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Spanish Municipality Creates Its Own Cryptocurrency to Boost Economy Hurt by Coronavirus Crisis
29.12.2020
A municipality in the province of Sevilla, Spain, has launched its own cryptocurrency, which aims to encourage residents and merchants to arrange transactions with it in the midst of the coronavirus-driven economic impact. Spain’s Sevilla Municipality Launches ‘Elio’...
[článek] Evropští operátoři v roce 2020: další spojování, 5G i „CETINizace“
29.12.2020
[9 minut čtení] Evropským telekomunikačním trhem hýbala v uplynulém roce tři hlavní témata – přelomové soudní rozhodnutí, 5G a COVID-19. Samozřejmě bez jakékoliv vzájemné souvislosti. Na konci května vydal Tribunál, druhá nejvyšší soudní instance v EU, verdikt, který bude mít v příštích letech...
Digital Currencies Could Outshine SWIFT System, Says Central Bank of Russia’s Deputy Governor
29.12.2020
The first deputy governor of the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) has been vocal in a recent online meeting, reported by Russia Today (RT), about the topic of digital currencies challenging the SWIFT international payments system and make it redundant. Digital Currencies Could Challenge SWIFT System...
The Bitcoin Treasuries List Exceeds $30 Billion – 29 Companies Hold BTC Reserves
29.12.2020
More than 1.1 million bitcoin or over $30 billion worth of the crypto asset is held by a myriad of companies, according to the web portal bitcointreasuries.org. The massive stash of bitcoin reserves held by well known companies started swelling after the billion-dollar firm Microstrategy purchased...
Zvolte největší herní zklamání roku 2020
29.12.2020
Hráč videoher jsou jedni z mála, kteří na rok 2020 nebudou vzpomínat ve zlém. Kromě spousty hitů se však i oni dočkali mnoha zklamání. Které bylo pro vás tím největším?
Legal Battle Between Bitmain Co-Founders Appears to End With Micree Zhan Taking Control of the Company
28.12.2020
The long-lasting legal battle between co-founders of China-based Bitmain seems to have seen the light at the end of the tunnel after both parties agreed to reach an agreement. Legal Tussle Between Bitmain Co-Founders Reportedly Ended With a $600 Million Compensation for Jihan Wu According...
The 10 Best Deals of December 28, 2020
28.12.2020
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Vauld Raises $2 Million to Establish Stronghold in India
28.12.2020
Singapore-based crypto bank Vauld is working hard to elevate crypto to the status of a separate, viable asset class. It combines the functionality of an exchange with all the essential offerings of a bank, except it’s for cryptocurrencies. Vauld Raises $2 Million The Vauld team just raised...
Central Bank of Iran Official Says Cryptocurrencies Have ‘Made No Contribution to Bypassing Sanctions’
28.12.2020
An official with the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has claimed that cryptocurrencies have played no significant role in Iran’s sanction hit economy. According to Mohammadreza Mani Yekta, the deputy head of CBI’s office for payment systems, “studies” have shown that digital...
The Year In Fighting Game Competition
28.12.2020
2020 sucked. You know it, I know it. It was amid this chaotic year that the fighting game community found itself pushed out of the arcades, hotels, and convention centers to which competitors had grown accustomed and into the unpredictable world of online play. Early on, organizers were unsure...
LISTEN: Charles Cascarilla – PayPal Whisperer – Most Influential 2020
28.12.2020
In this special episode of Markets Daily, CoinDesk Podcasts editor Adam B. Levine reads Zack Seward's profile of Charles Cascarilla, one of CoinDesk's Most Influential People in 2020
2020 Saw the Fewest Bitcoin ‘Obituaries’ in 8 Years
28.12.2020
Bitcoin has only “died” 11 times this year
12 of the biggest enterprise blockchain players of 2020
28.12.2020
The enterprise blockchain space in 2020 looks a lot different from previous years, demonstrating the continuation and a drive to mature and advance
The Podcast Episodes That Sustained Us in 2020
28.12.2020
Podcasts used to define my commute. But now that I don’t have a commute anymore, I have to fit them in where I can. This means I have sadly been forced to ditch many of the shows I used to listen to regularly and focus on only the best of them—the ones I simply can’t miss.And that’s what we’re...
Charting Asia’s Dominant FinTech Frontier
28.12.2020
Asia looks poised to continue its trajectory towards digital dominance, says the co-founder of Zilliqa
Marathon Settles Record-Breaking ASIC Acquisition, Buys 70,000 High Performance Bitcoin Miners
28.12.2020
On December 28, the publicly listed firm Marathon Patent Group announced the purchase of 70,000 Antminer S19 bitcoin miners from Bitmain for $170 million. Marathon expects the shipments to complete in 2021, giving the mining operation over a hundred thousand ASIC miners or more than ten exahash...
Cryptonews Rewind 2020: Q1 - Missile Strike, COVID-19, Black Thursday
28.12.2020
Here is what happened in the Cryptoworld in the first quarter of this year:
Total crypto market capitalization in Q1
January
The year started with Ethereum (ETH)'s Muir Glacier, announced to be a successful upgrade on the Ethereum mainnet, and the Cryptoverse wondered if Ethereum 2.0 would happen...
That Decoupling Sound: China, the US and a Year of CBDCs
28.12.2020
This year China and the U.S. faced off over trade and technology bans. But the battler for monetary hegemony has only just begun
The Rise of the Bitcoin Class
28.12.2020
How a VC working in China finally convinced her Dad to buy into Bitcoin. The winning argument: Protection against government seizure
CoinDeal Obtains in-Principle Approval for Maltese Class 4 VFA License
28.12.2020
PRESS RELEASE. CoinDeal is pleased to announce that it is now the first publicly known company to have obtained a Class 4 Virtual Financial Assets License in Principle Approval from the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA). The exchange received the letter on 16 December, 2020. This allows...