Andy Pag, head of Mt. Gox Legal, spoke with CoinDesk about why Coinlab’s suit against Mt. Gox is holding up civil rehabilitation efforts.
<h1>Chinese Planning Commission Seeks To Ban Crypto Mining</h1>
China’s National Development and Reform Commission is looking for public comments concerning a list of industries it wants to encourage, restrict, or eliminate. Among the activities the regulator wishes to phase out is the mining of cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin.
<h1>Judge Rules QuadrigaCX Must File For Bankruptcy By Next Week</h1>
The transition to bankruptcy will allow Ernst and Young (EY) greater investigative authority over the exchange’s missing funds. Under the ruling, the assets of Jennifer Robertson, widow of owner Gerry Cotten, will be frozen, and her financial activity will be closely monitored.
<h1>Electrum Wallet Under Denial-of-Service Attack</h1>
Millions of dollars’ worth of bitcoin has reportedly been taken in an attack that could, ironically, be in retaliation for Electrum’s recent crackdown on phishing. Users are urged to only download Electrum software and updates from the electrum.org domain and its official Github repository.
<h1>Develop Policy, Not Blockchains, To Fix Brexit</h1>
In a counterpoint to arguments by Pindar Wong and others, Yessi Bello Perez asserts that blockchain technology is still in its infancy and the Brexit crisis requires an immediate solution. Therefore, DLT can’t replace traditional border infrastructure at the center of political tension between the UK and the European Union.
<h1>A Conversation With Crypto Cynic David Gerard</h1>
In an interview with Ben Munster, David Gerard, author of “Attack of the Fifty Foot Blockchain,” calls Bitcoin an apocalyptic death cult, pokes fun at maximalists’ optimism, and reminisces about the origins of his hate for the technology.
<h1>Korean Investigators Use Artificial Intelligence To Catch Crypto Scammers</h1>
A bitcoin Ponzi scheme was brought down thanks to the diligence of Korean civil servants who developed software capable of recognizing advertisement patterns used in pyramid scams.
<h1>A Journalist Asks: Is Charles Hoskinson The Same In Real Life As He Is On Twitter?</h1>
IOHK and Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson talks about the history of the Cardano platform and its next upgrade. David Z. Morris, however, is most interested in uncovering his true personality.
<h1>Wired’s Clive Thompson Talks Programmer Culture And The Goal Of Having A Coder As President</h1>
Tech journalist and author Clive Thompson talks about the joy of coding, dishes on the culture of software and blockchain developers, lists the potential benefits of having a tech-savvy president, and opines on tech’s future.
<h1>General Motors And BMW To Use Blockchain To Share Autonomous Vehicle Data</h1>
The auto giants want to take self-driving car data out of the silos and get driverless cars on the road quicker.
<h1>Could Blockchain Help Ease The Brexit Crisis?</h1>
Pindar Wong posits that a government-sanctioned stablecoin could help ease the tension between the European Union and the United Kingdom over tariff enforcement.
<h1>Real Or Inflated? An Inside Look At How Crypto Exchanges Work</h1>
Volumes and market caps are … up? Down? Is it even possible to tell?
<h1>Mesh Networks And Cryptocurrency Could Bring Internet Access To Rural Communities</h1>
The author breaks down what a mesh network is, how it can bring faster and more reliable internet connections to rural communities, and how micropayments in crypto can incentivize and balance the flow of data across the network.
<h1>Don’t Get Caught Up In The Excitement Of A Rally</h1>
As the price of crypto grows, Tyrone Ross, managing partner at NobleBridge Wealth Management, tells his clients not to give in to FOMO. In this piece, he outlines the questions investors should ask and answer before they invest in digital currency or any other type of asset.
<h1>Crypto Skeptic Nicholas Weaver Says Only Way To Win In Crypto Is Not To Play</h1>
Nicholas Weaver, researcher at the International Computer Science Institute and lecturer in the computer science department at the University of California, Berkeley, talks about the problems associated with cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, Ross Ulbricht, how crypto changed his worldview, and the demise of the industry.
<h1>Russian Gas Company Gazprom To Put Contracts And Data On A Blockchain</h1>
Alexey Miller, head of Russia’s state-owned gas giant Gazprom, met with Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev to report the company’s findings regarding the development of a prototype blockchain platform. The new platform is said to automatically generate contracts related to gas supply agreements, improve the security of data, and allow data sharing between specific participants.
<h1>Judge Rules ATB Coin ICO Was A Securities Offering</h1>
The folks at ATB Coin asked a New York judge to dismiss a case brought against them by those who invested in the company’s initial coin offering (ICO). The judge denied the request based on an established presence in New York and the argument that the ICO indeed qualified as an unregistered security offering.
<h1>Mt. Gox Trustee Says Rehabilitation Decisions Issued To Creditors</h1>
Nobuaki Kobayashi, the trustee appointed to oversee rehabilitation plans for the troubled Mt. Gox exchange, announced that all creditors who filed rehabilitation claims have been notified about whether their claims have been approved.
<h1>New Blockchain Consortium Includes Big Businesses And Prominent Members Of The Blockchain Industry</h1>
The International Association of Trusted Blockchain Applications, a global forum dedicated to accelerating the adoption of blockchain technology, opened its doors in Brussels, Belgium. The group includes over 100 firms and companies such as IBM, Ripple, and Barclays.
<h1>Civil Reboots But Doesn’t Refocus</h1>
Civil could be a Wayback Machine for journalism. But the platform’s insistence on tokenizing content curation may lead it astray.
