This is The Block. I was out of town last week and unfortunately I've been playing catch-up this week
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June 28 · Issue #51 · View online
Weekly curated news and commentary.
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This is The Block. I was out of town last week and unfortunately I’ve been playing catch-up this week, so this is going to be light/non-existent on commentary. Enjoy the links below and I’ll return next week with some good stuff!
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In case you’re worried about this sustained bear market…
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2013-2015 was a scary time because nobody had a clue if we would actually survive. This time it's just a waiting game. https://t.co/aDRC9C9jxf
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Cryptocurrency Manipulation Study Is Underwhelming
Anyone seriously interested in this new market should read the paper, not as an authoritative last word, but as a plausible account backed by some data. And here’s a whole Reddit thread talking about the paper–both its flaws and the useful data it presents. |
Inside the Crypto World's Biggest Scandal
One couple thought they held the secret to building a new decentralized utopia. On the way, they plunged into a new kind of hell. A crypto-tragedy in three acts.
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Ripple CEO Urges Coinbase to List XRP
Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple, believes that Coinbase should list XRP along with its other supported cryptocurrencies.
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Here's The Conspiracy Tearing Bitcoin Crypto Communities Apart
Time travel? Quantum computers? Or just a coincidence? Bitcoin aficionados have had their hands full today trying to understand a cryptic block hash.
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Korean Government to Lead 6 Blockchain Pilots With $9 Million Fund
The South Korean government will invest 10 billion Korean won (or $9 million) to support blockchain development in the country, with plans to carry out six pilots using blockchain technology.
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How to Fix the ICO Market (Part 1)
The ICO market has successfully proved the token model for raising capital works, but the failure to deliver value beyond speculative investor returns combined with a Crypto bear market risks pushing this new model into a death spiral.
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How to Fix the ICO Market (Part 2)
In which we focus on how ICOs can be improved to benefit both founders and investors.
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4 trading tips for surviving in a bear market – Hacker Noon
That’s right, if you do that you’re not going to be very happy when things turn around and you miss out on the next rally to the moon. In a bear market, you have to play smarter. HODL doesn’t work…
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Analyzing the Ethereum — Security Decision by the SEC
The purpose of this article will not be to give the news that the SEC revealed that they would not deem Ethereum to be a security. Instead, however, the purpose of this news will be to dissect the SEC’s decision and try to make an educated deduction, based on what they have stated, on how they might rule on other cryptocurrencies in the near future.
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A Long-Secret Bitcoin Key Is About to Be Revealed
No, it’s not the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, it’s a private key the cryptocurrency’s creator entrusted to several bitcoin developers that activates the protocol’s so-called “alert system,” once used to flash a text warning to those running the software in case something happened that could impact the security of their funds.
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That’s it for today! Thanks for reading.
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