Housing minister pushes for blockchain integration into UK gov’t
Eddie Hughes wants all government departments to come up with a plan to use blockchain and other emerging tech to reach 1% efficiency savings.
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Int’l alliance J5 formed to battle crypto tax crime, money laundering
The U.S., Australia, Canada, Netherlands, UK have formed allegiance to trade and share intel on crypto-tax crime and collaborate on investigations.
Ethereum fees spike as FCoin listing competition clogs network
Ethereum gas prices (transaction fees) have been seen spiking up from its usual $0.01 to around $0.8. The fees have gone down to around $0.5 as of last check.
Japanese economist says Bitcoin futures killed 2017 bull run—and any other bull runs in the future
The launch of Cboe and CME’s bitcoin futures trading market killed BTC’s bull run and caused the subsequent bear market this year that continues to this day, according to economist Yukio Noguchi.
UK Food Standard Agency completes meat inspection blockchain pilot
The program, initially implemented on a cattle slaughterhouse, will be extended to other farmers and individual animals later.
India’s high court refuses to suspend RBI’s crypto banking ban
Banks will be banned from engaging in cryptocurrency-related companies starting July 5, 15 days before the Supreme Court hearing on whether the ban is unconstitutional.
Kraken slings back market manipulation claims on Bloomberg
After being accused of manipulation, Kraken turned the table on Bloomberg, saying their FUD article was suspiciously released on the end of the Q2 for trading—when several futures contracts expire.
CoinEx overtakes Binance in global trade volume
The exchange’s volume spiked up from $5 million to a whopping $1.24 billion within 24 hours.
Jonald Fyookball: SegWit dismantles one of Bitcoin’s primary security mechanisms
As problems with the Lightning Network and the risks of Segregated Witness continue to surface, Jonald Fyookball questions Bitcoin Core development team’s “interesting contradictions.”
Is the future of cryptocurrency exchanges in space?
SpaceBelt, a global satellite network for securing highly sensitive data in space, aims to build the information ultra-highway and eradicate hacking threats by taking data storage up into a terrain completely untested by today’s hackers.
BTC loses another major company: Expedia removes BTC payments from website
Global travel booking website Expedia has removed BTC from its website's payment options, marking an end to the company's four-year business relationship with the crypto coin.
Lightning Network has low success rate for routing payments, gets worse for large transactions, study finds
Despite the growth of the Lightning Network, routing payments within it is unreliable and becomes even more so as the amount of transfers increase, according to a new Diar study.