In our “National Cryptocurrencies” section, we cover government-backed digital currencies and state initiatives related to blockchain technology. Here you will find news about central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), national crypto projects, and the role of digital money in modern economies. Read the “National Cryptocurrencies” section on ForkNews to stay informed about how countries are developing their own digital currencies.
Switzerland has the status of an open country in relation to virtual currencies and has become one of the states considering the possibility of issuing its own digital currency.
Yesterday's price decline is reflected by today's recovery of cryptocurrency pairs. Some altcoins will likely only recover by half
The three-day blockchain conference Consensus 2018 has completed its work. As promised, the fourth conference was the most large-scale and impressive in composition. Over the course of three days, 250 speakers and experts spoke, and there were more than 8,000 guests.
The decentralized cryptocurrency network Bitcoin Cash has undergone an update. The opcode, which increases the block size to 32 MB, was activated on May 15. As part of this fork, only software updates are carried out. This is a hard fork associated with a major update and development of the network, similar to a soft fork.
Renowned venture capitalists Fred Wilson and Balaji Srinivasan, chief technology officer of the Coinbase exchange, sat down with Wall Street Journal reporter Paul Vigna to discuss the 2018 Consensus conference. Srinivasan and Wilson explained why Warren Buffett, Nouriel Roubini and other prominent skeptics criticize Bitcoin.
The Wall Street Journal on May 17 released the results of its analysis of nearly 1,500 initial coin offerings (ICOs), showing that 18.6% of them were suspicious. The WSJ staff warned that among the 1,450 IPOs they found, 271 used “deceptive or outright fraudulent tactics.”
The trend towards a gradual decline in prices for major cryptocurrency pairs will continue today
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