Zoran Spirkovski

Based in North Macedonia, Zoran Spirkovski has reported on cryptocurrency and blockchain technology since 2016. As Chief Editor and Owner of Crypto-News.Net, he directs the publication's editorial strategy and operations. His freelance work has appeared in CoinSpeaker, BeInCrypto, and Crypto Briefing.
He specializes in regulatory coverage of digital assets, with particular focus on stablecoin policy and blockchain infrastructure development. His approach centers on making technical blockchain developments accessible to both industry professionals and general readers. Zoran holds cryptocurrency assets and has previous marketing experience in the crypto sector. He maintains editorial independence by enforcing clear boundaries between his publication ownership and freelance journalism. He reports in English and Macedonian.

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Truth Behind the News: Bitcoin’s Supposed 51% Attack

On the 26th of June Crypto Briefing, Bitcoininst, CryptoVest, Smartereum, LiveBitcoinNews and CryptoCoinNews all reported on the Bitmain-owned pools Antpool & BTC.com reaching close to 51% of Bitcoin's total hashpower together. What they failed to consider is the fact that the company does not own the majority of the miners participating in the pools, but rather just supports them with infrastructure…

June 27, 20180Comments

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Bitcoin Fans in Kiev Set to Create Statue of Satoshi Nakamoto

Satoshi Nakamoto is set to receive a "digital statue" in the capital of Ukraine, Kiev. The creator of the world's first decentralized cryptocurrency Bitcoin will replace what used to be a statue of Vladimir Lenin. During the Ukraine civil unrest in 2013/14, Lenin's statue was toppled and has remained this way since, but this is soon…

June 24, 20180Comments

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Bithumb Says They Lost $30 mil. Worth of Crypto

On June 20th, at about 3 am UTC, Bithumb announced a notice for Twitter subscribers explaining that the reason behind the suspension of deposit and withdrawals is because they noticed $30 mil to be missing from the exchange. They assured everyone that Bithumb would cover all expenses and affected users will be fully refunded. Then this tweet…

June 20, 20180Comments

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Blockchain Game Launched by Chinese Search Engine Baidu

Baidu is an international tech company based in China. It was established in January 2000 and currently it is the second largest search engine after Google. The company announced this week that they are launching a space game operating on a blockchain. The game is called “ Du Yuzhou ” which translated means “The Universe”…

June 20, 20180Comments

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South Korean Crypto Exchange “Coinrail” Hacked for $40 mil

For what is the second time this year, the Asian crypto markets have been hurt by hackers. "Coinrail," a major crypto exchange in South Korea, and one of the top 100 crypto exchange companies in the world temporarily lost control over $40 mil worth of crypto. The hack which was said to have happened in…

June 18, 20180Comments

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Coinmint To Invest $700 Million in Former NY Aluminium Plant

Coinmint has reached an agreement with the local authorities of Upstate New York’s Massena country. The New York Power Authority (NYPA) decided to support an initiative by NCDC, the Coinmint subsidiary North County Data Center, to open a bitcoin mining facility in the premises of the old aluminum smelting plant known as the Alcoa East Facility.…

June 17, 20180Comments

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Mastercard Patents Blockchain-Based Payment Verification

Mastercard has submitted a patent application to the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) for a system that is authenticating cards at the point of sale (POS) using blockchain technology. The company has always been outspoken about numerous flaws of traditional payment services and security platforms stating those are prone to breaches, error, and manipulation.…

June 16, 20180Comments

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Swiss “Crypto-Valley” Set to Test Blockchain Voting

Residents of the city of Zug in Switzerland will be participating in a blockchain trial voting process [1] set to take place from June 25th to July 1st, 2018. The city, often referred to as "Crypto-Valley", has been a major hub of blockchain technology and will be testing this kind of voting process for the…

June 15, 20180Comments

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Ethereum Sharding & Casper

On the 8th of May, a planned improvement to the Ethereum network is being released by the developers. This upgrade is a new and improved version of Casper , the Hybrid Friendly Finality Gadget. This update intends to move the network away from mining-related issues as was becoming increasingly frequent with the old implementation.…

June 13, 20180Comments

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The Blockchain Security Debate

Recently, a massive wave of articles has been discussing the question whether Bitcoin was using too much electricity to be sustainable. Since Bitcoin's Proof-of-Work does use a great amount of power, questions arise if it is still the best and safest solution to secure a blockchain network? This article searches for the answer from…

June 10, 20180Comments

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