The Latest Crypto News From The Interwebs - 16th April 10:16
Shot Taiwanese Bitcoin Miner Blames Trading Crackdown in China
Via Wolfie Zhao Mon Apr 16 09:00:50 BST 2018
Toughened bitcoin trading rules in mainland China may have led to a Taiwanese bitcoin miner being shot by gangland investors, a report suggests......
Tagged with #Markets #News #Legal #Crime #Asia-Pacific #Bitcoin-Mining #Taiwan #Regulation
Samsung Electronics Turns to Blockchain to Track its Global Supply Chains
Via Samburaj Das Mon Apr 16 08:59:50 BST 2018
shipments of its vast global supply chain network. In a significant endorsement of blockchain technology, Samsung Electronics – the world’s biggest chipmaker and smartphones manufacturer – is considering a broad implementation of a blockchain ledger platform to track its global … Continued.....
Tagged with #Blockchain-News #News #samsung #Samsung-SDS #south-korea
Crypto Tax Dodgers Are Tempting Fate
Via Mark Gladden Mon Apr 16 07:00:23 BST 2018
The ways governments tax cryptocurrency users may be unjust and due for reform, but simply ignoring the law for this reason is a dicey proposition......
Tagged with #2018-Tax #Tax #Subfeatured #IRS #Tax-Evasion
Alibaba Subsidiary Taobao Bans listing of Cryptocurrency and ICO Services
Via Vignesh Selvasundar Mon Apr 16 06:54:24 BST 2018
virtual currency-related services. Taobao is a subsidiary of Chinese eCommerce Giant Alibaba set up in 2003 where individuals and small business can list items for sale within China. Taobao previously had a ban on the sale of Cryptocurrency Miners … Continued.....
Tagged with #Bitcoin-Regulation #News #alibaba #ban #china #ICO #taobao
Greedy Facebook Versus Ideological Telegram: Why Principles Matter
Via C. Edward Kelso Mon Apr 16 06:30:18 BST 2018
Something happened this week that rarely occurs, history offered up a side-by-side comparison with a control. Heads of respective social network and messaging platforms Facebook and Telegram were each brought before their home governments, the United States for Mark Zuckerberg, Russia for Pavel Durov. How the two men responded is telling, and should inform everyone […]
Tagged with #Op-Ed #Apple #bitcoin-cash #cypherpunk-ethos #encryption #harvard #Isis #John-Thune #Law-Enforcement #Mark-Zuckerberg #messaging-app
HODL On: In Defense of Bitcoin's Best Investment Strategy
Via Steven Hopkins Mon Apr 16 05:00:00 BST 2018
HODLers may be getting a bad rap, but they're still following the best, most tested investment strategy for market, argues Overstock's COO......
Tagged with #Features #Markets #Bitcoin #Markets-News #Warren-Buffett #Featured #Investing
How the Government Gave Your Money to the Banks – Again and Again
Via Avi Mizrahi Mon Apr 16 04:20:13 BST 2018
Bitcoin was created to bring back people’s control over their own hard-earned money. Perhaps no greater example exists of how we don’t currently have real influence over how our capital is being spent than banks getting bailouts from the government at taxpayer expense. Also Read: Coinsource Installs 20 Bitcoin ATM Machines Around Washington DC A […]
Tagged with #Economics #Bail-ins #Bail-Out #Bailout #Bailouts #Bank #banks #Central-Banks #European-Central-Bank #Fed #Federal-Reserve
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