Meanwhile in Asia: Cryptotechnologies and EconomiesCryptoeconomy becomes more and more entwined with the traditional one. Beginning as a crypto-anarchist utopia, the ecosystem keeps on evolving, and currently it starts influencing what happens in the big financial world. In this brief overview, we’ll attempt to show how it happens in Asia.
Cryptospace News Digest, June 5 – 12Bitcoin heading to the Moon, raging bitcoin extortionists, good news from Russia and Ethereum expansion — all main events of the cryptoindustry in the week’s overview. Bitcoin Price For the first time in two years, bitcoin price has surpassed the $600 mark. Last Saturday, bitcoin’s market cap has reached $9 billion, and Sunday the exchange […]
Bitcoin Minimalism: Counterparty to Talk with Bitcoin in EthereishJune 8, Ruben De Vries, one of developers of decentralized finance tools platform Counterparty has announced that testing the company’s new protocol for smart contracts, EVMParty, has successfully kicked off.
The Cryptocurrency Roundtable in the Russian Parliament: Results and Possible ConsequencesOn June 2, the Russian parliament held a roundtable, or a conference, titled Perspectives of Implementation and Development of Blockchain Technology in Russia.
RosFinMonitoring: Bitcoin and Blockchain Have to Be Legally RegulatedDeputy director of Russia’s Federal Service for Financial Monitoring Pavel Livadny deems it necessary to introduce a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology as a federal law. Speaking at a conference on cryptocurrencies held today in the country’s parliament, he said: “The system is based on trust. No legal mechanisms for protection of data […]
Russian Internet Ombudsman Calls Bitcoin Banning Attempts ‘Downright Ludicrous’According to Dmitry Marinichev, Russia’s Internet ombudsman, the government’s attempts to interfere in the development of blockchain technology, and to ban bitcoins, are totally meaningless.
Russia Postpones Consideration of Bitcoin Banning Bill until Late 2016Russian ministry of finance in cooperation with other departments is preparing yet another revision of a bill banning issuance and turnover of Bitcoin in Russia. Now, the document is expected to come to the Parliament by the end of 2016, as opposed to earlier schedule suggesting the bill will be reviewed as early as this […]
Cryptospace News Digest, May 22 – 29This week’s ForkLog overview features new price records of Bitcoin, the launch of Lisk and the completion of The DAO’s crowdsale, new announcements from Russian officials as to cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology, and some results of the recent Fintech Week Kyiv. Bitcoin Price This week, Bitcoin broke 2016 price record surpassing $500 for a short […]