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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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 ...
