Cointelegraph spoke to CryptoKitties co-creator Dieter Shirley to get his thoughts on breaking Ethereum, non-fungible tokens, and the Flow blockchain. On March 5, Dapper Labs, the team behind the popular blockchain game CryptoKitties, launched ‘Flow Playground’ — an interactive platform allowing developers to experiment with creating non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and smart contracts on the company’s […]
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A controversial crypto ban overturned in India, the new Bank of England governor slams Bitcoin, and Jack Dorsey gets backing as Twitter CEO. 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 […]
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A small Estonian crypto exchange has come under fire for suspending 61 altcoin pairings and freezing customer funds without explanation. Users are accusing Estonian cryptocurrency exchange, Crex24, of hiding the scale of a hack from its users after suspending trade for several altcoin pairings. Crex24’s members claim that the exchange has not given an explanation […]
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Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao takes issue with Justin Sun’s characterization of the Steem takeover as an ‘upgrade’. Binance CEO Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao is distancing himself from Tron founder Justin Sun over what has been described by some as a ‘hostile takeover’ of the Steem blockchain. Sun claimed that these reports were “misleading” and that “We […]
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A petition circulating on Twitter is demanding that the crypto community unite to boycott Google’s services and migrate to distributed platforms. A petition taking aim at Google for censoring cryptocurrency-related content across its platforms is gaining traction on Twitter. #ForkGoogle’s memorandum accuses Google and its subsidiary YouTube of waging “campaigns of suppression against Bitcoin and […]
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and Tesla CEO Elon Musk want Jack Dorsey to stay as chief executive officer of Twitter. While Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey could potentially be ousted by investors, at least two major figures in the crypto industry have already voiced support for the exec. Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of major cryptocurrency project Ethereum, […]
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Another day of heavy losses on traditional markets has yet to impact Bitcoin, which has held onto $9,000 after retaking the level on Thursday. Bitcoin (BTC) price held $9,000 on March 6 as the spread of coronavirus played havoc with traditional markets. Cryptocurrency market daily overview. Source: Coin360 Bitcoin turns $9K from resistance into support […]
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In what seems as one of the biggest crypto dramas of 2020, community seems to have the upper hand. The scandal surrounding the Steem blockchain continues to unfold. After juggernaut exchanges Binance, Huobi and Poloniex were heavily criticized by community members for allegedly mobilizing customer deposits to take over the network, two of those firms […]
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The Ethereum community is still engaged in bitter debates on ProgPoW and ASIC resistance, which some believe exposed the ‘suboptimal’ nature of its governance. The Ethereum (ETH) community has recently been engaged in a bitter debate sparked by a proposed mining algorithm change. Dubbed ProgPoW, the proposal would invalidate all currently existing ASICs to only […]
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With the Indian apex court repealing the RBI’s crypto ban, experts now believe that the S.E Asian country’s economy is set to surge. In what is widely being considered a historic day for the crypto industry as a whole, the Supreme Court of India has passed a judgment nullifying the controversial banking ban imposed by […]
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