The Bitcoin hashrate reached new all-time highs today. The Bitcoin (BTC) hash rate reached a new all-time high today, according to data from monitoring resource Blockchain.com on July 7. The previous record was broken in the second half of June, when bitcoin’s hashrate reached 65.19 TH/s and growth has steadily continued since then. Hash rate […]
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Regulatory pressures continue to have an effect on the most popular countries to mine cryptocurrencies. A move by the Iranian government to cut off the power supply to local Bitcoin (BTC) miners grabbed headlines in June amid a soaring price gain by the preeminent cryptocurrency. As Bitcoin surged to prices not seen since 2017, a […]
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The expansion of DLT use in the real estate sector — in title verification, valuation, diligence, insurance payment and settlement, smart contacts, construction monitoring and material verification. David Hodge is the director of European operations for AEI Consultants, an employee-owned international consulting firm that provides comprehensive services to commercial lenders, property owners, managers, tenants, and […]
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Blockchain software development BlockStream announced that its mobile wallet, Green Wallet, now supports the firm’s Liquid Network sidechain. Blockchain software development BlockStream announced that its mobile wallet, Green Wallet, now supports the firm’s Liquid Network sidechain in a blog post published on July 5. Per the announcement, users of the wallet can now store, send […]
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Blockchain and AI are taking the tech world by storm. Discover what happens when the two are combined… What is the future of AI for blockchain? These applications are the tip of the iceberg. Potential use cases for AI and blockchain remain theoretical, but there are countless possibilities for the future. Indeed, the pairing has […]
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A trading bot has stolen over $1 billion from synthetic asset platform Synthetix, but the error was quickly fixed, with no users affected… When Ethereum-based synthetic asset issuance platform Synthetix, which allows users to mint and trade synthetic currencies in a peer-to-peer fashion, lost track of more than 37 million synthetic Ether (sETH) on June […]
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iOS also gets a blockchain browser in Opera. Freedom of privacy vs. corporate control: Users have to choose what is more important for them… The appearance of blockchain technology can be compared with the emergence of internet at the initial stage of its development: Users were cautious about a decentralized system and failed to understand […]
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Oracle has announced that it is continuing its partnership with the World Bee Project to track honey sustainability through the supply chain. Tech giant Oracle and the World Bee Project are developing a blockchain-based sustainability assurance system for honey on the supply chain, according to a report by Ledger Insights on July 5. The honey-tracing […]
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Polymath is shutting two planned projects to focus on Ethereum-based security token platform. Ethereum (ETH)-based security token platform Polymath will terminate its two planned in-house projects to focus further on bringing securities onto blockchain, the firm announced in a blog post on July 4. Polymath is funneling the company’s newly freed resources towards its Polymath […]
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Car site sgCarMart.com and decentralized data protocol Ocean Protocol are launching the blockchain-based “Know-Your-Vehicle” data marketplace in Singapore. Singapore-based online car marketplace sgCarMart and decentralized data exchange protocol Ocean Protocol are launching a blockchain-powered “Know-Your-Vehicle” data marketplace. The development was announced in a press release on July 5. The so called Know-Your-Vehicle used car data […]
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