French Renewable Energy Provider Wins Regulator’s Approval for €10M Token Sale
Renewable energy services provider WPO has won approval from the French financial markets regulator to raise funding through a public token offering, or ICO.
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Dow Futures Wobble as Shaky Investors Opt for King Dollar
Dow Jones futures drifted between narrow gains and losses Wednesday evening. The U.S. dollar strengthened the most for three weeks, underscoring investors’ anxiety about the economy. Corporate earnings continue to trend lower, with FactSet forecasting the worst quarter since 2009. U.S. stock futures fumbled around the break-even point Wednesday night, as dismal corporate earnings and economic data put a cap on the so-called coronavirus rally. In the background, investors continued to move into cash–specifically, the U.S. dollar–for its perceived safety during times of economic and financial uncertainty. That ‘safety net’ might not last long as the Federal Reserve’s enduring stimulus regime ramps up to unimaginable extremes (i.e., QE infinity). Dow Jones Futures Reverse Losses; S&P 500, Nasdaq Follow Contracts on all three major U.S. indexes traded higher Wednesday evening, reversing modest declines earlier. The Dow Jones Industrial Average futures price rose 44 points or 0.2%. S&P 500 futures gained 0.2% and the Nasdaq 100 mini contract added 0.3%. Dow futures are up modestly in overnight trading. | Chart: Yahoo Finance At their lowest point Wednesday, Dow futures were off 85…
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Manitoba Regulator and Police Warn of Increase in Bitcoin Scams
The Manitoba Securities Commission (MSC) has issued a public warning against cryptocurrency scams after reports of fraud involving two European firms. On March 20, the Manitoba securities watchdog published an investor alert regarding Jbcapitals and Halifax & Associated for defrauding a rural Manitoban of more than $5,500. The two firms are affiliated with each other and primarily operate in Switzerland and Denmark. Crypto scammers target victims on Facebook Senior MSC investigator Jason Roy stated that the victim was lured by a Facebook ad for Jbcapitals: “The company, Jbcapitals claimed to invest in Bitcoin/cryptocurrency markets on behalf of their clients with an ‘85% success rate’, but the victim was never able to recover any of his initial investment or supposed returns.” The MSC warns investors to look out for red flags that suggest fraud. These include the promise of high returns or insider information, and often apply pressure on investors to make decisions quickly. Police warn Manitobans of scams involving Bitcoin ATMs On March 17, the Winnipeg Police Service published an article through the Winnipeg Free Press warning that a large…
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Rising Mortgage Rates Can Sink the U.S. Housing Market
The U.S. housing market has been relying on low mortgage rates for growth. Freddie Mac reveals that mortgage rates have been ticking up. Higher mortgage rates could price more buyers out of the market. The U.S. housing market has been propelled higher by a low 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, but it looks like that party could be over. The latest data from mortgage specialist Freddie Mac reveals that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage jumped last week to 3.75% from 3.69% the preceding week. The rate on the 15-year mortgage also jumped to 3.2% last week from 3.13% in the preceding one. Both rates have been rising in recent weeks. Freddie Mac chief economist Sam Khater opines that an improved economic outlook and an increase in purchase mortgage applications are healthy signs for the U.S. housing market. However, he seems to be ignoring the obvious red flags that an increase in mortgage rates could trigger in the future. Higher rates will worsen the recent U.S. housing market downturn Believe it or not, the U.S. housing market has started showing signs of weakness over…
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Ethereum Faces Stiff Resistance, Bears Threaten to Short
Apr 04, 2020 at 12:48 // News The pair is in a tight range between $120 and $140. Ether is facing selling pressure above $140 resistance. In the last breakdown, the market moved above $120 and resumed fluctuation above it. All the upward moves have been truncated by the bears. About 24 hours ago, the bulls took the price to a high of $147 and were repelled. Also, the recent price spike which reached a high of $149.99 was resisted. On each occasion, the price would find support above $140.Unfortunately, the bulls lack the ability to sustain the price above the $140 resistance. Despite the downtrend, ETH lacks buyers at higher price levels. Positively, if the bulls are successful above $140 resistance and price is sustained, Ether will rise and reach a high of $200. Nevertheless, the range-bound movement will linger if the buyers fail to appear. Ethereum Indicator Analysis ETH is above the 60% range of the daily stochastic. ETH has made positive moves but the bullish momentum has been weak. The price movement is not sustained above the…
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Russia Seeks to Block ‘Darknet’ Technologies, Including Telegram’s Blockchain
A Russian government agency has requested contractor bids to find ways to block censorship-resistant internet technologies, like mesh networks. The list includes messaging app company Telegram’s yet-to-be-launched blockchain. The call for bids was published on March 3 by the General Radio Frequency Center, the agency controlling the use of radio frequencies in Russia, and first reported by the Russian-language cryptocurrency news outlet Forklog. According to the notice, the agency is looking for research on what technologies can be used to access restricted content, including content deemed extremist, beyond traditional internet protocols. The research should point at ways to block access to such tech, the agency told would-be contractors. The list of such technologies in the document includes mesh networks, internet of things (IoT) protocols and protocols allowing anonymous browsing, including Invisible Internet Project (I2P), The Onion Router (TOR), Freenet, Zeronet, anoNet – and one blockchain, the Telegram Open Network (TON). Such technologies are “used to build anonymous Darknet networks,” according to the agency. Bitcoin (BTC) isn’t mentioned, nor any other cryptocurrencies. ‘Unblockable’ It’s not clear how the list was formed….
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Sally Ho’s Technical Analysis 19 November 2019
Litecoin Litecoin (LTC/USD) fell sharply early in today’s Asian session as the pair reached a low around the 53.89 area steady selling from the 60.04 area during Friday’s North American session. Many traders noticed that the pair briefly tested and traded as low as the 56.09 area during last Friday’s North American session, an important technical development given the technical significance of the 56.71 area as the 50% retracement of the recent 47.22 – 66.19 range. The pair’s brief movements below that level opened up potential downside targets such as the 54.47 and 51.70 areas, representing the 61.8% and 76.4% retracements of the same range. Bearish sentiment has returned with LTC/USD now trading below its 200-bar MA (4-hourly). Regarding LTC/USD’s recent range expansion, the 47.13 area represents possible technical Support and the 23.6% retracement of the 127.95 – 22.17 range. The pair’s next upside price objective related to this range is the 62.58 area, an area the pair tested on 11 November. Another very important technical range that LTC/USD traders are watching is the move from the 182.35 – 22.17…
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Did Young Satoshi Nakamoto Write This 1999 Cypherpunks Post?
An anonymous post on the Cypherpunks mailing list from 21 years ago discusses the idea of “ecash,” and the speculation in the crypto community is that it might belong to a pre-Bitcoin Satoshi Nakamoto. “Cypherpunk” refers to a movement that emerged in the 1980s advocating cryptography and other privacy-enhancing technologies as tools for promoting social change. Many of the early Bitcoin supporters were part of the Cypherpunks mailing list, including Adam Back, Hal Finney, and Nick Szabo. We do not know with any certainty whether Satoshi Nakamoto was ever part of the forum, but he surely would have been familiar with the ideas percolating there. Many of those ideas formed the basis for what Nakamoto ultimately finalized in Bitcoin. When this old post discussing “ecash” resurfaced, it was easy to connect the dots to present-day Bitcoin. Recall that the full name of the Bitcoin whitepaper is “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System.” The anonymous author of the Cypherpunks post discusses the necessary prerequisites of digital cash, one feature of which is called “blinding:” “I wouldn’t say ecash has to use…
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Minecraft’s Epic April Fools’ Prank Officially Wins the Internet
Mojang concocted an amazing Minecraft April Fools’ prank for 2020. Throwing signed books into Nether portals creates new dimensions. You can even share your new dimensions with other players. Mojang really outdid themselves for April Fools’ Day this year. Their 2020 Minecraft April Fools’ prank is one for the history books. But it’s almost not even really a prank. It’s more like an April Fools’ treat. Mojang Releases Randomly Generated Dimensions Minecraft players discovered a new snapshot for Minecraft on April Fools’ Day. Mojang called it “20W14infinite,” likely because there’s an infinite number of new dimensions. Upon booting up Minecraft for the day, players quickly noticed something wasn’t quite the same: The boot screen appeared slightly different. When the game finished loading, they heard the start-up screen sing “Mojang!” in the classic SEGA style. So far, so good. Source: Twitter Then someone discovered that throwing a signed book into a Nether portal generates a very random Minecraft world on the other side. All you have to do is write anything you want in a “Book and Quill” and sign it….
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Applying Blockchain to Fashion & Textile Industry, Made in Italy Project Resumes
Jan 04, 2020 at 11:20 // News Fintech based on distributed ledgers is conquering textiles thanks to the Italian Ministry of Economic Development (MiSE) project. By making different parts of the supply chain communicate with certain and non-modifiable data, it provides an additional tool to the brand and a weapon against the counterfeiting market. Italy is confirmed as the world’s leading exporter of wool yarn and fabrics and the second largest exporter of silk fabrics, ranking third for the export of hosiery. At a time when the counterfeiting market is on the rise, protecting and enhancing Made in Italy is a priority for the country and for the logistics network stakeholders. Blockchain technology is equipped with a series of intrinsic peculiarities, which allow it to trace in a certain and immutable way the transactions that are carried out along the supply chain, without the need for a third party who “controls”, and through the principle of general consent that it is used by users who participate in the chain itself, moving away from the current systems adopted so far. Supporting…
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Ethereum Block Reward Should be Reduced to 1 ETH: Poll
A recent poll has indicated that a large portion of the Ethereum community, on Reddit at least, is in favor of reducing block rewards and ETH issuance with the next hard fork. Another Ethereum Upgrade Nears It has been less than a month since Istanbul ushered in some interoperability, security and cost reduction improvements for the Ethereum network. Now another hard fork is looming and is likely to take place on New Year’s Day, or at block 9200000 according to the countdown. A recent announcement has detailed the network upgrade. The Muir Glacier upgrade deals with the Ethereum difficulty bomb or Ice Age which has been hardcoded into the proof of work algorithm in order to maintain an average block time by adjusting the difficulty. The mechanism increases every 100,000 blocks adding more difficultly, slowly at first, then becoming exponential until there is a ‘freezeout’ which is also where the Ice Age term comes from. This decreases the overall performance of the network due to an increase in block times. As Ethereum has grown in terms of dApp and smart…
