August 10, 2017

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$200 Million In 60 Minutes: Filecoin ICO Rockets to Record Amid Tech Issues

An initial coin offering (ICO) for the blockchain data storage network Filecoin has raised an estimated $200 million from accredited investors despite being beset by technology issues.The figures add Click here to view full article

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Protocol Labs Raises Hundreds Of Millions Through Filecoin Token Offering

On August 10, 2017, Protocol Labs raised *$186 million through its highly-anticipated Filecoin token offering (ICO). The blockchain-based data storage company is led by Juan Benet, creator of the Click here to view full article

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Ethereum

Vitalik Buterin and Joseph Poon Produce Scalability Solution: The Plasma Framework

News ecosystem The proposed Plasma framework will generate scalable autonomous executable distributed code contracts to allow for “potentially billions” of state updates per second on the Ethereum Blockchain. A Click here to view full article

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Bitcoin Business

Australian Primary School Students Explore Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technology

Students at Wooranna Park Primary School in Victoria, Australia are experiencing bitcoin and cryptocurrency technology first hand. Wooranna Park Primary’s ‘School on the Blockchain’ program involves a number of Click here to view full article

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Bitcoin Business

The Many Ways to Crowdsale Your Ideas

The global market of crowdfunding has been on the rise ever since the beginning of Kickstarter era. Surprisingly enough there was not too many big platforms for crowdfunding campaigns Click here to view full article

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Bitcoin Business

The 5 Reasons I Regret Writing About Millenial Entrepreneurs

A month ago I wrote a column about 10 young entrepreneurs. Originally I titled it "10 under 20" but the Forbes editors thought that was too close to their Click here to view full article

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Bitcoin Business

Bitcoin Core Developers Remain Adamant in Opposition to SegWit2x, Potential Showdown in November

Bitcoin’s Core developers remain steadfastly opposed to the SegWit2x plan, despite the recent lock-in of their preferred scaling solution, Segregated Witness. SegWit2x was the compromise resulting from the New Click here to view full article

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Ethereum

Lampix’s Augmented Reality ‘Crypto’ Crowdfund Scores $4.5M, Targets $60M

Lampix, a US-based fintech building a blockchain-based ‘image mining’ network for augmented reality or any other computer vision systems, raised 11,111 ethereum (ETH) - a little over $3m - Click here to view full article

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New Record: 10 Cryptocurrencies Have $1 Billion Market Caps

August has been a record-setting month for the cryptocurrency space. First, the bitcoin price reached an Click here to view full article

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Singapore Regulator Unveils 6 ICO Risks For Consumers

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has released further “clarification” of its position on ICO tokens, asking investors to “exercise due diligence.”A circular published Thursday follows a similar announcement Click here to view full article

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Bitcoin Business

MAPS to Accept Altcoins for Research on MDMA Psychedelic Medicine

The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) recently expanded their ability to accept donations in cryptocurrency. In addition to bitcoin, the nonprofit will now accept Litecoin and Ethereum. To Click here to view full article

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Bitcoin Business

PR: Revain’s Pre-Crowdfunding Saw Incredible Engagement

PR: Revain's Pre-Crowdfunding Saw Incredible Engagement This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material. Bitcoin.com does not Click here to view full article

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Bitcoin Business

Coinbase Raises $100M to “Help Accelerate Digital Currency Adoption”

Coinbase Raises $100M to Help Accelerate Digital Currency Adoption On August 10 the San Francisco-based company Coinbase announced it has raised US$100M in a Series D funding round. The Click here to view full article

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Bitcoin Business

Bitcoin Cash Gains More Support

It’s been a crazy ten days for bitcoin enthusiasts as the network had its first high profile hard fork that split the network into two. During the first week, Click here to view full article

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Coinbase raises $100M at a $1.6B valuation amid explosive growth

Coinbase has had a pretty crazy six months. It may be hard to remember, but at the beginning of 2017 the cryptocurrency world was a different place. Bitcoin was Click here to view full article

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Vitalik Buterin and Naval Ravikant to discuss Ethereum and ICOs at Disrupt SF

Cryptocurrencies are back. But did they ever go away? If you ask cryptocurrency advocates, they’re going to tell you that it’s been a slow and steady rise filled with Click here to view full article

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Bitcoin Business

Is There a Valid Reason to Go Ahead With SegWit2x?

There are many different opinions about the activation of SegWit2x. As most people are well aware by now, on August 8 the Bitcoin network successfully locked in the activation Click here to view full article

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Bitcoin Business

NSFW? Microsoft tries to make blockchains work-appropriate

With bitcoin near all-time highs, it’s easy to forget how much time and money the financial industry has spent in recent years trying to appropriate the digital currency’s underlying Click here to view full article

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Bitcoin Business

Liquidity and Stability – Bitcoin as Currency and Asset

Bitcoin’s ever-volatile prices have reignited the debate about its usefulness as a currency. Most Bitcoin enthusiasts tend to think of Bitcoin in currency terms, calling it “cryptocurrency,” or “digital Click here to view full article

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SEC and CFTC Take Opposing Views on Whether Bitcoin is Ready for Mainstream Investors

In February, the SEC issued its eagerly awaiting ruling on the Winklevoss Bitcoin ETF proposal: denied. Finance pundits and mainstream media immediately declared that Bitcoin wasn’t ready for the Click here to view full article

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Bitcoin Business

$100 Million: Coinbase Raises Biggest-Ever Round for Bitcoin Startup

Coinbase has raised $100 million in Series D funding in what is the largest single traditional funding round for a public blockchain or cryptocurrency startup, according to CoinDesk data.Announced Click here to view full article

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Bitcoin Business

Bitcoin and Taxes

Tax season can be confusing enough with complicated rules about what types of income are taxable and which are not; what can be written off and what can’t; and Click here to view full article

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Bitcoin Business

What Is an ICO?

An Initial Coin Offering, also commonly referred to as an ICO, is a fundraising mechanism in which new projects sell their underlying crypto tokens in exchange for bitcoin and Click here to view full article

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Bitcoin Business

Who Created Ethereum?

While working on a number of Bitcoin projects, a 19-year-old programmer from Toronto, Vitalik Buterin, conceived the idea for Ethereum. Ethereum was intended to be a robust platform that Click here to view full article

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Bitcoin Business

The CEO Of NEO Banks On Blockchain To Build A Smart Economy

The financial world, ecommerce, and other industries that witness millions of transactions each day, should prepare for fast-moving changes in order to stay ahead of competition and facilitate the Click here to view full article

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