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[ad_2][ad_1] The Blockchain "venture production studio" ConsenSys has announced the acquisition of Planetary Resources, a space startup aimed at concentrating on the extraction of precious materials from asteroids, in an announcement that could establish a record for words d & # 39; order without meaning. (Please e-mail if you found …

[ad_1] Whenever someone arrives with a new representation to manage the physical world, people become suspicious. When Marco Polo returned for the first time from the East, his stories of people who used paper-based representations of money in China, not metal, were discredited as witchcraft. How can sheets of paper …

[ad_2][ad_1] This is not the "flippening" we were waiting for, the day the ether definitely exceeds bitcoin market capitalization. Bitcoin remains on top of the cryptographic rankings, but for the first time since the beginning of January, there is a new n. 2 in the city. His name is XRP. …

[ad_2][ad_1] As crypts crumble, Dogecoin rises. In recent months, Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency created in 2013 as a joke, has doubled its value. The digital token, which its creator himself continues to consider ridiculous, inexplicably claims a market capitalization of $ 740 million and an average daily volume of trade worth …

[ad_2][ad_1] Uncertainty could finally end up in the Indian cryptocurrency ecosystem. Today (11 September), the Supreme Court will begin the final hearings in the case between the virtual exchanges and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). At the end of the arguments, it will be known if the exchanges will …

[ad_2][ad_1] The general council of one of the major cryptocurrency companies in the world has left its position. Ripple has confirmed to Quartz that Brynly Llyr is no longer with the payment network and remittance. Per Llyr's LinkedIn profile has served as a general adviser to Ripple since November 2016, …

[ad_2][ad_1] It was one of those days in the global cryptocurrency market, with prices plummeting across the board. More than $ 20 billion in market capitalization of cryptographic assets were erased in a few hours: the bitcoin fell by 6%, plunging below $ 7,000, and the ether dropped 14%, approaching …

[ad_2][ad_1] The central bank of India may have avoided cryptocurrencies, but its market regulator is inclined to understand them. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has sent teams on international study trips to understand how other countries have managed virtual money, its annual report published last month said. …

[ad_2][ad_1] Kenya held one of the most expensive elections in Africa in 2017, with only the polling body using over $ 530 million to conduct polls. Accusations of hacking and hacking, voter boycotts and violence have haunted the vote, and the Supreme Court has finally canceled the presidential results in …

[ad_2][ad_1] The editor of the Communist Party daily newspaper, People & # 39; s Daily, published a guide blockchain entitled Blockchain-a Guide for Officials the state document announced at the start of this week. The book seems to have gone online (link in Chinese) last month, and is intended to …