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India Plans to Unveil Central Bank Digital Currency Model by Year End
9.8.2021
The deputy governor of India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), says the bank should be able to come up with a central bank digital currency (CBDC) model by the end of this year. India May Unveil a CBDC Model by Year End The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may unveil a model...
Last-gasp Infra Bill Compromise May not Come Fast Enough to Save US Crypto
9.8.2021
It could be a case of close but no cigar for the United States crypto sector – with two rival groups of senators agonizingly close to a compromise on a chaotic and much-maligned infrastructure bill on the cards, just as time is running out.
The Senate had hoped to vote on the measure on Saturday...
US Senator Warren Sees Benefits of Cryptocurrency but Warns ‘a Run on Crypto’ May Need Federal Bailout
9.8.2021
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, a longtime bitcoin skeptic, has shared her view of the benefits of cryptocurrencies. While noting that “The biggest upside to cryptocurrency could be expansion or democratization of access to the financial system,” she warned that the crypto industry...
Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Ray Dalio Still Concerned Government Could Outlaw Cryptocurrency
9.8.2021
The founder of the world’s largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, is still concerned that governments could outlaw cryptocurrencies. Nonetheless, he sees bitcoin as digital gold and owns some for diversification. Ray Dalio Worried About Government Outlawing Cryptocurrencies Bridgewater...
Bitcoin erases May crash losses as BTC price rebounds to $44K
7.8.2021
Indicators suggest that Bitcoin is looking to repeat the October 2020-like rally that sent the prices from $10,000 to $65,000
Bitcoin price blasts through $43K, hitting its highest price since May
6.8.2021
Bitcoin’s breakout above $43,000 puts the price at a multi-month high and possibly reignites the bull market that traders have been anxiously awaiting
Fed’s Vice Chair Says Tapering May Happen in 2021, Senator Joe Manchin ‘Alarmed Over Record Amount of Stimulus Injections’
6.8.2021
The U.S. central bank’s vice chairman Richard Clarida explained on Wednesday that the Federal Reserve could begin tapering large asset purchases this year. Also, that the first interest rate hike since the onset of Covid-19 could happen in 2023. Meanwhile, despite members of the Fed saying...
Three Buggy React Code Examples and How to Fix Them
5.8.2021
There’s usually more than one way to code a thing in React. And while it’s possible to create the same thing different ways, there may be one or two approaches that technically work “better” than others. I actually run into …
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Millions of Latest Antminers S19i Are Ready – BitFuFu Cloud Hashrate Platform Restarts Running Plan
4.8.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Since May 30, the BTC mining difficulty has lowered for 4 times in a row. The mining rig migration is continuing, leading to a surge of incomes in mining farms outside China. With early layout of mining farms outside China, BitFuFu takes the lead to restart running plan and restock...
DACH Funds May Inject USD 657B In Digital Assets Within 3 Years - Report
4.8.2021
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Within three years, between USD 100bn and USD 657bn could be injected into the digital asset market from the DACH region which comprises the German-speaking countries of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, according to a report released by Russian tech-focused think...
Cryptopunk Owner Hopes to Sell Punk for $91 Million — Pixelated NFT Punks Outshine the Competition
3.8.2021
While traditional crypto assets have seen market sentiment drop to a level of uncertainty, non-fungible token (NFT) assets have continued to sell in the millions. One project developed by Larva Labs called Cryptopunks has seen some of its NFTs sell for millions and on May 11, a collection of nine...
Bitcoin Difficulty Increases 6% — It’s Still 48% Easier to Find BTC Blocks Than It Was 30 Days Ago
1.8.2021
As expected, Bitcoin’s mining difficulty increased this week jumping 6.03% higher on July 31. The change marks the first increase out of five difficulty adjustment changes. This was after four downward difficulty drops made it 54% easier to mine bitcoin than it was prior to mid-May....
MEV Harms Ethereum Users And it May Be Here For Some Time
1.8.2021
One of the hottest debates in Ethereum (ETH) right now is about miner extractable value (MEV). This is the practice of miners ordering (or being paid to order) transactions in such a way as to front-run or back-run trades made by other users.
MEV was documented as early as April 2019 in a paper...
PayPal set to launch crypto trading in the UK and may embrace DeFi
30.7.2021
The global payments platform wants to let British customers trade crypto on its new “super app”
Relief Fund Has a Difficult Time Cashing Out the $1B Worth of SHIB Vitalik Buterin Donated
28.7.2021
In mid-May, the co-founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, donated $1 billion worth of shiba inu (SHIB) tokens to India’s Crypto Covid Relief Fund (CCRF). Close to three months later, the CCRF organizers say they have been having issues cashing out the SHIB tokens and so far, only $20 million...
Digital currency may be an answer to help the unbanked, Sen. Warren says
28.7.2021
Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren appeared to have softened her stance on the crypto industry in recent remarks
Crypto frenzy may be winding down, Visa CFO says
28.7.2021
This spring, crypto-related transactions using Visa were a significant boost to the company's cross-border volume, although this effect is beginning to wane
Newly found Monero bug may impact transaction privacy, developers warn
27.7.2021
Monero developers are working on a software fix to a newly identified bug that may expose the occurrence of an output transaction made right away after receiving funds
81 Countries Are Now Exploring Central Bank Digital Currencies — 5 CBDCs Fully Launched
25.7.2021
Eighty-one countries are now exploring central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), according to a new tracker. This number is 46 more countries than the number in May last year. In addition, five countries have fully launched their own digital currencies. 81 Central Banks Explore Launching Own Digital...
A Deeper Look Into The Pirate Bay’s Mysterious ‘Piratetoken’ Soft Launch
25.7.2021
In mid-May, the popular and perhaps the largest torrent tracker on the internet, The Pirate Bay, mysteriously revealed a new cryptocurrency called piratetoken (TPB). The token has seen a 20% gain in 30 days and following the quiet launch, the torrent tracker’s website explained that the...