France is paving the way for a digital Euro, but how will its CBDC shape up, and what effect will it have on the cryptocurrency industry? Lately, it seems that most major national banks are toying with the notion of a national digital currency. France is conducting tests of its own now, and it could […]
Continue ReadingInterchain decentralized data hosting project Bluzelle announced the launch of its mainnet which aims to combine the advantages of edge computing with DLT. Interchain decentralized data hosting project Bluzelle (BLZ) announced the launch of its mainnet which aims to combine the advantages of edge computing with distributed ledger technology (DLT). According to an announcement shared […]
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Binance has rejected allegations that it misappropriated a user’s funds and provided screenshots to show it acted at the request of South Korean authorities. Binance has fired back at claims that it ‘embezzled’ hundreds of thousands of dollars in funds that were frozen from a user’s account in November 2018. In a lengthy statement the […]
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ICON unveils a new consensus algorithm which improves scalability and network bandwidth without sacrificing security. South Korea’s largest public blockchain project, ICON (ICX), announced its new Loop Fault Tolerance 2.0 (LFT 2.0) consensus algorithm on April 8. The new algorithm claims to make performance improvements in scalability and network bandwidth over the popular Practical Byzantine […]
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Overstock will airdrop security tokens to OSTK shareholders on May 19, potentially flooding its fledgling tZERO exchange. Overstock has slated May 19 as the date to airdrop OSTKO security tokens as a dividend to its shareholders. They’ll get one security token for every ten OSTK shares they own as of April 27, making for 4.37 […]
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The CARES Act shed light on the possibility of a digital dollar. Meanwhile, a blockchain-based solution is also being explored. Will one of them launch soon? The coronavirus pandemic is the biggest global crisis since the events that sparked the creation of Bitcoin (BTC) in 2008, and is one that will also have long-lasting effects […]
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Cointelegraph spoke to Chuck Young of the US Government Accountability Office to learn about the agency’s exploration into DLT. The supreme audit institution of the United States, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), posted two job positions with its Innovation Lab concerning the development of prototype applications for blockchain technology during March. Cointelegraph spoke to Chuck […]
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Amid Zoom security failures, VoIP pioneer Jeff Pulver explains how blockchain-based communication networks ensure that calls remain private. As people around the world started following shelter-in-place orders, popular video conferencing platform Zoom quickly gained new users, noting in a recent blog post that it had reached more than 200 million daily users last month, up […]
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Hacked cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia today informed its users that the High Court of New Zealand has delivered its judgment on the status of their compromised assets. Hacked cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia today informed its users that the High Court of New Zealand has delivered its judgment on the status of their compromised assets. In a tweet […]
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CasperLabs, the firm tasked with developing Ethereum’s implementation of proof-of-stake, decided to launch its own blockchain. CasperLabs, the firm tasked with developing Ethereum’s implementation of Proof-of-Stake (PoS), has decided to launch its own blockchain. According to a recent announcement, CasperLabs plans to launch its own PoS blockchain in collaboration with Singapore-based crypto exchange BitMax. BitMax […]
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