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1.2 Billion People Live Under Double-Digit Inflation, ‘Many Have Found Escape in Bitcoin’ Says HRF’s Alex Gladstein
9.3.2021
While central banks are focusing on creating more stimulus and economists expect inflation in the U.S. to rise, a number of other countries are suffering from considerable inflation right now. On Monday, the chief strategy officer for the Human Rights Foundation, Alex Gladstein, explained that...
Taraxa Wants to Put Every Informal Transaction on the Record, Unveils Details About the Upcoming TGE
6.3.2021
PRESS RELEASE. The Taraxa Foundation, a non-profit body supervising research and development of the Taraxa project, announced a public sale kicking off on March 4 at 6 PM PST. The token sale follows the launch of Taraxa’s public testnet and the release of a flagship application, with the main...
Speechwriter for Former US President George Bush Says BTC Rally Driven by ‘Historically Low Interest Rates’
23.2.2021
A speechwriter for former U.S. President George W. Bush and a bitcoin critic, David Frum has claimed that the low-interest rates are fueling the crypto asset’s rally. Frum suggests that the crypto asset might experience a “fast and deep price crash” if and when interest rates...
Bill Gates Neutral on Bitcoin but Says Cryptocurrency Is an Innovation the World Can Do Without
20.2.2021
Microsoft founder Bill Gates is no longer a bitcoin bear. He has now taken a neutral stance on bitcoin as an investment. However, as an innovation, he says that cryptocurrency is one that the world would be better off without because it allows for certain criminal activities. Bill Gates Changes...
NEXT.Chain, the Next DeFi Powerhouse to Host Its Liquidity Sale Event From the 24th of February
19.2.2021
PRESS RELEASE. While Ethereum has given way to a brave new world of decentralized financial applications that are completely permissionless, accessible and groundbreaking in many ways. However, it has done so on an experimental basis and with great costs. Ethereum provides a foundation on which...
IOTA Foundation Joins Hands with Curv Custody
19.2.2021
Announcing its association with Curv, IOTA said that its tokens would be soon available on the industrial-grade custody platform of the Curv. The digital asset custody services provided by the Curv are quite popular among target customers, and once the IOTA incorporates the upcoming network update...
Saudi Arabia Acquires $3.3 Billion Stake In EA, Take-Two, Activision Blizzard
18.2.2021
Saudi Arabia has utilized its Public Investment Fund to invest over $3.3 billion (that’s $3,300,000,000 for the more visual learners out there) in Electronic Arts, Take-Two Interactive, and Activision Blizzard, Al Jazeera reported (h/t Eurogamer).Read more
Dubai Government Licensing Entity Now Accepts Bitcoin for Payments
17.2.2021
A government-owned entity in Dubai has started accepting bitcoin, ether and tether as payment for its services, according to local media reports. Kiklabb is a free trade zone that helps companies set up shop in Dubai, a wealthy city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Kiklabb issues...
Ex-CFTC Chair Christopher Giancarlo Stumps for Digital Dollar
12.2.2021
"Crypto dad" made his case for the next evolution of America's greenback
IOTA Foundation and Dell Technology Launch Project Alvarium
12.2.2021
The IOTA Foundation, an open-source protocol and decentralized network dedicated to the Internet of Things (IoT) took to its blog to announce a strategic collaboration with Dell Technologies. The strategic collaboration aims to hold the first-of-its-kind project Alvarium, which focuses...
Belgium Energy Minister’s Twitter Account Hacked- Fake Ethereum Giveaway Advertised
12.2.2021
The official Twitter account of Belgium’s Minister of Energy was the recent victim of a high-profile hacking incident. Tinne Van der Straeten’s profile was hacked to promote a bogus giveaway of ethereum tokens. Hacked Twitter Accounts Whoever was behind the incident changed...
Eth 2.0 Development: Next Steps to Upgrade and Diversify
11.2.2021
Christine Kim and Will Foxley discuss with Ethereum Foundation researcher Danny Ryan the roll-out of the Ethereum 2.0 development roadmap, starting with the launch of phase 0 and the Beacon Chain
Human Rights Foundation’s Alex Gladstein Calls Bitcoin ‘An Escape Hatch From Tyranny’
8.2.2021
The Human Rights Foundation (HRF)’s Alex Gladstein has heaped praise on bitcoin saying it’s an escape hatch from tyranny and that there is more to it than its price. In comments made via a short video, Gladstein, who is the chief strategy officer (CSO) at HRF, asserts that “people...
Cardano Foundation CEO says blockchain could prevent GME-type showdowns
8.2.2021
Frederik Gregaard, CEO of the Cardano Foundation, believes that a blockchain infrastructure for capital markets would make controversial top-down interventions unnecessary
UTU Protocol and Oasis Foundation Form a Strategic Alliance
5.2.2021
UTU Protocol, a pioneer in digital models of trust infrastructure, has now joined forces with Oasis Foundation, blockchain-based scalable and decentralized finance (DeFi) solutions provider, to pave the way to the amalgamation of the synergies of the two in the trust infrastructure segment. Oasis...
Circle Launches USD Coin on the Stellar Network
4.2.2021
Circle and the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) announced that the second-biggest stablecoin is now available within their network. USD Coin (USDC) is accessible through five integrated wallets, and it can be tradeable on their ecosystem, said the USDC issuer. Stellar Has Been the Official...
Federal Court Rejects Motion Filed by Crypto Developer Virgil Griffith to Dismiss Charges on Aiding North Korea
30.1.2021
A U.S. federal judge has rejected a motion filed by a former Ethereum Foundation developer over allegations of assisting North Korea to bypass sanctions. Prosecutors claim, Virgil Griffith, aided the regime by providing critical information on cryptocurrencies. Prosecutors Say Griffith’s...
Baseball Almost Had Its Own NBA Jam, And Now You Can Try It
30.1.2021
Midway’s NBA Jam and NFL Blitz are two of the greatest sports game franchises thanks to how they both provide fun, over-the-top experiences that require little knowledge of the pastime in question. The company would eventually set its sights on hockey, boxing, and even professional wrestling,...
ETH Prices Barely Budge Despite Ethereum Foundation’s Reddit Deal
28.1.2021
Ethereum (ETH) prices have continued to bump along without any real momentum in either direction, with the market seemingly unmoved by news of social media giant Reddit’s latest deal with the Ethereum Foundation.
At the time of writing (09:21 UTC), ETH trades at USD 1,270 and is up by 1% in a...
Reddit partners with Ethereum Foundation to boost scaling and resources
28.1.2021
The social media network says the aim of the partnership is to bring Ethereum to "Reddit-scale" production