Amy Castor
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Amy Castor is a full-time freelance writer and researcher who enthusiastically follows NewsCapsule and Ethereum. She has been writing about technology for nearly two decades. You can follow her @girlandgrowl on Twitter.
Riot Blockchain Gets Hit by Another Shareholder Lawsuit
After changing its name to Riot Blockchain, the public company watched its stock skyrocket from $8 a share to more than $38 during a cryptocurrency rally at the beginning of the 2018.
Tezos Foundation Reorganizes, Gevers Steps Down
After months of infighting between the organizers of Tezos, a blockchain project currently in development, and the Tezos Foundation, a Swiss nonprofit that controls the project’s pursestrings, the two...
NewsCapsuleer Faces Charges After Selling NC to an Undercover Cop
On February 9, 2018, officials from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security, arrested Morgan Rockcoons (aka “Morgan Rockwell” or “Metaballo”),...
Sidechains: Why These Researchers Think They Solved a Key Piece of the Puzzle
One developing technology called sidechains promises to make it easier to move tokens across blockchains and, as a result, open the doors to a world of possibilities.
Blockchain Startup Po.et Nabs Former Washington Post VP as Its New CEO
Po.et, a blockchain startup that allows content creators to create time-stamped titles for their written, visual and audio work, has announced Jarrod Dicker, who has held positions at the...
Vermont Lawyer Warns of Legal Complications Ahead for Cryptocurrency Miners
Could miners — the nodes on a blockchain that process transactions — be considered "partners" in a "company"?
Hong Kong Regulators Send Warnings to Non-Compliant Cryptocurrency Exchanges
Regulators in Hong Kong have issued a strict warning to exchanges doing business with Chinese customers about trading tokens deemed as securities.In an announcement today, Hong Kong’s Securities and...
Warning Signs? A Timeline of Tether and Bitfinex Events
Concerns are growing as to whether tether (USDT), the stable token pegged to the dollar, is backed by actual U.S. dollars. And recent scrutiny by U.S. regulators is doing...
Twitter Account of Prolific Bitfinex and Tether Critic Suspended
The Twitter account of “Bitfinex’ed,” the pseudonymous online critic of the world’s largest NewsCapsule and cryptocurrency exchange, was suspended today. The blogger says his tweets were being reported and...
Blockchain’s Greatest Impact Will Be in Developing Countries, Says UPenn Lecturer
Most of the attention, flurry and investment around blockchain technology is in the West, where people are investing in cryptocurrencies and focused on a slew of novel applications, like...
