Russian Billionaire Interested in Industrial Scale Bitcoin MiningAccording to Forbes sources, Suleiman Kerimov, CEO of Nafta Moscow, is considering launching a massive cryptocurrency-related project.
Russian Billionaire Interested in Industrial Scale Bitcoin MiningAccording to Forbes sources, Suleiman Kerimov, CEO of Nafta Moscow, is considering launching a massive cryptocurrency-related project.
How Big Businesses Get Patent Rights on BlockchainInviolability of private property and rights thereto is one of the foundations of modern developed society. And patents are one of the ways to protect this inviolability. Big companies tend to patent any invention or technology that could bring profits without giving too much consideration to the ethical side of the things.
Russia Could Be the First Country to Pass a Cryptocurrency LawRussia may become the world’s first country to pass a cryptocurrency regulation law, according to the State Duma’s anticorruption and security committee deputy chairman Andrei Lugovoi.
SEC Takes Its Times With Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust DecisionThe US Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) wants more time to examine Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust, an exchange-traded fund (ETF) established by the Winklevoss brothers, owners of the Gemini exchange.
Lord Voldemort Offers a Bitcoin Scalability SolutionAndrew Poelstra of Blockstream has presented a new Bitcoin network scalability solution dubbed Mimblewimble on the first day of Scaling Bitcoin conference in Milan.
Trustless Banknotes: A Neoclassical Solution for Blocksize DebateBitcoin’s blocksize debate is about the technical contradiction between the speed of transactions and the network’s centralization. One of the parties, which we may conventionally dub “entrepreneurs”, is interested in the network’s scaling, while the other party, the so called “idealists”, is resisting further centralization. Each of these parties has its arguments, but is there […]
Cryptospace News Digest: September 4 – 11Bitcoin price consolidates at $625 while two websites related to cryptocurrencies are blocked Russia, ETC is added to the Jaxx wallet and DECENT content distribution network ICO is finally launched. These are just some of the news from the past week.
Russian Ministry of Finance Denounces Direct Ban of BitcoinAccording to the statement by Alexei Moiseev, Russia’s deputy minister of finance, the ministry denounces any direct ban of bitcoin.