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South Africa Reserve Bank Commences Retail CBDC Feasibility Study
27.5.2021
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) says it has commenced a feasibility study for a general-purpose retail central bank digital currency (CBDC). The study, which the SARB expects to conclude in 2022, will focus on the issuance of a domestic CBDC that can be used by consumers in South Africa...
ABEYCHAIN 2.0: Driving the Next Generation Blockchain Ecosystem
26.5.2021
Scalability is one of the problems facing public blockchains like Bitcoin and Ethereum. This is because their architecture is not sufficient to handle the increased number of users. Ethereum, in particular, has been plagued with slow confirmation times and high transaction fees leading many...
Elon Musk Says He Won’t Sell Any Dogecoin — Admits He’s the ‘Ultimate Hodler’
22.5.2021
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that he has not sold any dogecoin and will not sell any as the price of the cryptocurrency continues to slide over the recent weeks. The “Dogefather” has been working with dogecoin devs “to improve system transaction efficiency” after Tesla...
B2BinPay Launches Version 2.0: Major Product Upgrade Includes New Blockchains, Tokens and Pricing
20.5.2021
PRESS RELEASE. B2BinPay, one of the industry’s leading crypto processing providers, has announced the launch of version 2 of its award-winning payments solution. The new version is a highly-anticipated upgrade to the current offering and includes a series of feature enhancements and...
Tether Reaches 30 Billion USDT Issued on Tron
13.5.2021
Tether, the largest stablecoin by market cap, has reached a milestone by issuing 30 billion USDT on top of the Tron blockchain. While the stablecoin is now present on several chains, including BSC (Binance Smart Chain) most of it is now on Tron due to the blockchain’s low transaction fees...
Over 67,000 Fusions: Cashfusion Participants Have Fused Billions of Dollars in Bitcoin Cash
10.5.2021
While some crypto users have been leveraging privacy-centric digital assets like monero, others still use mixing protocols that shuffle unspent transaction outputs (UTXOs) from coins like bitcoin, ethereum, and bitcoin cash. Participants using the Bitcoin Cash network utilize applications like...
Bitcoin Cash Slated for May 15- Upgrade to Bring Improvements for Users and Merchants
5.5.2021
On May 15, 2021, the Bitcoin Cash network will undergo the process of an upgrade that will bring a handful of improvements. These updates include the removal of the unconfirmed transaction limit, enabling multiple OP_RETURNS, the implementation of double-spend proofs, and the inclusion of a...
The Benefits of Coupling Ethereum With Bitcoin Cash: Smartbch Sidechain Testnet Is Now Public
30.4.2021
On Thursday, the Smart Bitcoin Cash team announced the launch of the Smartbch testnet explaining that developers and decentralized app makers can now experiment and develop with the high-performance, EVM-compatible Bitcoin Cash sidechain. Further, Bitcoin.com News spoke with Wang Kui the lead...
Ransomware task force calls for aggressive Bitcoin transaction tracing measures
29.4.2021
The task force has proposed new rules that would facilitate aggressive cryptocurrency tracing and tighter licensing requirements for businesses handling digital assets
Bittorrent Creator Bram Cohen’s Crypto Project Chia Sparks Hard Drive and SSD Shortages
25.4.2021
On May 3, tokens stemming from the Chia network, a smart transaction blockchain created by the Bittorrent creator Bram Cohen, will start trading and transactions will be fully enabled. Rather than leveraging the proof-of-work consensus algorithm, Chia will utilize a model called proof-of-space...
Is the bull run over? BTC loses $50,000 as transaction fees surge: Hodler’s Digest, April 18–24
24.4.2021
Bitcoin Fees Tap $60 per Transaction, Users Say Fees Restrict Adoption, Others ‘Embrace’ the BTC Fee Pump
21.4.2021
On April 21, Bitcoin network fees touched an all-time high according to a number of transaction fee aggregators. The average bitcoin transaction fee is approximately $59.88 and the median fee is around $26.44 USD per transfer. Bitcoin Fees Climb Sky High After the Hashrate Plummeted The cost...
Crypto Exchange Luno Says South Africa’s Crypto Trading Dominated by Young People
19.4.2021
Luno, one of Africa’s pioneering crypto exchanges, has revealed that South Africa’s cryptocurrency trading is largely dominated by young people with those under the age of 29 accounting for 40% of transactions. The exchange, which claims to have added nearly a million new South African...
Investors' on-chain activity hints at Bitcoin price cycle top above $166,000
17.4.2021
The Bitcoin cycle top would likely come in at price levels above $166,000 per coin if history repeats
Dogecoin Markets Soar as Token Nears a Half Dollar, DOGE Price Climbs 18,299% in 12 Months
16.4.2021
The popular meme-based crypto-asset dogecoin has seen phenomenal gains during the last few days. On August 16, 2021, the digital currency featuring the likeness of the Shiba Inu dog tapped an all-time high at $0.44 per token. However, the cost to send a transaction in dogecoin has jumped to that...
Blockchain is hard for developers and everyday users. Is it getting any easier?
16.4.2021
The blockchain sector has known for years that technical hurdles need to be eliminated for mass adoption to take place. Has any progress been made?
Couple gets married on Ethereum blockchain for $587 in transaction fees
5.4.2021
A Californian couple has used tokenized rings to immortalize their marriage on the Ethereum blockchain
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Sets New Records, BTC Miners Capture $1.5 Billion in Revenue Last Month
3.4.2021
On Friday, April 2, 2021, Bitcoin’s mining difficulty is the highest it has even been in its lifetime but bitcoin miners still captured record revenues last month raking in $1.5 billion in coinbase rewards and transaction fees. Today, the blockchain’s hashrate is around 160 exahash...
Ethereum’s return to all-time high accompanied by 77% rise in transaction fees
2.4.2021
A 31% price surge was accompanied by a 77% rise in the cost of transacting on Ethereum
Cointelegraph Consulting: Hype for NFTs is real, but what about transaction volume?
29.3.2021
The top two NFT marketplaces, OpenSea and Rarible, differ considerably in daily transaction volume