The country seeks to innovate with help from a variety of Blockchain companies. The Deutsche Energie-Agentur, also known as DENA — the main governmental group responsible for energy innovation in Germany — looks to put its energy ecosystem on a decentralized database. DENA “has selected Energy Web to design and construct a digital registry for […]
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Stone Ridge follows MicroStrategy in going big on BTC as a report puts the indirect cost of Coronavirus at $16 trillion. Bitcoin (BTC) is winning the battle of the safe havens as another corporate buy-in sees $115 million enter its books. Asset management giant Stone Ridge confirmed that it made the significant purchase via its […]
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This one won’t just be another instance of CeDeFi, the exchange reassures. Bithumb, a major cryptocurrency exchange based in Korea, announced the upcoming launch of Clover, a blockchain platform targeted for decentralized finance and powered by Polkadot (DOT) technology. The company says that Clover will be an open platform for DeFi applications, leveraging cross-chain capabilities and […]
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Despite Binance recording the highest crypto derivatives volume in September, OKEx seems to be fighting back. At the start of October, the crypto market was faced with extremely tumultuous financial conditions, thanks in large part to the recent filings against BitMEX, which saw the company’s top brass being indicted by the United States Commodity Futures […]
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A digital euro would not replace cash, but complement it, says the European Central Bank. The European Central Bank launched a public consultation on a potential digital euro on Oct. 12. Developments on the central bank digital currency front in the Eurozone have picked up pace amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and the central bank has […]
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LocalBitcoins’ website has been blacklisted in one of its key markets. LocalBitcoins, a major peer-to-peer cryptocurrency exchange, is no longer available in Russia without using additional tools like a VPN. LocalBitcoins.net is officially blacklisted in Russia as local telecom regulator Roskomnadzor placed the URL on a register of platforms disseminating prohibited information. According to official […]
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Russia’s central bank says that the digital ruble can be an “additional form of money alongside cash and non-cash.” Russian financial authorities have confirmed the government’s purported plans to issue the central bank digital currency, or CBDC. On Oct. 13, the Bank of Russia released a consultation paper on the development of the digital Russian […]
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Using weak seed phrases means instant loss of funds on the Bitcoin network. The concept of a blockchain “dark forest” has been popularized recently by Ethereum and the existence of front-running bots that will copy any profitable transaction pending for submission. The bots are able to assess if any given transaction that just entered the […]
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IBM’s new blockchain-based COVID-19 application puts privacy first. A new application powered by the IBM blockchain aims to help people around the world return to physical encounters amid the coronavirus pandemic. IBM Watson Health, a healthcare-focused arm of tech giant IBM, is launching IBM Digital Health Pass, a blockchain-based app to support global organizations and […]
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The post-BitMEX trading arena is not skewed to selling despite BTC/USD nearing $11,500, CryptoQuant data shows. A Bitcoin (BTC) sell-off and associated price fall are “not going to happen,” a well-known the CEO of a well-known analytics tool has said. In a tweet on Oct. 12, Ki Young Ju, CEO of CryptoQuant, noted that average […]
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