Month: November 2018

Shell & BP Are Now Selling Crude Oil on the Blockchain

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Shell and BP are now using a blockchain-based trading platform for crude oil, which they hope will solve trade and settlement inefficiencies. Shell & BP Hope Blockchain Will Solve Inefficiencies Vakt is first to market of several pilot schemes which have been in development, which Bitcoinist reported on back in January 2018. It comes courtesy of […]

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“Enforcement by Guidance”: How the SEC Is Slowly Shaping ICO Regulation

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On November 27, 2018, a California judge turned back the SEC’s request for an injunction against token company BlockVest, a company the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is pursuing for allegedly conducting an unregistered securities offering. The judge, however, ruled that BlockVest’s token distribution, which was conducted via airdrop, was given freely and received […]

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Bitcoin vs Ethereum: Differences, Advantages and Disadvantages – Which is Better?

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Bitcoin and Ethereum are undoubtedly among the most widely discussed cryptocurrencies, especially after the unparalleled bull run at the end of 2017 launched prices to unseen heights. While they are among the leading and most popular cryptocurrencies, the technology backing each one of them is fairly remote.  Let’s have a look at the most important […]

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Cryptocurrency Market Update: Stellar (XLM) Climbs to Fourth Spot

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Crypto markets have held their gains, Stellar and Zcash leading the way. Cryptocurrency markets have held on to their gains following two days of recovery from extremely low levels. Things are not great mind you and markets are still at very depressed levels for the year, but the good news is that they haven’t dumped […]

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