With the Bitcoin halving less than three weeks away, pundits predict the hash rate distribution to revert to the optimized pre-halving state. With the Bitcoin (BTC) halving only weeks away, anticipation appears to be building up as Google Trends data for the event show online searches reaching an all-time high. Bitcoin’s block reward halving comes […]
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A recent Bloomberg report concluded that Bitcoin may be priming for a massive bull run. A recent Bloomberg report states that Bitcoin (BTC) is preparing for a massive bull run. Even the report’s name is bullish — “Bitcoin Maturation Leap”. The report mentions a number of reasons that the Bitcoin market is maturing, and that […]
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Is it possible to share personal data in order to help to fight the global pandemic and keep this data anonymous to protect your privacy? The headlines are scary. Millions of infections — over 170,000 deaths. Nothing will ever replace the lives lost or bring back pre-COVID-19 “normal” again. While our hearts and deepest sympathies […]
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Overstock’s blockchain arm tZERO bags $5 million in funding from GoldenSand Capital through its latest equity sale. tZERO, the blockchain subsidiary of the American internet retailer Overstock, raised $5 million in equity investment from the Hong Kong equity firm GoldenSand Capital. Speaking of the firm’s interest in being a part of tZERO’s initiative, chairman of […]
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The longer markets can stay above $6,800, he better, filbfilb argues, with $7,200 a necessary zone to recapture. Bitcoin (BTC) moved up to challenge $7,000 on April 22 as support at $6,800 held and price analysts began to count down to the halving. Cryptocurrency market daily overview. Source: Coin360 BTC price bounce relieves bulls Data […]
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Crypto-banking solution Dharma has implemented a function to send U.S. dollar payments to any Twitter handle, regardless of geographic location. Blockchain banking solution Dharma has implemented a new feature called Social Payments, allowing users to send U.S. dollars to any Twitter handle. An April 21 tweet announcing the move explained that payments can be made […]
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International Chamber of Commerce will curb the inefficiencies in carbon market using blockchain. International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) launched its new Carbon Council initiative to celebrate Earth Day’s 50th anniversary, which will work on bringing higher liquidity to the carbon market through the use of blockchain. ICC is an institutional representative of more than 45 […]
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RSK is entering the enterprise blockchain field with a pilot program designed to improve the direct debit process among Argentinian banks and financial institutions. An Argentinian consortium of banks and technology companies under the patronage of the Central Bank of Argentina is promoting a pilot program implementing blockchain. The system would be used to handle […]
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A new Chinese Bitcoin Ponzi scheme has absorbed roughly $11 million in Bitcoin in less than one month of operating. Antimatter Kingdom (AK), a new Chinese crypto Ponzi scheme, appears to have netted $11 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC) in less than one month of operating. Upon launching at the start of April, AntiMatter Kingdom […]
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The Winklevoss brothers’ Gemini cryptocurrency custodian and exchange has obtained a new security qualification, SOC 1 Type 1. The Winklevoss brothers’ Gemini cryptocurrency custodian and exchange has obtained a new security qualification, SOC 1 Type 1. According to an April 21 blog post by the company’s head of risk, Yusuf Hussain, Gemini became the world’s […]
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