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Expert Warns Japan is Lagging ‘Six Years Behind China’ in CBDC Race
12.9.2020
Japan could be as much as six years behind China in digital currency progress – and may also be lagging behind its largest East Asian rival in the tech stakes when it comes to blockchain, according to a Japanese expert.
Per a column published by Japanese media outlet Record China, former...
‘As Toppy as It Gets’: Metals, Bitcoin and Fiat’s Race to the Bottom, Feat. Tavi Costa
11.9.2020
The Crescat Capital portfolio manager gives his take on the flashing macro warning signals and why it is an explosive moment for gold, silver and (potentially) bitcoin
Why Fusion’s DCRM is The Best Option for DeFi Users
3.9.2020
The race for blockchain interoperability was very much a trending topic during the bull market of 2017. Back then, we witnessed the birth of very promising projects like Fusion and Wanchain. Then the bear market started, and interoperability was no longer as hot as it once was, similar to every...
Coin Race: Top Winners/Losers of August; Chainlink Up Most, BSV Least
1.9.2020
Was August a good month? Depends on which coin you ask. For many in the wider market, it was an excellent month, yet for many in the top 10 coins by market capitalization, the month ended in red.
August was a month filled with decentralized finance (DeFi) developments, particularly in the yield...
Onecoin Allegedly Tied to Racehorse Firm, Phoenix Thoroughbreds Removed from France Galop Race
21.8.2020
Last week the firm Phoenix Thoroughbreds was reportedly banned from horse racing in France over the founder’s alleged involvement with the crypto Ponzi scheme Onecoin. Last November, Onecoin cofounder Konstantin Ignatov, the Cryptoqueen’s brother, told New York prosecutors Phoenix...
Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin in Space; Prime Brokerage Race; Nodes You Can’t Trace
19.8.2020
The OCC's door is open for banks looking to discuss getting involved in crypto services, a Russian bank issued a token-backed loan and bitcoin has been sent from space
Pro-Bitcoin Senate Candidate Wins Primary Race in Wyoming
19.8.2020
Cynthia Lummis, a former U.S. Representative and bitcoin advocate has won her primary race to join the U.S. Senate in Wyoming
Bequant, Now in Crowded Prime Brokerage Race, Adds Signature Bank Integration
18.8.2020
In a newly crowded market, Bequant is still adding features to the suite of services it's been building for the past two years
Cryptoverse in Chaos: Giants Race for New DeFi Darling Curve, Yam Plots Comeback
14.8.2020
The governance token CRV of Curve, exchange liquidity pool on Ethereum (ETH), was launched prematurely by an anonymous 'Chad,' and major exchanges moved to list it, as numerous theories are flying around, while YAM announced its transition to 2.0. This all happened in a matter of hours.
The...
Another Major S Korean Bank Now Set to Join Bitcoin Custody Race
7.8.2020
Kookmin Bank (KB), one of South Korea’s biggest commercial banks, could be set to move into crypto sector business after the KB Group, the company that operates the bank, signed a “digital assets” cooperation deal with three major domestic blockchain firms.
And it looks as though KB could...
Promise.allSettled
3.8.2020
The Promise object has many useful functions like all, resolve, reject, and race — stuff we use all the time. One function that many don’t know about is Promise.allSettled, a function that fires when all promises in an array are settled, regardless of whether any of the promises...
Coin Race: Top Winners/Losers of July; Ethereum Up the Most, Bitcoin Least
3.8.2020
The crypto market seems to have acquired a habit of surprising us near the end of a month - albeit not always positively. July, however, ended up very much positively.
July has seen a mini crypto revival, one may say. After weeks of unusual lack of movement, or better said - volatility, which...
Bitcoin Brokers In 'Very Important' Race For Big Investors - BitGo Prime CEO
25.7.2020
As prime brokerage has become an integral part of traditional financial markets, crypto industry players are racing to bring these services into this nascent market too. This would increase efficiency and encourage more institutional investors to allocate more of their funds to cryptoassets...
Crypto Race Heats Up: Bitcoin’s Dominance Ratio Drops to Lowest Level in 12 Months
24.7.2020
The largest digital asset by market capitalization, bitcoin has lost a significant share of market dominance during the last few weeks. Bitcoin’s dominance ratio dropped to 61.5% on Thursday, after hovering around 66% for months on end. The last time the crypto asset’s dominance level...
CBDC Week: Another G7 Country Mulls Joining Digital Fiat Race
15.7.2020
After the UK admitted it is mulling digital fiat plans this week, the Japanese government has also announced that it is considering the launch of a central bank digital currency (CBDC).
Per Nikkei, the cabinet is set to make a formal decision on whether or not it will include the issuance of a CBDC...
Bitcoin Prize For Winners Of South Africa Mountain Bike Race
11.7.2020
About 150 mountain bikers will compete at this year’s edition of the Munga MTB race in South Africa. The race will commence in the first week of December. The top three finishers in each category will share the 1.5 bitcoin in prize money. The Bitstamp sponsored race was launched in 2015....
Blockchain Bites: Coinbase’s Untraditional Investor Day and the Ethereum-EOS Arms Race in Latin America
10.7.2020
Coinbase will host its first investor day while a protocol arms race unfolds in Latin America
Crypto Lender Nexo Enters Prime Broker Race, Enlists Chainlink for Audits
8.7.2020
Nexo is preparing to enter the prime brokerage space with Chainlink-powered audits that will bring more transparency to its operations
Global Compatibility Is A Key Factor In The CBDC Race, Says Expert
7.7.2020
CBDCs will have to be internationally interoperable to become globally adopted, says a Hong Kong University expert
Ethereum Pulls Away from Competition in Dapp Dominance Race
7.7.2020
The Ethereum (ETH) network almost doubled its number of active dapp users in the second quarter of 2020, increasing by 97% to close to 1.259 million users and logging a new all-time-high, per a new report from Dapp.com.
The Dapp.com data shows that from April to June this year, the roughly...