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Steem Hard Forks Today Over Fears of Justin Sun Power Grab

The Hive hard fork is expected to go live at 14:00 UTC with the support of major exchanges Huobi and Binance.

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Steem Community Plans Hostile Hard Fork to Flee Justin Sun's Steemit

The blockchain for bloggers, Steem, is moving to Hive.io, CoinDesk has learned. The hostile hard fork is scheduled for Friday.

DEADLOCK: Steem community leaders are now moving to launch a whole new chain following the Tron Foundation's acquisition of Steemit. (Credit: Shutterstock)

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Steem Community Mobilizes Popular Vote in Battle With Justin Sun

The Steem community is striking back after an attempted end-around by Tron founder Justin Sun.

STEEMFEST: The gathering of the blockchain's most avid users. (Photo courtesy of Steem witness Arcange)

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Why Crypto Should Care About Justin Sun's Steem Drama

The implications reach much further than just Steem or Tron, underlining the fundamental message of the "not your keys, not your crypto" mantra.

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Justin Sun Bought Steemit. Steem Moved to Limit His Power

The people who run the Steem blockchain executed a reversible soft fork Sunday over concerns about Steemit's new owner.

STAND BACK: Justin Sun's Gucci sneakers on stage at the first NiTron Summit in San Francisco, January 2019. (Photo by Brady Dale for CoinDesk)

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In Defense of Justin Sun

People mock Justin Sun and TRON. But by several metrics it's a successful business. Time to get over the snobbery, says VC Alexander Blum.

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Tron’s Justin Sun (Finally) Gets $4.5M Dinner With Warren Buffett

Justin Sun finally had his $4.5 million charity dinner with Berkshire Hathaway chief Warren Buffett last month.

Justin Sun finally had his $4.5 million charity dinner with Berkshire Hathaway chief Warren Buffett last month. (Image via Tron)

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Crypto News Roundup for Jan. 27, 2020

Today's daily podcast features trouble at TRON and an attack on Bitcoin Gold. It's CoinDesk's Crypto News Roundup.

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Former Employees Sue Justin Sun and Tron Foundation, Alleging Workplace Hostilities

A lawsuit accuses Justin Sun and the Tron Foundation of harassing and firing two employees as payback for objecting to management practices.

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Poloniex Drops KYC for Withdrawals Below $10,000 Following US Exit

The new KYC requirements come a week after Poloniex completed its U.S. exit.

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