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Blockchain Bites: Designing Digital Dollars and Following the Quadriga Trail
12.6.2020
The Ontario Securities Commission says QuadrigaCX, an infamous Canadian exchange, was a Ponzi scheme, while the National Science Foundation is issuing a grant to design a national digital currency
Blockchain Bites: CBDCs on Capitol Hill, Custody Battles and Smart Drugs
11.6.2020
Lawmakers will convene today to discuss the possibility of using digital dollars to distribute coronavirus relief, while Filecoin releases its new testnet
Blockchain Bites: Libra’s Future, Elrond’s ‘Trial by Fire’ and LocalBitcoins’ Volume
10.6.2020
An unknown wallet set a $2.6 million ETH transaction fee and Hacker Noon announced it will test out Web 3.0 micropayments
Blockchain Bites: ‘Bitcoin Billionaires’ and Buying a Coke With Crypto
9.6.2020
Is mass adoption back on the agenda with the announcement of a feature film based on the Winklevoss twins and new crypto payment option for vending machines "down under?"
Blockchain Bites: Coinbase Surveillance, Bitcoin Wargames, CoinMarketCap Drama
8.6.2020
The U.S. military conducted a war game involving bitcoin while Chinese police may have potentially frozen accounts linked to illicit transactions
Blockchain Bites: Why UN and Federal Reserve Experts Think CBDCs Could Kill Commercial Banking
5.6.2020
U.N. and Federal Reserve experts think CBDCs can compete with commercial banks, New York and France enter a regulatory agreement while Europol has Wasabi Wallet concerns
Blockchain Bites: Bitmain’s Shakeup, Bitcoin’s Resilience and Ethereum’s Anonymity
4.6.2020
Bitmain's ousted co-founder reportedly retook the company's office building while a protocol update made Bitcoin more resilient to state attacks
Blockchain Bites: Avanti’s Angel Round, Civil’s Closure and a Data Breach
3.6.2020
Ethereum Classic hardforked to become more compatible with Ethereum while a French energy firm is cleared to issue a new ICO
Blockchain Bites: Poolin Lending, Square Crypto’s Grant and a Senate Candidate Who Holds Bitcoin
2.6.2020
Square Crypto supports Bitcoin's lightning network development, crypto mining pool Poolin expands lending and ICE is going after the petro dollar's creator
Blockchain Bites: Chase Class Action, 30 Words for Censorship and a Bitcoin Bug
1.6.2020
Chase Bank settled a class action brought by crypto purchasers while a new report shows a flaw in time-locked bitcoin transactions
Blockchain Bites: Magic’s Raise, Compound’s Distribution and Trump’s Twitter War
29.5.2020
In the war between Trump and Twitter, decentralized systems may win
Blockchain Bites: BlockTower Reports Returns After Goldman Sachs Denounces Bitcoin
28.5.2020
BlockTower Capital reported 73% returns over the hedge fund's lifetime, a day after Goldman Sachs said cryptos "are not an asset class."
Blockchain Bites: Google Validates Theta, Coinbase and BitGo Eye Crypto Prime Brokerage
27.5.2020
Polkadot launched the blockchain of blockchains while an IMF official said CBDCs could spur financial innovation
Blockchain Bites: Facebook’s Calibra Facelift and Tencent’s ‘New Infrastructure’ Investments
26.5.2020
Facebook's digital wallet subsidiary has rebranded as Novi while a series of bitcoin transactions cast doubt on Craig Wright's claims
Blockchain Bites: Iran and Russia Revisit Crypto Regulations, Bitcoin Pizza Day 10 Years Later
22.5.2020
Ten years ago today someone spent 10,000 bitcoin on about $30 worth of pizza. Today, nations are redrafting crypto regulation and crypto firms report millions in revenues
Blockchain Bites: Satoshi’s Sword of Damocles
21.5.2020
Yesterday, some of the earliest mined bitcoin moved after more than a decade of dormancy. Whale Alert – a popular, mostly-automated Twitter account that tracks major crypto transactions – broadcasted the message across the cryptoverse, saying 40 coins mined in the first month of the network’s...
Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin’s Difficulty Adjustment and More
20.5.2020
Big Tech firms outlined the dangers of letting the US fall behind in strategic blockchain initiatives while a former Coinbase lawyer is moving to a top government seat
Blockchain Bites: BlockFi Hacked, Block.one Sued, BitMEX Down
19.5.2020
A SIM swapping exploit revealed BlockFi customer names and addresses while BitMEX is hit with RICO accusations
Blockchain Bites: a16z’s Cyclic Crypto Thinking and Grin’s Grim Outlook
18.5.2020
FalconX brought in an equivalent to Facebook's 2005 Series A while Grin flounders and a16z asks if crypto's on the cusp of a boom period
Blockchain Bites: Last Day of Consensus, Will Crypto Save the Internet?
16.5.2020
It broke J.K. Rowling's Time Line