Experts in blockchain technology and crypto take on the question of Bitcoin’s path throughout the year 2020. Without any doubt, the year 2020 was unlike any other year in the 21st century: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, global governments unstoppably printing money, “lockdowns” and “social distancing” becoming the new normal, protests against racial discrimination and police […]
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CBDCs are one of the major topics in crypto this year, and the experts that Cointelegraph spoke to have a lot to say about it. It is hard to imagine that just two years ago, the general discourse around central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs, was mainly focused on the potential and possibility of issuing […]
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Addressing the community and board members, David Sønstebø reveals contradictory details about his split with the IOTA Foundation In a verbose and, at times, vituperative blog post published today, IOTA founder David Sønstebø seeks to “quench all concern” about his state of mind, assure the community that the “IF [IOTA Foundation] is not broke,” and […]
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Experts in blockchain technology and the crypto space take on the question: What impact has DeFi had in 2020, and what can we expect in 2021? Figuring out the point at which decentralized finance began almost always ends up in a rhetorical debate. Some argue that Bitcoin’s (BTC) invention a decade ago marked the start […]
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The Iota board said it had “parted ways” with Sønstebø due to the fact its interests have “diverged significantly” with those of the co-founder. David Sønstebø will no longer be a part of the Iota Foundation, a non-profit which he helped co-found and most recently co-chaired. According to an announcement from the Iota Foundation, the […]
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Bitcoin price has overtaken its 2017 high, but should investors expect the top-ranked altcoins to do the same? After a rather lengthy wait, Bitcoin price is finally back to the same price range it was in 3 years ago. Back in 2017, when the Bitcoin (BTC) price peaked near $19,900, most altcoins also posted 200% […]
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Olsztyn, Poland is using SmartKey built on Ethereum to streamline emergency services. Olsztyn, Poland is reportedly the first city in the world to leverage Ethereum’s blockchain to aid the provision of emergency services, offering yet another tangible use case for distributed ledger technology. Olsztyn has completed a successful trial run of SmartKey, a bridging technology […]
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The IOTA Foundation is teaming up with one of Austria’s most prestigious universities to foster research in distributed ledger technologies. The IOTA Foundation, the non-profit organization behind IOTA, IOTA Tangle and MIOTA, announced they will be joining Austria’s newest Christian Doppler Laboratory, or CDL, as an industrial partner. The first of its kind, the laboratory is […]
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XRP, Stellar and Cardano are some of the cryptocurrencies spearheading the rally as traders herald “altseason.” Bitcoin (BTC) has topped $19,000 in a fresh bullish surge, but traders are all about altcoins on Nov. 24. In what many are heralding as the beginning of “altseason,” large-cap cryptocurrencies are seeing their biggest gains in three years. […]
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The negative view on automation isn’t the fault of anyone in particular, it’s simply the way that humanity reacts to innovation. Across numerous industries throughout the decades, there has always been a pervasive fear that robots are going to take our jobs. While there has been plenty of evidence that automation ultimately moves human workers […]
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