Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Set For New All-Time High. What Comes Next?
10.7.2020
A crypto mining farm. Miners' machines seem to be on and hard at work as mining Bitcoin (BTC) is about to get more difficult - reaching a brand new all-time high, thus increasing operational costs to mine the coin. Two industry players weighed in on what might come next.
Bitcoin mining...
First Mover: Kyber Token’s Eightfold Increase Reveals Bet on Future Market-Share Growth
10.7.2020
Prices for decentralized exchange Kyber's KNC token have jumped eightfold in 2020, outshining the performance of Binance's BNB coin
Romanian Programmer Admits Conspiring to Create $722M Bitclub Ponzi Scheme
10.7.2020
A Romanian man admitted Thursday to conspiring to engage in wire fraud and selling unregistered securities linked to Bitclub Network, a cryptocurrency mining Ponzi scheme worth at least $722 million. Silviu Catalin Balaci, 35, a Romanian citizen appeared before U.S. District Judge Claire C. Cecchi....
GOin Teams With Chainalysis To Induce Institutional Investors In Its Ecosystem
10.7.2020
Serving as a leading blockchain analysis firm offering compliance and investigation software solutions, Chainalysis has announced the news about its partnership with GOin, a renowned crypto asset management firm catering institutional-grade requirements. The news was circulated in the crypto media...
Key Short-Term Scalability Feature Still Needs Research, Says Vitalik Buterin
10.7.2020
Stateless clients research promises to make blockchain nodes lighter without sacrificing validation, but there are stumbling blocks in their cryptography
Blockchain Tech Can Verify Credentials, But Beware Credentialism
10.7.2020
Blockchain-based credentials can make getting back to work and school easier post-COVID. But we must resist the urge to put every life achievement on a blockchain
Bitcoin Balances on Exchanges Reach New Low
10.7.2020
Bitcoin (BTC) balances held on exchanges continued down, reaching a 13-month low today. Meanwhile, a blockchain analyst suggested investors should use caution in how they interpret on-chain data.
The new low in exchange balances was reported by blockchain analytics firm Glassnode, which said...
The Federal Reserve’s Declining Balance Sheet Is Bearish for Bitcoin. Or Is It?
10.7.2020
The Fed’s balance sheet just dropped the most in 11 years, but despite popular opinion, that is not necessarily bad news for bitcoin
Book Review: Digital Is the Cash
10.7.2020
"Digital is the Cash" is a short, accessible read, looking at cryptocurrency from a vaguely African perspective, with a strong preference for Dash
Ripple Boss Pays for 1,000 Cameras to Monitor San Francisco’s Streets
10.7.2020
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Ripple co-founder and executive chairman Chris Larsen is spending his crypto-fortune on installing high-definition surveillance cameras around San Franciso, per a new report.
According to the New York Times, Larsen has paid to have “a network of 1,000” cameras installed...
Ankr to Host Ferrum’s Ethereum Node Infrastructure
10.7.2020
A lot has been happening in the cryptocurrency industry recently, where businesses are trying to entice their users with new features and services. In the chain of events comes news where Ankr, a one-click node hosting platform, will host Ferrum Network’s Ethereum node infrastructure on...
Passport Data of 1M Russian Blockchchain Voters ‘Available Online’
10.7.2020
A Russian media outlet said that data on all 1.14 million Russians who used a blockchain platform to vote in the recent referendum on constitutional reform was made publically available on the internet – directly from a state-run server.
Per Meduza, a .zip file containing ID information, passport...