The ‘pizza guy’ spent billion dollars on pizza and gave away another billion dollars, yet he has no regrets about squandering his 100k Bitcoin fortune. Laszlo Hanyecz has cemented himself in the crypto community as the “Bitcoin pizza guy” for spending 10,000 BTC in 2010 to purchase two pizzas, widely acknowledged as the first commercial […]
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Facebook continues sprucing up for regulators. Facebook-owned digital wallet Calibra rebranded itself as Novi earlier today, sharing new details about the project. The primary reason for the name change was to avoid the confusion with the Libra cryptocurrency, a representative for Novi told Cointelegraph. “When we announced Libra and Calibra last June, we wanted to […]
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Bitfury is opening the company up to institutional investment, which it says will help family offices and others to diversify their holdings with Bitcoin mining. Bitfury, a mining company established in 2011, announced a partnership program on May 26 that lets institutions invest in Bitcoin (BTC) mining. The program will help family offices and other […]
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The new Bitcoin era, now in full swing after the last halving, has the potential to usher in a whole new financial order. Following the recent, third halving, Bitcoin (BTC) is now in its fourth block reward era. Leading up to the event, pundits launched into varied predictions that ranged from miner capitulation to hash […]
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Bitcoin Suisse has unlocked 24/7 trading of precious metals, cryptocurrencies and major fiat currencies on its platform. Today, Swiss cryptocurrency financial services firm Bitcoin Suisse introduced precious metals’ trading against top cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin Suisse has just added gold, silver and platinum for trading on its platform, enabling users to trade the precious metals against major […]
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Researchers examine whether a message signed by a 2009 miner and calling Craig Wright a fraud may have been signed by Satoshi Nakamoto. Yesterday, a Bitcoin (BTC) miner (or multiple Bitcoin miners) signed a message calling Craig Wright a fraud. One of the addresses used had been previously attributed to the Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto. […]
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Ethereum 2.0’s “many clients” approach is sometimes criticized for slowing down progress, but a Nimbus developer believes this will make the network more resilient. Progress on Ethereum 2.0 has picked up pace recently as the Schlesi multi-client testnet revealed itself to be a more-or-less stable network. Cointelegraph spoke with Zahary Karadjov, R&D lead for Nimbus, […]
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New funding from CoinFund will help Delta establish a further presence in the Indian market. Crypto derivatives exchange Delta Exchange has announced a new injection of funding from blockchain investor CoinFund, aiming to provide strategic resources for both parties in their focus to expand in India. According to the announcement, New York-based firm CoinFund looks […]
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People’s Bank of China clarified that there is still “no timetable” on a formal digital yuan launch, despite the ongoing pilot project. People’s Bank of China (PBoC) clarified that there is still “no timetable” on a formal digital yuan launch. In an interview published earlier today on the central bank’s website, PBoC Governor Yi Gang […]
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South Korean electronics corporation Samsung continues its commitment to crypto technology with its latest security chip. South Korean tech titan Samsung announced a standalone turnkey security solution that secures cryptocurrency transactions on smartphones and tablets, according to the press release issued earlier today. The solution consists of a Secure Element (SE) chip S3FV9RR and “enhanced” […]
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