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Encrypted Email Service Launches on Blockstack With Bitcoin Features

An Egyptian web firm is building Dmail on Blockstack to bring bitcoin-friendly privacy tech to the Middle East.

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Finance

At Blockchain Week, Maturity Is the Motto as Ethereum Organizations Push Toward 2.0 Upgrade

Improved relations between the Ethereum Foundation and ConsenSys point to a governance shift that could have major implications for the network's goals.

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Markets

My Bank Account Was Frozen for Bitcoin – And It Only Made Me Love Crypto More

The guy who coined the term "hodl" has a real bitcoin story that only made his interest in the technology stronger.

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Markets

Bitcoin and Blockchain: The Tangled History of Two Tech Buzzwords

The word "blockchain" isn't used in the bitcoin white paper, the document that started it all. So, how did the term take off as a buzzword?

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Markets

The Blockchain Paradox

Blockchains offer potential solutions to deep-seated problems in society, but their own governance issues need to be solved first, writes Pindar Wong.

Celestia Labs is betting on a modular blockchain future. (Shutterstock)

Markets

Polymath, Charles Hoskinson Team Up on Security Token Blockchain

Polymath is partnering with Charles Hoskinson to build a blockchain network specifically designed to support security tokens.

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Markets

Ex-SoFI CEO's Startup Closes $1 Billion Credit Line on a Blockchain

Figure Technologies, founded by former SoFi CEO Mike Cagney, has closed a $1 billion “uncommitted” line of credit on a blockchain.

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Tech

What's Holding Back Bitcoin in Venezuela? This Group Is Investigating

The Open Money Initiative is bringing insights from Venezuela to help crypto startups make better tools for people in distressed economies.

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Markets

Florincoin – The 2013 Altcoin You Don't Remember – Is Attracting Real Users

An obscure cryptocurrency that first started getting noticed during the 2014 altcoin boom is showing itself a true diamond in the rough.

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Markets

Buffett Calls Bitcoin a 'Gambling Device'

Warren Buffett told reporters at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, that he still couldn't support bitcoin.

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