founder of Distributed Lab. In this opinion piece, the second of two parts, he describes the obstacles that must be overcome before blockchain technology can deliver on the promise of tokenization. In my previous post, I described the potential benefits of tokenizing assets. Right now there are two major problems standing in the way of this transformation. The first relates to the most obvious benefit: potential access to Read more …

Featured International bankers are daily confronted with an eight hundred pound gorilla hogging every conversation, bitcoin. Sberbank’s Herman Gref is begrudgingly accepting of cryptocurrencies in a region openly hostile; Deutsche Bank is dismissive, UBS is cautious, Swiss National Bank is worried, and the European Central Bank views bitcoin as not impactful. Whatever their statements, they’re no longer claiming ignorance.  Also read: Sberbank Apologizes for Buying Nearly All Graphics Cards on the Russian Market Bankers’ Heavy Sigh “Virtual currencies,” Russian banker Herman Read more …

Get Trading Recommendations and Read Analysis on Hacked.com for just $39 per month. Shinhan, the second largest commercial bank in South Korea by market valuation and consumer base, has initiated the testing phase of its bitcoin vault and wallet services. Why a Major South Korean Bank Decided to Launch a Bitcoin Vault and Wallet Platform A representative of Shinhan Bank told Naver News, a media outlet operated by South Korea’s most widely used search engine, that the bank has come Read more …

  The top two cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, bitcoin and ether, have continued their respective rallies, setting fresh record highs today. Soon before press time, the price of 1 BTC had set a new record of $8,470.73. Having traded more or less sideways since Monday, prices started to lift at 07:00 UTC, setting the new all-time high at 09:43. according to CoinDesk’s Bitcoin Price Index. Bitcoin started the session today at $8,201, and is up 2.85 percent for the session. Read more …

This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material. Bitcoin.com does not endorse nor support this product/service. Bitcoin.com is not responsible for or liable for any content, accuracy or quality within the press release. Storiqa is starting to expand new trend in e-commerce worldwide. The most interesting things are only beginning 28 of November is a special day, which most probably will change the world of digital commerce. This Read more …

Undoubtedly, NEM buy demand is up after that close above the minor wedge but this is not the only alt coin moving up. NEO and alt coin IOTA recovery is helping boost the alt coin market cap. With BTC topping, their near alternative DASH and Monero will be pumped as we have seen throughout the course of the week. Let’s look at the charts: NEM BUY DEMAND IS HIGH AS PRICES MOVE CLOSER TO $0.24 XEMUSD 4HR Chart for November Read more …

Token Generation Event confirmed to begin on December 5th 2017 Demo-prototype of the platform and first-net announced at event in Zurich Recently published white paper reveals further details of the platform’s functionality SophiaTX, the first open-source platform to integrate blockchain with SAP and other ERP, CRM and SCM systems, has confirmed that it’s Token Generation Event (TGE) will begin on December 5th, 2017. The company has also unveiled a working Proof of Concept and recently published a white paper revealing Read more …

Get Trading Recommendations and Read Analysis on Hacked.com for just $39 per month. Earlier this week, CCN reported that the Supreme Court of India request the central bank and the authorities to provide clarity on the regulatory framework surrounding bitcoin and the cryptocurrency market. “According to Indian news daily The Hindu, three justices from India’s Supreme Court – the highest court in the country – have issued notices to the Finance, Law and Justice and Information Technology ministries, as well Read more …

Interview This week Liu Changyong, dubbed the ‘BCH think tank’ by the bitcoin gold (BTG) creator, Jack Liao, started a Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Ask Me Anything (AMA) thread at 8btc forum to explain why he thought Bitcoin’s (BTC) roadmap is wrong, and why he switched to support BCH. Mr. Liu holds a PhD in economics from Peking University. He started studying bitcoin’s economic problems in 2013, and is a top ten writer at the 8btc forum. The AMA Read more …