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Zip's Potential Crypto Trading, Rothschild ETH Investment + More News
16.4.2021
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Major Australian fintech, 'buy-now-pay-later' company Zip Co. is looking at expanding into crypto and stock trading, reported...
Maximizing TPS: Smartbch Developer Explains Project’s Potential, Metamask Capabilities Seen in the Wild
15.4.2021
During the first week of April, Bitcoin.com News reported on the sidechain project Smart Bitcoin Cash Project (Smartbch), as the community has been very excited about this new venture. Smartbch aims to connect Ethereum’s EVM and Web3 APIs to a smart sidechain built using the Bitcoin Cash...
Polkadot’s Potential Gathers Momentum as Tether Joins the Ecosystem
6.4.2021
The largest stablecoin by market capitalization will be the first to enter the ecosystem as the Kusama canary network adds support for tether before the eventual deployments to parachains. Tether Inclusion Complements Polkadot’s Efforts to Attract More Defi Applications With cryptocurrency...
Soros CIO: Central Bank Digital Currencies a Real Threat to Crypto but Won’t Permanently Destabilize Bitcoin
29.3.2021
Soros Fund Management’s chief investment officer (CIO) says that central bank digital currencies are a potential threat to bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies but it will only be temporary. She also says that bitcoin is taking some of gold’s buyer base away. Crypto’s...
Travel Giant Webjet (WEB:ASX) Enters Crypto through an Unprecedented $4.1M Deal with LockTrip.com
29.3.2021
Australia-based superbrand Webjet recognizes the value potential of the blockchain startup LockTrip and joins its mission by securing the rights for up to a 51% stake in what is a unique deal for the blockchain space. Summary of Article Travel Industry Leader Webjet Limited to invest up to $8.3M...
Potential Buyers Divided on the Wisdom of Spending Bitcoin on a Tesla
25.3.2021
The taxman “will be hovering with palms out” should American customers decide to take up Elon Musk’s offer of buying one of Tesla’s cars using bitcoin (BTC), observers have pointed out – with capital gains and income tax levies a possible deterrent for would-be crypto-paying customers.
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Coinbase hiring in India despite potential crypto crackdown
25.3.2021
Coinbase plans to base some of its “IT services” in India, including engineering, software development, and customer support
DeFi Goes Mainstream: B26 Finance Becomes Official Sponsor for the Falcons, Dubai’s Basketball Team
22.3.2021
PRESS RELEASE. B26 Finance, the world’s first blockchain-based self-banking service, has recently been released to the world. Being a relatively new project, developed and worked on for years, but officially launched 2 weeks ago (8/03/2021), B26 Finance has seen massive growth and adoption...
Ethereum’s Buterin Highlights Layer-Two Rollups as Potential Scaling Solution
12.3.2021
As questions circle about the network’s capacities following surging transaction costs and accelerating activity in the decentralized finance (defi) arena, Ethereum’s founder Vitalik Buterin opines that layer-2 solutions could help the network scale by a factor of 100x in mere months...
Dropping GBTC Premium: Anonymous Group Claims Blockfi Facing Solvency Issues Due to Exposure to the BTC Trust
12.3.2021
An anonymous group has claimed that Blockfi, which has an estimated $1.8 billion in customer assets invested in Grayscale Investment’s GBTC, is facing potential insolvency issues associated with the negative premium on the GBTC shares. Using the negative premium of minus 7.89% on the GBTC...
Validator Entry Thresholds on the Decline as Cloud-Based Staking Challenges Surmounted
12.3.2021
Through the novel use of hardware security modules in conjunction with a communication module, a collaboration between Bluzelle and Equinix will significantly reduce the barriers preventing the equal distribution of opportunities for potential proof-of-stake (PoS) node validators. Lower Cloud...
ShapeShift report calls ‘staking derivatives’ a potential win-win for PoS users
11.3.2021
The derivatives landscape offers “tantalizing” opportunities for stakers, according to Kent Barton of ShapeShift. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t risks
American Conservative Pundit Ben Shapiro Endorses Bitcoin Hinting at Libertarian Holy Grail
11.3.2021
The highly popular right-wing commentator devoted a 15-minute Youtube video to inform his followers of the merits and potential that bitcoin, and cryptocurrencies, in general, as an anti-government monetary system. The grassroots embracement of bitcoin is the first of its kind in the alt-right...
Central Bank of France Considers Ripple a Potential Platform for the Digital Euro
9.3.2021
A 44-page report commissioned by CPA Australia states that Government and their central banks view the Ripple Network and its native currency, the XRP coin, more favorably compared to Bitcoin and Ethereum because of their centralized nature. The report titled “Central Bank digital currencies:...
Trans Inclusion Means More Than Just Adding Potential Gender Options To Hogwarts Legacy
2.3.2021
Upcoming Harry Potter game Hogwarts Legacy will feature some customization options related to gender, according to a report by Bloomberg. It’s a step toward trans inclusion in a game mired in controversy, even if it still shows the limitations of video games’ handling of trans people.Read more
Goldman Sachs Brings Back Bitcoin Trading Desk as the Firm Sees Crypto Market Becoming More Mature
2.3.2021
Global investment bank Goldman Sachs has brought back its bitcoin trading desk and will start handling bitcoin futures next week. The firm is also reportedly exploring the potential for a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) and plans to provide a crypto custody service. Goldman Sachs Group Inc....
Crypto bank opens physical location in India's capital as potential regulatory ban looms
1.3.2021
Unicas is planning to open 50 banks in India by the end of the year, but a proposed bill banning crypto could complicate matters
Belarus government explores potential move into crypto mining
26.2.2021
The Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Belarus has launched an investigation into the potential pros and cons of crypto mining
Can a Bigger Block Size Solve Bitcoin’s Scalability Issues? Miners See a Vast Potential with Bitcoin8M
25.2.2021
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Amid so many controversies, growing blockchain scalability problems force miners to reconsider a bigger block size through the ‘Bitcoin8M campaign’.
Scalability means the ability of the blockchain network...
Janet Yellen Warns Bitcoin Is ‘Extremely Inefficient’ and ‘Highly Speculative’ as BTC Price Plunges
23.2.2021
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned about the dangers of bitcoin as the price of the cryptocurrency took a nosedive. She sees bitcoin as a highly speculative asset and is worried about potential losses investors can suffer. Yellen also believes that bitcoin is not widely used as...