New all-time highs in Bitcoin computing power accompany renewed calls for price expansion. Bitcoin (BTC) has seen yet another sharp increase in its computing power after its network hash rate grew 25% in a week. Hash rate climbs to all-time high Data from monitoring resource Blockchain puts Bitcoin’s hash rate at 87 quintillion hashes per […]
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Taiwanese blockchain-based digital property rights startup Bitmark raises $3 million in a funding round that saw investment from HTC and Alibaba. Taiwanese blockchain digital property rights startup Bitmark has secured $3 million in a funding round led by Taiwan’s electronics giant HTC. Specializing in securing digital property rights through blockchain technology, Bitmark will use the […]
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Co-founder of Morgan Creek Digital Assets Anthony Pompliano thinks Satoshi Nakomoto should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for inventing Bitcoin. American investor and co-founder of Morgan Creek Digital Assets Anthony Pompliano has argued that Satoshi Nakomoto should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for inventing Bitcoin. In a tweet posted on Sept. 3, Pompliano […]
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Craig Wright asked for a 14-day extension to challenge an order requiring him to pay 500,000 Bitcoins to the Kleiman estate. Self-proclaimed creator of Bitcoin (BTC) Craig Wright wants to challenge a recent court order requiring him to pay 500,000 Bitcoins to the Kleiman estate. Reinhardt did not have power to enter the order, Wright […]
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Crypto market commentator Josh Rager has accused Tron founder Justin Sun of buying 5-6,000 Twitter followers per day. Crypto market commentator Josh Rager has accused Tron founder Justin Sun of buying 5-6,000 Twitter followers per day. In a tweet posted on Sept. 1, Rager claimed: “Looks like you’re still buying 5,000 to 6,000 followers per […]
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Despite its friendly façade as a major innovation hub, Israel has been abnormally slow on progress for blockchain adoption, although change is on the horizon. It has been almost a decade since Dan Senor and Saul Singer penned “Start-Up Nation,” their ode to the Israeli tech sector. The book, which chronicles much of Israel’s success […]
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Last week, Deloitte unveiled a blockchain-based platform. Other Big Four firms are following suit, but to what extent? Last week, Big Four firm Deloitte unveiled a mobile platform designed to host blockchain networks on a small scale for demonstration purposes. The product is “based on client interest in understanding blockchain capabilities in live interactions,” as […]
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New blockchain-based initiatives from the US Air Force have Cointelegraph looking at prospects for the technology throughout US defense agencies. This week saw twin reports from smart contract startup Simba Chain and blockchain data management firm Constellation, both of whom announced contracts with the United States Air Force. New utility in USAF Judging by these […]
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China’s central bank relies on centralization and suppression of open technologies such as blockchain, with its next step being to issue a national stablecoin. The People’s Bank of China (PBoC), the country’s central bank, has announced that it is planning to launch a central bank digital currency (CBDC), inspired in part by Facebook’s Libra project. […]
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The digital advertising ecosystem suffers from outdated infrastructure — the rise of smart contracts and tokenization could resolve industry pain points. Earlier this month, Amazon announced plans to hire blockchain experts for its advertising division. But how can the use of blockchain technology possibly resolve the pain points in the advertising industry? For the crypto […]
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