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- ‘Critical’ Vulnerability in Beam Wallet Put Funds At Risk, Developers Say January 16, 2019The "critical vulnerability" found by developers of the mimblewimble privacy coin Beam is said to have put user funds directly at risk of being stolen.
- US Lawmaker Reintroduces Bill Seeking ‘Safe Harbor’ for Some Crypto Startups January 16, 2019Rep. Tom Emmer has re-introduced a bill hoping to provide crypto startups which do not store users' tokens exemptions from state-level money transmission laws.
- New WordPress Publishing Platform Will Offer Blockchain Features January 16, 2019WordPress is launching a news publishing platform backed by Google and ConsenSys, with blockchain tools on offer from Civil.
- Bitwage Now Lets Firms Pay Salaried Staff in Crypto January 16, 2019A new product from Bitwage makes it easier to handle payroll taxes when paying employees in bitcoin or ether.
- New Zealand Police Keeping ‘Open Mind’ on Cryptopia Hack January 16, 2019New Zealand Police says the investigation into the hack of crypto exchange Cryptopia is complex and it's keeping an "open mind" on all possibilities.
- Genesis, BitGo Team Up to Ease Crypto Trading for Institutions January 16, 2019BitGo and Genesis Global Trading are targeting Wall Street institutions with a new high-speed crypto trading service.
- Will Bitcoin’s Price Extend Its Four-Year January Losing Streak? January 16, 2019Bitcoin has reported losses in January for the last four years, and a fifth now looks on the cards.
- Bankrupt Bitcoin Miner Giga Watt Forced to Cease Daily Operations January 16, 2019Bankrupt bitcoin mining firm Giga Watt has said it's shutting down operations after its power was cut and facility access was blocked.
- Binance Targets EU, UK Traders With New Fiat-to-Crypto Exchange January 16, 2019Binance has launched a new fiat-to-crypto exchange on the self-governing British island of Jersey.
- Ford, LG to Pilot IBM Blockchain in Fight Against Child Labor January 16, 2019A new blockchain project will track cobalt from a mine in Africa to a Ford Motor plant in the U.S.
- Game of Coins: Inside the Paxos-Gemini Stablecoin Discount War January 16, 2019Here's why several stablecoins saw sudden bursts of activity over the past three months.
- Ethereum Clients Release New Software In Wake of Hard Fork Delay January 15, 2019Major ethereum clients are releasing new versions of their software to prevent the now-delayed Constantinople hard fork from triggering.
- Ethereum’s Constantinople Upgrade Faces Delay Due to Security Vulnerability January 15, 2019Ethereum's major Constantinople upgrade was delayed after blockchain audit firm ChainSecurity discovered a security issue with one of the changes.
- First Grin Block Mined as Mimblewimble Privacy Crypto Goes Live January 15, 2019Grin, a privacy-focused cryptocurrency built on "mimblewimble" tech, has gone live on mainnet.
- Bitcoin Futures Now Trading At Discount to Exchange Prices January 15, 2019Bitcoin futures are trading below the cryptocurrency's spot price, signaling market participants have a bearish outlook on bitcoin over the coming months.
- European Blockchain Startup Launches Trading in Tokenized Securities January 15, 2019Belarus-based blockchain startup Currency.com has launched a trading platform for tokenized securities.
- Adoption of Blockchain to Secure IoT Doubled in 2018, Says Gemalto January 15, 2019The use of blockchain technology to help secure internet of things data, services and devices doubled last year, Gemalto research suggests.
- This Price Resistance Level May Hold Key to Bitcoin Bull Market January 15, 2019If bitcoin breaks above a key moving average, it could be considered a sign a bearish-to-bullish trend change has begun.
- New Zealand Crypto Exchange Cryptopia Goes Offline Citing Hack January 15, 2019New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia has gone offline claiming "significant" losses arising from a hack.
- The ‘Thirdening’ Approaches: How to Watch Ethereum’s Fork as It Happens January 15, 2019The world’s third largest blockchain by total value, ethereum, is about to upgrade its code. Here's how you can watch the event live.