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Pink Taxis, Red Flags: A Deep Dive Into a Sketchy ICO

No team, plagiarized white paper, McAfee pump, promises of bitcoin-like returns, brand hijacking, a fake blog. Welcome to ICO-land.

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The Record-Breaking $152 Million Battle Over the Blockchain Betting Tool Augur

An investor and three founders have been slapped with a private cryptocurrency lawsuit centered on the ethereum decentralized application Augur.

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Manufacturing and Blockchain: Prime Time Is Yet to Come

By deferring questions of trust to a decentralized algorithm, blockchains promise to boost transparency and allow more fluid, dynamic supply chains.

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Bet vs. Buy? The ICO Market Has a Serious East-West Divide

A New York event last week showcased how investors in Asia and North America have divergent views on how best to invest in ICOs.

The Asian Crypto Landscape panel at Token Summit III in NYC. Left to right: Nick Tomaino (1Protocol), Vansa Chatikavanij (OmiseGo), Gordon Chen (FBG), Jason Fang (Sora Ventures) and  Zhuling Chen (Aelf)

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Experimental Voting Effort Aims to Break Ethereum Governance Gridlock

Vitalik Buterin has suggested experimenting with quadratic voting, a governance model furthered by Dr. Glen Weyl, on the ethereum platform.

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MIT Tests Smart Contract-Powered Bitcoin Lightning Network

A recently completed MIT test showcases how bitcoin might not just scale, but do so in a way where it's transactions are more expressive than today.

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The Auto Industry Is Gearing Up for a Blockchain-Powered Future

Automotive executives are starting to wake up to the use cases of blockchain in the industry, but there's a way to go.

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ICOs Are Setting Capital Free. That's Revolutionary

ICOs offer a more direct route for both tapping and deploying funds, for matching founders with investors. That turns out to be quite revolutionary.

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A New Startup Has Zooko and Naval Betting on Better Crypto Contracts

A group of old-school security researchers have raised funds to build a better smart contracting language.

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Blockchain's Killer App? Making Trade Wars Obsolete

A confluence of technologies is poised to dramatically reshape manufacturing and, in the process, render obsolete the international trade regime.

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