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Bermuda Government Approves First ICO Under New Regulatory Regime

The government of Bermuda has awarded the first certification

for an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) under the island nation’s new regulatory regime for crypto and blockchain business, the country’s only daily newspaper, the Royal Gazette reports Oct. 18. According to the Royal Gazette, the Minister of National Security Wayne Gaines — whose office oversees ICT policy and innovation — announced that fintech company Uulala was awarded certification by the Bermudan government today at the Bermuda Executive Forum in Miami. In July, the Premier and Minister of Finance of Bermuda David Burt introduced new regulations on ICOs to the lower house of the country’s Parliament, the House of Assembly. The new guidelines require ICO issuers to provide detailed information about “all persons involved with the ICO.”

Issuers must also disclose a review of the project, detailing key aspects of the product or service such as the market audience, financing system, the amount of money that is planned to be raised, and technical aspects associated with software and blockchain specifications. The Royal Gazette reports that Uulala aims to improve financial inclusion of unbanked and underbanked people by providing financial services. The firm has reportedly developed a decentralized peer-to-peer network “to load cash into the digital economy.” Once funds are deposited, users purportedly have access to a virtual MasterCard, with which they can participate in e-commerce, as well as pay bills or send cross-border payments.

The company’s CEO Oscar Garcia told the Royal Gazette that Uulala aims to raise $50 million dollars in its token sale, and has already raised $10 million privately. Garcia noted the country’s thorough regulatory standards; it reportedly took four months for the firm to get approval for its license. Despite the wait, Garcia said: “Bermuda is known as a financial hub and it is very forward thinking on blockchain and fintech… They have a reputation of being excellent regulatory stewards and we thought that would be a better fit for us than a jurisdiction where we could say we’re good, they’d believe us and give us approval in three weeks.”

Bermuda has been cultivating a friendly regulatory environment for fintech, crypto, and blockchain-related business over the course of the past year. In addition to the aforementioned regulations, the country also began to amend the Banking Act in order to establish a new class of bank to render services to local fintech and blockchain organizations.The government has also signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with several blockchain and crypto-related companies to both promote the industry in Bermuda and create jobs for the local population.

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Aaron Wood

Aaron Wood is an editor at Cointelegraph, with a background in energy and economics. He keeps an eye on Blockchain's applications in building smarter and more equitable energy access globally.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/bermuda-government-approves-first-ico-under-new-regulatory-regime

David https://markethive.com/david-ogden

Cryptocurrency Airdrops and Bounty Campaigns Face SEC Hammer

The regulatory scrutiny over ICOs has led to the arrival of token “airdrops,”

or free tokens in exchange for a few marketing efforts. However, a recent ruling by the SEC may end this augmenting form of generating hype for many cryptocurrency projects in the U.S.

SEC Not Impressed

A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing, dated Aug. 14, unveiled digital asset startup Tomahawk has received a $30,000 fine and a lifetime ban for allegedly employing “fraudulent marketing techniques” to amp up its fundraising efforts. A cease-and-desist order was later made public and cryptocurrency communities were quick to note a key detail of the SEC’s order: “Free” tokens were considered securities.

Tomahawk’s token issuance was said to violate Sections 5(a) and 5(c) of the Securities Act by “selling TOM tokens in the absence of a registered statement.” The court highlighted Tomahawk’s use of bounty campaigns and other marketing activities were “designed to foster the company’s economic interests” in addition to potentially causing market manipulation for its tokens. The absence of regulations means cryptocurrency entrepreneurs have been offering airdrops and bounty campaigns immune to security laws.

However, the filing states quite the contrary:

“On July 27, 2017, in response to the Commission’s DAO Report, Tomahawk published an article online titled ‘Tomahawkcoin ICO Adjusting to the SEC, by Legally Avoiding Them.’ That article incorrectly stated that Tomahawk’s ICO would be exempt from securities regulation because the Company was abandoning its plan to be quoted on the OTC market.”

Airdrops to be Illegal Soon?

Some crypto-enthusiasts ascertain the SEC’s issue is not cryptocurrencies, but the wayward process of token distribution. In this regard, Mashable reported on blockchain-based ride-sharing application Juno in 2017, describing the company’s enterprising reward of digital “shares” to riders using the platform.

Needless to say, the SEC stepped in to change the company’s core business ideals, putting in a formal request to shift from a digital share-rewards system to a cash-based incentive process. Moving forward–now that token issuers and ICOs are viewed as taboo by the U.S. lawmakers–it is expected that airdrops and bounty campaigns face comparable legal action and certain levels of scrutiny. The airdrop case weakens when blockchain entrepreneurs themselves describe the process in a satirical manner. Matthew Roszak of

Bloq said:

“In certain ways, people are getting free lottery tickets. There will be a tsunami of airdrops this year.”

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Post-mining his first bitcoins in 2012, there was no looking back for Shaurya Malwa. After graduating in business from the University of Wolverhampton, Shaurya ventured straight into the world of cryptocurrency and blockchain. Using a hard-hitting approach to article writing and crypto-trading, he finds his true self in the world of decentralized ideologies. When not writing, Shaurya builds his culinary skills and trades the big three cryptocurrencies.

https://cryptoslate.com/cryptocurrency-airdrops-and-bounty-campaigns-face-sec-hammer/

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ICO portfolio is down by 66% in the first half of 2018, according to EY study

– 86% of tracked ICOs are below listing price; 30% lost substantially all their value

– ICOs claim to have raised US$15b in first half of 2018

– Top 10 ICOs listed in 2017 account for essentially all of the gains since issuance, with a majority in blockchain infrastructure

In the first half of 2018, 86% of the leading initial coin offerings (ICOs)

that listed on a cryptocurrency exchange in 2017 are below their initial listing price and a portfolio of these ICOs is down by 66% since the peak of the market at the beginning of this year, according to a study from EY, Initial Coin Offerings: The Class of 2017 – one year later, that examined the ICOs' progress and investment returns. The study finds 30% have lost substantially all their value. There were gains among The Class of 2017 since their ICO, with most gains (99%) concentrated in the top 10 ICO tokens, the majority of which are in the blockchain infrastructure category.

The latest study follows an initial analysis in December 2017, when EY analyzed top ICOs representing 87% of the ICO funding last year. It found that a lack of fundamental valuation and due diligence by potential investors was leading to extreme volatility in ICO performance, which is still an ongoing issue. The study announced today found that ICOs claimed to have raised more than US$15b in 2018, compared with US$4.1b¹ in 2017. However, EY found that only 29% (25) of the 2017 ICO projects that EY assessed have progressed to prototypes or working products – an increase of just 13% from December 2017. The remaining 71% have no offering in the market.

Paul Brody, EY Global Innovation Leader, Blockchain, says:

"Despite the past year's hype around ICOs, there appears to be a significant lack of understanding around the risks and rewards of these investments. In addition, there is a disparity between those who invest in ICOs and the ICO project developers regarding the anticipated timelines of ROI. While ICOs are an entirely new way to raise capital, those participating should understand that there are factors – such as the slow progression toward working product offerings – that can introduce greater risk in ICO investing."

Utility tokens diminish in value

The study also examined the 25 companies with working products. Of those 25, seven were accepting payment in fiat currency as well as ICO tokens for their product offerings. As a result, customers can make purchases directly without buying the tokens issued in the ICO process, therefore bypassing the community of token holders and diminishing the value of the ICO tokens. In at least one case, an ICO company has abandoned ICO investors by no longer accepting their tokens (de-tokenizing).

Yuri Gedgafov, EY Tech Media and Telecom Center Leader, Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe & Central Asia, says: "So far, utility tokens aren't creating the engaged communities anticipated to coalesce around innovative ideas. In fact, many of the most successful ICOs are mired in litigation or conflict over broken promises and unexpected changes in business strategy with little to no rights for the ICO investor."

Ethereum platform remains dominant

Ethereum is the dominant platform and shows the highest activity among developers and on social media. While new platforms arise on a regular basis, there is no sign that the new ICO infrastructure projects have had any success in reducing the dominance of Ethereum as the industry's main platform. Brody says: "It's clear that due diligence and awareness of risk are more important than ever. The number of ICOs showing gains since listing on one of the leading crypto exchanges is so limited that it would have required exceptional good fortune or a visionary portfolio strategy to have made any gains investing in the 2017 ICOs. At the moment, the level of reward in this market doesn't look like it justifies the risks involved."

Note to Editors:

About the survey

The survey collected data on global projects that have conducted ICOs and performed a detailed analysis of the top 141 projects, which collected 87% of all ICO proceeds, following up on their performance between January 2018 and September 2018. The ICO market is unregulated; there is no single source of ICO data, reporting standards or generally accepted methodology. The findings are preliminary and based on public sources, and EY cannot always match the information given by these sources with the transactional data available on the public blockchain. We based our study on project websites, the most popular crypto exchanges, ICO trackers, data aggregators and interviews. The figures on ICO funding volumes (total and per project) are derived from open sources as of September 2018. The EY analysis is of 141 ICOs from 2017. We did not audit or confirm the data and it is subject to change.

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Tips for holding a successful cryptocurrency airdrop campaign from a user perspective

I was reading an article from Payments Journal about

“Six Tips to Make Your Airdrop a Success” and thought I would write my little piece on the subject, from a user’s perspective.

Clarification #1: I’ve never run an ICO or airdrop campaign, so I have little understanding of technical aspect such as delivery of tokens, etc.

Clarification #2: Since starting my journey into my airdrop challenge I’ve signed up for around 15 airdrops, not to mention the ones that were scams and I could not complete for whatever reason.

What’s the point of this article:
Hopefully a company that is trying to run an airdrop reads this and improves their systems. Here are my tips from experience. Keep in mind that I can be wrong, and what I’m writing is purely my own opinion.

Switch from technical to simple

It’s easy to get caught up in the technical side of things when it comes to an airdrop. After all, the ICO and cryptocurrency realm is highly technical. The only problem with this notion is, that most people that sign up for airdrops probably learned about it from a friend, a forum post or some kind of website like mine.

These people can be complete crypto noobs and might have just recently bought their first piece of Bitcoin. They can understand basic instructions, but anything too technical and you are setting yourself up for a support nightmare. Even confusing instructions, weird website setups or strange forms is not a good idea. Make your airdrop user-friendly. It’s that simple.

Be clear on the following:

Exactly what a user needs to do to earn/receive airdrop tokens.
When will a user receive their tokens?
How much is each token worth or will it be on launch day?
What is your total airdrop token value?
When will you receive your tokens?

Confirm that your airdrop is not a scam

I hate signing up for an airdrop only to realize that it’s probably a complete scam and that I will never see those tokens in my wallet. Not only did I just waste time, but I probably just gave away my email address or entered personal details into a form that I rather would not have done, especially now that I know it’s a scam. There should be two parts to this:

Airdrop hosting

Host your airdrop on your main website! This is so simple, yet I can’t understand why so many ICO’s and blockchain projects try to collect user data via a Google form. It’s a complete joke. If your project is worth anything you should have a developer or designer that can create a page for your airdrop that can collect a form, have a user dashboard, etc. Lately, if an airdrop is not on a project’s website, I just don’t even bother filling out the form – OR READING ABOUT THE ICO. Isn’t that what it’s all about, to gain exposure?

Make sure information about the airdrop is shared across all your social media accounts. You can also go the extra mile and create a blog post on your company blog, Medium.com, and Steemit. Also, register as a company representative or the company yourself so that it looks legit. Please stop using some Bitcoin forum as your main portal for airdrop announcements. Sure, you can use it get people to promote it and announce bounties, but it has to be on your official website or point to it.

Scam prevention

Choose an employee or higher a virtual assistant to scour the web on a regular basis for people hosting a fake airdrop for your coin. There are just so many airdrop groups on Facebook, subReddits, etc. they would have to join to find out. You could even set up Google Alerts. Once a scam airdrop for your token or ICO is discovered, do whatever you can to close it down by reporting them to the platform they are on. Also, notify your subscribers to warn them of the scam.

Utilize as many social media platforms possible

If you care about gaining exposure for your ICO or blockchain project allow users to get the word out on multiple social media platforms and award them accordingly. This should include Facebook, Twitter, Medium, Reddit, Facebook groups (multiple share options), Steemit, YouTube – just to mention a few. Also don’t be skimpy with your reward system. The more you give, the more you get which takes me to my next point.

Reward users fairly

I’m okay with signing up for an airdrop that gives me $5 worth of tokens, but anything lower than that it starts to lose my interest. Also, if the airdrop is that low ($5), let’s face it $5 isn’t much, then please don’t expect the user to like and follow all 10 of your social accounts to get it.

And don’t let me get started on rewarding users $1-$2 per referral. Sure it might sound easy drive referrals to an airdrop page, but it isn’t always as simple as it sounds. Reward them accordingly. At least make an airdrop reward around $5. This way you will probably generate much more exposure and motive affiliates. Don’t be skimpy. I would much rather sign up AND READ ABOUT AN ICO when the airdrop gives you a good amount of tokens $10+.

Use technology to your advantage

This part admittedly I lack in experience and knowledge, but really if you have a team of expert developers working for you, surely you can figure it out. Use technology to track user signups, create a dashboard for easier tracking and confirmation of tasks completed for additional tokens, make it easy for users to see their token balance, etc.

The dashboard in my honest opinion is a great option. I love being able to log into my account and check my latest referral and airdrop statistics. Why can’t every airdrop campaign have this? You can even have a page on your website that details the number of airdrop tokens distributed and enable checking of wallet addresses etc to see how many tokens they will receive. EOSdac did something similar.

Check that everything works before launching

Why would you start an airdrop campaign only to have to tell users “we’re busy fixing the bugs, please be patient.” This is entirely unprofessional and just means you did not prepare correctly or test the airdrop. The simple solution is to test that everything is working before you launch the campaign.

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http://www.thecryptocoinauthority.com/successful-airdrop-campaign-tips/

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Journalism Blockchain Startup Civil Cancels ICO, Refunds Investors

Crypto and blockchains startups, even those that hold great promise,

have sadly received the full brunt of 2018’s dismal market conditions, resulting in a widespread loss of clients and investment interest. For example, freshly-printed studies have revealed that Coinbase, widely regarded as this industry’s golden child, saw 80% of its U.S.-based customer base dissipate, resulting in a similar decrease in volumes. But most recently, on Tuesday, Civil, a promising blockchain-centric journalism startup, revealed that it had suffered a great setback.

Blockchain Startup Suffers Setback Amid Bear Market

While the conditions of 2018’s crypto winter are something that investors have grown accustomed to, Civil, an upstart blockchain startup, recently revealed that it had to formally cancel its initial coin offering (ICO) due to a lack of interest. For those who missed the memo, Civil’s raison d’être, if you will, is to revolutionize how digital journalism is managed from the ground-up. When it was founded in 2017, the company’s top brass envisioned a “new economy for journalism,” with many of the firm’s co-founders visualizing a series of platforms that brought change to this age-old industry.

However, ambitions don’t come without a cost. And in the case of Civil, that cost was one of a monetary variety. So while the firm initially saw a $5 million seed investment comes its way from ConsenSys, the Google of the blockchain world, Civil still craved capital. More specifically, the startup remained hell-bent on its plans to raise a minimum $8 million via an ICO of its CVL Ethereum-based tokens. But now, after the company’s one-month-long, long-awaited Civil Token ICO has finally elapsed, it is apparent that the startup overstated demand for its ICO, missing its soft cap by $6.5 million dollars. As reported by TechCrunch, although the firm’s head was in the clouds, in the end, only 1,012 investors purchased $1,435,491 worth of CVL tokens.

Seeing that it missed its soft cap by millions, Civil has sadly announced that it will be providing compensation to all participants of its ICO, with refund transactions being slated to be sent by October 29th. In a testament to the resilience of crypto innovators, who will stop at nothing to achieve the improbable, Civil has since revealed that it isn’t ready to shutter its blinds and close its doors. In fact, in a status update, Matthew Iles, the founder and CEO of the startup, alluded to the fact that his firm had learned from its mistakes, immediately divulging plans for a “much simpler token sale.”

Attempting to turn the unfortunate situation on its head, Iles adding that “Civil isn’t going anywhere [and is] here to say” due to a $3.5 million investment from ConsenSys, who seems to be a big believer in the startup. Eventually, following its second token sale, along with the use of its now-stocked up war chest, Civil intends to release a blockchain-publishing WordPress plugin, a “community governance application,” and a developer tool for utilizing data gathered by the firm’s operations.

The Brooklyn-based firm also inked a strategic deal with the world-renowned Associated Press, as reported by NewsBTC on a previous occasion, who will use Civil’s products to better its business in multiple capacities. Along with the Associated Press, Forbes also recently joined hands with Civil, which will see the major media outlet run the startup’s blockchain applications through the works. So while a failed funding round may have spelled the end of any other crypto project, Civil’s drive for innovation likely only rose exponentially after its ICO went kaput.

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Nick Chong

https://www.newsbtc.com/2018/10/17/journalism-blockchain-startup-civil-cancels-ico-refunds-investors/

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GG World Announces Reverse ICO as It Prepares to Offer Regulated Blockchain Lotteries

GG World Announces Reverse ICO as It Prepares to Offer Regulated Blockchain Lotteries

GG World’s ICO has been announced

to start from November 2, 2018, and the investors are keen to discover the benefits of this revolutionary idea, offering completely transparent, online and government-regulated national lotteries to players and interested investors, globally. Identifying a pressing need for disruption in a market which is incredibly popular, yet notably old-fashioned, GG World Lottery has come up with a solution that can bring the industry up-to-speed by implementing blockchain and other state-of-the-art technologies.

With a team of seasoned veterans and innovative approach, the GG World Lottery project stands out from the rest of the projects. Unlike other projects in the crypto-sector, the company has taken a reverse ICO approach to raise funds and build a strong community of interested investors, players, and even governments. The GGC token, to be issued as a part of the token sale also brings special benefits to the participants as token holders.

Why Is GG World ICO Interesting for the Investors?

The upcoming GG World Lottery ICO will undoubtedly become one of the best options to invest in 2018: an extraordinary professional team with a substantial industry background, unique offering with lucrative gains for investors and token holders, an ability to get the lifetime revenue share. By taking part in the GG World reverse ICO, investors will become eligible to receive a reverse share – USP of the platform’s special business model. The model includes the distribution of dividends based on jackpot prize wins. Overall, the platform intends to create a win-win situation for everyone including investors and lottery operators (government or private).

The GG World Lottery platform protects both players and users by employing blockchain nodes. It provides additional transparency by ensuring fairness of draws through the integration of TRNG technology based on Quantis True Random Number Generator. Also, it will utilize the advantages offered by DLT to share profits with eligible community members and respective jurisdictions as per their existing regulatory and legal frameworks. In addition, the platform also allocates a significant percentage of the profits, to be channeled to verified charitable organizations

The Rise of the Online Gambling Industry

For starters, GG World Lottery platform will take care of the issues that come with regulations while improving transparency levels by offering the lottery on Ethereum smart contracts. The platform will run on mobile devices, for added convenience and easy accessibility to the players, which will in turn appeal to more players and give them a chance to participate in world-class lottery programs.

With a model built around security, transparency, ease-of-use, and accessibility, GG World Lottery hopes to tap into unexplored markets such as the African, Asian, and South American continents. Thanks to GG World Lottery blockchain platform, the gambling industry is also set to receive a facelift as it will get rid of outdated lottery hardware such as communication routers, ticket dispensers, monitors, scanners, tickets, and terminals. In addition to removing retailers and other intermediaries from the equation, the platform will provide numerous advantages to the players by enabling them to play right at their homes while eliminating fraudsters from the lottery ecosystem.

What Makes the Project Special?

It’s a Reverse ICO – Not a Startup with Merely an Idea

GG World Lottery knows better than to step into a vastly competitive market of the kind empty-handed. The project is responsible for developing one of the most unique products in this category – comprehensive white-label lottery software which offers a ticket-purchase courier service for the most well-known lotteries throughout the world. This allows it to open multiple lottery ticket-selling websites on behalf of its partners.

Backed by Professionals

The project’s team consists of industry experts with decades of experience in the field of national lotteries. GG World Lottery’s CEO, Mark Hutchinson is a start-up expert with a background in some of the early lotteries in the US, including Wisconsin, Kansas, and Colorado. Furthermore, Mark is one of the founding members of Lotto America, which grew to become the biggest lottery in the world – the Powerball.

A Lot to Come in Future

The company isn’t just starting the GG World Lottery. Apart from this, they are creating numerous African, South American and Asian lotteries. It has signed agreements with official regulators in a range of specified countries to be an official channel partner or to run national lotteries. They will be entirely online, government-backed and regulated, and mobile friendly.

Enhanced Transparency

GG World Lottery has introduced its True Random number Generator (TRNG). The project has come up with a unique system which will deliver entirely true random numbers which is based on the natural randomness in the world.

About the ICO

The ICO is starting on November 2nd and will run till January 31st, 2019. GG World Lottery’s ICO participants, token holders will also receive a quarterly-paid revenue share based on each GG World Lottery Jackpot prize win. The company has already signed NDAs with multiple regulatory bodies throughout the world that would increase the value of the GGC token.

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https://www.newsbtc.com/2018/10/14/gg-world-announces-reverse-ico-prepares-to-offer-regulated-blockchain-lotteries/

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South Korean Government to Decide on Cryptocurrency ICO Legalization in November

A South Korean official has said

that the government is likely to announce its official stance on cryptocurrency ICOs in November. This statement was made during a National Assembly audit on Wednesday.

ICO Legalization: To be or Not to Be

According to The investor, Hong Nam-Ki, the chief of the Office for Government Policy Coordination, responding to a question raised on the government’s stance on

ICOs said:

We have had several discussions (on ICOs). Once the survey results are in by end-October, we plan to finalize the government’s stance.

In September the FSS commenced a study among some companies that are conducting or in the process of issuing an ICO in the country despite the ban. Various reports out of South Korea show a divide in government opinion in regards to Initial Coin Offerings. Also speaking at the National Assembly audit meeting, Choi Jong-Ku, chairman of the Financial Services Commission (FSC) reiterated the initial ban on ICOs. The chairman stressed the Commission’s stance to continue with the sweeping prohibition on cryptocurrency fundraising activities and

exchanges.

Although many people call for the government to allow initial coin offerings, there are still uncertainties related to such a move as well as the possibility of serious fallouts.

Meanwhile, Min Seong-woo, a member of the National Assembly is asking for the legalization of ICOs. The lawmaker while clamoring for ICO legalization also called for robust regulations to prevent speculation, money laundering, and fraud.

Current Cryptocurrency Regulatory Paradigm in South Korea

There is currently a ban on Initial Coin Offerings and anonymous crypto trading in South Korea. Despite the ban, the country is yet to release official regulations concerning cryptocurrency exchanges and trading. Throughout 2018, various reports have surfaced regarding drafted policies aimed at regulating the crypto space.

Earlier in the year, EWN reported on plans by the country’s legislative arm to ease crypto trading. In July, local media said that the FSC and FSS were working to create a favorable regulatory framework for the crypto exchange operators.

The Director of the KFIU (Korea Financial Intelligence Unit) has proposed stricter regulations for crypto exchanges, suggesting regulating exchanges similarly to commercial banks. In a country with zero tolerance for money laundering, legalizing ICOs which are currently viewed as a possible tool for money laundering and fraud, might take a while.

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https://ethereumworldnews.com/south-korean-government-to-decide-on-cryptocurrency-ico-legalization-in-november/

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AirDrop: The Ultimate Guide

AirDrop lets you quickly and easily transfer files between iPhones, iPads, and Macs.

It uses Bluetooth LE to broadcast, discover, and negotiate connections, and point-to-point Wi-Fi to transfer data. That makes it fast, power-efficient, and secure! When you're using AirDrop between iPhones and iPads, you can AirDrop photos, videos, contacts, Passbook passes, Voice Memos, Map locations, and any and everything else that appears on a Share sheet.

How to turn on AirDrop for iPhone or iPad

AirDrop lets you choose between enabling it for just your contacts or for everyone. "Contacts" requires more work, as you and the person you want to AirDrop with both have to be logged into iCloud and be in each other's Contacts. "Everyone" is easier but means random people you don't know can send you prank AirDrops.

Tap Contacts Only or Everyone to turn AirDrop on.

Launch Control Center by swiping up from the bottom bezel of your iPhone or iPad.
Make sure both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are active. If they're not, just tap on them. (You don't have to be on a Wi-Fi network, you just need Wi-Fi on to transfer).
Tap AirDrop.

How to AirDrop files from your iPhone or iPad

You can AirDrop files from any iPhone or iPad app that includes the built-in Share sheet, and you can share to anyone and any of their devices that show up in the Share sheet.

Tap the person or device you want to share to.

Find the file you'd like to send with AirDrop (I chose a photo).
Tap the Share button on the bottom right of your screen (looks like a box with an arrow coming out of the top).

Note: If you choose Contacts Only, make sure you're logged into iCloud. Apple won't share your contacts with another device to determine if there's a match; it'll check both your iCloud accounts instead. Then, if there is a match, it'll show you your own version of the contact on your own device. That way, no data gets leaked.

If you choose Everyone, even though you are highly visible to other devices, you will always be prompted when someone is trying to share files with you through AirDrop. If you don't recognize the sender, or do not want to receive the files, you can always choose not to accept them. Files sent through AirDrop will appear in the app that typically handles those sorts of files — i.e. photos will show up in Photos.

How to block AirDrop with restrictions for iPhone and iPad

If you want to not just turn off AirDrop but block it completely, for example on your child's iPhone or iPad, you can use restrictions — also known as parental controls. Tap on Enable Restrictions at the top if you don't already have them turned on. If you do, skip down to step 6.

Switch AirDrop to Off.

Launch the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad.
Tap on General.
Tap on Restrictions.
Enter a passcode that you'll use to enable and disable apps.

How to troubleshoot AirDrop on iPhone and iPhone

AirDrop feels miraculous when it's working, frustrating when it's not. If you're having trouble with AirDrop on your iPhone or iPad, here are some fixes:

How to turn on (or off) AirDrop for Mac

Launch the Finder on your Macs.
Click on AirDrop in the left navigation.
Select Off to disable AirDrop, Contacts Only to enable only your contacts to AirDrop you, or Everyone to let everyone AirDrop you.

How to AirDrop from your Mac using the drag and drop

If you want to grab some files and quickly throw them into AirDrop, the fastest way to do it is using drag and drop.

Launch Finder on your Mac.
Find the files you want to AirDrop.
Drag the files over AirDrop in the sidebar.
Hover there until the Finder changes to the AirDrop window.
Drop the files onto the picture of the contact you want to share them with.

How to AirDrop from your Mac using the context menu

If you prefer to control/right-click on your Mac, you can access AirDrop that way as well.

Launch Finder on your Mac.
Find the file you want to share.
Control/right click on the file and then choose Share from the menu.
Choose AirDrop from the sub-menu.
Click on the picture of the person you want to share with.

How to AirDrop from your Mac using the Share sheet

You can also AirDrop files using the Share sheet on macOS, including from the Finder and Safari.

Click on the Share button, typically at the top right.
Select AirDrop
Click on the picture of the person you want to share with

How to troubleshoot AirDrop on on Mac

If contacts don't show up in the AirDrop interface, try these solutions, in order:

Toggle Bluetooth and/or Wi-Fi off and back on to reset the connections.
Turn off Instant Hotspot to free up the Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connections.
Temporarily switch to Everyone to remove any chance of contact mismatch.

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Malta to Assist the Government of Vanuatu in Forming Blockchain and ICO Legislation

The state authorities of Malta will assist the government

of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu in forming blockchain regulations, the Vanuatu Daily Post reported Monday, Oct. 8. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vanuatu Ralph Regenvanu has reportedly requested assistance from the Maltese government in forming blockchain legislation upon instructions from the Council of Ministers.

Speaking at a meeting with Maltese Prime Minister Dr. Joseph Muscat, and Parliamentary Secretary Silvio Schembri, Regenvanu noted the crucial role of adopting appropriate regulatory frameworks for the blockchain industry and Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). In mid-September, the Reserve Bank of Vanuatu (RBV) issued a public warning on crypto, stating that digital currencies are “not recognized as legal tender in Vanuatu and are not issued or regulated by the bank,” according to Daily Post.

The statement subsequently raised concerns among local authorities, with state regulators suspending the issuance of Financial Dealers Licenses (FDL) to crypto and blockchain-related businesses until proper regulation is adopted. According to the report, Maltese authorities “immediately” responded to Regenvanu’s request, and offered assistance to the Vanuatu Government in developing proper legislation for the blockchain sphere.

Regenvanu also suggested the formation of a “Commonwealth of Blockchain Islands” for establishing blockchain regulatory standards. According to the Vanuatu Daily Post, Muscat “warmly welcomed the Minister’s recommendation.” In addition to providing training to both Ni-Vanuatu students and state regulators, and general technical assistance in blockchain regulation, Maltese financial authorities are also eager to contribute to Vanuatu’s financial oversight. In early July, the Parliament of Malta passed three bills that set a defined regulatory framework and legal environment for the crypto and blockchain industries.

Due to the high level of blockchain industry development, as well as increased awareness and openness to the cryptocurrency industry, the country has become a popular spot for crypto-related businesses, including major crypto exchanges lilke Binance, OKex, and BitPay. Recently, Muscat claimed that crypto is the “inevitable future of money,” while blockchain can create a more transparent and fair society. In October 2017, the Vanuatu government announced that the country accepts Bitcoin (BTC) as payment for its citizenship program, requiring a one-time payment of $200,000, or around 30 bitcoins as of press time.

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Operation Airdrop delivers critical supplies within hours to areas flooded by Hurricane Florence

Within mere minutes, volunteers from the Texas-based organization

Operation Airdrop rushed to unload a semi-truck filled with bottled water. In under a half-hour, those same bottles were airborne from Raleigh-Durham International Airport bound toward a flooded Carteret County.

Founded a year ago in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, Operation Airdrop expanded into providing service for Hurricane Florence with the help of local Triangle grassroot coordinators, pilots and partnerships with dozens of local and national disaster-relief organizations. The organization moves supplies from municipal airports to boats in the flooded regions of North Carolina, many of which are where trucks or cars cannot access safely. Dan Benedix, a volunteer pilot, said the organization delivered 29,000 pounds of food and supplies across North Carolina on Tuesday and approximately 55,000 pounds Wednesday.

“In Lumberton they’re unloading the airplanes from the terminal onto boats, and those boats are going to peoples' houses that have been stranded without food or water for the last three or five days,” Benedix said.Although other disaster-relief organizations can take days between receiving and delivering supplies, Benedix said there’s only a few hours between Operation Airdrop's intake of product and it arriving to the destination in need.

According to Benedix, RDU’s Airport Authority gave all Operation Airdrop planes a $1 per gallon discount on gas and allowed hundreds of volunteer planes to use the TAC Air terminal. The volunteer pilots are paying their own gas — up to $600 for a round trip to the coast. “In fact, Cape Fear is offering (the pilots) fuel for free, and they’re refusing,” Benedix said. Jil Christensen, a Raleigh-based Operation Airdrop coordinator, said, as an avid sailor, her memories of earlier devastation on the N.C. coast drove her charitable work. “I wanted to make sure what happened in Hurricane Matthew did not happen during Hurricane Florence,” she said.

Christensen said her involvement in Operation Airdrop began when she joined online groups looking for her sailboat during Florence. Christensen said she was the only online group member unaffected by the hurricane and found herself in a unique position to help. “I was getting private messages, asking me to find their aunt in flooding waters, or someone was dying because they were running out of oxygen and asked me to call 911,” Christensen said. “I realized the scale of what was happening, and I realized the storm had only been going on for 14 hours.”

Christensen said the support from the community has been overwhelming, but the organization can handle even more supplies and volunteers in addition to what they are currently receiving. “We need more, and that is only because we can move 200 planes if we have enough stuff to put in 200 planes," she said. "And that means 200 planes get to destinations across the state.” The most critical supplies to donate can be found on this Amazon list, updated daily by Operation Airdrop as items go out-of-stock and as they field requests from communities and families in need.

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