Google Alert - Cryptocurrency

	Cryptocurrency As-it-happens update ⋅ March 15, 2018
	NEWS
	Google Follows Facebook In Banning Cryptocurrency Ads NPR Spencer mentioned cryptocurrency advertisements as an example of "new threats" to the Google user experience, along with ads for addiction treatment centers and online gambling services. Google's new policy will take effect in June. It mirrors a similar announcement from Facebook and reflects a ... Google will ban cryptocurrency ads from its AdWords network in June - Digital Trends Reddit says it has banned cryptocurrency ads since 2016 - The Verge Google to ban cryptocurrency and related advertisements - ABC News Full Coverage Flag as irrelevant
	'Blockchain Bros' No More: Women In Cryptocurrency Speak Up About Their Accomplishments Forbes A feature story was published in the New York Times recently that went into great detail about the unwelcoming "blockchain bros" culture that has been set up for women in the cryptocurrency space. The article discusses marketing campaigns used by blockchain startups featuring sexually explicit ... Flag as irrelevant
	From VR porn to Kidcoin: inside the cryptocurrency trade fair The Guardian An ICO is how a new cryptocurrency – a virtual currency that uses cryptography for security and is not issued by any central bank – is launched. Investors subscribe, usually paying in bitcoin, receive the new currency and then start spending it, hoping that as it circulates, it increases in value. More than ... Flag as irrelevant
	Are you a noob? Here's a lesson in cryptocurrency vocabulary MarketWatch By now, even casual crypto investors have acquired a general understanding of bitcoin BTCUSD, -2.45% and acronyms like ICO (that's initial coin offering for the still-stumped). But just as important to understanding the enigmatic world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies are far more obscure digital ... Flag as irrelevant
	Bad news for bitcoin miners: It's no longer profitable to create the cryptocurrency, by one estimate CNBC "Bitcoin currently trades essentially at the break-even cost of mining a bitcoin," Fundstrat's Thomas Lee said in a report Thursday. "In some cases the miners may simply turn off the machines until the price comes back a bit," said Shone Anstey, co-founder and president of Blockchain Intelligence Group. Flag as irrelevant
	Cryptocurrency startup Strix Leviathan raises $1.6M from Joe Montana, Doug Baldwin, VC firms GeekWire The world of cryptocurrency looks a lot like the wild west right now. In just the past week, Google announced that it would ban all cryptocurrency-related advertising, following in Facebook's footsteps. That came a few days after news surfaced of cryptocurrency scammers who made off with more than $2 ... Flag as irrelevant
	Meet the Only 2 People in the World Who Have Become Billionaires Off Cryptocurrency Money Magazine Cryptocurrency has two kingpins. Forbes' 2018 ranking of the world's billionaires includes only a couple people who accumulated their vast fortunes from digital assets: Chris Larsen and Changpeng Zhao. While Bitcoin typically dominates the press around cryptocurrencies, neither Larsen nor Zhao ... Flag as irrelevant
	Playboy's Entry Into Cryptocurrency Can Disrupt Several Major Industries Forbes Playboy announced today that they were creating a digital wallet in order to accept cryptocurrencies as payment for accessing content on their online adult entertainment platform Playboy.TV. The wallet will start off accepting a new cryptocurrency called a Vice Industry Token (VIT). Users will not only be ... Flag as irrelevant
	Coinbase: No Need For New Cryptocurrency Regulator Forbes There's no need for Congress to establish a new cryptocurrency regulator or a new regulatory system, Coinbase said today. "Federal regulators already have sufficient authority," said Mike Lempres, chief legal and risk officer for the San Francisco-based digital currency wallet and exchange company, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Grayscale Launches Four New Cryptocurrency Funds Investopedia (blog) Grayscale, which has $2.1 billion in assets under management across eight different products, created the popular Bitcoin Investment Trust (GBTC) in 2013. It provides a convenient medium to invest in and trade on the price movements of the popular bitcoin cryptocurrency, without the participant taking ... Flag as irrelevant
	WEB
	US Congress Debates ICOs, Cryptocurrency Regulation in House Subcommittee Hearing CCN "Perhaps we'll have another hearing after a major terrorist event" is financed using cryptocurrency," he quipped, adding elsewhere that cryptocurrencies are only "popular with guys who want to sit in their pajamas and tell their wives they're going to be millionaires." Others, however, lauded ICOs and ... Flag as irrelevant
	An Overview of Cryptocurrency Consensus Algorithms Hacker Noon One of the most important aspects of a decentralized cryptocurrency project is the consensus algorithm it employs. A consensus algorithm is crucial to the implementation of a digital currency because… Flag as irrelevant
	Blockchain and Cryptocurrency: Recent Legal and Regulatory Developments Corporate Law The first two weeks in March 2018 have seen a number of developments with respect to the regulation of cryptocurrencies in the United States. Regulation of Online Cryptocurrency Trading Platforms. On March 7, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") issued a release addressing the ... Flag as irrelevant
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