A new initiative by the Italian Red Cross aims to raise funds via cryptocurrencies to face the coronavirus in Italy. The Italian Red Cross and the Colli Albani Committee are raising donations Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to fight the country’s coronavirus pandemic with the support of Helperbit, as announced on March 12. Goals of the […]
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Two high schools in Italy will start using blockchain technology to issue diplomas. Two Italian high schools will begin issuing unchangeable and easily shareable digital diplomas with the Ethereum’s blockchain public technology. The measure, as reported by Cointelegraph Italia on March 12, seeks to make the entire process of issuance and traceability transparent, but above […]
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Ethereum co-founder and founder of Cardano, Charles Hoskinson, pronounces the 20th-century world order dead. Ethereum co-founder and founder of Cardano, Charles Hoskinson, pronounced “the economic order of the 20th century” dead in a recent YouTube livestream. By “the economic order of 20th century”, Hoskinson means a centralized hierarchical economy that was built through “a series […]
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With the markets in freefall due to a ‘black swan’ event, veteran trader Peter Brandt believes that the price of Bitcoin could fall a further 80%. Bitcoin dipped below $4000 today, for the first time since the depths of crypto winter — and one veteran market analyst believes it could have even further to fall. […]
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With the US now imposing travel restrictions on most of Europe due to the coronavirus, the crypto industry has been hit hard. In the United States, President Trump announced new travel restrictions today in response to the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. The Commander in Chief signed a Presidential Proclamation suspending the entry of most […]
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Reacting to the growing epidemic, CME will suspend trading in Chicago from Friday. Other crypto- related firms are taking precautions too. With the coronavirus outbreak officially reaching epidemic proportions, crypto-related companies and organizations are having to change the way they do business. According to a CNBC report on Wednesday, Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group — […]
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The Blockchain Africa conference is underway despite reduced attendance in Johannesburg due to Coronavirus concerns. The Blockchain Africa conference kicked off on Wednesday in Johannesburg, South Africa, despite rising concerns about the Coronavirus outbreak. South Africa’s first cases of COVID-19 were confirmed at the beginning of the month. As of March 11, thirteen South Africans […]
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After attending the Ethereum Community Conference in Paris and ETHLondon hackathon, a co-founder of TorusLabs says he was diagnosed with coronavirus. On March 11, the co-founder of decentralized login service provider TorusLabs, Zhen Yu Yong (Zen), tweeted that he had been diagnosed with coronavirus COVID-2019. Zen urged people who may have been in contact with […]
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Blockchain education firm Odem has offered free access to its platform to schools and universities facing disruptions as a result of the coronavirus. Blockchain-based education technology provider Odem has announced it will provide its platform to schools and universities that were disrupted as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. In a press release published on […]
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Bitcoin price has dropped below the $8,000 mark as Coronavirus woes and geopolitics are taking their toll on the global economy, stocks and oil prices. Bitcoin (BTC) closed the week at $8,024, a shocking 9.92% loss and a new weekly low not seen since January 13 when the asset traded for $7,946. The abrupt correction […]
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