After ending his presidential bid last month, Andrew Yang wants to rewrite the rules of the economy with its new nonprofit Humanity Forward. Former presidential candidate and known cryptocurrency proponent Andrew Yang has announced a new initiative to protect privacy online. After ending his presidential bid last month, Yang has announced the creation of new […]
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André Figer, vice president of one of the largest sporting career management companies in Brazil, has his eyes firmly set on tokenizing soccer players. André Figer, vice president of one of the largest sporting career management companies in Brazil, has his eyes firmly set on tokenizing soccer players. The well-known entrepreneur told Cointelegraph Brazil that […]
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Ceres becomes the latest Japanese company to invest in a crypto fund run by the venture capital group. Ceres, a marketing firm based in Japan, has just become the latest investor in the San Francisco-based blockchain and cryptocurrency hedge fund Pantera Capital. On Feb. 28, Ceres announced on its website that they were supplying Pantera […]
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The developer behind decentralized finance protocol iEarn has quit the project citing a “hostile” and “entitled” community. Andre Cronje, the one-man development team behind decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol iEarn, has quit the project. Cronje cites a thankless experience with the DeFi community as the catalyst for his decision to leave. Speaking to Cointelegraph, Cronje states […]
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The use of blockchain technology to improve a variety of offerings has become a reality in the world of sports in 2020. The new decade has kicked off with blockchain technology finally being utilized in real case scenarios in the world of sports. Many blockchain proponents are enthusiastic about the wide variety of potential use […]
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Steemit’s managing director says the new partnership with Tron will help grow the platform and that the soft fork resulted from quick reactions to the changes. In an interview with Cointelegraph at Tron’s San Francisco office on Feb. 25, Steemit Managing Director Elizabeth Powell expressed enthusiasm regarding the new strategic partnership between Tron and Steemit. […]
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An Ethereum-based private p2p messenger takes on Telegram and oppressive regimes around the world. Startup Status raised $100 M in its 2017 initial coin offering on the premise of building a private messenger based on the Whisper protocol that allows Ethereum DApps to communicate. Each smartphone that runs a Status app becomes a node, and […]
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Sports fan token project Socios plans to launch an integrated membership and fiat-crypto prepaid debit card, which also provides blockchain-based global ID functionality. Cooperation between fiat currency card issuers and the blockchain industry appears to be proceeding apace. On Feb. 24, sports fan token project Socios announced the launch of an integrated membership and fiat-crypto […]
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Despite hard forking five months ago to resist ASICs, the Ravencoin community has found consensus surrounding its next algorithm. The Ravencoin community continues to argue over what mining algorithm the project should adopt in the future to best deter ASICs, despite Ravencoin conducting a hard fork intended to bolster ASIC-resistance just five months ago. Tron […]
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Fidelity International, a spin-off of the U.S. asset management giant, made a direct investment into Hong Kong-based digital asset platform operator BC Group. Fidelity International has acquired a stake in BC Group, the operator of OSL, one of Asia’s largest digital asset platforms for institutions. The company purchased 17 million shares for a 5.6% ownership […]
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