This Eastern European proof-of-stake upstart believes it has better technology than Cardano, EOS, & Algorand. Elrond (ERD) believes it has what it takes to overcome the behemoths of the proof-of-stake, or PoS, world. This Romanian PoS blockchain raised $3.25 million in an Initial Exchange Offering, or IEO, in July 2019. Elrond CEO, Beniamin Mincu, told […]
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This South Korean company joined forces with Samsung to forward requests to insurance companies using Blockchain technology. South Korean telecommunications firm, SK Telecom, announced a blockchain-based document submission process for mobile phone insurance. This new protocol will do away with the company’s current antiquated paper processing methods. Before now, users had to visit a technical […]
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Originally scheduled for launch in fall 2019, Block.one’s blockchain social media platform Voice briefly went live on July 3. Voice, a blockchain-based social media project developed by EOS creator Block.One, briefly went live one day before its scheduled launch. Based on the open source EOSIO protocol, Voice aims to use Blockchain technology to create a […]
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Bitcoin isn’t property under new Russian ruling while authorities in the U.S. and the EU challenge encrypted networks in this week’s Law Decoded. Every Friday, Law Decoded delivers analysis on the week’s critical stories in the realms of policy, regulation and law. Editor’s note The U.S. is preparing for its Independence Day tomorrow. New spikes […]
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Kraken Head of Business Dan Held explains why he believes Bitcoin could reach $1,000,000. Kraken’s head of business, Dan Held, has been involved in crypto since 2013. In his latest interview with Cointelegraph, he dives into the early crypto meetups in San Francisco’s Mission District and explains how the price of one bitcoin could eventually […]
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A temporary nuisance for crypto debit card holders, the Wirecard debacle reminds the public of the problems blockchain technology was designed to fix. Some of the most impactful frauds in modern history, from the Enron scandal to the Bernie Madoff investment scheme, were carried out by malignant actors inside or at the helm of corporate […]
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Cardano’s ADA may be listed on Coinbase by the end of 2020, this comes on the heels of the announcement that ADA holders will be able to stake their assets locked in the exchange’s vault. Cardano’s native cryptocurrency, ADA (ADA), may be listed on Coinbase by the end of 2020. This news comes following an […]
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Ethereum’s 2020 DeFi boom came at the cost of its gaming ecosystem. Results for the second quarter of 2020 show tremendous growth for decentralized applications across all ecosystems, primarily spearheaded by Ethereum (ETH) decentralized finance, or DeFi. Decentralized exchanges were at the frontlines of the rise as Compound token mining activity trickled down to on-chain […]
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Russian prosecutors are reportedly investigating a British firm that allegedly sold fraudulent Gram tokens. Shortly after lifting the country’s Telegram ban, Russian authorities began investigating potentially fraudulent offerings involving the company’s unlaunched token, Gram. The token was at one time meant to serve a new blockchain ecosystem known as the Telegram Open Network, or TON. […]
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Tron becomes the fourth blockchain project to be assigned branded hashtags, outspending competition with five hashtags at once. Tron (TRX) becomes the fourth blockchain project to receive a custom Twitter emoji hashtag. Justin Sun, Tron’s founder, unveiled the new emoji in a tweet on Friday. As customary in Tron’s marketing campaigns, the new emoji comes […]
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