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Ethereum (ETH) privacy startup Aztec announced the launch of its zero-knowledge succinct non-Interactive argument of knowledge (SNARKs) generation via a cryptographic ceremony called Ignition.In a press release shared with CryptoX on Sept. 15 the startup also announced the closing of its latest round of investment with participation from A.Capital,
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France’s economy minister Bruno Le Maire declared that France will exempt tax on crypto-to-crypto trade but will impose tax when cryptocurrency is converted to traditional money. Le Maire stated that when the capital gain of cryptocurrency is converted into traditional fiat currency, it is the ideal time to implement taxation.The
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Ethereum (ETH) decentralized exchange protocol AirSwap’s developers announced that they have discovered a critical vulnerability in the system’s new smart contract.AirSwap’s team announced its findings and a possible solution for all potentially affected users in a Medium post published on Sept. 13.A limited vulnerabilityPer the release, on Sept. 12
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For the past two weeks, Ether (ETH) price has been a frequent topic of discussion among traders. Investors are beginning to wonder if the altcoin has finished its retrace from a 2019 high at $364 and this week Ether settled at the $170 support and proceeded to reverse course.Cryptocurrency
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In what was dubbed the first of its kind purchase, two California council members were seen buying marijuana from a local store with cryptocurrency.The council members, Berkeley City’s Ben Bartlett and Emeryville City’s Dianne Martinez, were spotted in a local cannabis shop in Ohana on September 11th, where they reportedly
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Noelle Acheson is a veteran of company analysis and CoinDesk’s Director of Research. The opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own. The following article originally appeared in Institutional Crypto by CoinDesk, a weekly newsletter focused on institutional
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Recently, a report by Der Speigel magazine in Germany indicates that the German government is against giving approval to private stablecoin issuers such as Facebook and its digital currency Libra.The report cites a member of the current government, Thomas Heilman, who called for caution against these stablecoin issuers. He said
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The New York-based cryptocurrency brokerage and trading platform Tagomi has solved one of the biggest challenges associated with trading cryptocurrencies: how to short Bitcoin(BTC)trade and Ethereum (ETH)trade with ease. As reported by Bloomberg Quint, the firm is aiming to make cryptocurrency shorting easy and address the key issues faced by
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Banco Santander has announced that it has successfully issued a bond that is backed by end-to-end blockchain, and possibly revolutionizing the bond technology. The news was revealed on September 12th through a press release issued by the bank itself.As stated in the press release, the technology behind the bond consists
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Enterprise blockchain startup Kaleido, a part of ConsenSys’s venture studio, became the first to implement crypto privacy firm QEDIT’s zero-knowledge proof solution.An optional featureQEDIT claims in a press release shared with CryptoX on Sept. 15 that this partnership with Kaleido will enable its private asset transfer feature as an
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