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Ethereum Whales Accumulate in Anticipation of ETH 2.0
6.3.2020
Despite ETH gaining 100% over the dollar since 2019, Ethereum whales still appear to be accumulating
The Steem Takeover and the Coming Proof-of-Stake Crisis
6.3.2020
Steem’s troubles have woken up the crypto world to the inherent vulnerabilities of proof-of-stake-based systems
Tron’s Steemit Acquisition Exposes Delegated-Proof-of-Stake Centralization
3.3.2020
The Steemit community is mired in controversy over the recent Tron takeover that managed to change the Steem blockchain’s governance. Steem witnesses attempted to soft fork the blockchain on February 24 to remove the powerful voting power Tron and Steemit hold. However, the soft fork...
Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway Gocrypto Onboards 1,000 Locations Worldwide
2.3.2020
On February 28, Gocrypto CEO Dejan Roljic revealed the payment gateway has officially onboarded 1,000 merchant locations during a recent company update that expanded upon the firm’s growth. Roljic also explained Gocrypto now has several locations in five countries and the company recently...
Europeans Launch Bitcoin Friendly POS Terminal + More News
17.2.2020
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Payment solutions provider Ingenico has teamed up with Austrian fintech firm Salamantex to release a new POS terminal...
Blockstack's Proof of Transfer Would Have Miners Pay BTC to Mint Stacks
12.2.2020
Blockstack’s new consensus algorithm uses BTC as the resource to be expended
Bitpay Partnership With Poynt Enables Crypto Payments at 100,000 Point-of-Sale Devices
12.2.2020
On February 11, the Atlanta-based payment processor Bitpay announced the firm’s recent partnership with the company Poynt. Now retailers will be able to support cryptocurrency payments using point-of-sale devices and crypto users will be able to pay with digital currencies at more than...
BitPay Launches In-Store Crypto Payments With New POS Partnership
11.2.2020
The crypto payments provider is now taking its service into bricks-and-mortar stores with a new point-of-sale partnership
Tether Launches USDT Stablecoin on Algorand Blockchain
10.2.2020
Algorand’s blockchain hosts its first stablecoin after Tether launched USDT on the platform
Visa to Change PoS Fees to Merchant to Adjust to New Business Categories
4.2.2020
Visa is reportedly planning to change merchant fees rates as part of a major update of its system
Binance’s US Trading Platform to Introduce Staking Rewards
29.1.2020
Binance’s crypto exchange for U.S. customers, Binance.US, will introduce staking rewards next month
Everybody’s Staking But Who’s Using Proof of Stake Blockchains?
26.1.2020
The primary use case for staking blockchains is staking. That is their raison d’être, and thousands of cryptocurrency holders have utilized this provision to increase their holdings by earning staking rewards. As the total amount of staked tokens trends towards 80% for some blockchains...
Jack Dorsey’s Square Awarded Patent for Real-Time Crypto-to-Fiat Swaps
22.1.2020
Jack Dorsey’s Square gets patent for fiat-to-crypto exchanges in real-time transactions
EGifter First BitPay Merchant To Accept XRP Cryptocurrency
21.1.2020
EGifter is the first merchant to accept XRP through BitPay
Bugs Found in Compiler for Readable Ethereum Smart Contracts, Team Downplays Concerns
9.1.2020
Bugs in Vyper Compiler do not affect the Ethereum 2.0 deposit contract, argue its maintainers
Meet the Multi-Cryptocurrency PoS Device Eletropay
7.1.2020
On January 5, Bitcoin.com’s Executive Chairman Roger Ver introduced a bitcoin cash (BCH) point-of-sale (PoS) merchant solution created by the startup Eletropay. The crypto PoS device manufacturer aims to make cryptocurrency payments simple and secure “without the need to use mobile...
Binance Will Support Newly Announced Ethereum Muir Glacier Upgrade
30.12.2019
Binance to suspend Ether deposits and withdrawals to support the recently announced Ethereum Muir Glacier upgrade expected for Jan. 1
Real Bitcoin Double Spends Are Hard, Looking Into Alleged Issue
22.12.2019
Bitcoin Cash point-of-sale payment system provider BitcoinBCH potentially misinformed the public into believing Bitcoin double spending is easy to carry out
Bitcoin Cash Represents 93% of November’s Crypto Spending in Australia
8.12.2019
News.Bitcoin.com recently reported on web portal Bitcoinbch.com’s in-depth report, which detailed BCH outshining BTC retail spending in Australia by a wide margin during the month of September. The next month, BCH captured 90% of October’s crypto spending in the country. Now the website...
Istanbul to Berlin: Ethereum Milestones on the Road to Serenity
19.11.2019
The Istanbul hard fork is getting Ethereum one step closer to its long-anticipated 2.0 version