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When it comes to the use of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency, the United States is in its own league. In an effort to outperform the U.S, Italy started investing heavily in this nascent industry. Right now, Italy still has fewer numbers, but the growth rate is promising - it is expected to increase from 2017’s €16 million to €92 million by 2020 and with a CAGR of around 79.2%.

The newly created cryptocurrency “JPM Coin” by JPMorgan (JPM) is gaining momentum in the blockchain arms race amongst the giant United States (U.S.) Federal Reserve (Fed), at a higher rate. It’s the first bank to develop its own digital coin. The coin is pegged to the U.S. dollar.

XMR developers, and the whole team at large, are ready and in high gear to fork their network on Saturday, March 9th 2019 in order to lower the effectiveness of ASICs (application-specific integrated circuits). The hard fork might cause a change to the Monero proof-of-work (PoW) algorithm and also lower the hash rate competences of ASIC miners by a significant factor of over 2.5.

Bitcoin (BTC), the flagship crypto soared in 2017 and hit 1700 percent growth in a single year. For those who had invested earlier before it increased to that rate harvested with two hands, but to investors who missed that opportunity or invested in BTC late are not certain whether or not they will leap any profit from BTC.

Shinhan Bank, the second biggest financial institution in South Korea, is in the middle of launching a blockchain technology-based system developed to lower the rate of human error. This initiative was reported on Monday, December 10, 2018, by The Korean Times.

A study reveals that implementing Bitcoin (BTC) at the same rates at which other major technologies have been incorporated could itself create enough emissions to increase world temperatures by 2°C by 2033.

Bitcoin gains popularity every day and the number of its owners is growing.  In 2017, the rate of the crypto-coin updated the highs almost every month.  In 2018 - we are still waiting for the "winter race" and it is coming up.  With the growth of the rate, the market capitalization of this currency increases, and traders play and benefit from market fall and volatility.  Many of them managed to make good money on Bitcoin, investing in it or trading on the stock exchange. Therefore, the question is, what are the ways to buy this cryptocurrency, and which are more convenient and profitable for the buyer, not for the seller.

A full committee of tax experts in Japan which is responsible for giving advice to the government on taxation issues has called for the loosening of the country's digital currency tax filing process.

The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC), generally thought to be the apex post-trade market facility, announced on Tuesday, October 16, a wide study that concluded that blockchain can be leveraged to underprop arithmetic mean daily trading volumes in the flourishing U.S equity market of 100 million trades daily.