Until recently, Amazon, Google and a few other centralized services have cornered the market in cloud computing. Cloud providers offer “pay-as-you-go” services where you pay for the computing power that you need, drawing from a network of available hardware. Amazon.com popularized the term cloud computing when it released its Elastic Compute Cloud in 2006 and […]
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The World Economic Forum held its 48th annual meeting in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland this past week. Topics included expected subjects like renewable energy and UBI – Universal Basic Income provided by the governments of the respective countries. Cryptocurrency mining could arguably be considered a method for producing a basic income, assuming that people see value in […]
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TRON is among the highest-volume altcoins trading on the major exchanges. With a coin market cap of over $4 billion, it’s proven itself as a coin that people see value in, despite (or perhaps because of) its low price-tag of 6-7 cents. They’ve stepped up their R&D, and Exodus is planned for launch on March […]
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VeChain became the 20th biggest cryptocurrency, with a market cap of over $2 billion and its prices soared over the weekend after news that it passed a Cryptocurrency Disaster Recovery Plan (CDRP) from PWC. Having the notoriety of an established firm like PricewaterhouseCoopers behind it will no doubt add to VeChain’s value, and the community […]
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The BlitzPredict (BPZ) ICO pre-sale starts tomorrow, with a 10,000 ETH hard cap. They will produce 1 billion BPZ tokens, selling off up to 150 million in the pre-sale, and 150 million in the token sale that follows. The rest will be held for 2 years or more, and distributed to staff, partners and advisors. […]
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Ledger SAS, the French cryptocurrency hardware manufacturer has raised a staggering $75 million USD during its Series B round under the leadership of Draper Esprit, one of Europe’s leading venture capital firms. This represents the biggest venture capitalist fundraiser in the crypto storage sector, and it serves as a strong indicator of the growth of […]
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Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), considered among the largest financial institutions in Japan has announced plans to launch its own Bitcoin and crypto exchange that will target retail and institutional investors. In addition, the company plans an ICO. Mainichi Shimbun, a leading newspaper in the country reported that MUFG was putting resources and a team […]
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Try to Google “blockchain potential” and you will come across a barrage of articles hyping about Blockchain technology’s world altering and disruptive potential. While plenty of people are excited about the blockchain technology, there are millions others that are skeptical. Fortunately for us (and all of humanity), the naysayers are losing. Bitcoin’s price has surged […]
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The final quarter of 2017 was marked by huge increases in value for Bitcoin and several different alt-coins, bringing cryptocurrency to the fore of investment discussions. Some have seized the opportunity to preach the crypto evangel, while others have taken a cynical approach and declared the crypto markets an inevitable bubble destined to burst. It’s […]
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Ripple (XRP) and MoneyGram (MGI) have agreed to try out a partnership to use blockchain technology, xRapid to speed up money transfers, and to do so at a much lower cost than the soon-to-be-extinct “technology” used by companies like Moneygram and Western Union today. Based on international banks testing Ripple, we expect this to be […]
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