This time around, for however long it lasts, Bitcon’s run and the altcoin season are going to be very different. Bitcoin has finally woken from its two-month slumber, as well as interest in the number-one cryptocurrency along with it. Bitcoin futures trading is bustling again, with both volume and aggregated interest at their highest since […]
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OKCoin says recent U.S. regulatory clarity on digital asset custody is significant for big money players. Recent digital asset custody clarity from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, or OCC, will likely affect institutional investors more, according to OKCoin CEO Hong Fang. “The biggest impact will potentially be on institutional investors,” Fang […]
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Tokenizing blood may help with supply chain efficiencies, creating a way to trace blood from the donor to the hospital. A system in which health officials would be able to track blood donations from vein-to-vein in real-time, given the complexities of the blood supply chain, may sound impossible. However, using blockchain technology to track and […]
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Trump’s TikTok Ban could see 80 million people flock to crypto, which would be great news for Bitcoin price and the entire cryptocurrency space. Yesterday saw many major altcoins rally to their yearly highs, with Ether (ETH) surging past $400, which I expected was a likely scenario in my last article two weeks ago. In […]
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The digital asset is now experiencing what may be a historic rise in acceptance, as the COVID-19 pandemic revealed its needs. On July 22, 2020, the United States Office of the Comptroller of the Currency published a letter clarifying that national banks and federal savings associations can indeed take custody of cryptocurrency assets. In the letter, […]
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The state of stablecoins: Demand for stablecoins continues to grow amid financial uncertainty. As a new COVID-19 stimulus bill is debated in the United States Senate and Bitcoin (BTC) begins to bounce back from its volatility lows, the demand for stablecoins continues to grow. Powered both by the stability that they provide to tokenholders and […]
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PoS mining platforms are gaining traction globally but could use more polishing and real-life testing, according to experts. Over the course of the past few years, the cryptocurrency mining sector has started to gain a lot of mainstream financial traction. For example, market research firm Technavio recently released startling data claiming that the global mining […]
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A total of $4 billion in value is now locked in the DeFi markets, according to DefiPulse.com. The Decentralized Finance, or DeFi, industry continues its massive growth trajectory as the total value locked in the DeFi markets hits $4B, according to data from major industry website DefiPulse.com. Total value locked in DeFi markets, August 1. […]
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Coinfirm details what happened to the first mined Ethereum after the asset’s launch in 2015. Ethereum, a household name in the crypto industry, fired up its network on July 30, 2015, but what happened to the first ETH coin ever mined all those years ago? Blockchain analytics and Anti-Money Laundering company Coinfirm found out. “Another […]
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Vitalik Buterin discusses how ETH 2.0’s randomness function could benefit future lotteries. Discussing Ethereum’s (ETH) hackathon in partnership with the Colorado State Lottery, Vitalik Buterin opined that in the future, such lotteries could benefit from Ethereum 2.0’s Verifiable Delay Function. No immediate use for Ethereum in the project The Ethereum creator will be one of […]
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