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Nigeria Protests Show Bitcoin Adoption Is Not Coming: It’s Here
21.10.2020
Blockchain is gaining traction fast in Nigeria partly because its young and tech-savvy population is showing an eagerness to learn more about Web3.0, a decentralized internet powered by blockchain technology
First or Not, The Bahamas Trumps Leading Economies with CBDC Rollout
21.10.2020
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The Bahamas has officially unveiled its central bank digital currency (CBDC), the Sand Dollar. And although there is some confusion as to whether it is indeed the world’s very first CBDC or not, the Caribbean nation can certainly claim to have beaten scores of major world...
European Commission Opposes Crypto Fraud Compensation Fund: Victims Say Commission Cozying up to the Industry
21.10.2020
The European Commission (EC) is opposing the creation of the crypto crime victim superfund to be financed with $0.0001 per dollar on all cryptocurrency transactions occurring within the EU. The Commission says that it does not have the competence to set up and administer such a fund. It also argues...
‘Steady Increase’ in Bitcoin Investment Coming, Not a ‘Flurry’ - CoinShares
20.10.2020
A year and half and a leap of faith will be required to finally shunt institutional investors into the bitcoin (BTC) market, claims an executive at digital asset management firm CoinShares – adding that “a steady increase building in speed up to a point” over the next 18 months was more likely than...
CBDCs Mean Evolution, Not Revolution
20.10.2020
Central bank digital currencies can help create a more inclusive financial system, says the innovation chief at the Bank for International Settlements
Bitcoin trading dominance hits 2017-levels not seen since $20,000 BTC
20.10.2020
The Bitcoin trading dominance has hit a three-year high for the first time since BTC hit its all-time high price of almost $20,000
First Users Not So Impressed by China’s Digital Yuan: Report
19.10.2020
A recent giveaway of China's in-testing central bank digital currency has reportedly left recipients wondering why they should swap from existing solutions like Alipay
Filecoin Miners Start a Strike – FIL Validators Claim the Project’s Economic Model Is Not Working
19.10.2020
The Filecoin project has surely seen a lot of hype but during the last few weeks before the launch, the cooperative digital storage crypto project has been criticized a great deal. This weekend a few Filecoin miners have been on strike and claim the economic model is not working out for them. Just...
Yearn Finance Founder Blames Social Actors for Role in the EMN Token Hack
18.10.2020
Yearn Finance founder Andre Cronje suggests he did not mishandle the Eminence (EMN) project’s economic exploit, which he insists functions well. He accuses certain social actors of creating a story around EMN that caused rational actors to jump onto the token. Cronje’s comments follow...
Coinbase Received 1,900 Requests for Client Info From Law Enforcement During First Half of 2020
17.10.2020
Coinbase has revealed that it received a total of 1,914 requests for customer data from global law enforcement agencies during the first six months of 2020. It is, however, not clear how many of the requests were fulfilled. In its first so-called“transparency report” published Friday...
Okex Halts Withdrawals Due to ‘Out of Touch’ Private Key Holder, Founder Star Xu Talks With Police
16.10.2020
The digital currency exchange Okex disabled cryptocurrency withdrawals on Friday morning and explained that funds were “safe and not affected.” Following the withdrawal announcement, regional reports claim that Okex’s founder Mingxing “Star” Xu was taken away by...
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Set For New Record High + More News
16.10.2020
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Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty, or the measure of how hard it is to compete for mining rewards, is expected to rise more than...
How to Conditionally Add Attributes to Objects
16.10.2020
JavaScript is full of tricks that you don’t know you want until you … want … them. Or maybe just until you see them. One trick I recently realized was conditionally adding attributes to React elements. Of course this trick essentially boils down to conditionally adding properties...
Crypto Capital's NFL defendant open to guilty plea, but not for $371M
16.10.2020
A former NFL team owner has been asked to pay $371M as part of a plea deal over bank fraud, illegal money transfers, and wire fraud. He's not interested
Isle of Man Regulator Says Bitcoin, Ether Not Considered Securities in New Guidance
15.10.2020
The island's Financial Services Authority has set out how it will treat cryptocurrencies and crypto assets and which might be regulated as securities
‘I would not short’ — Bitcoin buy the dip zone now $11K, says Tone Vays
15.10.2020
The veteran trader says bullish trends make shorting the current correction a dangerous move, and the dip “may already be over.”
Fidelity Digital Assets Touts Bitcoin Credentials, As Publicly Traded Companies Now Hold Over 600,000 BTC
15.10.2020
Fidelity Digital Assets (FDA) says diversifying an investment portfolio with bitcoin is especially essential now when benchmark interest rates globally are near or below zero. The opportunity cost of not allocating to bitcoin is simply higher explains FDA in its latest bitcoin investment thesis....
Binance’s CZ Views ‘CeDeFi’ as a Complement, Not a Competitor, to DeFi
14.10.2020
Binance’s latest experiment to integrate decentralized finance with its centralized platform, Binance Smart Chain, is not here to beat DeFi, said the company’s CEO during CoinDesk’s invest: ethereum economy program
Starbucks and McDonald’s reportedly not testing China’s digital yuan
14.10.2020
Starbucks and McDonald’s are reportedly not part of the 3,000 merchants piloting China’s CBDC
Ethereum-Enhancers Not Ethereum-Killers
14.10.2020
The new competitive arena in the so-called scaling wars is between Ethereum-enhancers, not Ethereum-killers