Search
ECB on Crypto, African Bitcoin Hub, Coinbase in Fortune 500, Binance in Dubai + More News
24.5.2022
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
__________...
Read More: ECB on Crypto, African Bitcoin Hub, Coinbase in Fortune 500, Binance in Dubai + More News
Some PS Plus Players Are Seemingly Getting Hit With A Giant Upgrade Tax
24.5.2022
Sony’s new and improved PlayStation Plus program has already launched in some parts of the world, and players are seemingly running into all sorts of issues. But the one players are freaking out about the most right now is a potential wrinkle in how the pricing for upgrading works which could leave...
Social-Media Disruptor Project Liberty to Run on Polkadot’s Blockchain Network
24.5.2022
Project Liberty, the initiative backed by real estate billionaire Frank McCourt aimed at disrupting today’s social media platforms, has found a home on Polkadot, the framework of parallel blockchains conceived by Ethereum co-founder Gavin Wood
Former Xbox Vice President Worried Game Pass Could Hurt The Industry
23.5.2022
Ed Fries, the former Microsoft vice president of game publishing who launched the original Xbox, recently appeared on a podcast where he discussed some concerns he has regarding Xbox Game Pass. Fries said that he’s “scared” that the service could lead to a future in which folks stop buying games...
After Years Of Hype, The Xbox Game Pass Burnout Is Here
23.5.2022
Typically, when Game Pass starts trending, it’s either because it scored a killer game or some influencers concocted a viral “joke” that ultimately does nothing other than hand a $2 trillion corporation two days of free marketing. Over the past few days, however, Microsoft’s games-on-demand program...
Bitcoin Miners Expected to Catch a Break in 2 Days, Mining Difficulty Estimated to Drop Close to 4%
23.5.2022
While Bitcoin’s hashrate has remained above the 200 exahash per second (EH/s) mark, over the last two weeks the network’s mining difficulty has been at an all-time high (ATH) at 31.25 trillion. However, after 289 blocks are mined or roughly two days from now, Bitcoin’s mining...
Script TV Network Partners With Asia-Based Kenzo Ventures
23.5.2022
The leading venture fund from Asia, Kenzo Ventures, enters the blockchain content market with a partnership deal with Script TV Network. With this integration, the venture fund will offer its help on many levels, including investment and marketing, to boost the number of users from Asia on Script...
BNP Paribas Joins JPM's Blockchain Network Onyx for Fixed Income Trading: Report
23.5.2022
The French bank will use the Onyx network for short-term fixed income trading
The Compromises and Benefits of Ethereum Switching to a Proof-of-Stake Network
22.5.2022
Max Shannon, Digital Asset Analyst at major European digital asset investment firm CoinShares.
__________
Ethereum has an Evolving but Structured Roadmap of Protocol Changes....
Read More: The Compromises and Benefits of Ethereum Switching to a Proof-of-Stake Network
Bitcoin Pizza Day rewind: A homage to weird and wonderful BTC purchases
22.5.2022
In recognition of Bitcoin pizza day, the first-ever real-world transaction using Bitcoin, Cointelegraph speaks with the crypto community about their historic BTC purchases
Crypto’s Barren Wasteland: A Look at What’s Left of Terra’s Defi and Token Ruins
21.5.2022
Following the Terra blockchain fallout and the great UST de-pegging event, the Terra network ecosystem is now a wasteland of almost worthless tokens and protocols. While both UST and LUNA were top ten crypto market cap contenders, Terra’s decentralized finance (defi) presence was second...
Dvision Network Announces New LAND Staking Feature to Help Bolster Virtual Plot Utility
20.5.2022
PRESS RELEASE. The Dvision Network has recently announced the new ‘LAND Staking Feature’ in their Dvision Metaverse, with the development being finalized to present a new use case to the virtual plot owners. According to the official statement, users who possess Dvision LAND NFT...
Central bankers bellow Bitcoin on El Salvador's Bitcoin Beach
20.5.2022
On day three of El Salvador’s financial inclusion and funding for SMEs conference, Bitcoin has stolen the show
SWIFT, Capgemini team up to test using the international network for CBDC transfers
19.5.2022
The bank messaging service, which dates back to the 1970s, is looking to connect CBDCs to each other and to traditional currencies as it tries to stay up to date
Block Expects Bitcoin To Disrupt Legacy Payments, Boost Its Business
19.5.2022
Fueled by the ongoing expansion of the Lightning Network, bitcoin (BTC) has the potential to disrupt the existing legacy payment networks the world over -- and Block, the payments company formerly known as Square, hopes to use the cryptocurrency to boost its presence across the globe. ...
Read...
Aave Launches Social Media Project Lens Protocol With Over 50 Apps Built on Polygon
18.5.2022
The blockchain firm Aave has launched the Lens Protocol, a social media project with applications built on the Polygon blockchain. Lens is similar to the social media platform Twitter but Lens profiles are linked to a non-fungible token (NFT) that can be ported into decentralized applications. Lens...
From Silence to Humbling Hell - Major Terra Backers Keep Low Profile as the Small Guy Is 'the Biggest Loser'
18.5.2022
Major Terra (LUNA) backer Mike Novogratz of Galaxy Digital is still largely silent on the downfall of LUNA and the terraUSD (UST) algorithmic stablecoin, while some other institutional investors have put out vague statements that called the incident “hell for our entire community”...
CoinCorner Launches NFC-Enabled Bitcoin Card Powered by Lightning Network
18.5.2022
Crypto exchange and web wallet provider CoinCorner has announced the launch of its Bolt Card, a contactless Bitcoin (BTC) card powered by near-field communication (NFC) and the Lightning Network (LN).
The card allows users to leverage the power of the LN, a layer 2 (L2) payment protocol layered...
The Lightning Network Lunch: A Bitcoin contactless payment story
18.5.2022
A data analyst on the Isle of Man demonstrated how contactless payments work on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network using an NFC enabled "Bolt Card."
FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Thinks Bitcoin Has No Future as a Payments Network
18.5.2022
Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has given his take regarding the future of Bitcoin’s usage. Bankman-Fried stated he doesn’t believe that Bitcoin will work as a payments network, due to its limited capability for scaling to fulfill this task. However...