A giant Bitcoin transaction involved $700 in fees, when just $35 would have seen it process in the next block. A $1 billion Bitcoin (BTC) transaction has become conspicuous not because of its size but because its sender spent far too much on fees. Someone could have sent 94K BTC for $35 Social media users […]
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U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex will upgrade its XRP wallets on Monday, resulting in temporarily limited services on the exchange. U.S.-based crypto exchange Poloniex took to Twitter today to announce the upgrade of its XRP wallets, which will result in withdrawals and deposits being suspended for several hours. What will change? On Sept. 5, the crypto […]
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U.S. Department of Energy grants $200,000 to blockchain company Factom to help secure the power grid. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), is granting nearly $200,000 to blockchain company Factom to help protect the national power grid. Blockchain to improve grid reliability and resilience On July 12, the U.S. Department of Energy awarded the funds. […]
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Four out of the first five results presented when querying Google for a “bitcoin qr generator” lead to scam websites that generate false qr codes. Four out of the first five results presented when querying Google for a “bitcoin qr generator” lead to scam websites. The findings Cryptocurrency wallet ZenGo wrote the findings in a […]
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Blockchain platform Waves and game distribution platform The Abyss will jointly launch a blockchain-based marketplace of digital goods and in-game items. Open source blockchain platform Waves and blockchain game distribution platform The Abyss will jointly launch a blockchain-based marketplace of digital goods and in-game items. In a blog post published on Sept. 5, The Abyss […]
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Offchain Labs, an enterprise-focused blockchain startup, has launched an Alpha version of its Ethereum scaling solution with new investment from Coinbase. Following investment from Coinbase Ventures, Offchain Labs has opened up the Alpha version of its Ethereum (ETH) scaling solution, dubbed Arbitrum. Enterprise-focused blockchain startup Offchain Labs said that their solution will enable processing speed […]
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San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange OKCoin has expanded its fiat-to-token trading services in seven more US states. San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange OKCoin will now offer fiat-to-token and token-to-token trading services to residents of seven more US states. OKCoin expands services in the United States of America On Sept. 5, OKCoin, one of the top cryptocurrency exchanges […]
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Major crypto exchange Binance plans to begin a token airdrop as part of their recent acquisition of crypto-asset trading platform JEX. Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance plans to launch a token airdrop as part of the company’s acquisition of JEX, a crypto-asset trading platform. In a Sept. 5 announcement, Binance again revealed the acquisition of JEX, […]
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Global peer-to-peer Bitcoin marketplace Paxful and Colombia-based blockchain company Coinlogiq, will bring 45 new crypto ATMs to Colombia and Peru. The global peer-to-peer Bitcoin (BTC) marketplace, Paxful, and Medellin-based blockchain company, CoinLogiq, are joining forces to bring 20 new crypto ATMs to Colombia and, later, 25 to Peru. Colombians will have access to 20 new […]
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LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman teamed up with Youtubers to release a battle rap between Alexander Hamilton and Satoshi Nakamoto. Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, decided to let Alexander Hamilton, one of the founding fathers of the United States, face-off against Bitcoin (BTC) creator Satoshi Nakamoto in an epic crypto-rap-battle video. Cryptocurrency debate between actor-rappers playing […]
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