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    Africa,  Alt coins,  Bitcoin,  Ethereum,  Media,  Tether,  United States

    Must-reads for August 28, 2018

    Here are the crypto stories you should be watching today

    Tether (USDT) New Intervention Lifts Bitcoin (BTC) to $6,800 (Cryptovest) In answer to the question, “Why is bitcoin trading above $7,000”, note that $50 million in tethers were sent to Bitfinex just a few hours before the rally, though $30 million went back shortly thereafter.   Bill Cosby Using Bitcoin To Keep Creditors, Government & His Wife From $500M Fortune (Radar) This is a kind of weird story that seems to rely on “sources.” Nonetheless, if true, it means the 81 year-old star of “Leonard Part 6,” who made millions of dollars selling sugary snacks like Jell-O and Coca-Cola to children, is hiding his money. Hey, Bill, your money can’t…

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    Alt coins,  Cryptocurrencies,  Innovators

    Ahead of ICO, Ternio defends company’s technology

    Company claiming first blockchain with a million transactions per second has a million questions to answer

    If there were a Rotten Tomatoes-like aggregator for top ICOs, Ternio would probably get a “91%.” They have a top team, third party verification of technology, and the impressive first-ever milestone of 1 million transactions per second. They also have a serious problem convincing us that any of that is true. When Ternio co-founder Daniel Gouldman hired security firm Null Bash to conducted a full audit of Ternio’s team, infrastructure, and code base, it was more than a party trick. Gouldman wanted the toughest outsiders possible to verify that Ternio’s Lexicon architecture could handle one million transactions per second (txns). Ternio is in the pre-sale stages of its ICO, so…