Does the sluggishness of Bitcoin network support the ‘death spiral’ scenario described by a VC? The signs of the apocalypse are upon us: Bitcoin (BTC) transaction fees peaking, block time increasing, and the mempool is becoming congested — all as predicted by Zach Resnick, a managing partner at Unbounded Capital. Flash crush is more likely […]
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China to officially set blockchain engineers as a new occupation to promote employment amid global COVID-19 pandemic. The ongoing coronavirus pandemic is transforming blockchain companies, and its impact is not always negative for the blockchain industry. Amid the latest coronavirus crisis-fueled changes, China is taking another step toward blockchain adoption to officially recognize industry jobs. […]
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Atari’s new partnership sets the stage for builders to incorporate the gaming powerhouse’s token. Atari has partnered with blockchain-as-a-service, or BaaS, company Arkane Network, allowing digital asset integration into gaming. A key aspect of the announcement sees developers able to build Atari’s Token into aspects of the gaming sphere, said a May 14 statement provided to […]
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The latest reports suggest that North Korea could be encouraging the Lazarus group to steal crypto globally. North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, is reportedly backing a group of hackers. Their goal? Stealing cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) using phishing scams. Sources indicate that the country has ramped up these efforts in an attempt to prevent a […]
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SK Telecom released the world’s first 5G phone with a blockchain-powered ID authentication service incorporated. Samsung and SK Telecom, a South Korean mobile carrier, unveiled the world’s first 5G smartphone equipped with blockchain-powered ID authentication. The phone, called “Galaxy A Quantum”, has a quantum random number generation chipset developed in partnership with Samsung Electronics. The […]
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One crypto industry CEO thinks COVID-19 has brought Bitcoin further into the public eye. The CEO and co-founder of Bitcoin (BTC) investment app Amber, Aleks Svetski, said he thinks the COVID-19 pandemic has bolstered Bitcoin awareness. “COVID was one of the best marketing campaigns for Bitcoin in history,” Svetski told Morgan Creek Digital co-founder Anthony Pompliano […]
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Continuing to outpace mainstream markets, Bitcoin flexes gains more than double that of gold. Amid unstable global financial conditions, Bitcoin continues its path as a juicy-looking hedge asset, based on its gains comparative to gold. Sitting at a press time price of $1,717 per ounce, gold has risen approximately 12% from the start of 2020, […]
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A 30% drop in hashrate was predicted by industry insiders, who believe it to be bullish for Bitcoin. Bitcoin (BTC) hashrate has decreased by 30% in the last three days in line with the predictions made by industry insiders. Before the halving, Cointelegraph surveyed a number of industry insiders about their expectations for post-halving changes […]
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IOV Labs recently launched a mobile payment avenue that does not require a full node to implement — but what does that all entail? Bitcoin blockchain solution startup, IOV Labs, recently introduced the RIF Lumino Light Client. The new offering “will allow to any DApp or mobile application to take the great advantages of the […]
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Though cryptocurrencies are difficult to evaluate properly, DeFi protocol revenue allows stock market measures like P/E to be used. While it is difficult to define the intrinsic value of most cryptocurrencies, decentralized finance, or DeFi, tokens appear to be an important exception. As explained by Lucas Campbell, analyst at Fitzner Blockchain Consulting, in his Bankless […]
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