Binance announced the launch of three new trading pairs with Tezos, including Bitcoin, Tether and Binance Coin. Binance CEO hinted at staking Tezos (XTZ) as the major crypto exchange listed the cryptocurrency for trading on its platform. XTZ deposits are now live On Sept. 23, Binance officially announced the listing of Tezos, launching three new […]
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The blockchain devices market is expected to grow to $1.285 billion by 2024, per recent research by intelligence and market research platform MarketsandMarkets. The blockchain devices market is expected to grow by 42.5% at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) by 2024, according to a recent research by intelligence and market research platform MarketsandMarkets. On […]
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Cointelegraph Brasil presents a weekly digest of selected cryptocurrency- and blockchain-related news. Brazil has seen a tumultuous week in the cryptocurrency industry. The tax agency announced that they are running out of funds, the Securities and Exchange Commision (CVM) claimed that Brazil is “broke,” the Central Bank of Brazil introduced a new instant payment system, […]
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Major expansion of payment systems in Brazil and no taxes on BTC transactions in Portugal in news of the week from Cointelegraph Brasil. This week saw major expansion of crypto payments in Brazil, new standards freeing Bitcoin from Portuguese taxes, and the allegedly fraudulent Grupo Bitcoin Banco’s refusal to pay clients their deposited funds. Brazil’s […]
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Cielo, the largest credit card processing company in Brazil, recently announced support for cryptocurrency payments on its point-of-sale devices. Cielo, the largest payment processing provider in Brazil, has unveiled support for Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrency purchases on its point-of-sale (PoS) devices. Crypto payments via QR codes Cointelegraph Brazil reported the news on Aug. 30. According […]
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Algo Capital has raised $200 million — double its $100 million goal — for its venture capital fund. Algo Capital has raised $200 million — double its original goal — for its venture capital fund. According to a news release shared with Cointelegraph on Aug. 27, the new fund will invest in businesses helping to build […]
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Polkadot launches canary-network test bed for its bleeding edge network. Blockchain interoperability protocol, Polkadot, launched its experimental “canary network” dubbed Kusama, this morning, Aug. 23. In a blog post, the team announced the first deployment in the wild of its protocol, combining “bleeding-edge technical improvements in governance, consensus and scalability.” Limited functionality for soft launch […]
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Cryptocurrency PIVX denies allegations that its blockchain was vulnerable to a bug, as consulting firm Lunar Digital Assets had claimed. Developers of the private transactions cryptocurrency PIVX replied to crypto consulting firm Lunar Digital Assets regarding claims its blockchain was vulnerable to a bug. In a reply published on Aug. 13, PIVX developers addressed claims […]
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Enterprise-grade blockchain platform Nuls and cross-blockchain layer-2 network Aleph have completed testing of a staking service that applies a new type of reward model. Enterprise-grade blockchain platform Nuls and cross-blockchain layer-2 network Aleph have jointly completed testing of a new staking service dubbed staked coin output (SCO), which applies a new type of reward model. […]
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PIVX, a private transactions altcoin, and allegedly another 200 other chains are vulnerable to a bug that has been used across multiple PoS blockchains. Private transactions cryptocurrency PIVX and over 200 other blockchains are vulnerable to a vulnerability allowing the attacker to obtain disproportionately high staking rewards. A major staking vulnerability Cryptocurrency consulting firm Lunar […]
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