Here’s why Goldman’s approach to Bitcoin is ‘stale’ and ‘hasn’t evolved much.’ A leaked slide from a client meeting shows Goldman Sachs does not believe Bitcoin is an asset class. Coinbase angel investor Seth Ginns and Fundstrat analyst David Grider explain why Goldman continues to hold this antiquated position. Ginns and Grider joined Cointelegraph’s weekly […]
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The world’s existing economies are suffering due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has revealed the main benefits of decentralized tech and crypto. The COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged the economies of countries all around the world and is showing no signs of stopping. The overwhelming response from global governments has been to place their countries under […]
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South Korea’s largest public blockchain, ICON, has released its Blockchain Transmission Protocol, allowing individual blockchains to interact and communicate with each other. ICON (ICX), South Korea’s largest public blockchain project, released its Blockchain Transmission Protocol (BTP) on May 28. The protocol enables interoperability between individual blockchains, facilitating value transfer, service invocation and data exchange. Connecting […]
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Kim Reece is now a finalist for the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal. Criminal analyst, Kim Reece, has been nominated as a finalist for the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal for her efforts in shutting down a major child porn site. News of the nomination came on May 28. According to […]
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The Stellar Development Foundation invests a further $550K to develop SatoshiPay’s cross border B2B payment solution. The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) has invested a further $550,000 — paid in XLM — in Berlin-based instant payment platform SatoshiPay. The SDF’s third investment in SatoshiPay brings the Enterprise Fund’s investments for the year up to a total […]
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Brave has launched in-browser video calls featuring end-to-end encryption. Brave, the privacy-centric cryptocurrency-powered web browser has launched in-browser video calls featuring end-to-end encryption. The encrypted video service, dubbed ‘Brave Together’ can be used to make unlimited encrypted video calls featuring two participants. All Brave users can access the feature, with no account sign-ups needed. Brave […]
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The price of Bitcoin dropped to $8,600 and is now fluctuating just above $9,000, showing high volatility as several factors make its next step unclear. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) dropped to as low as $8,600 on May 25 as retail investors on Coinbase led an abrupt short-term downtrend. The price has since fluctuated between […]
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What if this scammer is just pretending to be a hacker? The hacker claiming to be selling user databases from top hardware wallet manufacturers Ledger, Trezor, and KeepKey appears to actually be peddling bunk, according to SatoshiLabs. On May 24, cybercrime monitoring blog Under the Breach reported that a hacker had begun advertising the customer […]
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Novel cryptocurrency project PornVisory plans to reward its users with blockchain tokens for watching porn on its platform. Novel cryptocurrency project PornVisory plans to reward its users with tokens for watching porn on its platform. PornVisory founder Veronica Noschese explained to Cointelegraph that there’s a natural synergy between the cryptocurrency and pornography industry, which desperately […]
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Blockchain and VR-powered social media platform Sensorium has joined the Global Blockchain Business Council. Virtual reality media platform, Sensorium, has announced its membership in the Global Blockchain Business Council, or GBBC — a Swiss-based non-profit industry association for blockchain. Sensorium will participate in GBBC’s upcoming virtual forum on May 28, which will see the firm’s […]
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