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    Smart Contracts Startup Hires Cryptographer Lisa Yin

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    By Stan Higgins, Smart contracts startup Symbiont has hired a cryptographer best known for her work in detailing how to break the SHA-1 hashing algorithm as its new chief security officer. Dr. Lisa Yin, who will also serve as chief cryptographer, was one of three...

    Developers Respond to Ethereum’s Unexpected Fork

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    By Alyssa Hertig, An unintentional split of the network was the latest event to shake ethereum. By now, you might have heard the back-and-forth about so-called hard forks, a particularly contentious way to update a public blockchain. Some view it as a sometimes...

    R3’s Corda Code Debut: Mixed Response

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      By Michael del Castillo, R3 released the code for its Corda distributed ledger platform earlier this week, and market observers were quick to weigh in. The Corda codebase launched Wednesday to public consumption is an early-stage distributed ledger platform...

    Coinbase Seeks Patent for Bitcoin Private Key Security System

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    By Stan Higgins, Bitcoin and ether exchange startup Coinbase is seeking a patent for a security system for bitcoin private keys. According to an application published on 24th November by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Coinbase is aiming to patent a...

    Report: Why a gold-backed monetary system is possible

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    The financial market implications of higher interest rate risk By JOHN BUTLER Term premia rising: The large global bond market selloff of late has naturally elicited much commentary from investment strategists and the financial media. By some estimates as much as $1tn...
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