Digital identification is the future. What role will blockchain play? Chinese conglomerate Tencent Holdings is joining forces with blockchain company ShareRing to launch a new digital identification system to streamline international travel amid the pandemic. As the South China Morning Post reported Tuesday, ShareRing will combine its distributed ledger technology with Tencent’s cloud services to […]
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Schiff gave anyone reading his Twitter account in March “maximum opportunity” to profit, a popular trader says as Bitcoin tops $17,000. The Bitcoin (BTC) price bottomed at exactly the point that gold bug Peter Schiff said that it would crash further — and proponents are reminding him of his mistake. Retweeting a now infamous Twitter […]
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An app that has been used for years to help civilians to access better real-time information about airstrikes has switched from using Ethereum to Hedera Hashgraph. Sentry is an an app developed by Hala Systems that has been providing civilians with a crowdsourced and sensor-driven early warning system against airstrikes during the protracted civil war […]
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As Bitcoin Cash goes through another fork, Bitcoin Cash Node seems to be the emergent winner for now. The Bitcoin Cash network just went through yet another fork after originally being created as a hard fork from the Bitcoin (BTC) blockchain in August 2017. The hard fork on Nov. 15 split the Bitcoin Cash network […]
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The SEC summarized its efforts on combating crypto misconduct as its chairman is set to step down by the end of this year. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has brought 56 enforcement actions against initial coin offerings, blockchain and digital asset-related companies since July 2017. On Nov. 16, the SEC released a report […]
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Bitcoin price surpassed $17,000 for the first time since December 2017. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) surpassed $17,000 for the first time since December 2017, continuing its current uptrend. The rally comes after BTC broke out of the previous parabola, which initially caused concerns. Three factors likely contributed to the ongoing rally: new parabolic trend, […]
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Bitcoin price is on track to achieve $22,000 says one analyst, citing four main factors that could boost its momentum. Philip Swift, a Bitcoin (BTC) analyst and the creator of Lookintobitcoin.com, laid out four reasons why BTC is headed to $22,000. Both fundamental and technical factors indicate the top cryptocurrency’s momentum is strengthening. The one-year […]
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A former Bank of Japan official is concerned about a digital yen triggering massive outflows from private bank deposits. Hiromi Yamaoka, former head of the payment and settlement systems department at the Bank of Japan, said that the country will likely need several years before it can issue a central bank digital currency. In a […]
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Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are the best form of money, Binance’s CEO says. Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance, said that decentralized finance is here to stay despite many DeFi projects showing signs of being in a bubble. In a Nov. 17 interview with Russia’s news agency RBC, Zhao argued that […]
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A Twitter survey of whether Williams should buy Bitcoin attracts the likes of Elon Musk as bull run publicity mounts. Bitcoin (BTC) will hit $65,000 due to a combination of low supply and “tons of new buyers,” major investor Mike Novogratz says. In an increasingly popular Twitter debate on Nov. 17, Novogratz, who is well […]
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