A coin is a piece of hard material that is standardized in weight, is produced in large quantities in order to facilitate trade, and is used primarily as a medium of exchange or legal tender. Coins are usually metal or a metallic material and sometimes made of synthetic materials, usually in the shape of a disc, and most often issued by a government.
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Zcash founders hand trademarks to non-profit foundation — for free!
The creators of privacy-focused cryptocurrency Zcash are handing ownership of the coin's trademark to the Zcash Foundation ...
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Lawyer accused of laundering $300M in OneCoin cryptocurrency scam stands trial
The lawyer who allegedly laundered some of the proceeds from the multi-billion dollar OneCoin cryptocurrency scam is currently ...
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Ethereum had a less than stellar Q3, intense 6 months ahead as ETH 2.0 looms — here's what happened
Vitalik Buterin's Ethereum had a great second quarter of this year, but the same cannot be said of Q3. Let's take a look ...
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ING says bank-owned digital currencies are coming — and we’re all doomed
Whether you like it or not, central bank digital currencies are coming. But opinions are divided as to when exactly we'll ...
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The IRS’ latest cryptocurrency tax guidance shows it still doesn’t get it
The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued updated guidance for calculating taxes owed on cryptocurrency holdings yesterday. ...
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TalkTalk hacker's parents sentenced for moving son's stolen cryptocurrency
The parents of Elliot Gunton, the 20-year old that hacked TalkTalk, and traded cryptocurrency have landed themselves in hot ...
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This CoinMarketCap parody site tracks Bitcoin's market cap, plus 99 shitcoins
The cryptocurrency market is a confusing place at the best of times. All that complicated technology and all those names ...
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Meet the brave devs trying to take Dogecoin beyond the meme
Hard Fork spoke with devs Ross Nicoll and Michi Lumin about what it takes to take Dogecoin beyond its meme and build it into ...
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XRP bag holders are begging Ripple to stop dumping its coins
One of the biggest XRP whales, Ripple, is being asked in a Change.org petition to stop dumping its coins. Of course this ...
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Earn money on your unused cryptocurrency with Binance? It’s probably more hassle than it’s worth
Digital asset exchange Binance is launching a cryptocurrency lending platform later this month and it's probably not worth ...
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Bitcoin and gold trading trend broken as cryptocurrency outpaces precious metal – at least for now
Bitcoin and gold have been compared many times, but while the precious metal is reportedly set to suffer its worst week in ...
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Dogecoin’s 60% growth over Q2 proves it should be taken seriously – here's what happened
Dogecoin might have been inspired by the internet meme of the same name, but it's transformed into a serious cryptocurrency ...
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SpankChain launches SpankPay so users can pay for porn with Bitcoin
Adult content platform SpankChain has launched SpankPay, a cryptocurrency payments platform.
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Binance Coin did great in Q2 despite $40M exchange hack – here’s what happened
Binance's cryptocurrency exchange was hacked last quarter for over $40 million. Even so, its proprietary token, Binance Coin, ...
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Ripple Q2: Market share is down, but price is up – here’s what happened
Ripple did show an improvement and positive growth in Q2 over Q1, but it wasn't enough to alleviate the coin's poor start ...
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Moonday Morning: South Korea lost $2.3 billion to cryptocurrency crimes over last 2 years
Welcome to Monday, and welcome to another Moonday Mornings. Hard Fork's wrap-up of the weekend's top cryptocurrency and blockchain ...
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Report: Bitcoin outperformed all other coins in Q2 2019
According to a recent report, Bitcoin increased its market dominance from 54.6 percent to 65 percent in Q2 2019.
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Venezuelans go after diamond-backed cryptocurrency Ponzi with $30M lawsuit
A group of Venezuelans are suing a $30 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that allegedly backed its coins with real diamonds. ...
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There are now over 5,000 cryptocurrency ATMs around the world
The number of cryptocurrency and Bitcoin ATMs around the world continues to grow and has recently pushed passed the 5,000 ...
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JP Morgan claims big institutions are hot for its (non-)cryptocurrency
Despite dividing opinions earlier this year with JPM Coin, American bank JP Morgan is rolling out its blockchain-based tech ...
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Facebook will launch its Libra digital currency in 2020
Facebook has finally revealed plans to launch its new digital currency Libra next year.
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Facebook signs major partners for its cryptocurrency network and it still sounds terrible
Facebook has begun assembling a who's who of big tech companies to back its soon to be unveiled cryptocurrency, GlobalCoin. ...
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WATCH: Bitcoin ATM showers London's Bond Street station in cash money
Footage has surfaced of a Bitcoin ATM filling a duffel bag with bank notes, as a security guard tries to keep onlookers at ...
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Top cryptocurrencies outperform Bitcoin in latest price pump (except XRP)
The price of Bitcoin has hit its highest point in over a year, but other top cryptocurrencies have posted even greater returns. ...
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BitMEX: IEOs raised $39M, but projects keep 95% of tokens on average
On average, cryptocurrency projects fundraising with IEOs have made just 4.4 percent of their total token supply available ...
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Bitcoin is having a great 2019; altcoins, not so much
Bitcoin pumped its way past $7,000 to regain losses from October 2018, but small cap cryptocurrencies are yet to follow suit. ...
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Here's how Binance Coin performed in Q1 2019
Binance Coin only launched a couple of years ago but is alread getting lots of interest. Despite having a poor 2018, it has ...
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Microsoft teams up with JP Morgan to shill enterprise blockchains
Microsoft and American banking giant JP Morgan are teaming up to make it easier to put enterprise businesses on the blockchain. ...
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Cryptocurrency Q1 roundup: How did XRP perform?
Ripple had a fairly uneventful first quarter showing only a small amount of growth. Like other cryptocurrencies it has been ...
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First quarter 2019 crypto roundup: How did Litecoin perform?
Let's take a look at how well Litecoin performed in the first quarter of the year. Will it be good news for Charlie Lee's ...
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BitcoinSV delisted by Binance amid Craig Wright controversy
Binance has officially delisted the BitcoinSV cryptocurrency, as the "hodlonaut vs Craig Wright" legal dispute rages through ...
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South Korean police use AI to bust $19M Bitcoin-fuelled pyramid scam
M-Coin is the latest cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme busted. This one was worth a whopping $19 million, and it targeted the elderly ...
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Bitcoin’s price surge pushes cryptocurrency-related stocks into the green
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies weren't the only investments to benefit from the leading coin's recent price jump. Crypto-related ...
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Here’s the difference between ICOs and IEOs
There is momentum growing for a new type of coin offering to fundraise using the blockchain. Say hello to the initial exchange ...
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Abra finally treats its users as adults, lets them handle Ethereum directly
Yesterday, cryptocurrency wallet and services provider, Abra, announced that users can now purchase Ethereum through its ...
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SEC chairman explains how it classifies cryptocurrencies as securities
SEC chairman Jay Clayton has confirmed how it decides whether cryptocurrencies are securities, after calls backed by Coin ...
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Alibaba finally got its shitcoin namesake to drop its name
In a joint statement released on Monday, Alibabacoin and Alibaba announced they have reached an agreement which will see ...
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What we know about Facebook’s secretive cryptocurrency – and what we don’t
Rumours about Facebook's potential entry into the world of cryptocurrency have been swirling around for months, but it now ...
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The differences between cryptocurrencies, virtual, and digital currencies
Hard Fork put together a primer on the differences between cryptocurrencies, digital, and virtual currencies – three terms ...
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JP Morgan’s new digital 'coin' is not a cryptocurrency, or even a stablecoin
Do we really need another digital payment thing for institutional players to send money between themselves? JP Morgan says ...
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I got a $50 cryptocurrency mystery box a year ago… now it’s worth $2.90
The cryptocurrency mystery box I got last year has lost over 90 percent of the value at which I bought it. It seems HODLing ...
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There's more to Bitcoin maximalism than meets the eye
What exactly is Bitcoin maximalism? In this article, Hard Fork takes a look at what Bitcoin maximalism is, and what it means ...
