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Mainstream adoption and crypto politics

In recent history cryptography has influenced elections, revolutionised monetary exchange and decided wars all within a few generations. The advent of computing...

Bitcoin vs bitcoin cash - can the lightning network speed up bitcoin?

The bitcoin cash rocket has surged again; and I thought this was the perfect time to discuss bitcoin scaling (making bitcoin faster) and the lightning network. ...

Cryptocurrency tax obligations in New Zealand

There has been much debate about taxes when investing in cryptocurrency in New Zealand. This writer in particular looked far and wide to try and find a succinct...

The Bitcoin Cash Rocket Just Crashed

Catastrophic, crazy and heartbreaking. These are some of the adjectives being used after the biggest pump seen in cryptocurrency history; came crashing down. Bi...

How one kid inadvertantly froze over $150 Million worth of Ethereum by accident

Parity, a major Ethereum wallet is in damage control today after a vulnerability froze a minimum of $150 million within users accounts. The parity Ethereum mult...

ICO's encouraged by New Zealand's Financial Market Authority (FMA)

On the 25th of October New Zealand's Financial Market Authority (FMA) has published an official document surrounding compliance with Initial Coin Offers (ICO's)...

$10 000 NZD – Bitcoin blows through the 5 digit mark!

The digital cryptocurrency Bitcoin has hit the moon, reaching an all time high of $10,000 New Zealand Dollars. Driven by possible performance enhancing forks in...