The European Commission sees some specific uses for blockchain technology in coordinating communication between member states, fostering crypto innovation. The head of the digital innovation and blockchain unit at the European Commission (EC), Pēteris Zilgalvis, explained the concise benefits of distributed ledger technology (DLT) in an interview to The Banker, a subsidiary of the Financial […]
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Bison Trails has announced it will support NuCypher’s protocol and that users can run nodes through the network. Blockchain infrastructure-as-a-service company, Bison Trails, announced support for the NuCypher network, as well as its permissionless token distribution system, WorkLock, on April 2. According to the announcement, the Libra Association member assured users that anyone would be able […]
Continue ReadingLibra rival Celo has announced its first round of development grant funding, designating $700,000 to 13 companies so far. Open-source payments network Celo has announced its first round of development grant recipients. A press release shared with Cointelegraph states that Celo has awarded $700,000 in grants to 13 different companies who are looking to build […]
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What weaknesses did the Black Thursday and high market volatility reveal for the decentralized finance industry? On March 12, United States President Donald Trump gave a 10-minute speech on COVID-19 that, coupled with the World Health Organization’s official declaration the day before that the outbreak was now a pandemic, sparked panic across global markets. Investors […]
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Peter Vessenes talks crypto regulation, exciting blockchain technology and what can take crypto to the next level on Cointelegraph China’s Focus talk show. Welcome back to Cointelegraph China’s Focus talk show. This time around, Peter Vessenes is under the spotlight. He is the founder of CoinLab, the first venture-backed Bitcoin company. He also co-founded the […]
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Libra association member will include Solana at platform’s mainnet launch. Blockchain infrastructure-as-a-service company and Libra association member, Bison Trails, announced support for Solana on March 26. Solana is an open-source project that implements permissionless blockchain technology. Solana’s protocol uses a new approach to establish the order of blocks, called Proof-of-History, and will be available at […]
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Lukka’s co-CEO and head of tax and regulatory affairs speaks on crypto taxation, & recent gov proposals for a ‘digital dollar.’ Cryptocurrency accounting company, Lukka, has announced the launch of the Lukka Library — an interactive collection of academic papers addressing legal, accounting, and tax questions pertaining to crypto assets. On March 26, Cointelegraph spoke […]
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Will the sacrifice of our privacy help to stop, or at least reduce, the global spread of the coronavirus, and why the governments want to use the total mass surveillance? As the coronavirus continues to spread a total lockdown across the world, governments are creating the foundations for a new society of total surveillance. Can […]
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As Facebook’s Libra members flock to the competing Celo Alliance project, Cointelegraph unpacks its goals and specs to figure out why. Several members of the Facebook-backed Libra Project have announced their alliance with a rival stablecoin project known as Celo. Since the middle of March, members that have joined the Celo Alliance for Prosperity include, […]
Continue ReadingCheck out this week’s Bad Crypto News. The Bitcoin Clock ticks on—less than 52 days now before the next halving—and let’s hope that Bitcoin still has value when that happens. Trader Peter Brandt isn’t optimistic. He sees Bitcoin in a race with gold to hit $1,000. Then again, in January, he thought BTC wouldn’t reach […]
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