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Twin Brothers Each Got a $100K Inheritance. One Invested in Bitcoin, One Didn’t
3.12.2020
Their lives have now gone on very different paths.
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A New Crypto Use Case: Betting on an American Nightmare
3.12.2020
How people abroad are betting on Trump refusing to leave the White House. Green means the price went up. Red,Continue Reading
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Warning: This Phishing Scam is *Very* Easy to Fall For
3.12.2020
Can you tell the difference between the real site and the fake one?
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Kraken Exchange to Offer First Grants for Open-Source Ethereum Projects
3.12.2020
Kraken is for the first time funding open-source Ethereum projects
First Validator Gets 'Slashed' Just Day After Ethereum 2.0 Phase 0 Launch
3.12.2020
Though the heavier penalties are supposed to be easily avoided, just a day after the launch of the first phase of Ethereum 2.0 (ETH 2.0), the first validator has been 'slashed'.
According to BeaconScan.com, since the Phase 0 launched on December 1, one validator was already slashed...
Last Month Casascius Owners Redeemed the Highest Number of Physical Bitcoins in 3 Years
3.12.2020
On November 30, 2020, bitcoin crossed an all-time price high on a few global exchanges and between spot and derivatives markets there’s been a lot of action. One metric people didn’t notice was the fact that November 2020 saw the most number of redeemed Casascius physical bitcoins...
First Mover: Ether Eyed as Value Play With Bitcoin Pressing $20K
3.12.2020
As prices consolidate below $20K, traders cue off macroeconomic factors - like Biden remark that $908B stimulus would be "down payment."
New Paper: Ripple Network Doesn’t Meet Criteria To Reach Consensus
3.12.2020
A brand-new paper which analyzes the Ripple network concluded that the network does not reach true consensus, as its protocol “may violate safety and liveness,” and doesn’t follow the established models and algorithms for a Byzantine agreement. Report Claims XRP’s Network...
First AMM Layer2 DEX ZKSwap Announces Testnet Incentive Program with 1 Million ZKS Tokens Rewards
3.12.2020
PRESS RELEASE. ZKSwap developed by L2Lab is the first layer2 dex based on ZK-Rollups technology and using the AMM model. The team has recently closed a $1.7 million Angel Round led by Bixin, followed by Longling Capital, SNZ Holding, FBG Capital, Jubi, and Consensus Lab. After launching on...
65% of Traders on Paypal Ready to Use Bitcoin to Pay for Goods and Services: Survey
3.12.2020
At least 65% of people who use the Paypal app to trade bitcoin are prepared to start using the top cryptocurrency to pay for goods and services at the 28 million stores supported by the payments company throughout the world. According to a proprietary survey of 380 Paypal users by Mizuho...
Chinese State-Run Media Believe BTC Price Surge Is Just ‘Hype’ While Praising Blockchain
3.12.2020
Two Chinese state-run media outlets have published a brief news item urging citizens to focus more on blockchain technology than on the “hype” of the recent surging Bitcoin prices across the board. China’s Government to Focus on Blockchain Both Sina and Xinhuanet have stated that...
Network Landmarks, Derivatives Records- 2020 Bitcoin Metrics See a Number of All-Time Highs
3.12.2020
While the price of bitcoin has spiked to levels not seen in three years a number of other factors show that the current run-up is similar to the 2017 bull run. Active bitcoin addresses have neared all-time record highs, while the network’s hashpower has remained high as well coasting along...
Mining City: A Blueprint for Success?
3.12.2020
“Together we grow!” This is the slogan of Mining City, a company with a solid foundation in the cryptocurrency market. Is this catchphrase a real promise, or an overstated declaration? Let’s find out. Brick by Brick Cryptocurrencies are considered by many as the “gold of...
Peter Schiff Lays Into Grayscale and CNBC, Claims Conspiracy to Pump BTC Value
3.12.2020
Euro Pacific Capital CEO Peter Schiff is now training his guns on Grayscale Trust’s GBTC after the validation of his regular anti-bitcoin rhetoric was cut short by a resurgent crypto market. After rapidly falling to around $16,500 on November 26, BTC quickly recovered before it went on to...
Alliance Bernstein Tells Clients Bitcoin Has a Role in Asset Allocation
2.12.2020
Alliance Bernstein has told its clients that bitcoin has a role in investment portfolios. The head of the Portfolio Strategy team of the firm’s research arm said he has changed his mind about bitcoin after previously stating that it did not have a place in investment portfolios. Alliance...
Minimal Takes on Faking Container Queries
2.12.2020
It’s sounding more and more likely that we’re actually going to get real container queries. Google is prototyping a syntax idea from David Baron and refined by Miriam Suzanne. Apparently, there has already been some prototyping done for a switch() syntax which is like container queries...
Visa, Blockfi Launching Credit Card With Bitcoin Rewards — Get BTC Back on All Transactions
2.12.2020
Blockfi has unveiled a credit card with bitcoin rewards in collaboration with Visa. This is “the first credit card that lets you earn bitcoin back with every purchase,” Blockfi detailed. Visa Credit Card Offering Cash Back in Bitcoin Crypto financial services provider Blockfi announced...
Amplify, Amplified
2.12.2020
First, quickly: AWS Amplify has a new Admin UI. Amplify always had a CLI that helps you build projects by setting up stuff like auth, storage, and APIs. That’s super useful, but now, you can do those things with the new Admin UI. And more, like model your data (!!), right from a local...
After Lightning-Paced Tier-1 Sellout, ClinTex’s CTi Token Is Now Trading on KuCoin
2.12.2020
PRESS RELEASE. ClinTex is all set to fulfill its promise of reducing cost and time wastage in the medical trials industry, with its CTi token available for public trading on KuCoin on Wednesday. Using the combination of blockchain, artificial intelligence and smart contracts, ClinTex is...
PayPal CEO Sees 'The Entire World' Going 'Digital First' + More News
2.12.2020
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PayPal CEO Dan Schulman said the use of digital currencies is set to go mainstream as more merchants take a "digital...