Former pro baseball players and senior citizens are among the victims of a crypto ponzi scheme that defrauded people of at least $7.5 million. Two men charged over an alleged crypto trading ponzi scheme lured investors, including professional baseball players, with social media posts boasting about their luxurious lifestyles. On January 30, the Secret Service […]
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Alex Dreyfus, CEO of sports blockchain venture Chiliz, explains the relationship between the sports industry and crypto. It seemed nobody cared about AR until Pokémon Go launched in 2016. All of the sudden, every headline was about how augmented reality could change the world. Sophisticated technologies like AR, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence need their […]
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Ripple IPO: Is CEO Garlinghouse’s hint at a public offering the tip of the iceberg? 2020 could be the year that crypto companies step forward and take the plunge into going public. As the biggest players in the industry cautiously watch for opportunities to gain regulatory approval, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse used the prestigious Davos […]
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A Chinese tech company is building a blockchain charity platform for fighting against the coronavirus outbreak. Hyperchain’s Feb. 4 press release announced the launch of its blockchain-based platform to fight against the coronavirus epidemic. It will serve as a medical supply donations portal to support hospitals in central China. The recent outbreak of coronavirus has […]
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As part of its consumer app development, ICE’s Bakkt plans to acquire major software platform Bridge2 Solutions. The Intercontinental Exchange, or ICE, owner of the New York Stock Exchange, announced plans to acquire software service Bridge2 in preparation for an app launch from ICE’s subsidiary, Bakkt. Bakkt’s app will host a bevy of assets, such […]
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The Bitcoin blockchain has passed a milestone 500 million transactions confirmed. The Bitcoin network has surpassed 500 million transactions since going live over 11 years ago. According to blockchain analytics site Statoshi, there have been half a billion transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain as of press time. Source: Statoshi Crypto firm Casa CTO Jameson Lopp, […]
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Tech giant IBM cemented its patent leadership in the U.S., with over 9,000 received patents, including in AI and blockchain, in 2019. Tech giant IBM cemented its patent leadership in the United States, with over 9,000 received patents, including in artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain, in 2019. With the 9,626 patents secured, IBM became the […]
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Lightning Labs, the developer of the high-speed transaction protocol Lightning Network, has secured $10 million in Series A funding round. Lightning Labs, the developer of the high-speed transaction protocol Lightning Network (LN), has secured $10 million in Series A funding round. The news was announced by Lightning Labs CEO and co-founder, Elizabeth Stark, in a […]
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Major blockchain voting app Voatz says that the Shadow smartphone app used in the Iowa Democratic caucus is not mobile voting. The application that was recently used in the Iowa Democratic caucus was “not mobile voting,” according to major blockchain voting firm Voatz. The mobile software designed to calculate votes in the Iowa Democratic caucus […]
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Telegram Open Network published a paper for Catchain, its proposal for a Byzantine Fault Tolerant consensus mechanism that is currently implemented in the testnet. A Feb. 3 paper authored by Nikolai Durov, a Telegram co-founder, lays out the details of Telegram Open Network’s consensus mechanism, named Catchain. The proposed solution is a Byzantine Fault Tolerant […]
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