Inside the Ethereum co-founder’s mental model of Satoshi. In a recent Cointelgraph interview, Ethereum co-founder and Cardano founder Charles Hoskinon said that he believes that Adam Back “checks all the boxes” as a Satoshi Nakamoto candidate. The puzzle of Satoshi’s true identity never seems to get old. Although Hoskinson admits that he does not have […]
Continue ReadingA sideways week for Bitcoin will not come as a surprise but BTC is still poised for a big move soon as it hobbles inside a tightening range. Last week, Bitcoin (BTC) looked poised for a huge move up to $11,000. Instead, we saw a sidewards week of price action coupled with a small pullback. […]
Continue ReadingBlockchain-based solution may help to contain the growing cases of COVID-19 across the UAE. UAE-based startup incubator, in5, is helping to design blockchain-based methods to contain the COVID-19 pandemic in the country and thus flatten the curve. According to a report published on May 20, Liber Health, supported by in5, is one of the platforms […]
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CME customers would rather trade cash-backed Bitcoin products at present. Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s, or CME, global head of equity index and alternative investment products, Tim McCourt, said traders prefer cash-settled Bitcoin trading over products backed by physical Bitcoin (BTC). “So far, clients have expressed a clear preference and priority for a cash-settled product,” McCourt told […]
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The COVID-19 crisis has pushed people to seek alternative technological solutions as blockchain and crypto become more popular. Crypto is a place where everything changes faster than in any other industry, and seeing as it was born in the age of the internet, this is quite fitting. Today, China is leading the global digital asset […]
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Bitcoin price is encouragingly posting higher lows while being rejected by the $10,000 level suggests that more downside could be expected. The price of Bitcoin (BTC), the top cryptocurrency by market capitalization, is trading down 2.59% for today’s session at $9,540, erasing the push towards $10,000 late on Thursday. Ether (ETH), the second biggest crypto […]
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Gibraltar’s minister for digital and financial services spoke to Cointelegraph about regulating market manipulation in the blockchain sector. The British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, a pioneer of blockchain-friendly regulations, will introduce a new regulatory principle for the DLT sector addressing market manipulation risks in the coming months. In an interview with Cointelegraph, Albert Isola, Gibraltar’s […]
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IBM’s head of blockchain in Australia and New Zealand has shared the firm’s outlook for the integration of DLT into supply chain systems. In an interview with Cointelegraph, Rupert Colchester, the head of blockchain at IBM Australia and New Zealand, discussed how distributed ledger technology is transforming supply chain systems worldwide. Colchester also provided insight […]
Continue ReadingBlockchain is being leveraged to connect buyers with non-traditional suppliers producing masks and other PPT needed to combat COVID-19. Shortages of personal protective equipment, or PPE, used by health care professionals are posing a tremendous challenge to the United States health care system as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. According to the Centers for […]
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U.S. CFTC launches its first science contest to find new technological tools to find unregistered derivatives offerings from foreign entities, including Bitcoin futures. A major United States financial regulator is holding its first science contest, asking devs for new tools to track foreign derivatives offerings that may be soliciting U.S. investors without proper registration. Project […]
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