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Financial Giants-Backed Fnality To Launch First USC Token This Year
14.2.2020
Nasdaq is among the shareholders of Fnality. Fnality International, a technology firm founded in 2019, with fifteen major financial firms, including ING, Nasdaq, UBS, Barclays, as shareholders, aims to roll out its payment system this year, launching the first ‘version’ of its USC token.
As...
No Reprieve for LocalBitcoins Traders whose Bitcoin Remains Locked up
12.2.2020
Bitcoin (BTC) traders say they are still waiting to regain access to their tokens two weeks after peer-to-peer cryptocurrency exchange LocalBitcoins quietly suspended their accounts. Account-holders say they have been severely inconvenienced by the move, which has brought their trading operations...
Beware! CBDC Has Serious Privacy Implications
9.2.2020
The widespread use of cryptocurrency as an alternative method of payment has led to a growing digital ecosystem over the years. Governments are behind the curve, continuing to wrestle with how to develop effective public policy measures to regulate its use.
The Bank of Canada has been actively...
Here is How Your Portfolio Would've Performed w/ 1%, 5% and 10% in BTC
9.2.2020
It is no longer a secret that bitcoin (BTC) is the best performing asset of the last decade. However, in light of bitcoin’s volatility, many traditional investors are skeptical about how beneficial adding bitcoin to their portfolio would be for their returns.
In the following analysis, we will...
'Stale' Block Reminds the Importance of Bitcoin Confirmations
8.2.2020
“Bitcoin is stale.” Early champions such as Jon McAffee have been describing the original cryptocurrency as the "true Shitcoin," while to make matters worse, it also recently witnessed the creation of another 'stale' block.
But why is a stale block a problem? Well, for those who don't know, a block...
Conflicts, Interests, Emojis and 20 Crypto Jokes
8.2.2020
Let's recap what happened in this crypto week. Total value locked in DeFi hit 1 billion! The public war-of-words between the co-founders of the IOTA Foundation took a fresh turn, Bitspark will close due to internal issues despite reporting positive results, but the first phase of Ethereum 2.0...
Kyber Network Expects to Surpass USD 500 million in Volume This Year
6.2.2020
Kyber Network (KNC), an open-source, on-chain liquidity protocol, expects to facilitate over USD 500 million in transaction volume in 2020, or 29% more than last year, Loi Luu, CEO and Co-Founder of Kyber Network, told Cryptonews.com.
According to the CEO, Kyber facilitated USD 70 million worth...
Here’s What Bitcoin’s 2 Biggest Privacy Wallets are Working on in 2020
2.2.2020
It’s no secret that Bitcoin has issues when it comes to privacy. After all, it’s pretty difficult to implement privacy features in a system that puts the entire history of transactions on a public ledger for everyone to see.
That said, improvements to Bitcoin privacy have been slowly implemented...
Is Bitcoin New Ethereum Killer?
2.2.2020
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Juan Villaverde is an econometrician and mathematician devoted to the analysis of cryptocurrencies since 2012. He leads the Weiss Ratings team of analysts and computer programmers who created Weiss cryptocurrency ratings.
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Looking for the next Bitcoin (BTC, Rated...
Seed Phrase and Wallet Recovery Still Isn't Idiot-Proof
1.2.2020
Prominent gold bug and Bitcoin skeptic Peter Schiff is a genius. Okay, he isn't, but the apparent loss of his bitcoin (BTC) holdings has helpfully raised the topic of crypto-wallet security.
Yes, your holdings will most likely remain safe so long as you follow best practices, but the frequency with...
9 Ks, 12.5 Percents, 51 Attacks and 20 Crypto Jokes
1.2.2020
This crypto week, we watched Bitcoin play with USD 9K while coronavirus fears weighed on stocks, saw BTC usage rising on darknet markets, found a clear indication of healthy BTC adoption, and discovered that the 51% attack on BTC is pricier and on ETH cheaper. Speaking of ETH, a USD 1.57 million...
Open Letter to India's Finance Minister on Crypto Sector Potential
31.1.2020
Sumit Gupta is the CEO of cryptocurrency trading platform CoinDCX, which Gupta co-founded in early 2018.
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An Open Letter to the Finance Minister of India, Nirmala Sitharaman, on the Potential of India’s Cryptocurrency Sector and the Benefits it Presents to the Indian Economy
Dear...
Who Funds Bitcoin Developers?
27.1.2020
Many, many developers have contributed to Bitcoin’s growth since its birth in 2009.
In other words, Bitcoin is the representation of a long line of programming work. Developers have had to look for bugs, write software updates, and assume the vital task of proposing how Bitcoin might evolve.
This...
How High Will Bitcoin Go in This Cycle?
26.1.2020
Juan Villaverde is an econometrician and mathematician devoted to the analysis of cryptocurrencies since 2012. He leads the Weiss Ratings team of analysts and computer programmers who created Weiss cryptocurrency ratings.
Dr. Bruce Ng is an educator in the field of Distributed Ledger Technology...
How Does Staking Economy Work?
26.1.2020
Everybody seems to be talking about cryptocurrency staking nowadays. As it continues to grow in popularity, exchanges all over the world seem to be lining up to offer their customers staking services – with no shortage of takers among their clientele.
Indeed, Mirko Schmiedl, CEO...
Bitcoin Needs New Blood. Will it Come?
25.1.2020
New investors are the lifeblood of bitcoin (BTC). New investors rushed to buy BTC in December 2017, and it's new investors that are needed if the most popular cryptocurrency is to enjoy significant gains in 2020 and beyond.
Research firm TokenInsight made this point in its annual mining industry...
Transformation, Domination, Evasion, and 20 Crypto Jokes
25.1.2020
This week in crypto, experts at the WEF said that digital finance, crypto and blockchain-powered economics are sweeping through markets in the developing world unchallenged and that digital tokens could transform the world of business and art. While Binance aims to find more merchants for its...
How Blockchain Could Prevent Future Data Breaches
22.1.2020
Just before the new year, approximately 15 million Canadians — about 40 per cent of the entire population of Canada — learned that their sensitive personal data, collected by one of Canada’s major lab diagnostic and testing services, had been breached.
The data included name, address, email...
Will Venture Capitalist Steal Spotlight from Token Sales?
21.1.2020
Looking into the new decade, it seems that token sales might decline in importance for crypto projects and that in their place traditional investment and venture capital will become more significant.
“We have already seen a shift in the space from initial coin offerings (ICOs) and token sales...
Crypto Enthusiast’s Day-by-Day Guide to Davos (Part 2)
21.1.2020
Yesterday we shared a blockchain/technology-centered events guide of Davos, with a myriad of crypto and blockchain-related discussions, even an award ceremony. Now, we'll look into the main program at Word Economic Forum (WEF) that started today.
The program listed on WEF’s main site is grouped...