Why Academics Love Bitcoin – and Crypto

news NASA – the National Aeronautics and Space Administration – is examining blockchain technology as a means to ensure the privacy and security of aircraft flight data. Ronald Reisman, an aero-computer engineer at NASA Ames Research Center, published a paper on Monday, suggesting that blockchain networks and smart contracts can help mitigate some security issues. Starting…

Chainalysis has hired former IRS-CI chief Jim Lee for a newly-created position liaising with regulators, tax agencies, and law enforcementLee will help those agencies better use Chainalysis’ data and tools to fight crypto crimeIn his time as IRS-CI chief, Lee helped take down darknet marketplaces Hydra and Welcome to VideoBlockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has hired

markets View Bitcoin suffered its lowest UTC close in over seven weeks on Wednesday, reinforcing the bearish view put forward by the rejection at the 50-candle moving average (MA) on the 6-hour chart yesterday. The close at multi-week lows also dashed hopes of a falling wedge breakout. The cryptocurrency also created a bearish outside reversal…

Returning to their screens following the July 4 break, U.S. traders were confronted with a historic plunge in bitcoin (BTC) that saw its price fall more than 10% from the pre-holiday level. Based on ETF data, they decided to lift the offer. According to numbers compiled by Farside Investors, U.S.-based spot bitcoin ETFs saw $143.1

Bitcoin (BTC) was holding a modest gain at $28,600 midday Thursday despite news that might have been expected to send the crypto sharply lower.The state of New York earlier today filed a lawsuit against Digital Currency Group, its subsidiary Genesis Global Capital and crypto exchange Gemini alleging fraud to the tune of more than $1

news New financial products are coming to tezos (XTZ), one of a handful major proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchains up and running today. On Thursday, crypto startup Amun AG launched the Amun Tezos exchange-traded product (ETP), tracking the tezos cryptocurrency under the XTYZ ticker on the SIX Swiss Stock Exchange, according to a statement. Zurich-based Amun’s Tezos…

(Kriangkrai Thitimakorn/Shutterstock)Why Bitcoin Bulls Are Betting on Explosive Growth in IndiaWhen India’s Supreme Court overturned the banking restrictions for crypto exchanges back in March, everything changed.  Since then, Binance joined the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), which played a key role in overturning the ban, and noted explosive growth via WazirX, the Indian…

news Social media giant Facebook, which recently revealed details of an ambitious plan to roll out a cryptocurrency called Libra, is seeking a data professional to work on the new network’s wallet data, as well as a policy specialist to help with potential regulatory hurdles. In one job description posted Monday, Facebook indicated it’s looking for…

Aug 27, 2020 at 14:39 UTCUpdated Aug 27, 2020 at 14:40 UTC(Jonathan Petersson/Unsplash)David Dias is a research engineer at Protocol Labs. He specializes in peer-to-peer networking and distributed systems. Electricity, water, gas – these are just some of the public utilities we use every day, whether for cooking food in the morning, heating homes throughout…