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Tezos Investors Got a Chance to Sell This Week – And They Took It

Tezos' price dropped by a third in its first 24 hours of trading as a real token, rather than an IOU.

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Ethereum's Growing Gas Crisis (And What's Being Done to Stop It)

The ethereum network is seeing new levels of congestion with rising use, a development that is spurring proposals for technical improvements.

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PoWx: The New Effort to Change Bitcoin Mining Explained

Technologists unveiled a foundation dedicated to rewriting bitcoin's underlying tech, giving the long-controversial idea new wings.

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Big Insurers Are Uniting Behind R3's Blockchain Tech

The RiskBlock Alliance, whose members include insurance giants Chubb, Marsh and Liberty Mutual, has decided to build its blockchain on R3's Corda.

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Among Blockchain-Friendly Jurisdictions, Malta Stands Out

Malta is writing laws for tomorrow's economy rather than trying to impose yesterday's rules upon it. Consider the way it is legally recognizing DAOs.

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Crypto Exchanges Are Suddenly Being Censored In Iran

Iranians using cryptocurrency to hedge against inflation have recently hit a roadblock, an apparent outage of domestic onramps to the market.

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Why Companies Need to Get on the Tokenization Train

EY's blockchain lead makes the case for enterprises to embrace tokenization and move away from simply treating blockchains like fancy notaries.

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Bankers Tout Trade Finance as the Sweet Spot for Blockchain

London's Blockchain Summit heard banks weigh the possible savings blockchain could bring to global trade – as well as noting the pain points.

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It's Too Soon for On-Chain Governance

The EOS governance disaster offers a strong reminder of how entrenched human mistrust can be difficult to overcome.

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Crypto Startups Don't Need Sandboxes, They Need Greenhouses

"Sandbox" is a bad term to describe these regulatory programs, under which financial technology solutions can be safely seeded, fed, and controlled.

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