In order to prevent the systems from becoming havens for fraudsters and money launderers, the countries should consider offering their own cryptocurrencies, says Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund…
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IMF Pledges Its Attention To Blockchain And Cryptocurrency
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is clear in its view that it will continue to engage in research, as well as, experiment with blockchain technology. The global agency will also use…
How To Make Money in Cryptocurrency - Part 6
Part 6 in our ‘How To Make Money in Cryptocurrency’ series. We’ve covered speculation, freelance and formal employment, security token offerings for cryptocurrency startups, online education courses and even referrals. Today we’re going to…
Cloud Mining Alt Coins: A Guide
Recently, Newconomy explored the advantages and disadvantages of cloud mining Bitcoin. Today we will take a look at the best practices for cloud mining altcoins. As with Bitcoin cloud mining, users…
Vietnam Faces Cryptocurrency Regulations
Three different cryptocurrency policy approaches proposed by the Ministry of Justice has put Vietnam’s government into a major quandary. It is undecided about the ‘approach’ it shall take, given the…
The Electroneum User Base Is Expanding With Mobile-App Mining
One of the fastest adoption rates in cryptocurrencies appears to be on the Electroneum (ETN) platform. The reason for the increase in the number of users is the ease of…
The Developers of Ethereum Decided on the Date of the Constantinople Hard Fork
Ethereum-developers in the course of the next videoconference decided on the approximate date of the hard forks Constantinople in the main network of the second by the capitalization of cryptocurrency.…
Our Music Festival (OMF) Token Sets The Stage On Fire
History was made on October 20th at The Greek Theater in Berkeley when crypto currency’s first ever music festival – Our Music Festival (OMF) came a resounding end. OMF tokens were the…
J.P. Morgan Picks Three Buy and Hold Blockchain Companies
J.P. Morgan has picked three public blockchain companies that could reap long-term benefits from the emerging tech. CNBC reports that Akamai, DocuSign, and Ellie Mae, three publicly listed companies, fit the…
Novogratz Invests in Bitfury
Cryptocurrency venture Bitfury has completed a private round of financing worth $80 million. The cash will be used to fund hardware and software projects and objectives. Bitfury has closed an…