The BitcoinCash network is undergoing regular updates through forks, the next of which was scheduled for November 15th. With different, incompatible directions suggested by the teams around Bitcoin ABC and Bitcoin SV, a network split is likely to happen at this date. The proposed hardfork from Bitcoin ABC ("BCHABC") includes a change to canonical transaction…

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As cryptocurrency adoption and blockchain development grows, states across the globe continue to explore the idea of issuing 'national cryptocurrencies.' This concept is fiercely debated, with various nations taking different approaches to the subject. The results are an emerging patchwork of various policies and projects, which serves to demonstrate the tremendous challenge central banks are…

The move into real world applications is the next step for blockchain systems, and hundreds of companies across the globe are making plans to adopt the technology. Product manufacturers are expected to be among the earliest adopters because of the protection blockchain can provide against counterfeiting. In fact, the first steps have begun in the…

The November 5 deadline set by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in relation to public comments on nine Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) proposals has passed with the Commission now focused on ending their review process and coming to a final decision. Under Review The SEC had originally rejected the proposals back in August citing…

Welcome back to our weekly series where we cover the most important news that happened in the blockchain world. This article goes from October 30th all the way to November 7th, so a couple of days longer than usual. A lot of important events happened this past week, so let's get right to the point. October 30th…

Blockchain started laying its name as a technology of choice when institutional money started coming. But beyond this, blockchain-based companies are now investing in and acquiring mainstream companies and giving these companies a touch of the decentralized world. The new one on the block to be acquired by a blockchain company is Planetary Resources, a…

The year 2018 was marked by boom in popularity of the blockchain technology. In a brief time thousands of startups have gathered billions of dollars for developing decentralized applications (dapps) that promise to bring disruptive changes in all fields of the economy. But the disruptive potential of the new technology goes far further into the areas of political…

A long standing dispute within the Bitcoin Cash community has failed to reach a compromise, setting the fourth most valuable cryptocurrency up for a contested hard fork, which is due to take place on the 15th of this month. This latest development is a setback for Bitcoin Cash, as it reflects the difficulties the crypto…

GoodDollar experiment to research how to reduce wealth inequality using blockchain GoodDollar is an open source community project eToro announces $1m in funding and calls for more ‘brains, ambassadors and funders’ to join the experiment Global, multi-asset, investment platform eToro today announces the launch of the GoodDollar experiment with $1 million in funding…