Square Crypto has hired former devs from Google, Facebook’s Libra and Lightning Labs onto its inaugural developer team. Square Crypto, the crypto-focused branch of payment company Square, has hired Valentine Wallace, Jeffrey Czyz and Arik Sosman to its inaugural developer team. Square Crypto announced the appointment in a series of tweets on Sept. 19, revealing […]
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Argo Blockchain, a mining firm publicly traded on the London stock exchange, has installed 1,000 more mining machines. Mining firm Argo Blockchain installs 1,000 more mining machines, financial news outlet ProactiveInvestors reports on Sept. 19. The addition of the new machines would take the company’s total number of miners to 6,000. Furthermore, the firm also […]
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Bitcoin is being Googled less now than at any time since the end of April, when it traded at just $4,100. Bitcoin (BTC) has hit a four-month low this week — as a search term on Google, with market fatigue and boredom spreading beyond traders. “Bitcoin” least Googled since May Data from Google Trends confirms […]
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Experts in Islamic finance take on the question: Is Bitcoin Halal or Haram according to Sharia law? The rise in popularity of Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies has led to the discussion among Islamic scholars about digital currency’s compliance with Islamic canonical law. Islamic law — known as Sharia — is based on the teachings […]
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The European Central Bank and 25 global central banks will meet with Libra to assess the purported financial stability risks of the project. Officials from the European Central Bank (ECB) and 25 global central banks will meet with Libra to assess the financial stability risks of the project. Central bank forum to challenge Libra On […]
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Pundi X, a decentralized offline crypto sales network firm, showcased its BOB smartphone that it claims is entirely powered by blockchain. Decentralized offline cryptocurrency sales network firm Pundi X showcased its Blok on Blok (BOB) blockchain smartphone at the IFA trade show in Berlin, reported IT-focused news portal CIOL on Sept. 10. Pundi X claims […]
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South Africa’s crypto exchange Luno reaches three million wallets, reporting a surge of trading volumes in August. Major South Africa’s crypto exchange Luno has continued growing, having processed more than $5 million worth of crypto in August 2019. Marius Reitz, general manager for Africa at Luno, claimed that over 80 million South African rands ($5.4 […]
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Blockchain-based web browser Brave has beat out major rival browsers like Chrome, Firefox and Opera in the Japanese Google Play rankings. The popularity of the decentralized blockchain-enabled web browser Brave continues to grow as it has outranked other browsers in Google Play rankings in Japan. Brave beats rival browsers According to a Reddit post on […]
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Internet searches for what appears to be the Bitcoin price ticker “BTC” have spiked to unprecedented highs, fresh Google Trends data reveals. Internet searches for what appears to be the Bitcoin price ticker “BTC” have spiked to unprecedented highs, fresh Google Trends data reveals. Between Aug. 29 and Aug. 31, BTC searches worldwide catapulted from […]
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Four out of the first five results presented when querying Google for a “bitcoin qr generator” lead to scam websites that generate false qr codes. Four out of the first five results presented when querying Google for a “bitcoin qr generator” lead to scam websites. The findings Cryptocurrency wallet ZenGo wrote the findings in a […]
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