The WEF has teamed up with seven major metals and mining firms to develop responsible sourcing and sustainability practices using blockchain. Last week, the World Economic Forum teamed up with seven major mining and metals firms to develop responsible sourcing and sustainability practices using blockchain. Specifically, the “Mining and Metals Blockchain Initiative” will include building […]
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Here is why Libra is not ready to launch a cryptocurrency yet and why lawmakers find it hard to separate Facebook from the association. Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg returned to Capitol Hill to testify before Congress on Oct. 23 about the company’s planned use of the cryptocurrency it is backing, Libra, attempting to debunk the […]
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10% of transaction fees on K.im, the entrepreneur’s Bitcoin-enabled content sharing service, are going to help Assange’s legal costs, Dotcom says. Entrepreneur and Bitcoin (BTC) entrepreneur Kim Dotcom has revealed his new company K.im is directly supporting WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange. Dotcom offers Bitcoin to Assange In a tweet on Oct. 29, Dotcom said 10% […]
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Bakkt’s futures volumes skyrocketed last week, with the firm launching two ambitious new projects only days after. Each time Bitcoin (BTC) rallies past the all-important $10,000 mark, analysts seek to attribute the rise to major events occurring across the industry. The crypto sector is young, volatile and one major announcement can send ripples across the […]
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Even Bitcoin is getting an endorsement in an official app in China as local media claims platforms are removing anti-blockchain content. China is rapidly adopting a pro-blockchain stance following news it would bring in a so-called “crypto law” in January next year. China: Blockchain must be legitimate In a sign of China’s abrupt official about-turn […]
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After a month of inaccessibility, Cointelegraph’s Facebook page has been unblocked and will return to keeping you informed on the latest in crypto immediately. After being banned for more than a month, Cointelegraph is once again accessible via Facebook. There were more questions than answers when the block took effect on September 18. Facebook has […]
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Cointelegraph has been locked out of its Facebook page for more than a month; the social media company offers no explanation… Cointelegraph’s official Facebook page, boasting more than 730,000 followers, has been banned by the social media giant, while the cause remains unclear. On Sept. 18, our page was removed from the platform’s search results. […]
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Rethinking the web for its next 30 years: A new, open-source model of decentralization and sustainability. The web has arguably been the biggest driver of economic and technological innovation in the 30 years since its invention. It has not only lowered barriers to publishing information and accessing that information, it has also changed peer-to-peer communication, […]
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The Dutch bank ING found a solution to improve the security and privacy trade-off on R3’s Corda, an open-source blockchain platform. ING announced that researchers at the financial services firm have solved a security and privacy issue on blockchain software firm R3’s Corda blockchain. On Oct. 23, ING’s distributed ledger technology team presented its white […]
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Crypto worth billions upon billions of dollars has been lost to fraud. But what are the most common scams, and can they be stopped? How can payment fraud be avoided? Introducing better verification measures can go a long way to protecting consumers. Amazon and eBay are often held up as good examples of how transactions […]
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