The program was only launched in May but already one million South Koreans have opted for a blockchain based license. One million South Koreans have foregone their physical drivers license in favour of a blockchain-powered digital alternative used in conjunction with the PASS smartphone app. This represents more than 3% of the entire driving population […]
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The global P2P markets are pumping, with numerous African and Latin American markets touching new all-time highs for volume. Combined global peer-to-peer (P2P) Bitcoin trading volumes have surged to their highest levels since January 2018, with nearly $95 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC) changing hands on Localbitcoins and Paxful in the first week of August. […]
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Ethereum’s hashrate recently surged to a 20-month high but will ETH price follow? New data from glassnode and Etherscan show Ethereum’s hashrate has risen to a 20-month high and this has led some optimistic traders to suggest Ether price will continue to rise to new highs in 2020. The explosive increase in Ethereum’s hashrate appears […]
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Calvin Ayre, the most high profile supporter of Craig Wright, is funding a new documentary and book about the life of the Satoshi claimant. Bitcoin SV benefactor Calvin Ayre has announced he’s funding a documentary centered around the life and times of Craig Wright, the Australian man who claims to have invented Bitcoin. According to […]
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We look at the data from Google and DeFi protocols to uncover what’s behind the inexorable rise of LINK? Chainlink (LINK) has experienced a meteoric rise this year, becoming a top five crypto asset by market capitalization. We took a look at the data from the decentralized finance space (DeFi) as well as Google to […]
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International crypto exchange Bitfinex unexpectedly went offline for all users this afternoon, citing a ‘platform performance issue.’ Bitfinex has been offline for at least two hours as of this writing, and the exchange has no confirmed time when it will be up and running again. According to an Aug. 12 tweet posted by the exchange, […]
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Bitcoin recovered back above $11.5K, leading traders to suggest a renewed attack on $12K could occur soon. Today Bitcoin (BTC) price rebounded from its recent low at $11,125 on Aug 11 to $11,617. This suggests traders are turning optimistic as key data show a significant amount of liquidity for BTC until $12,000. Cryptocurrency daily market […]
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Can learning an industry’s vocabulary help beginners gain a greater understanding of the industry itself? According to author Cahill Camden, “Decoding Digital: What is Cryptocurrency” was inspired by a conversation with his parents at the height of the crypto bubble in early 2018, which was along the lines of “Ok, we don’t have that much […]
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Chainlink’s integration domination continues. Plasm, a smart contract protocol built on Polkadot’s Substrate framework, has integrated Chainlink’s (LINK) price feeds. Interestingly, the oracle project itself will likely soon become a Polkadot parachain. Polkadot has a modular design wherein various parachains serve particular use cases. Its mainnet does not have smart contracts, but Plasm hopes to […]
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Bitcoin price is slowly recovering from yesterday’s $700 drop but is another shot at $12K expected in the short term? On August 11 the price of gold and silver showed some corrective movements, the same was seen in the cryptomarket. Bitcoin (BTC) dropped by $700 from $11,800 to $11,100 in one day, marking a short […]
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