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Core Scientific Buys Over 58,000 Bitmain S19 Antminers to Expand Its Hosting Fleet in North America
22.12.2020
A major North American blockchain hosting provider announced its expansion by ordering over 58,000 additional S19 Series Antminers, as part of an agreement arranged with the Chinese mining hardware manufacturer. US Contract Miner Core Scientific Arranges Purchase of Over 58,000 Bitmain...
Billion-Dollar Wealth Manager Skybridge Capital Plans to Launch a Bitcoin Fund
22.12.2020
In mid-November, a filing registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had shown that the investment firm Skybridge Capital may invest in crypto assets like bitcoin. Over a month later, Skybridge Capital filed another registration form with the U.S. SEC (Form D) as it plans...
Gwallet.Tech: A Hybrid Defi Blockchain Platform
21.12.2020
Disclaimer: The text below is a press release that was not written by Cryptonews.com.
Blockchain technology has been revolutionary as it has enabled the developments of novel financial products. Concepts like staking, mining and ICO have largely flourished due to the developments of blockchain...
The launch of Apple Pay in Lumi Wallet simplifies crypto purchasing and increased newcomers hundreds of times
21.12.2020
Since December, Lumi Wallet’s customers can purchase crypto via Apple Pay
Russia’s second largest bank VTB pilots bank guarantees on blockchain
21.12.2020
Major Russian bank VTB uses a central bank-backed blockchain to issue bank guarantees to local cellular network giant MTS
Why contests are better than grants for a healthy crypto community
20.12.2020
Grant programs have their flaws — they often lack transparency and shut out good ideas. Here’s why contests are a compelling alternative
Who did the most for real-world crypto and blockchain adoption in 2020?
20.12.2020
2020 has been an epic year for crypto and blockchain, but some did more than most to help spur adoption
For whom the benefits toll: Enterprise blockchain is the evolution of economic architectures
19.12.2020
Blockchain platforms enable a fundamentally new approach to enterprise architecture where economic incentives are front and center
Survey: There Is ‘Significant Room’ for the NFT Market to Grow Despite Widespread Lack of Knowledge Among People
19.12.2020
A survey about non-fungible token (NFT) trends on crypto users revealed that 47% of correspondents had heard of NFT, and among these, 63% of them had only a basic understanding about it, while 57% of them had never used them. Survey Reveals Common User Has Just a Basic Understanding of NFT Market...
Opportunities for blockchain in police investigations
19.12.2020
How distributed ledger technologies can help law enforcement agencies to fight crime and money laundering
South Korean Province to Create Youth Blockchain Jobs with New Fund
19.12.2020
Buddha statues at the Unjusa temple in Hwasun, South Jeolla Province. South Korea’s South Jeolla Province has announced plans to spend USD 14m on a job creation project that will see the region develop new roles in the industry 4.0 sector, blockchain including, for promising youngsters.
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China’s crypto landscape: How CBDCs drove blockchain adoption in 2020
19.12.2020
As a developing tech power, China is one of the fastest countries in adopting blockchain technology
DeNations, a Blockchain-Powered Metaverse, Launches the First INO – Initial Nations Offering
18.12.2020
PRESS RELEASE. Smatoos, which is already known in the blockchain industry as a token economy platform, has released the blockchain-based metaverse, DeNations. DeNations is a blockchain-based decentralized metaverse where anyone can manage nations, cities, and civilizations. Metaverse is...
The threats to DeFi’s sustainability — and how to fix them
18.12.2020
With insane interest rates and yield farmers endlessly jumping from one protocol to another, fears are growing that DeFi isn’t sustainable — and change is needed
Game time? Microsoft adopts Ethereum blockchain for gaming royalties
18.12.2020
Microsoft’s blockchain platform expands for royalties management, but how will this impact the gaming sector as a whole?
SM Digital Holding and Wallex Prove That Bulgaria Is the Next Leading Hub for Fintech Companies
18.12.2020
Many fintech startups and established companies are now looking for a new home across Europe due to Brexit. Bulgaria is shaping up to be the top destination for many of them, including crypto, blockchain and licensed electronic money institutions, as proven by leading firms such as SM Digital...
Major Latin American University Launches Specialization Featuring Crypto-Related Topics
18.12.2020
One of the biggest and most laureate universities in Latin America approved the launch of a Financial Engineering specialization course, whose modules cover crypto and blockchain-related subjects, marking it a historic landmark across the region’s educational sector. Mexico’s Biggest...
New Law in Germany Embraces All-Electronic and Blockchain Crypto Securities
17.12.2020
The German government has passed new legislation to introduce all-electronic securities as part of the country’s wider blockchain strategy. According to the country’s finance ministry, the new law relaxes rules forcing issuers and holders of securities to document transactions with...
Blockchain data gets simpler as The Graph launches mainnet
17.12.2020
The global network of open APIs claims it can reduce development time of decentralized applications from months to days
Bitcoin’s Value Surpasses $23,700, Critics Claim Its a ‘Bubble,’ Onchain Analyst Says $100K Prices ‘Ridiculously Low’
17.12.2020
The crypto economy has gained a massive amount of value during the last few days, as the aggregate market cap of all 7,500+ digital assets is a whopping $640 billion on Thursday. Meanwhile, the largest blockchain in terms of valuation, bitcoin has touched an all-time high of $23,777 rising more...