The company behind Zcash has begun an endeavor to educate less privileged regions on the benefits of cryptocurrencies. The Electric Coin Company, or ECC, the outfit behind the privacy-focused Zcash cryptocurrency, has initiated the Crypto in Context Program. The effort touts itself as a crypto education, assistive and collaborative movement, looking to impact regions where […]
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Tech giants face hearing before Congress that will ask whether they violate antitrust and monopoly laws in the U.S. Facing rising accusations of running monopolies, the CEOs of four of the world’s biggest tech firms are testifying before the Judiciary Committee’s Antitrust Subcommittee today, July 29. The hearing was originally scheduled for July 27 and […]
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Suzhou City, one of major cities that successfully piloted China’s central bank digital currency, signed a MoU with the Cypherium blockchain platform. Cypherium, the enterprise-level blockchain platform, is going to contribute to the blockchain development of a major Chinese city. A partner of global tech giants like Microsoft and Google, Cypherium has signed a Memorandum […]
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One metric suggests that heading into its fifth anniversary, Ethereum has had a much faster rate of growth and adoption than Bitcoin. One key metric suggests that Ethereum (ETH) has enjoyed a much faster rate of adoption and growth in the first five years of existence than Bitcoin (BTC). Comparing the total number of addresses […]
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XRP price may see a surge to $0.30 if these key resistance levels and Bitcoin price remains relatively stable in the near term. Altcoins got crushed in their respective BTC pairs as Bitcoin (BTC) price decided to break out of the two-month-old range and reach as high as $11,400. However, some altcoins did relatively well […]
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The Philippine central bank has confirmed in a virtual briefing that it has formed a committee to look into issuing a digital currency. The Philippines has become the latest country to look at the possibility of releasing its own central bank digital currency, or CBDC. According to a report by Bloomberg, July 29, the Philippine […]
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Just as blockchain exists to innovate technological frameworks and finding better solutions, it has to improve gender diversity and inclusion in the space. The lack of gender and racial diversity in the tech space is no longer a “secret.” According to data from Statista, while the percentage of employed women across all job sectors in […]
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Wash trading hurts investors and taints the crypto industry, but extinguishing it will be difficult absent global regulation. When Bitwise Asset Management declared in a March 2019 presentation to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission that 95% of the Bitcoin (BTC) trading volume being reported globally on cryptocurrency exchanges was “fake,” it jolted rating […]
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EToro is reportedly moving ahead with its debit card plans as it acquires a U.K. Visa Principal Member. The crypto-enabled investment app eToro is set to launch its debit card in the United Kingdom as it acquired Marq Millions Ltd, a licensed e-money business holding a principal Visa membership. As reported by TechCrunch on July […]
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Creating global standards for tokenized carbon markets will provide more clarity, but data challenges need to be addressed. Climate change is one of the greatest problems facing society today. Therefore, it shouldn’t come as a surprise to see large corporations stepping in to mitigate their environmental impact. For example, Amazon plans to be carbon neutral […]
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