EOSIO explorer Bloks.io now belongs to another firm. Blockchain-based payment platform Metal Pay has acquired the multifunctional EOSIO platform, Bloks.io. The binding letter for the acquisition was signed earlier this week, Metal Pay representatives told Cointelegraph on Aug. 21. The final amount of the deal was not disclosed. Originally launched as a simple block explorer […]
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“How advanced would the United States be if you couldn’t send money from New York to Florida? From New York to California? From Oregon to Washington? It wouldn’t be the United States! It would be a mess of all these squabbling little city-states that can barely get it together.” Im coining this term right here, […]
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A Bitcoin Cash upgrade that would mandate all newly minted blocks donate 8% to development is threatening to drive a hard fork in November. Bitcoin ABC, the dominant implementation of Bitcoin Cash (BCH), has published a controversial new upgrade that BCH supporters must deploy prior to November 15 to facilitate changes to the crypto asset’s […]
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IOTA’s network upgrade Chrysalis is now live, bringing an exponential increase in speed. The IOTA project has successfully completed its Chrysalis upgrade, enabling the network to handle up to 1000 transactions per second. This is around 50x faster than previously when the network topped out around 20 TPS. According to an Aug. 19 blog post […]
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Whether she will or not is another matter. Sen. Kamala Harris, who was recently chosen to be U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden’s running mate, may not be crypto savvy yet, but Tim Draper believes she can learn. Harris is a native Californian whose political career has largely focused on her home state. She served as […]
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Will features like private key “rekeying” make Algorand a DeFi leader? The latest upgrade to the Algorand network shows that the project is eyeing the burgeoning DeFi space. In a Cointelegraph interview, Algorand’s head of product Paul Riegle emphasized the three key features of this upgrade: the addition of stateful smart contract functionality to the […]
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SpaceChain claims to have signed the first multi signature transaction in outer space. According to an announcement published on August 18, SpaceChain has successfully demonstrated the first use of blockchain hardware on the International Space Station, or ISS. This feat was made possible through a collaboration with the European Space Agency, which appears to have […]
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On-ramps and off-ramps are key components to bringing new users and new money into the crypto space, but not all are created equal. What are some of the biggest providers offering these services? There’s no shortage of options for on-ramps and off-ramps, including some of the most well known names in the industry. Starting with […]
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For the East and West, the paths to blockchain and cryptocurrency adoption are not the same and both have their own challenges. Ethereum recently turned five years old, and coincidentally, it also appears to have reached an inflection point for user adoption. In the second quarter of 2020, daily active Ethereum users nearly doubled to […]
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The crypto rally of 2020 is not the biggest reason for 21Shares’ growth. 21Shares, formerly known as Amun, now has $100 million in assets under management, or AUM, posting major growth in 2020. Hany Rashwan, CEO of 21Shares, told Cointelegraph on Aug. 17 that AUM volumes spiked about 164% this year, up from just $39 […]
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