As Venezuela enters the crucial part of a political crisis, we decided to trace the fate of the Petro — the national cryptocurrency that seemingly failed to save country’s economy. Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro was sworn in for a second term on Jan. 10, amid tremendous hyperinflation, long-lasting political and economic crisis, and strict sanctions […]
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Canadian cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX, which has recently been wrapped up in legal battles with a major bank, is down for maintenance. Canadian cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX is down for maintenance, according to an announcement on its webpage on Jan. 28. The exchange, which has been wrapped up in legal troubles with the Canadian Imperial Bank of […]
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A Swiss-based ‘smart card’ wallet firm, Tangem, will produce physical banknotes for the Marshallese digital currency. Tangem, a Switzerland-based ‘smart card’ wallet manufacturer will reportedly issue physical banknotes for the Sovereign (SOV), the state digital currency of the Marshall Islands, according to an announcement on Jan. 28. Per the announcement, physical representations of the digital […]
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The BitTorrent token sale concluded on the Binance Launchpad platform despite some technical difficulties. The BitTorrent token (BTT) sale on the Binance Launchpad platform concluded today Jan. 28, netting $7.1 million dollars with the sale of 50 billion tokens in under 15 minutes. Binance announced the conclusion of the sale in an official blog post. BitTorrent […]
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How blockchain is helping to decentralize the energy industry. The association between blockchains and energy is usually a negative one. “The Bitcoin blockchain is so wasteful of electricity,” or so the argument goes, “that it would push global warming to dangerous levels if it were ever used on a massive scale.” Research published in […]
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Francesco Firano, the founder of hacked Italian cryptocurrency exchange BitGrail, has been sentenced to return as many stolen assets to customers as possible. Francesco Firano, the owner and founder of hacked Italian cryptocurrency exchange BitGrail, has been sentenced to return as much of the assets to his customers as possible. Scans of the court decision […]
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The market has still not found a solid bottom and initiating positions in a downtrend is not a good strategy. The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when […]
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sponsored A company has signed a memorandum of understanding with a university to create the cryptocurrency model that Bitcoin’s inventor envisaged a decade ago. A crypto company has signed a memorandum of understanding with a university in the United States with the aim of building the cryptocurrency model envisaged by Satoshi Nakamoto when the Bitcoin […]
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GPU manufacturer Nvidia has adjusted its projected sales revenue for Q4 to be lower than previous estimates. Taiwan-based computer hardware producer Nvidia updated its financial estimates for Q4 for the fiscal year of 2019, according to a press release on Jan. 28. The company is reflecting weaker forecasted sales in its gaming and data center […]
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Nestle says that the blockchain-based IBM Food Trust initiative is gearing up to onboard new suppliers and retailers this year. Swiss-headquartered food retail giant Nestle S.A. says that the blockchain-based IBM Food Trust initiative — which counts major global retailers such as Walmart and Unilever as members— is gearing up to onboard new suppliers and […]
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