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Paradigm Leads $30 Million Funding for Crypto Privacy Startup StarkWare

StarkWare, the company behind the zk-STARKS privacy tech, just raised $30 million in equity funding from a number of major firms.

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In Korea's Ruling Party, A Lawmaker Commits to Ending the ICO Ban

A powerful new voice is standing up to South Korea's ICO ban.

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Bitcoin's White Paper: The Blueprint for a Payments Model T

The Model T democratized the car industry – and the bitcoin white paper did the same for payments, says Ripple's top technologist, David Schwartz.

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The Double-Spend (What Bitcoin's White Paper Solved Forever)

Bitcoin's white paper solving the double-spend problem in the digital world makes near real-time commerce possible across the entire planet.

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Defending Decentralization, Like a Twice in a Millennium Chance

During the Web3 Summit earlier this week, speakers and attendees struck an optimistic tone, even though the challenges for blockchain are great.

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A New Token Is Coming To Ethereum – And It's Fully Bitcoin-Backed

A new ethereum token is being created and it holds a one-to-one peg with bitcoin.

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Zcash's Next Upgrade to Make Private Transactions 100x Lighter and 6x Faster

Zcash's upcoming Sapling hard fork, expected to execute on Oct. 29, makes substantial improvements to the efficiency of its private transactions.

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Bitcoin's White Paper Isn't Just Words – It's a Constitution

The foundation of a new and better governance?

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Investors Received False Information About Bitmain Funding Round

The pitch decks stated DST Global and GIC had invested in Bitmain. A disgruntled investor wants to take legal action over those false claims.

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AMD: GPU Sales to Crypto Miners Was 'Negligible' in Q3

AMD announced it saw "negligible" revenue from selling graphics cards to the crypto mining community over the past quarter.

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