Telegram’s TON network and coin were destined to fail with regulators, experts say. So, what’s left of the project? Telegram Open Network is off to a very uncertain future. Earlier this week, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov announced his company’s “active involvement with TON” was over, following a drawn-out legal battle with the United States Securities […]
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Cointelegraph interviewed Alogrand founder and Turing Award recipient Professor Silvio Micali to discuss blockchain-based solutions to contact-tracing amid the coronavirus crisis. With some countries beginning to lift lockdown restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic, many are focusing attention on the technological tools that can help public authorities to comply with the World Health Organization’s guidance for […]
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Peter Van Valkenburgh speaks on the value of decentralization and how it plays into Coin Center’s mission in U.S. policy. Formed in 2014, Coin Center was the first non-profit to focus on defending the independence of decentralized blockchain networks and cryptocurrencies in front of regulators in the United States. Peter Van Valkenburgh was one of […]
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Flipside Crypto and Prysm Group have partnered to release the Economic Suite, which lets blockchain projects measure how speculative and decentralized they are. The Economic Suite, developed by Flipside Crypto and Prysm Group, is a new blockchain economic tool that will let projects view advanced economic data about their ecosystem. The partnership, whose results were […]
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Liquidity should be seen as the primary indicator of the overall health of markets and exchanges — and also as a crucial factor for economic trading. In the cryptocurrency industry, liquidity is king. But how we measure and perceive liquidity varies greatly. Amid uncertain times and volatile market conditions, many traders are revising their trading […]
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Singaporean blockchain project BitcoinHD claims to have submitted the first SEC-approved security token offering for prospective listing on major U.S. exchange Coinbase. Shortly after sealing an approval from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission for its security token offering, Singaporean blockchain project BitcoinHD (BHD) is seeking a listing on major exchange Coinbase. On March […]
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Award winning filmmaker, Torsten Hoffmann, follows up his 2015 Bitcoin film with an in-depth look at the state of the blockchain industry. “Cryptopia: Bitcoin, Blockchains and the Future of the Internet” is filmmaker Torsten Hoffmann’s follow up to his award-winning 2015 documentary “Bitcoin: The End of Money As We Know It.” His first film looked […]
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While Facebook’s Libra project appears to have stagnated after facing international pushback from regulators, rival blockchain platform Celo is gaining momentum. Klaytn, the public blockchain platform developed by Ground X, an affiliate of the major South Korean internet company, Kakao, joined Celo’s Alliance for Prosperity on May 8. Celo, a distributed ledger technology, or DLT, […]
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Bitcoin is still far behind the NYC Subway in one key metric. Despite zero downtime since its inception, Bitcoin (BTC), still has some catching up to do with New York City’s subway system. May 6 2020 was the first time in its 115-year history that New York City purposely shut off its main transportation artery. […]
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Free TON Community answers questions on the unexpected launch of a “free” version of the Telegram Open Network that took place today. Free TON Community, an independent group of developers and users, have just launched a free version of the Telegram Open Network, or TON. During the launch event on May 7, community members answered […]
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