CAPTCHAs, authentication codes, and click-throughs are the scourge of Internet users everywhere. Nobody wants to waste time filling out a form while they’re browsing the web, even if it takes just a few seconds.

But although these systems may be a nuisance, they serve a very important purpose. Blocking bots prevents traffic overloads, reduces DDOS attacks, discourages ad fraud, and protect against login breaches.

Ethereum might be the easiest way to launch an ICO, but it’s far from the only platform for new tokens. After hatching in early 2018, Ravencoin has emerged to make a name for itself as a token ecosystem. The tokenization technology is finding genuine utility as the foundation for a growing number of industry applications.

The Lightning Network is pivotal to Bitcoin’s future, and many businesses are finding new ways to get onboard. In the latest spark for adoption, payments service FastBitcoins has teamed up with Sativa Store, an Estonian coffee shop and CBD retailer. This ‘joint’ partnership, announced earlier today, will put FastBitcoins’ Lightning-enabled point-of-sale terminals into two of Sativa Store’s locations.

Cryptocurrencies are frequently compared to the Wild West, with regulators as the absent lawmen. But authorities are now appearing in force, and cowboys are taking note.

Ethereum 2.0 is approaching fast, and when it finally arrives in 2020, one of the first features that it will introduce is proof-of-stake. Staking will serve the same function that mining currently serves in Ethereum 1.0, and it will give Ethereum coinholders a way to earn a return on their investment.

• Decred has a bearish short-term outlook, with price remaining below key resistance on the four-hour time frame
• The four-hour time frame shows that a bearish head and shoulder pattern has been triggered
• The daily time frame highlights that the DCR / USD pair remains in correction

Decred has a bearish short-term outlook, with the cryptocurrency trading below critical resistance on the four-hour time frame.

• DASH has a bearish short-term outlook, with the cryptocurrency remaining under technical selling pressure
• The four-hour time frame shows that the DASH / USD pair continues to create bearish lower lows and lower highs
• The daily time frame continues to highlight a bearish double-top pattern formation

DASH has a bearish short-term outlook, with the cryptocurrency remaining under selling pressure below its 200-period moving average on the four-hour time frame.

• Basic Attention Token has a bullish short-term trading bias, with the cryptocurrency recovering back above its 200-period moving average on the four-hour time frame
• The four-hour time frame shows that the BAT / USD pair is trading within a rising price channel
• The BAT / USD pair remains technically bearish below its 200-day moving average

Basic Attention Token has a bullish short-term trading bias, with the BAT / USD pair recovering back above its 200-period moving average on the four-hour time fram

Prediction markets are a simple concept: they allow you to bet on the outcome of various events, such as sports matches, political events, and market activity. And that’s just the beginning: you can place a bet on almost anything that you can imagine.

Cryptocurrencies and prediction markets are sometimes considered a natural fit, as gambling regulations in the United States and elsewhere are quite restrictive. In fact, it is quite hard to operate a prediction market under most circumstances.

The government of South Korea has given its approval for the city of Busan to be designated as a “regulation-free blockchain zone.” It comes after Busan was selected as the preferred bidder for the designation by the Korean Ministry of Startups and SMEs in April of this year.

Reports in the western crypto press have highlighted a statement by South Korean President Moon Jae-In, who stressed the need for “regulatory innovation” of blockchain technology. Moon also called it it “a matter of survival.”