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What really is the difference between a security token and a tokenized security?

Over the past few months, we have noticed a significant number of articles proclaiming the imminent failure and collapse of the ethereum platform due to its inability to scale and its overall lack of user traction.

On Jan. 5th, Ethereum Classic suffered a 51% attack losing a total of more than US$1 million spread over 15 different transactions.

Following the sudden death of its founder Gerry Cotten, cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX is reportedly missing CA$190 million dollars in digital assets, Canadian news daily The Globe and Mail reports on Feb. 1.

Switzerland-based blockchain and cybersecurity firm WISeKey has opened a Blockchain Center of Excellence in Geneva, according to an announcement on Feb. 1.WISeKey focuses on secure authentication and identification using a cryptographic tool called Root of Trust.

The Pacific Northwest's StableUSD is scheduled for listing on Binance on Feb. 5th. Stably's USDS is a cryptocurrency that aims to introduce additional transparency and reliability into a fiat-backed stablecoin.

Bitcoin has officially entered the longest stretch of declining prices in its 10-year history.

The Director of Data Science and Risk at American cryptocurrency trading platform Coinbase, Soups Ranjan, has stepped down.

Feb. 1 - Markets are relatively quiet, as major coins are trading sideways, with most seeing small gains over the 24-hour period.

Director of data science and risk at Coinbase, has left the cryptocurrency exchange after three and a half years.

After stealing $5 million in cryptocurrency from 40 victims through SIM swapping, 20-year-old Joel Ortiz, pleaded guilty to theft and accepted a plea deal of 10 years in prison as reported by Motherboard, a division of news outlet VICE, on Feb 1.Ortiz accepted the plea deal last week, according to Erin West, the Deputy District Attorney of Santa Clara County, California.

The bulls have not been able to rise above the 20-day EMA after falling below it on Jan. 10.

In a possible effort to reposition itself as a contender in the Western market, NEO is hosting its 2019 DevCon in Seattle, Washington, this February 16th through 17th. The conference is consistent with NEO's goal to become the "Most developer-friendly public blockchain project and decentralized application platform."

Smart contracts auditing firm Hosho has laid off a significant number of staff, citing an increased amount of automated tooling, the firm's co-founder and president Hartej Sawhney told Cointelegraph on Feb. 1.While stating that the company did lay off a sufficient part of the team - the exact amount unspecified - Sawhney still noted that Hosho continues to be one of the leading firms in the industry of smart contract auditing and security, specifically in penetration testing.

Troubled Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX owes its customers $190 million and cannot access most of the funds, according to a court filing obtained by CoinDesk.

Developers contributing to the ethereum protocol are electing to hold off on a decision to submit code that would stifle the advantage of high-powered ASIC miners competing for the network's rewards.

In the United States, the state of Wyoming passed a bill that will allow for cryptocurrencies to be recognized as money on Jan. 31, according to the state legislature website.

Cryptocurrency custody startup Casa has just launched a browser extension for its lightning network-enabled bitcoin node.

Europe's largest digital publisher Axel Springer SE has partnered with blockchain startup SatoshiPay to enable direct payments using blockchain, investment news agency London South East reports on Jan. 31.Blockchain micro payment firm SatoshiPay has reportedly started a collaboration with Axel Springer yesterday, Jan. 31, in order to develop a platform enabling readers to pay for content using SatoshiPay Wallet.

The U.S. government may be open again, but don't hold your breath for regulatory approvals of crypto investment products.

One of Canada's top crypto exchanges, Coinsquare, is reportedly laying off almost 30 percent of its staff, including its chief financial officer and chief operating officer.

A recently discovered form of malware steals browser cookies and other information on victims' Apple Mac computers to steal cryptocurrencies.

In a transaction that has all the hallmarks of a reverse initial public offering - also called a reverse merger - OKC Holdings Corp., which is the parent company of OKCoin and OKEx bought a controlling share in Leap Holdings Group on Jan. 14.Leap Holdings is a construction company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with a market cap of 978 million Hong Kong dollars.

Hosho was founded under the premise it could safely sell smart contract shovels in a tokenized gold rush - in fact, the company's name itself means "Security" in Japanese,.

Ethereum has launched its first pre-release for phase zero of the network's evolving transition to Ethereum 2.0, according to new post published to Ethereum's github on Jan. 31.The post notes that "This marks the first release in a series of weekly releases through February 2019. Phase 0 in v0.1 is relatively feature complete and approaching stable."

United Kingdom crypto liquidity startup B2C2 OTC Ltd. has received approval from the country's Financial Conduct Authority on Wednesday, Jan. 30, according to a record in the FCA's register.

Micropayments startup SatoshiPay has partnered with Europe's largest digital publishing house, Axel Springer SE, to process blockchain payments for its content globally.

South Korea's conservative political party, the Liberty Korea Party, has declared their aim to use blockchain technology in four major areas, according to an official announcement published on Jan. 31.

Ethereum startup Aragon is considering building a second network on the blockchain interoperability protocol known as Polkadot.

A Bloomberg article published today, Feb. 1, suggests that proof-of-stake token investors have a unique option to survive the protracted crypto market slump: staking their holdings.