Algorand claims in its promotional materials to be the first PoS blockchain, but NXT lead developer says his project was first. Cryptocurrency Algorand (ALGO) claims in its promotional materials to be the first proof-of-stake, or PoS, blockchain, but NXT lead developer Lior Yaffe claimed that his project was first. In a June 3 tweet, Yaffe […]
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COVID-19 pandemic seems to be one of the drivers behind the recent sharp increase in Bitcoin trading volume across Russia. On June 4, a new study performed by a number of Russia-based crypto exchanges revealed a significant rise in Bitcoin (BTC) trading across Russia since March amid the COVID-19 lockdown. As RBC reports, representatives from […]
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The advent of digital money will threaten the U.S. dollar’s global dominance, but it won’t be easy to dethrone the current global reserve currency. The global monetary system has been centered around the United States dollar since at least the end of World War II when the 1944 Bretton Woods Agreement formalized the greenback’s ascent […]
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The Ethereum network has become highly congested since the end of April, leading some to entertain a gas limit or block size increase. Continuing congestion on the Ethereum (ETH) network has led some developers and community members to call for increasing the gas limit, which defines its transaction throughput. Data from Etherscan shows that the […]
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Three US-based universities were targeted by the NetWalker ransomware group over the last seven days. A ransomware gang claims to have successfully attacked three universities within the last seven days. They say that their latest attack was against the University of California San Francisco, or UCSF, on June 3. Cointelegraph had access to the evidence […]
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Bloomberg’s report that provides crypto outlook for June says that it expects Tether to pass Ether as the number two cryptocurrency on the strength of the dollar. A report from Bloomberg that provides a crypto market outlook for June says that it expects Tether (USDT) to surpass Ethereum (ETH) in market capitalization. The report notes […]
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The 100k user milestone represents 2% of Kakao’s current user base in South Korea. South Korean company, Kakao, announced that its new crypto wallet function surpassed 100,000 users in less than a day in its chat app, KakaoTalk. The feature went live on June 3. According to the internet giant, KakaoTalk’s Klip was launched with […]
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Blockchain’s has surpassed 2^92 double-SHA256 hashes, hitting a new milestone. With block #632874, which was mined on June 3, the Bitcoin (BTC) blockchain’s expected cumulative work hit a new milestone. According to Blockstream co-founder Pieter Wuille, it has now surpassed 2^92 double-SHA256 hashes, or 4951760157141521099596496896 hashes. Wuille noted that the previous milestone — 2^91 hashes […]
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Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx announced the launch of its Ether options contracts on its trading platform. Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx announced the launch of Ether (ETH) options contracts on its trading platform. According to a June 4 announcement, following today’s launch of ETH options, OKEx will also launch EOS options contracts on June 18. The firm also […]
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