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The importance of block sizes, and the rise of off-chain solutions
25.5.2021
A number of blockchain projects have exploded in popularity in recent months, but their block sizes have stayed the same. What’s the answer to this looming scalability crisis?
Chainlink Data Feeds Are Now Fully Integrated With OTONOMI
25.5.2021
Adding one more use-case to its kitty, Chainlink is now fully integrated with the OTONOMI. The decentralized oracle solution data feeds of Chainlink will help offer real-time data solutions to the B2B insurance services offered by OTONOMI. Through this integration, OTONOMI will have access to...
Vitalik Buterin Criticizes Elon Musk’s Idealistic Take on Cryptocurrency, Details Limits on Blockchain Scalability
24.5.2021
Vitalik Buterin, one of the most renowned Ethereum founders, has rebuffed Elon Musk’s take on fixing cryptocurrencies in a new paper where he details the limits of blockchain scalability. Buterin touches on three subjects: storage, bandwidth, and computing power, commenting on their limits...
Cardano (ADA): Is It the Rise of Blockchain 3.0?
24.5.2021
Developed by Ethereum co-founder Charles Hoskinson, the Cardano platform promises an advancement over the existing Alternative Coin such as Ethereum. The development and modification of this crypto-asset are supervised by the Cardano Foundation. Using the proof-of-stake protocol has brought this...
Bitcoin Mining Operations Btc.top and Hashcow Cease Offering Services in China
24.5.2021
Following some stern warnings from a few major trade associations and regulators in China, two prominent exchanges, Huobi and Okex, have stopped offering services to Chinese residents. After the two exchanges halted specific services to residents of mainland China, two bitcoin mining operations...
Smartzip’s New Chainlink Node to Supply Real Estate Data
24.5.2021
SmartZip, the leading predictive analysis provider, recently launched a new Chainlink node. It will allow SmartZip to share its real estate data across different blockchain networks. The development will certainly enhance its market reach while keeping up with the modern blockchain standards....
Blockchain, The Perfect Tech For Gamification?
24.5.2021
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The inclusion of gamification in software applications is growing rapidly around the world. By creating a game around accomplishing goals, and giving gamified rewards for milestones reached during...
Amid Stern Warnings from China Crypto Firms Huobi and Okex Halt a Few Services
24.5.2021
On Friday, the cryptocurrency community discussed a report stemming from China’s 51st meeting of the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission that reiterated warnings about bitcoin mining. The following Sunday, reports disclosed the cryptocurrency operation Huobi has suspended...
Iran Is Using Bitcoin Mining to Circumvent Sanctions, According to Elliptic
23.5.2021
Iran is using Bitcoin mining to circumvent and lessen the effect of the economic sanctions that the U.S. and other countries have applied to the country since 2006, according to a new study by Elliptic, a blockchain analytics and financial crime compliance firm. The country is indirectly using...
Ukraine’s Leading Soccer Team Dynamo Kyiv to Sell NFT Tickets
23.5.2021
FC Dynamo Kyiv, the top team in the Ukrainian Premier League, is launching NFT tickets for the 2021 season. The legendary football club, which has the biggest fan following in Ukraine, is also going to offer supporters unique collectible items through a partnership with a blockchain company. Dynamo...
Sekuritance Is Here to Boost Public Confidence in Blockchain Transactions
23.5.2021
Crypto’s anarchic nature, with the emphasis on decentralization, lacks any regulatory bodies so far. But sooner or later it will have to adopt standards of some kind because when money moves in and out from the blockchains to and from the traditional financial system, some kind of compliance...
Mystery Bitcoin Whale from 2010 Disappears, Dormant Address from 2013 Sees Strange Activity
23.5.2021
Toward the latter half of 2020 and during the first quarter of 2021, a mystery miner spent 200 block rewards from 2010 by transferring 10,000 bitcoin during the year. Since the whale’s last 1,000 bitcoin spend on March 23, the patterns of 20 decade-old strings of coinbase rewards...
African NFT Art Exhibition Featuring Portraits of Two African Royals Launched
22.5.2021
The Museum of Modern African Art Gallery & Lifestyle (MOOMA), a platform that promotes African artworks, recently kickstarted a 30-day non-fungible token (NFT) Modern African Art Exhibition. The exhibition, which will be MOOMA’s first NFT showcase, is set to feature the works of Goran...
Depends on Who You Ask: Report Shows NFT Sales ‘Cool Off,’ Another Study Says ‘Market Set to Double by October’
22.5.2021
In 2021, the non-fungible token (NFT) ecosystem has grown massively and data shows during the last month, there have been 98,832 NFT sales across over 32,000 active wallets. Monthly statistics show $272 million in recorded NFT sales have taken place but a recent report shows the NFT market...
Red Bull Racing Honda Names Tezos as Its Official Blockchain Partner
21.5.2021
The freshly unveiled collaboration between the organizations aims to deliver a unique fan engagement experience for Red Bull Racing Honda in the form of unique digital collectibles that leverage Tezos’ scalable, efficient, and self-upgrading network. Formula One Team Inks Multi-Year Technical...
CryptoRefills and Avalanche to Widen DeFi Capabilities
21.5.2021
Using the blockchain technology of Avalanche, CryptoRefills has rolled out support for the payment services for its users. This partnership has enabled users to transact for real-world products and services by utilizing the cost efficiencies of Avalanche’s blockchain technology. Avalanche is...
Promising Integrations Join the Polkadot Ecosystem
21.5.2021
As Polkadot’s vision of a decentralized web advances, the integrations of KILT Protocol and the fintech platform Current are adding new utility layers across the blockchain’s ecosystem, helping tear down the existing barriers between Web 2.0 and 3.0. Value-Driven Integrations...
Kenyan Regulator Commends Its Regulatory Sandbox— Says the Test Phase Enables It to Have Interactions With Innovators
21.5.2021
According to a new report published by the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) of Kenya, the country’s regulatory sandbox has now received 24 applications, queries, and proposals since March 2019. From this total, only seven firms have been admitted into the sandbox, and “a few more (are...
How Japan Became Global Leader in Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Adoption
21.5.2021
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It isn’t easy to analyze the history of cryptocurrency and blockchain without eventually bumping into Japan, Satoshi Nakamoto, and the birth of bitcoin as well as the first blockchain in the land of...
Samsung Adds 3rd-Party Crypto Wallet Support
20.5.2021
The electronics giant Samsung has announced that it will allow users of older Galaxy smartphones that do not feature its crypto wallet app – the Samsung Blockchain Keystore – to use hardware wallets. The company also reorganizes its blockchain division and expands the scope of its phones’ crypto...