Cointelegraph spoke to the UC Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator’s director to find out what the blockchain incubator offers aspiring DLT startups. The Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator — an incubator for early stage distributed ledger technology startups at the University of California, Berkeley — recently launched its spring cohort, which includes startups seeking to fight COVID-19, launch a […]
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The Bitcoin codebase is to be preserved under the Arctic ice of Svalbard for 1,000 years as part of the GitHub Archive Program. A snapshot of the Bitcoin codebase will be encoded onto film reels and stored for a thousand years under the arctic ice in Svalbard, Norway. The move is part of the GitHub […]
Continue ReadingMajor cryptocurrency exchange will offer a total prize pool of $1M in BNB tokens in their April trading competition. Cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced on March 25 that it will be hosting a trading tournament where participants could compete in teams and win a prize pool of up to $1 million in BNB tokens. According to […]
Continue ReadingBlockchain firm Lightning Labs drafted a new Lightning Network-based authentication system that could replace traditional email-based accounts. Blockchain firm Lightning Labs drafted the specifications of a new Lightning Network-based authentication system that could replace traditional email-based accounts. According to a March 30 announcement, the Lightning Service Authentication Tokens (LSAT) is a new authentication protocol for […]
Continue ReadingBitcoin investment platform XDEX, founded by partners of Brazil’s largest investment broker in LatAm, XP Investimentos announced its closure. Brazilian crypto exchange XDEX, which is owned by the largest stock broker in Latin America, announced the end of its activities. The company announced its closure on March 31: “Today, we announce that XDEX is starting […]
Continue ReadingClimate change caused by carbon emissions might be one reason for such a terrible global COVID-19 pandemic scenario. JPMorgan Chase, the first American bank to create and successfully test a digital coin representing a fiat currency, also provided the most fossil fuel financing out of any bank in the world, according to a 2019 report […]
Continue ReadingA blockchain card game developed by Tezos co-founder Kathleen Breitman is set to launch in alpha during April. Tezos (XTZ) co-founder Kathleen Breitman is preparing to launch the alpha version of the game built on top of Tezos — a crypto-powered collectible card game called ‘Emergents.’ Emergents’ in-game cards will comprise non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that […]
Continue ReadingBlack hat hacker group claims to have compromised an insurance giant with ransomware. Black hat hacker group, Maze, claims to have used ransomware to compromise the systems of insurance giant, Chubb. They also claim to have stolen the firm’s data. Brett Callow, threat analyst at cybersecurity firm, Emsisoft, told Cointelegraph on March 27 that Maze […]
Continue ReadingMedici Ventures announces partnership between Symbion and GrainChain to expand the blockchain-based agritech platform globally. Overstock’s blockchain accelerator, Medici Ventures, announced a global expansion of the distributed ledger technology (DLT)-powered agritech platform GrainChain. Medici Ventures published a press release on March 27 announcing that GrainChain’s expansion will be executed in collaboration with fintech company Symbiont […]
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KuCoin’s derivatives arm, KuMEX, starts accepting Tether deposits for Bitcoin perpetual contracts on March 30. As the volume of Bitcoin (BTC) derivatives trading continues to rise, the cryptocurrency industry keeps tapping more crypto markets, like stablecoin Tether (USDT), for futures trading. KuMEX, a derivatives arm of IDG-backed crypto exchange, KuCoin, is planning to roll out […]
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