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Debate Over Digital Privacy Amid Pandemic Remains ‘Archaic,’ Says Algorand Founder

May 15, 2020cashtechnews

Cointelegraph interviewed Alogrand founder and Turing Award recipient Professor Silvio Micali to discuss blockchain-based solutions to contact-tracing amid the coronavirus crisis. With some countries beginning to lift lockdown restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic, many are focusing attention on the technological tools that can help public authorities to comply with the World Health Organization’s guidance for […]

Reddit’s Blockchain Rewards Will Migrate to Ethereum by 2021

May 15, 2020cashtechnews

Reddit continues to provide more details about its blockchain community points system, which will run on the Rinkeby testnet before moving to the Ethereum network. The popular social blogging platform Reddit has confirmed that its tokenized rewards will migrate onto the Ethereum blockchain later this year. On May 13, Reddit officially revealed its Community Points […]

Why Privacy Is the Main Issue in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic

May 15, 2020cashtechnews

Losing privacy may be a big concern in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but a new class of technology is positioning us well for a more anonymous future. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, privacy was already at a premium. Now, we’re facing a further dive into the uncharted territory of pervasive privacy intrusions. Targeted advertising […]

CZ Calls Africa an ‘Untapped Market’ With Unique Challenges for Crypto

May 15, 2020cashtechnews

Binance founder CZ sees the African continent as an untapped environment for exchanges to drive cryptocurrency adoption. Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao, otherwise known as CZ, believes that the African continent holds some unique opportunities for cryptocurrency adoption and development. The Binance leader provided a number of interesting insights during an exclusive “ask me […]

Surprise CryptoKitties Drop Overwhelms Winklevoss-Backed Exchange

May 15, 2020cashtechnews

Two years after CryptoKitties ‘broke Ethereum’ and the launch of a new CryptoKitty token has overwhelmed the Winklevoss-backed NFT exchange Nifty Popular crypto-collectibles, CryptoKitties, has just launched 100 tokens depicting ‘Catterina’ — a new collectible drawn by brand ambassador, Momo Wang — on the Winklevoss-backed exchange Nifty. Wang is best known for drawing a cartoon […]

Pantera Capital Founder Says Regulators ‘Triggered’ by Grams and Libra

May 15, 2020cashtechnews

‘The U.S. government will not let random startups’ challenge the dollar, says Dr. Waterhouse. Dr. Steven Waterhouse, a founding partner of Pantera Capital and the CEO of Orchid (OXT), believes that the U.S. government will not let a private enterprise challenge the dollar. In an interview recorded prior to Telegram announcing it had given up […]

CoinMarketCap Initially Rejected the Metric That Now Puts Binance at No.1

May 14, 2020cashtechnews

CoinMarketCap last year rejected the web traffic metric that has catapulted new owners Binance into the top spot. Crypto markets data aggregator CoinMarketCap yesterday changed its methodology to rank exchanges on their web traffic by default — a metric that puts CoinMarketCap’s new owners Binance in the top spot. But this stands in stark contrast […]

Visa Files Patent Application For Digital Currency

May 14, 2020cashtechnews

Visa has filed a patent application to create digital currency — potentially using Ethereum as the blockchain. Visa has filed an application to create digital currency on a blockchain with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. According to the application published May 14 — but filed way back in November 2018 — inventors Simon J. […]

Veteran Investor Says Bitcoin Price Surge to $467,000 is ‘Achievable’

May 14, 2020cashtechnews

Veteran trader Raoul Pal says the price of Bitcoin can easily rise to as high as $476,000 in the long-term. Raoul Pal, the CEO and founder at Real Vision, believes the price of Bitcoin (BTC) can reach $476,000 in the long-term. Pal is not alone in this belief as hedge fund managers like Morgan Creek […]

The VC Who Argued ‘’Death Spiral’ Scenario May Be Right After All

May 14, 2020cashtechnews

Does the sluggishness of Bitcoin network support the ‘death spiral’ scenario described by a VC? The signs of the apocalypse are upon us: Bitcoin (BTC) transaction fees peaking, block time increasing, and the mempool is becoming congested — all as predicted by Zach Resnick, a managing partner at Unbounded Capital. Flash crush is more likely […]

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Debate Over Digital Privacy Amid Pandemic Remains ‘Archaic,’ Says Algorand Founder

Reddit’s Blockchain Rewards Will Migrate to Ethereum by 2021

CZ Calls Africa an ‘Untapped Market’ With Unique Challenges for Crypto

Surprise CryptoKitties Drop Overwhelms Winklevoss-Backed Exchange

Pantera Capital Founder Says Regulators ‘Triggered’ by Grams and Libra

CoinMarketCap Initially Rejected the Metric That Now Puts Binance at No.1

Visa Files Patent Application For Digital Currency

Veteran Investor Says Bitcoin Price Surge to $467,000 is ‘Achievable’

The VC Who Argued ‘’Death Spiral’ Scenario May Be Right After All

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