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Software giant Salesforce has been awarded a patent that describes the use of a blockchain platform to combat email spam. The patent explains the technology to prevent spam from reaching users' mailboxes.
If you haven't been keeping up with the cryptocurrency news this week, this article will help you get a comprehensive overview of all the major events. Here is a short summary of the most interesting news:
The decline in Bitcoin and Ethereum prices continued yesterday. Technical indicators point to a possible end to the pullback, but strong gains are not expected over the weekend.
The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) regulated exchange ecosystem for Bakkt launches on December 12, however, the public is concerned about the platform's possible impact on the market. Following a series of Twitter posts on the topic, securities lawyer Jake Czerwinski has clarified some of the issues surrounding the Bakkt platform, which is currently awaiting regulatory approval to launch operations.
Estate agent Ronnie Rickner, director of Rickner Charles, has started accepting cryptocurrency as payment for the company's services and has already received a fee from one of his clients in Bitcoin for the sale of a property in Rochester worth £600,000.
Da Hongfei, founder of Antshares (now better known as NEO), believes that cryptocurrencies and blockchain are over-regulated. He recently gave an interview to the Chinese publication 8BTC, where he said that “blockchain can hardly survive under the current regulatory system.”
Two representatives of the administration of a Chinese school were caught stealing electricity from their workplace for Ethereum mining.
The elections held in West Virginia were experimentally conducted on a blockchain platform. State residents overseas in 29 countries voted via their mobile devices. The government's pilot project was the first to use a combination of smartphones, facial recognition and blockchain technology to ensure voting participation for those living and working abroad.
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