The Deutsche Bank Imagine 2030 report highlights centralized tokens as the driver for fiat’s demise. A recently unveiled Deutsche Bank “Imagine 2030” report boldly puts a date on the eventual fiat–crypto “social consensus flip,” citing the Asian continent and, in particular, China, to have already recognized the trend. If true, then what every cryptocurrency speculator […]
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The hashpower rental marketplace NiceHash, which was hacked in Dec. 2017, says it may not be able to fulfill its pledge to fully reimburse affected users. The hashpower rental marketplace NiceHash, which was hacked in Dec. 2017, says it may not be able to fulfill its pledge to fully reimburse affected users. In a blog […]
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IOVLabs is one of the most relevant companies in the blockchain world and we we have interviewed its CEO, Diego Gutiérrez Zaldívar. Diego Gutierrez Zaldivar is the CEO of IOVLabs and co-founder of the NGO Bitcoin Argentina. During Labitconf 2019, he gave a presentation entitled “How Bitcoin, RSK and RIF are shaping the internet of […]
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The Oil & Gas Blockchain Consortium successfully piloted a blockchain-based system for Authorization for Expenditure. A group of 10 major global oil and gas firms including heavy-hitters like Chevron and Shell has successfully digitized industry balloting using blockchain. The Oil & Gas Blockchain Consortium (OOC) successfully piloted a blockchain-based system for Authorization for Expenditure (AFE) […]
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Tron founder Justin Sun has publicly pledged to donate $1 million to efforts by the young Swedish activist Great Thunberg to raise global awareness of the climate crisis. Tron (TRX) founder Justin Sun has publicly pledged to donate $1 million to efforts by the young Swedish activist Great Thunberg to raise global awareness of the […]
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ISIS experiments with blockchain-based messaging app BCM to share videos and propaganda after being banned from Telegram. Terrorist organization ISIS has turned to blockchain technology to anonymously spread videos and propaganda to thousands of people worldwide. A Vice report on Dec. 13th noted that experts who track ISIS’s activities online have found that supporters of […]
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Two Russian citizens are being prosecuted for allegedly targeting computers at state organizations to illicitly mine cryptocurrency. Two Russian citizens are being prosecuted for allegedly targeting computers at state organizations to illicitly mine cryptocurrency. The two unnamed individuals purportedly infected the hardware with a program that mines cryptocurrency via a web browser, local media agency […]
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Chip manufacturer AMD has joined the Blockchain Game Alliance and forged two new partnerships to help build out new blockchain-based gaming marketplaces. United States transnational IT firm Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has joined the Blockchain Game Alliance and forged two new partnerships to help advance the technology’s use in the industry. A Dec. 12 press […]
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Quantum computing services seem to be our future soon enough, but will cryptocurrencies be ready for it when the time comes? Quantum supremacy is officially here, whether we’re ready for it or not. This fall, a research paper from Google was prematurely leaked, claiming just that — quantum supremacy — including the results of a […]
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The world is inevitably becoming more and more digital, and Facebook’s digital currency dubbed Libra is a step toward this future. Since Facebook’s digital currency project, Libra, was announced in June, there has been a growing chorus of central bankers and policy makers pushing back against its ambitions. Germany’s Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz and France’s […]
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