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    Local Chinese Government Helps Fund Blockchain Startup

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    By Jamie Redman, The Chinese government has had a keen eye on distributed ledger technology for quite some time. Now the government of Nanjing City has granted a blockchain startup Bankledger  1.5 million yuan, according to regional publication and forum8btc.com. The...

    China: More Barriers To Fiat Transactions – Bitcoin Continues

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    By William Suberg, China has stepped up controls over transactions in a bid to reduce capital outflow amid a waning yuan – yet bitcoin activity continues. The country’s regulator, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) in the past week announced spot...

    Russian Tax Office Updates Legal Stance On Bitcoin

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    By Kei K, A Russian Federal Tax Service Letter released a few weeks ago spelled out issues – including an implied statement that cryptocurrencies are not illegal – amongst others that affect the legal status of cryptocurrencies moving forward. Russian Blockchain...

    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...
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