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Japan's Top Idol Just Became the New Face of BitFlyer Crypto Exchange
24.6.2020
Japan's top idol is now part of bitFlyer cryptocurrency exchange's aggressive new advertising campaign
Where the NY Fed ‘Bitcoin Is Not New’ Blog Goes Wrong
24.6.2020
A recent post categorizing Bitcoin as just another fiat currency uses some strange definitions of money, our columnist writes
New York Moves to Lure Crypto Startups as BitLicense Turns Five
24.6.2020
Five years after erecting a wall around its market few crypto startups could scale – a wall known as the BitLicense – New York is handing down a ladder
Coinbase Listing Effect May Be 'More Muted' than Believed - Report
24.6.2020
Despite often being referred to as one of the most sure-fire ways to pump the price of a cryptoasset, a listing on the popular fiat-to-crypto platform Coinbase may not be as lucrative for token holders as some have thought, a new study from crypto analytics firm Coin Metrics has found.
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New Balancer Token More Than Doubles in Price as COMP Drops Sharply
24.6.2020
After an impressive rise – and subsequent fall – in price for Compound Finance’s COMP token over the past weekend, a new contender has already arrived to the DeFi land, making a splash on the first day after it started distributing its new token to users.
The new platform in question is Balancer,...
83% of Bitcoin Addresses Currently Profitable, Says Glassnode
24.6.2020
At least 83% of existing Bitcoin addresses are currently in a state of profit, according to Glassnode. That’s a 43% increase since bitcoin’s precipitous crash on March 12, now known as the ‘Black Thursday.’ At the time, only 45% of all the BTC addresses were profitable...
WebP Image Support Coming to iOS 14
24.6.2020
Apple announced a ton of new updates at yesterday’s WWDC20 keynote address, from new hardware to updated applications. There’s lots to gawk at and enough device-envy to go around.
But there’s one little line in the Safari 14 Beta release notes that caught my eye:
Added WebP image...
South Korean Economist Warns New Tax Laws May Slow Down Crypto Market Growth
23.6.2020
South Korea economist worries that tough regulation would slow down crypto’s growth
Chainlink (LINK) Near New All-Time High — Here’s 3 Reasons For the Rally
23.6.2020
Today’s Chainlink rally leaves the price just 3% away from setting a new all-time high, but can bulls maintain the current momentum?
Spain’s Crypto Firms to Face New Registration Requirements Under EU-Driven Bill
23.6.2020
Spain is finally getting around to amending its AML laws six months after EU deadline for compliance. The public comment period on that amendment ends today
Bitcoin and Ethereum Networks Hit All-Time Highs
23.6.2020
It seems like Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) believers have been growing increasingly active during the past few days, suggest the network stats provided by an on-chain analytics firm Glassnode, showing a number of all-time highs.
First and foremost, both Bitcoin and Ethereum networks reached...
Let's Not Make a New ICO Bubble Out of DeFi, Says Waves CEO
23.6.2020
Waves founder Sasha Ivanov warns that decentralized finance's surge might have negative consequences
Ripple Affiliate Coins.ph Joins New Remittance Network Reaching Unbanked Filipinos
23.6.2020
The blockchain firm is part of an 11,000 strong network of cash-out counters launched by UnionBank of the Philippines
Alleged Unlicensed Bitcoin Dealer Becomes First Singaporean Charged Under New Law
23.6.2020
A 23-year old Singaporean accused of unlicensed Bitcoin dealing is set to become the first person to be charged under the city-state’s Payment Services Act
New Zealand Police Seize $91 Million From Russian Bitcoin Exchange Operator
23.6.2020
Police in New Zealand confiscated NZ$140 million ($91 million) from Russian bitcoin exchange operator Alexander Vinnik. Vinnik is the alleged owner of the collapsed BTC-e exchange. The funds were seized from bank accounts held by Canton Business Corporation, a New Zealand-registered company...
‘400 Companies’ to Use Chinese Blockchain Pilot Zone + More News
22.6.2020
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Some 400 companies are participating as Guangzhou, in Guangdong Province, launches China’s first blockchain pilot...
Breaking Bitcoin: Crypto Proponents Discuss Honeywell’s 6 Qubit Quantum Computer
22.6.2020
On June 19, 2020, the massive industrial firm Honeywell told the public the company is now running a quantum computer that effectively leverages six effective quantum bits, or qubits. Honeywell’s machine is two times more powerful than the quantum computers designed by IBM and Google. With...
Using Custom Property “Stacks” to Tame the Cascade
22.6.2020
Since the inception of CSS in 1994, the cascade and inheritance have defined how we design on the web. Both are powerful features but, as authors, we’ve had very little control over how they interact. Selector specificity and source order provide some minimal “layering” control...
'New World of Bitcoin' as it 'Re-Couples' with Stocks - Asset Manager
22.6.2020
Bitcoin (BTC) and S&P 500 markets are "re-coupled," says a digital asset manager, which he argues brings forth a new normal for the market.
Despite bitcoin proponents often referring to the popular digital asset as an uncorrelated asset, the discussions about whether it really...
BlackBerry and Intel Tackle Cryptojacking Malware With New Detection Tool
22.6.2020
BlackBerry and Intel are hoping to halt cryptojacking attempts on Intel's commercial PCs with a new mining malware detection tool