Headlines for the world of Cryptocurrencies - December 02, 2018

Satoshi Nakamoto’s Apparent Return To Social Media

It has been years since the creator of Bitcoin has surfaced to interact in social media.

Just recently, a social media account that was created by the email [email protected] the same account that reportedly uploaded the early Bitcoin paper back in 2009 has recently updated its status with a cryptic message that says “nour.”

According to a quick Google search of the word gives a variety of meaning to it from a description of a woman that is most loving, affectionate and caring.

Extremely smart, funny, sensitive and still confused on what she wants out of life.

Another meaning would be light in Arabic or Fire in ancient Hebrew.

However many doubt if the real Satoshi Nakamoto is the one that posted the message as the email account of Satoshi Nakamoto that uploaded the Bitcoin white paper had been hacked back in 2014 four years after Nakamoto’s withdrawal from the public eye.

Oddly enough aside from sending the message he also befriended a user by the name Wagner Tamanaha who seem to be from Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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Ethereum-Based App To Incentevize Cleaning Philippines Beaches

The Ethereum Co-founder and the CEO of ConsenSys has recently revealed a decentralized application based on the Ethereum Network that will reward Manila residents with ETH for cleaning up a heavily polluted beach in the Capital City of the Nation.

Bounties Network and ConsenSys Impact, a subsidiary of the New York-based ConsenSys, are introducing a new model where people fund causes directly without intermediaries.

The bounty has been recognized as a viable application since it uses blockchain, making it possible to compensate participants transparently .

Bounties Network is a decentralized application that uses the Ethereum network which enables users to create bounties and rewards participants with ETH. It can be used in various causes and initiatives.

ConsenSys Impact recently introduced a non-profit initiative called Bounties for the Oceans: Philippines Pilot-Sustained, Verifiable Plastic Cleanups to promote the usage of blockchain technology in the country.

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Multimillion Blockchain Gaming Fund Launched By TRON

TRON has recently announced its plan to launch a blockchain gaming fund dubbed as TRON Arcade.

The $100 Million USD fund that seeks to empower developers over the next three years.

This recent move is another long-term commitment from TRON who has acquired file sharing giant BitTorrent earlier this year.

According to the founder and CEO of TRON, the Tron Arcade will play a crucial role in the firm’s expanding popularity.

He states that TRON strives to tackle problems that is existing in the gaming industry by putting into use the open, transparent and immutability of blockchain Technology.

He also encourages developers to join in their mission and provide the best blockchain gaming experience to users around the world.

The young founder has always touted the network speed of the TRON network compared to that of Ethereum’s Network.

This comparison has been a common theme used by Justin Sun to woo Ethereum developers to his platform.

With prices tanking for Ethereum, there is no better time for the PR drive.

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Max Keiser Believes Bitcoin Will Reach $100K And Usurp Fiat

Max Keiser, Wall Street Veteran and the host of Keiser Report has recently shared his sentiments about Bitcoin price drop, ICOs and what he thinks the future of Bitcoin will be.

According to the Bitcoin Maximalist the price of Bitcoin has gotten way ahead of itself and the correction is just a natural occurrence.

He says that he has been long enough in the space to see this happening before.

He also said ICOs as all securities will fall under SEC jurisdiction.

He states that as a former Wall street stockbroker he is trained to never second-guess the SEC.

He further explains that in his 30-year career human nature never changes, insta-wealth makes people think they’re bulletproof.

According to Max, Bitcoin is the monetary black hole that will gobble up all fiat and rise to more than $100,000 USD.

He further explains that it may take a few years before this is realized and humans might not see that light of day of it happening.

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Newly Launched Billboard Campaign Of HBUS Targets Coinbase And Wall Street

HBUS, the US partner of Huobi, has recently launched a new billboard campaign and has been reported to be the fist ever cryptocurrency exchange that has done so.

Aside from being the first exchange to do the billboard campaig, it also pokes fun at Wall Street and Coinbase touting that their platform is more evolved than the two.

With the theme "Evolved Crypto Trading", it shows an analogy between the three financial groups and human evolution.

Wall Street is depicted as the primate level of crypto trading while Coinbase is shown as Homo Erectus. HBUS is shown as the modern man.

In line with its effort to revitalize crypto trading which is hard hit by the market down turn, the company has decided to stop charging trading fees for the rest of the year.

There is no word yet what Coinbase will do in response.

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Headlines for the world of Cryptocurrencies - December 01, 2018

Crypto The Next Internet Revolution According To Coinbase’s Executive / The Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX) / Cryptocurrencies Will Gain Wider Acceptance According To Economic Chief Advisor Of Allianz / Huobi Launching Futures Trading Platform / Blockchain Initiatives Presented In Annual UAE Government Meeting

Headlines for the world of Cryptocurrencies - November 30, 2018

Blockchain Academy In Bahrain / LabCFTC Launches Primer For Blockchain And Smart Contracts / New Blockchain Tools From Amazon / The Man Behind Commission-Free Bitmex, Digitex Futures / Crypto Regulations Coming to Uganda Soon

Headlines for the world of Cryptocurrencies - November 29, 2018

Binance Creating A Combined Stablecoin Market / Crypto Valley Of Asia Plans To Attract Japan, Korea and Australia / Blockchain-Powered Voting In South Korea Soon / Malaysia Will Get Their Crypto Regulations In The First Quarter 2019 / Starting 2019 No More Crypto Mining Subsidies In Mining In Norway

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