Russians show more interest in cryptocurrency markets amid the coronavirus outbreak as crypto exchange-related traffic rises by over 5%. Amid the global COVID-19 pandemic and concerns over ongoing quarantines and rising unemployment, more and more people around the world are apparently turning to crypto, Russia being no exception. According to data by cybersecurity firm Qrator […]
Continue ReadingThe Bitcoin miner reward halving is almost here, but what if there’s no price pump? Can the miners stay afloat? With the COVID-19 pandemic grabbing most headlines the past few weeks, the cryptosphere has been directing some of its attention toward Bitcoin’s reward halving. With the event just four weeks away and the Bitcoin Cash […]
Continue ReadingAs the global coronavirus pandemic continues to rage on, quarantined gamers are increasingly looking towards blockchain games. As more people self-isolate due to the coronavirus pandemic, gaming platforms all over the world have seen a spike in traffic. One report notes that cell network company Verizon claimed that online gaming platforms have seen a 75% […]
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Due to the coronavirus pandemic, it’s time for the crypto community to drive innovation with new ideas for virtual conferences. As the global economy struggles to adapt to the rapid changes the coronavirus pandemic has forced upon the world, the virtual conference space is booming. The need to engage, communicate and expand our network has […]
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Amid Zoom security failures, VoIP pioneer Jeff Pulver explains how blockchain-based communication networks ensure that calls remain private. As people around the world started following shelter-in-place orders, popular video conferencing platform Zoom quickly gained new users, noting in a recent blog post that it had reached more than 200 million daily users last month, up […]
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The blockchain gaming scene will see a number of new projects in 2020 claiming to change the gaming industry. Blockchain in the gaming industry is one of the space’s hot topics of 2019. This year is catching the interest of both young independent developers and large corporations. Conferences and hackathons are periodically held around the […]
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Beginning on April 24, Brave browser users will be able to deposit Basic Attention Tokens into their Gemini accounts. Brave, the open-source pay-to-surf browser, will soon have more options for trading its signature token. In April 6 blog post on the Gemini website, the platform announced they would soon support trading for Brave’s Basic Attention […]
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Publicly-listed mining firm Argo Blockchain has broken its own records for Bitcoin mining, seemingly escaping the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. London Stock Exchange-listed mining firm Argo Blockchain has broken its own records for Bitcoin (BTC) mining, seemingly escaping the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. An operational update published by Argo on April […]
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A former Google software engineer claims to have cracked a zip file containing $300,000 after being contacted on LinkedIn. Michael Stay, a former software engineer with Google and the current CTO of smart contract and decentralized application (Dapp) firm, Pyrofex, claims to have successfully hacked a zip file containing the private keys to over $300,000 […]
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Fear of the Coronavirus pandemic infected investor confidence, leading Bitcoin price to crash by 50% but as this occurred retail demand for Bitcoin increased and institutions left. Although the Coronavirus pandemic has led many brick and mortar industries to close operations, cryptocurrency exchanges seem to have had their best month in a long time. According […]
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