Venture Capitalists and Bitcoin Companies React to Apple's Blockchain Ban
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The four web surveys - offered in Chinese, Japanese, Spanish and English - were propagated across various local interest groups, but were predominantly accessed
via CoinDesk's main site and social media platforms.
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The total amount raised by startups
via ICOs, which are known as token sales and involve the sale of newly minted crypto coins based on Ethereum, reached nearly $ 800 million in value during the three - month period, according to a report from crypto industry news site
CoinDesk.
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Revealed exclusively to
CoinDesk, Chubu Electric Power Co. has entered into a proof - of - concept with local bitcoin and Internet of Things (IoT) startup Nayuta, one that finds it exploring how bitcoin payments can be made
via the Lightning Network, an in - development protocol that promises to cut costs for bitcoin users.
Omise decided to conduct an airdrop to raise awareness about the project, but Hasegawa spoke to the broader benefits of the distribution model, writing in an email to
CoinDesk —
via a spokesperson, «The real value of ethereum projects doing airdrops to all ETH holders is that it's a crypto economic mechanism designed to incentivize ethereum project communities to maintain alignment with the entire ethereum community.»
Statements from Guo to
CoinDesk indicate that he is currently seeking to coordinate with other miners in an effort to gain a majority share of the Ethereum Classic blockchain, a move that could undermine the integrity of its history
via a 51 % attack.
«They took down the site
via conventional detective methods, but in the end, it doesn't really matter,» said Roger Ver, bitcoin advocate and founder of Memory Dealers, in an email to
CoinDesk.
Underscoring the direness of the situation in Venezuela, a trip to the grocery store can now cost more than the minimum wage, according to a local AirTM zcash user who spoke with
CoinDesk via an encrypted messaging platform.
Revealed to the company today
via an internal meeting, Ehrsam told
CoinDesk he intends to now «step back» from his daily duties at the end of January, take some time off, and potentially, plot a new venture in the blockchain industry.
Called Deloitte Mercury, and revealed formally at
CoinDesk's Consensus 2017 conference in New York today, the platform uses a blockchain - based infrastructure to explore newer models of credit and funding guarantees, representing and codifying obligations between parties
via smart contracts.
According to data from
CoinDesk's ICO Tracker, nearly $ 1.8 billion has been invested
via token sales to date.
The BitFury Group, a well - known provider of blockchain equipment and software, open - sourced its private blockchain platform Exonum that is secured
via bitcoin blockchain, reports
CoinDesk.
CoinDesk data suggests that entrepreneurs in the blockchain industry are now raising more money
via initial coin offerings than traditional VC rounds.
However,
CoinDesk reminds potential investors that so far the presale of TON tokens has been conducted behind closed doors
via personal invitations.
As reported previously by
CoinDesk, South Korea had long been allowing exchanges in the country to offer trading services for investors
via anonymous accounts, which, according to the South Korean customs agency, helped facilitate unregistered mvement of over $ 600 million in capital.
As reported by
CoinDesk in September 2017, the company integrated its messaging service with the trading platform, allowing Upbit users to chat and place orders
via the platform.