Blockchain will streamline trade from Europe’s grain belt. Following two years of pilot testing, a blockchain trade and financing platform for global agricultural trading has seen its commercial rollout from Swiss developer Cerealia SA. The launch follows extensive prelaunch trial implementation with firms from Algeria, Brazil, Dubai, Japan and Ukraine. In November 2018, Cointelegraph reported […]
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Billionaires have been increasingly accumulating Bitcoin in recent months as four main factors are making BTC increasingly attractive to money managers. Billionaires have been increasingly accumulating Bitcoin (BTC) in recent months. Following Paul Tudor Jones’ lead, hedge fund manager Stanley Druckenmiller became the latest billionaire to publicly disclose his Bitcoin investment. The performance of Bitcoin […]
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The embattled spin-off of Bitcoin shows little signs of life prior to its hard fork as Bitcoin vastly outstrips its performance. Altcoin traders continue to feel the pain as Bitcoin (BTC) gains, with Bitcoin Cash (BCH) hitting new all-time lows. Data from Cointelegraph Markets and other sources shows that as of Nov. 10, BCH is […]
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Centralized crypto lending platform Celsius claims to have doubled its crypto holdings in just six months and now boasts $2.2 billion in assets under management. Crypto lending and borrowing platform Celsius has announced that it now holds more than $2.2 billion in digital assets under management (AUM). According to a Nov. 9 release, Celsius has […]
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The United Kingdom has announced forthcoming regulatory proposals for stablecoins and ongoing research into CBDC. The Treasury Department of the United Kingdom has revealed it is drafting proposals to regulate private stablecoins, while also researching central bank digital currencies (CBDC) as an alternative to cash. In an announcement published on Nov. 9, U.K. Treasury Chancellor […]
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It appears many Chinese miners have completed their annual migration from Sichuan, with Bitcoin’s hash rate spiking more than 40% in two days. The hash power of the Bitcoin (BTC) network has jumped by roughly 30% over the past 24 hours, which if sustained, suggestsg a major difficulty adjustment may soon be incoming. According to […]
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Bitcoin’s market cap is rapidly surpassing the monetary base of multiple national currencies and it looks like the Canadian dollar is next. As Bitcoin (BTC) blasted through the $14,000 level its market capitalization surpassed the monetary base of the Russian ruble. This measure includes both physical currency and bank reserves, both of which are usually […]
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A Ukrainian national has been sentenced to nine years in prison in what the IRS is describing as the United States’ “first Bitcoin case [with] a tax component.” A former Microsoft engineer has been sentenced to nine years for stealing more than $10 million in digital value from his past employer in the form of […]
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Bitcoin’s rally to $15.9K stole the limelight from DeFi tokens and decentralized exchanges but the tables could turn rapidly. Bitcoin’s long-waited bull run and the recent wave of corporate and institutional investors allocating significant portions of their reserves to Bitcoin (BTC) are all signs that the pace of crypto’s mainstreaming is rapidly accelerating: But has […]
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With Joe Biden being declared the next President of the United States, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse is making sure his company’s messaging aligns with the new administration. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse thinks corporations converting cash to Bitcoin (BTC) could be making a costly mistake as a more environmentally-conscious Biden administration takes the White House in […]
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