Facebook hires lobbyists as Zuckerberg dines with lawmakers to try to get Libra across the regulatory line. When Facebook published the Libra white paper in June 2019, shockwaves were felt across the crypto markets the world over. Triggering the end of a long bear market, Bitcoin soared past the iconic $10,000 mark, and many prominent […]
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What problems might blockchain face leading up to Libra’s launch and how can they be solved prior to Facebook’s entry into the crypto space? Many people have heard of blockchain technology, but few know what to make of it. Some people will tell you that it’s the next big thing, poised to disrupt almost every […]
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The highest gas-guzzling Ethereum contract in the industry, dubbed FairWin, is allegedly putting user funds at risk and continues to guzzle a major amount of gas on the network. The biggest Ethereum contract in the industry, dubbed FairWin, is allegedly putting user funds at risk and continues to guzzle a major amount of gas on […]
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Scalability: It’s the one thing that could derail crypto’s ambitions to go mainstream. Is there an answer to this long-running issue? It’s one of the biggest challenges facing blockchain and crypto — a hurdle only the industry can solve. Without a solution, even CEOs from major global exchanges fear that mass adoption will never be […]
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Advisory firm Valley Capital Partners has invested $3 million into encryption platform-as-a-service StrongSalt. Advisory firm Valley Capital Partners has invested $3 million into encryption platform-as-a-service StrongSalt. Per a Sept. 26 press release, StrongSalt raised $3 million from Valley Capital Partners in a seed round to further develop its encryption platform designed for developers and enterprises. […]
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The CEO and founder of Canadian social media and messaging app Kik has vowed to fight U.S. regulators over the future of the native Kin cryptocurrency “no matter how hard it is.” The CEO and founder of Canadian social media and messaging app Kik has vowed to fight U.S. regulators over the future of the […]
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A hearing with U.S. House Committee and the SEC on Tuesday made clear that everybody wants a crypto regulation program but nobody wants to act first. Yesterday, Sept. 24, Cointelegraph reported from the United States House Financial Services hearing with the chairman and four commissioners of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The hearing was […]
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The Fold app, a mobile shopping app that supports the Bitcoin Lightning Network, has added a fiat currency payment option following a $2.5 million investment. The Fold app, a mobile shopping app that supports Bitcoin’s Lightning Network enabling users to withdraw funds to an external Bitcoin (BTC) wallet, has raised $2.5 million and added a […]
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Peter Todd argued Google’s latest breakthrough relates to “primitive” quantum tech and likely faces insurmountable costs. A well-known cryptographer has poured cold water on fresh fears that recent advances in quantum computing could endanger Bitcoin (BTC) security. Bitcoin versus Google’s “quantum supremacy” In a Twitter discussion on Sept. 24, ex-Bitcoin Core developer Peter Todd led […]
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Multiple EU politicians are calling for a united European digital currency to counter Facebook’s stablecoin project Libra. The ripples of the Libra effect are beginning to lap against the shores of Europe, with French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire suggesting that Europe should throw its hat into the ring and launch its own digital currency. […]
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