Zoran Spirkovski

Zoran Spirkovski is a freelance journalist, brand strategist, and author published by CryptoBriefing, BeInCrypto, CryptoNewsNet, and NewsBlockchain. He writes about blockchain technology, cryptocurrency, branding, marketing, and productivity, and other stories that brew up in his mind.
He writes a daily blog about the same topics at zoransp.medium.com and he regularly contributes to freelance discussion groups.

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French Authorities Break the 60% Tax for Small Cryptocurrency Profits

After establishing new rules and regulations for banks and fintech companies allowing them to trade unlisted securities using the blockchain, the French Council of State decided that cryptocurrency trading profits are under too much pressure, and has already taken the necessary action to alleviate the taxes. Unbeknown to us, for an unspecified period of time and based…

May 7, 20180Comments

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Reddit Wants to Enable More Crypto Payments

On May 2nd, Cheddar, an innovative on-demand cable network, talked with Reddit CEO Christopher Slowe at the North American tech conference "Collision." While short, the interview is information-packed and useful to understand the planned changes on Reddit concerning cryptocurrency payments and acceptance, as well as the knowledge behind what led Reddit to cancel Bitcoin payments…

May 5, 20180Comments

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NASDAQ Considers to Become a Crypto Exchange

NASDAQ, the largest stock market in the world, came out to CNBC for an interview a couple of days ago, saying they are strongly considering becoming a full-fledged crypto exchange. They are planning on undertaking this move following the maturity and movements of the market. The expectation is to have them start with the most popular…

May 1, 20180Comments

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Next-generation VPN “Hidester” ensures total privacy by accepting crypto subscriptions

For a long time, the largest group of people interested in cryptocurrency was one of the privacy-conscious people. They still make a significant portion of the entire crypto userbase, but the markets have been flooding with people that are newcomers, only starting to participate following huge market movements. If you are a part of this privacy-conscious group,…

April 24, 20180Comments

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Chinese Company Insures Chicken Meat with Blockchain

ZhongAn Technology is the tech innovator / developer of Chinese insurance technology. ZhongAn Online , the only online insurance company in China, is set to revolutionize the chicken supply and quality control industry of about five billion chickens consumed every year, by implementing a blockchain system to streamline quality control. ZhongAn Tech started developing a…

April 22, 20180Comments

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Will Switzerland Become the Crypto-Nation by 2020?

Switzerland has always been seen as the center of the world’s wealth management industry with a secure and reliable bank system and practices. It is not surprising that it is also one of the first economically developed countries to take a pragmatic approach to digital currencies and its development by straightforwardly acknowledging its potential to…

April 18, 20180Comments

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Lympo – Monetizing sports and health data via blockchain technology

Every day we are experiencing a lot of different ideas popping up in cryptocurrency and blockchain, but rarely do we see a product/service that has something to do with health. Today is going to be different because you will discover a completely new and revolutionary vision that will improve the lives of many. Imagine a platform…

April 4, 20180Comments

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Counterparty & the Proof of Burn Mechanism

We are used to thinking about "proof-of-work" and "proof-of-stake" as the optimal method for blockchain consensus mechanisms, but there are other ways that blockchain implementations deal with the confirmation and double spending issues. Specifically, in this article, we are going to explore how "Proof of Burn" (PoB) is working out for a cryptocurrency called Counterparty (XCP).…

March 22, 20180Comments

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Redefining Digital Marketing with Basic Attention Token

When it comes to digital marketing in today’s market, there are several companies like Google or Facebook that dominate the advertising space. It is a $1 billion dollar industry that consists of advertisers, publishers, and users. Over the years, digital marketing has grown to an opaque and inefficient marketplace that has many downsides. When you…

March 21, 20180Comments

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Strength in Numbers: a Brief History of 51% Attacks

Ever since the first decentralized blockchain-based cryptocurrency (Bitcoin), there have been attempts at a network takeover, termed a "51% attack." These occur when an individual or group of miners controls more than 50% of the networks hashing power, enabling them to create a fork of the blockchain that is constructed faster than the original. By…

March 18, 20180Comments

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