The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — one week on Cointelegraph in one link! Coming every Sunday, Hodlers Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. Top Stories This Week Bitcoin bulls stampede toward $12,000 as Ether hits a […]
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Institutional adoption of blockchain can offer great benefits, as truly decentralized control often comes from the roots of centralization. The power of blockchain technology to decentralize control of our financial economy is well documented. It is one of the cornerstones of the origins of the technology, with the genesis block of Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin (BTC) […]
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Policymakers in Europe and the U.S. are pushing to use blockchain technology to ensure a safer, regulated cannabis market. Interest in cannabidiol-based products has been on the rise, as recent statistics show that the global cannabis market is expected to have reached $42.7 billion in the next four years. Yet as hemp-derived cannabidiol, or CBD, […]
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While there is not yet a set time for the expanded pilot program to begin, a policy framework should be complete by the end of 2020. China’s Commerce Ministry announced today that it will expand the trials of the nation’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) to include Beijing, as well as Tianjin and Hebei provinces. […]
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A NYC attorney has been ordered to pay a crypto investment firm more than $5M after prematurely releasing most of its funds set aside to buy Bitcoin. A federal judge has ruled that a New York attorney is responsible for repaying a crypto investment firm after he prematurely released escrow funds set aside for buying […]
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“I loved crypto. I loved the libertarian ideas. At that time, everyone was talking about freedom, about privacy, about the necessity of changing finance, about giving back financial freedom to people. I really believed in that and I still believe in such ideas.” Robert Wiecko is getting back into playing electric guitar. Armed with his […]
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China’s CBDC is on its way to Hong Kong. China’s digital yuan, also known as the digital currency electronic payment, or DCEP project, will be rolled out for testing at Hong Kong’s Greater Bay Area in the coming weeks, local news agency the Southern Daily reports on Aug. 12. The Greater Bay Area, or GBA, […]
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As the world becomes more and more digital, the solution to the question of ownership is already here in the form of NFTs. In early July 2020, the total sales of nonfungible tokens, or NFT, hit $100 million. And that is just the start. As the DeFi market reached $4 billion in locked value and […]
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South Korea’s “Silicon Valley” continues its love affair with Blockchain technology. A major satellite city in South Korea, Seongnam, is preparing to expand its existing blockchain-powered payment program by issuing new digital gift certificates. According to Kyunghyang Shinmun, the city’s Blockchain infrastructure will rely on a mobile app named Chak app. This app will be […]
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Blockchain is making further inroads with municipal authorities in China, as the mayor of Loudi supports its use to combat crime. The mayor of Loudi, a city in China’s Hunan province, has characterized blockchain technology as a powerful “weapon” that can effectively tackle crime. At a meeting of Loudi’s Municipal Public Security Bureau on Aug. […]
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