Blockchain can play its part in the education sector — record-keeping in 2–3 years and then adoption by the labor market? In the post-pandemic world, individuals will need to seize ownership and control of their educational credentials — documents like degrees and transcripts — from schools, universities and governments. That notion received key support last […]
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A Bangeldeshi government agency is collaborating with IBM to harness blockchain for modernizing the country’s digital pension system. IBM has announced an initiative to build a distributed ledger technology, or DLT, based architecture to underpin the digital pension system for Bangladeshi primary school teachers. The proof-of-concept comprises a permissioned network of teachers and other stakeholders […]
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Bitcoin price searches for support in order to maintain the current uptrend. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) was unable to break through the resistance zone at $10,000 and corrected nearly 10% in a day. The drop down occurred on the same day that U.S. equity markets saw a substantial retracement. These moves automatically made investors […]
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Once Ethereum becomes a proof-of-stake blockchain, what will happen to the ETH miners, and what will they do? As Ethereum is finally set to launch its Ethereum 2.0 upgrade later this year, putting an end to a long streak of delays, the network will start moving toward a proof-of-stake model. Consequently, the network will abandon […]
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One month after the Bitcoin halving, several key factors seem to point to a pivotal change in the BTC market and investor behavior. One month has passed since the 2020 Bitcoin (BTC) miner reward halving, and a lot has happened for the predominant cryptocurrency since then. From changes in investor and trader behavior to an […]
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Experts are anticipating a stock market crash in the near term. Bitcoin may follow suit due to three main factors. Experts in the financial market and the crypto industry foresee a major stock market correction unfolding in the short term. Given the high correlation of Bitcoin (BTC) with stocks observed in the past three months, […]
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A key on-chain metric that Bloomberg bets on, points to a Bitcoin bull run with possible 50% price appreciation. June 11, the number of active Bitcoin (BTC) addresses hit 1,040,244. This is the highest number in two and a half years. Many analysts believe there may be a correlation between this metric and the market’s […]
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Ransomware gang REvil strikes a US-based robotics firm, leaking their sensitive data on the dark web. Ransomware gang REvil, known for launching stolen data auctions on the dark web, is now leaking sensitive documents stolen from a US-based robotics company. According to an official blog post from REvil on June 11, the team has started […]
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Hyperledger has attracted eight new members, spanning firms working on blockchain based supply chain solutions, payments, and token standardization. Eight new members have joined Hyperledger, including several firms targeting tokenization initiatives. Hyperledger is a consortium of firms working on open-source enterprise solutions using distributed ledger technologies (DLT). Launched in December 2015 by the Linux Foundation, […]
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On-chain data provides valuable insight into the Bitcoin network and BTC price action, but which metrics are useful for the average investor? The public nature of blockchains continuously generates an endless stream of data, as every single transaction and address leaves a clear trace. This information, known as on-chain data, provides a way to precisely […]
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