Kazakhstan says it will double its digital currency mining investment at the end of this year, and is eyeing a CBDC. Kazakhstan officials revealed the nation’s digital currency development plan to experts from Russia and China at “2020 Astana Online Financial Day”. According to the China Ministry of Commerce on July 1, Kazakhstan plans to […]
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The Pavillion Hub games platform integrates with Steam to enable easy issue of tradable NFTs. Blockchain’s inexorable push into the world of gaming is occurring simultaneously on a number of fronts. From AAA tentpole productions backed by major crypto players, through crypto-powered Esports tournaments in popular non-blockchain titles, to encouraging developers on board with easy-to-use […]
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Iota Foundation expects to remove network Coordinator and become a “fully decentralized network” by Q1 2021. Iota, a major blockchain project designed for the Internet of Things, or IOT, has entered the first phase in its roadmap for upgrading the network to IOTA 2.0. According to a June 30 blog post, users can now download […]
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Speed, reliability and availability are the cornerstones of modern finance, and DeFi has the potential to enhance and even supplant traditional finance. When blockchain technology began to expand beyond Bitcoin (BTC) and into more general-purpose applications, many within the industry saw an opportunity to remake key financial infrastructure using this technology. They soon came to […]
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You might be able to buy crypto on PayPal soon, but it’s unlikely that you’ll be getting anything from Wirecard. Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a […]
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European payments platform SIA partners with Quant Network to establish blockchain interoperability solutions for financial institutions. SIA, a European payment services business, and U.K.-based technology company Quant Network successfully tested cross-blockchain interoperability between different protocols, SIA said. SIA and Quant Network first announced their partnership on June 5. Their aim is to work on cross-platform […]
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A South Korean government agency aims to trace crypto transactions conducted on the dark web by developing an AI-based software. The Korea Internet and Security Agency, or KISA, plans to develop an artificial intelligence-based software to trace cryptocurrency transactions on the dark web in response to the Telegram Nth Room sexual ring case. According to […]
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China’s Yunnan Province has developed the country’s first blockchain-based public resource bidding platform. China’s Yunnan province city of Kunming has completed the development and internal testing of the country’s first completely blockchain-based public resource bidding platform. Public resource bidding is a method utilized by governments to allocate large resources to private and public sector companies […]
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The price of Bitcoin dropped below $9,000 as several factors put pressure on BTC/USD, including correlation with global stock markets. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) dropped below $9,000 from $9,660 within seven hours. The 7% plunge comes as $55 million worth of long futures contracts were liquidated on BitMEX. Four factors are likely behind the […]
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Blockchain companies are developing digital identity solutions to ensure regions can safely reopen following COVID-19 lockdowns. After spending months in lockdown, countries across the world have begun lifting stay-at-home orders enforced due to the coronavirus pandemic. Yet as countries look to reopen, and students and employees return to schools and offices, there is a fear […]
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