Bitcoin’s energy consumption ‘equals that of Switzerland’
Bitcoin uses as much energy as Switzerland, a new online tool from the University of Cambridge shows. The tool makes it easier to see how the crypto-currency network’s energy usage…
The SEC Just Released Its Long-Awaited Crypto Token Guidance
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has published fresh regulatory guidance for token issuers, nearly half a year in the making. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has published…
Swiss Federal Assembly Approves Instructions on Cryptocurrency Regulation
Switzerland’s Federal Assembly has approved proposals to instruct lawmakers on cryptocurrency regulation. The legislative body of the Swiss government, the Federal Assembly, has approved a motion to instruct the Federal…
New bipartisan legislation defines digital tokens and paves the way for pro-innovation policy.
Today the bipartisan Token Taxonomy Act (H.R. 7356) was introduced by Reps. Warren Davidson (R-OH) and Darren Soto (D-FL). The Blockchain Association applauds this pro-innovation legislation, providing much-needed regulatory certainty…
Why digital tokens are the foundation for a new Internet
The US has always been and must continue to be, at the forefront of digital innovation. However, regulatory uncertainty is standing in the way of innovation regarding public blockchain technology…
Durov Brothers File Telegram And TON With SEC, Report $850 Million Already Raised
Telegram’s creators have filed with the US SEC for an exempt offering of securities, reporting $850 mln raised from 81 investors for Telegram and the TON platform. Telegram creators Pavel…
Bitcoin, titcoin, ponzicoin: jokes and scams fuel a cryptocurrency gold rush
Early last month, the San Francisco-based software developer Rishab Hegde launched a cryptocurrency called ponzicoin. Its website described “the world’s first legitimate Ponzi scheme” and encouraged people to buy and…
Disclosure of a Major Bug in CryptoNote Based Currencies
Overview In Monero, it has been discovered and patched a critical bug that affects all CryptoNote-based cryptocurrencies and allows for the creation of an unlimited number of coins in a…
Diffie & Hellman Receive the 2015 Turing Award
Last week, the Association for Computing Machinery named Whitfield Diffie and Martin E. Hellman recipients of the 2015 Turing Award. They have been honored with this prestigious award for their…
Meet Alice & Bob: The Foundation of Bitcoin’s Cryptography
The Bitcoin network has a consensus of cipher-based agreements between all the actors involved. The consensus is that two people or more are highly involved in the process of the…