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QuadrigaCX, a cryptocurrency exchange in Canada says it’s unable to pay most of $262 million in holdings back to clients as its founder, Gerald Cotten, died in India unexpectedly in December 2018.
2019-2-4 19:04 | |
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Canadian Exchange QuadrigaCX is seeking legal protection after they revealed that $250 million of customers’ funds are in a cold wallet only accessible by their late CEO, a February 1, 2019 report says.
2019-2-4 14:00 | |
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If you’re reading this, you survived January. It also means you survived the weekend, which you should by now know, means only one thing. It’s time for the wrap of the weekend’s news with Moonday Mornings.
2019-2-4 13:26 | |
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The use of blockchain technologies is slowly permeating various aspects of everyday life. Not only industrial and business applications fill fans and maximalists with optimism, but lately, the appearance of Non-Fungible tokens (NFTs) has begun to gain space in the ecosystem of gamers and collectors.
2019-2-3 19:21 | |
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Litecoin is the top performing major cryptocurrency this week. It is the only cryptocurrency in the top 20 recording an appreciation over the past seven days. Data from Messari show Litecoin increasing 3.
2019-2-3 18:09 | |
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Blockchain startup Blockstack has revealed the company is in the midst of developing a new distributed ledger protocol called Stacks, a chain that leverages the hash power from the Bitcoin Core (BTC) network.
2019-2-3 03:17 | |
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XRP has outperformed the majority of other top cryptocurrencies over the past week. Data from Messari show price depreciating just 3% over the past seven days, outperformed only by litecoin which is recording only a 0.
2019-2-2 18:54 | |
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The Aragon Network, an Ethereum startup, is now considering the idea of launching a second network on Polkadot, an interoperability protocol. Originally, the plans of the company were to launch its product only on the Ethereum blockchain.
2019-2-2 13:28 | |
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Ripple keeps growing at a dizzying rate, demonstrating that they not only have the blockchain technology preferred by large banks and financial institutions, but they have also developed a token that works perfectly as a cryptocurrency that grows in use and acceptance faster than any other altcoin in the ecosystem.
2019-2-2 03:42 | |
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It happened: Bitcoin is now an Ethereum token. Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC), an ERC-20 token with a 1-1 peg to bitcoin, went live on the Ethereum network on the final day of January, “the first token that makes Bitcoin compatible with the Ethereum chain,” its architects say.
2019-2-2 00:04 | |
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Darknet markets are going as strong as ever, if Chainalysis data is to be believed. In its latest Crypto Crime Report, published earlier this week, blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis reports that darknet market activity has nearly doubled throughout 2018.
2019-2-1 00:35 | |
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Good news for the community of followers, traders, and users of the Chinese blockchain NEO! Despite the sharp drop in prices experienced not only during 2018 but during the last few days, the development team of this technology is actively working on a product improvement which will hopefully be announced next month.
2019-2-1 22:57 | |
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CoinSpeaker Largest Ethereum Hackathon Set to Truly Embrace Blockchain Tech, Not Only Promote It Every aspect of Ethereum's largest conference will make use of blockchain, including submitting projects, judging and voting on them.
2019-1-31 12:40 | |
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The first major Bitcoin conference, Bitcoin 2013, was held in San Jose, California. Organized by the Bitcoin Foundation, it was centered on Bitcoin specifically and the more pragmatic issues that Bitcoin was trying to solve, particularly in the areas of Bitcoin technology, Bitcoin mining, Bitcoin business and regulatory issues.
2019-1-31 00:30 | |
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We’re likely to see a real-world application of blockchain technology over the next two years – if recent research is to be believed. More than 23 percent of developers out of the 71,281 who contributed to HackerRank’s 2019 Developer Skills report said the”real-world” application of the technology over the next 24 months was very realistic.
2019-1-31 20:55 | |
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“Blockchain, Not Crypto” Romp Continues Since Bitcoin was founded, the cryptocurrency has been bashed to hell and back. Yet, the technology behind it has been extolled, especially by financial & political incumbents who wish to handle the reins of the blockchain bull.
2019-1-30 07:00 | |
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Despite being initially created as the driving force behind cryptocurrencies, specifically Bitcoin, Blockchain technology has certainly come on leaps and bounds over the past decade. Not only is it the scaffolding through which thousands upon thousands of cryptocurrencies are now being created, but it has become the technology of choice for leading banks searching for […] The post Blockchain Use In Banks Is At An All-Time High, Here’s What We Know appeared first on CaptainAltcoin.
2019-1-29 11:26 | |
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Managing director of JP Morgan, Jan Loeys said that Bitcoin would only be useful if there was a complete loss of faith in all major reserve currencies including gold. The firm remains skeptical about the value of digital currencies and suggests that Bitcoin could go as low as $1,260.
2019-1-28 16:45 | |
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It’s Monday Morning, you should know how this works by now. Dive in for a wrap up of the weekend’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news. 1. Peer-to-peer Bitcoin trading website, Localbitcoins.
2019-1-28 12:35 | |
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While speculative investments remain the most popular type of crypto transaction, it is far from being the only type. The world of crypto transactions also includes legal purchases, ransomware, money laundering, Darknet transactions, and more.
2019-1-27 16:04 | |
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Malta might not be the only blockchain island- at least not for very long. The Republic of Ireland is seeking to put practical DLT solutions to the test, with a two-day “Blockathon Ireland” event to assert the country’s status as a major blockchain hub.
2019-1-27 21:32 | |
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The drop in the price of Bitcoin has rendered a large percentage of mining operations unprofitable, with only low-cost mines in China operating without losses, Bloomberg reported on January 25, 2019.
2019-1-26 20:00 | |
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JP Morgan has continued to bash bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, saying the value of them is still unproven and that it will be at least another three to five years before blockchain technology makes a difference to the banking sector.
2019-1-26 03:50 | |
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This article is a direct follow-up from our Taproot explainer. If you haven’t read that article, you should probably do so first. If Taproot is deployed on Bitcoin, many smart contract constructions will look just like regular transactions on the blockchain.
2019-1-26 01:23 | |
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Central governments often prohibit the circulation of regional ‘certificates,’ bills or other forms of money, arguing that these can devolve control over national monetary systems. At the same time, authorities are often unaware of the economic effects of introducing local currencies.
2019-1-25 18:44 | |
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The Global Blockchain Association (Tokyo, President: Toshikazu Masuyama) is proud to host the largest blockchain conference in Asia: The Japan Blockchain Conference (JBC) – 2019 Yokohama, to be held on 30 and 31 January in the vibrant port city of Yokohama, only 30 minutes from the center of Tokyo. The conference will host top companies […]
2019-1-25 18:11 | |
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Token-funded blockchain project Tron is not only hiring while others cut staff, it's recruiting an entourage for its founder.
2019-1-25 01:45 | |
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Bitcoin users may, before long, be able to benefit from a trick called “Taproot. ” First proposed by Bitcoin Core contributor and former Blockstream CTO Gregory Maxwell, Taproot would expand on Bitcoin’s smart contract flexibility, while offering more privacy in doing so.
2019-1-25 01:19 | |
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If there is only a single aspect that crypto companies need to focus on during 2019 to be able to achieve better results is security. At least that’s our take after seeing what Hartej Sawhney has to say.
2019-1-24 14:51 | |
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Recently on the popular blockchain and cryptocurrency podcast “Unchained”, host Laura Shin interviewed Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, the founders of New York-based crypto exchange Gemini. During the podcast, the Winklevoss brothers explained some of the issues that have held up not only Gemini’s but other ETF projects as well.
2019-1-24 23:59 | |
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Speaking with Bloomberg’s Daybreak Asia radio show January 21, 2019, professor Silvio Micali of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) spoke positively on the future of blockchain, believing that global blockchain development can lead to the establishment a truly borderless economy.
2019-1-23 06:00 | |
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For a lot of people, blockchain technology is only a new type of tech that is used for creating and supporting cryptocurrencies. While this is true, it is far from being the only use for blockchain.
2019-1-23 23:11 | |
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MediConnect is the only blockchain solution intended to revolutionize the use of medication in the UK. It will prevent the over-prescribing to patients of medication from multiple pharmacies, reduce addiction, provide traceability of drugs from manufacturers, wholesalers, prescribers and pharmacies all the way through to patients.
2019-1-21 22:03 | |
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The EOSIO blockchain protocol published by Block. one has only existed for seven months but is already the home of 260 projects. The EOSIO-based projects provide a host of blockchain based software solutions in healthcare, social network, payments, marketplace, gaming, and many more categories.
2019-1-21 17:04 | |
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Bitcoin is Alistair Milne’s “*only* sure thing” in terms of a cryptocurrency that will last a century, the investor has revealed
2019-1-22 11:43 | |
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If organizations could only augment blockchain’s strengths—its immutability, security, and decentralization—while addressing its latency and scalability issues, it could become the vaunted enterprise tool it was initially intended.
2019-1-21 10:12 | |
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On January 16, 2019, BitWage announced their partnership with Simply Efficient HR, a Texas-based payroll and human resources company to enable the payment of W2 employee and payroll taxes in bitcoin or ether.
2019-1-19 19:00 | |
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Binance’s cryptocurrency exchange platform has expanded into the European market with its entry into the Island of Jersey, a self-governing dependency of Great Britain.
2019-1-19 00:50 | |
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Vecap is an ambitious and very simple project that ensures the security of a smart home network thanks to innovative blockchain technologies and smart contracts. Every action carried out on the Vecap platform will be recorded in an immutable and virtually invulnerable database – in order to crack it, the hacker would need to get administrator access to 51% of individual devices, which becomes absolutely impossible as the project spreads around the world.
2019-1-18 23:33 | |
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Patreon has been making the case for censorship-resistant money increasingly apparent. The platform allows members to contribute to artists or creators that they support.
2019-1-19 22:15 | |
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Chain Plus Korea, one of the most influential blockchain summit and conference organized by Chainers and MTN (Money Today Network, the 3rd largest Economic Media Group) is about to open on January 23-24 2019 at the Seoul Dragon City in Seoul, with the prediction of 2,000+ audience to attend from worldwide.
2019-1-18 02:00 | |
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Blockchain payment platform BitPay has announced that 2018 has been their most profitable year, having “processed over a $1 Billion again in payments and set a new record for transaction fee revenue.
2019-1-18 22:47 | |
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BitMEX Research in partnership with TokenAnalyst has unveiled their latest report on ICOs on January 16, 2019. It attempts to track the $24 billion of tokens that ICO makers had issued to themselves.
2019-1-17 14:00 | |
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Bitcoin is an open-source protocol that anybody can interact with. It is getting attention and attracting participation in different ways, whether it is through speculation, investing and sending money, all the way to contributing to what’s underneath the hood.
2019-1-16 01:14 | |
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Ethereum will migrate it’s blockchain from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake in a hard forking event dubbed as Constantinople by January 16. But only 16% of its nodes are ready for the upgrade so far.
2019-1-15 18:55 | |
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According to a recent article published by global shipping news source TradeWinds, Israel’s premier cargo-transport company Zim has recently opened up its native blockchain platform [for electronic bills of lading (eB/Ls)] to all of its clients.
2019-1-15 18:51 | |
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We are less than two days before of the much-anticipated Constantinople hard fork on the Ethereum blockchain and uncertainty has sparked as only 20% of all nodes have already upgraded to the new version.
2019-1-15 15:29 | |
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Behind the infrastructure of many decentralized technologies are tools, or “kits,” that compose the overall nature of the technology. In many cases, developers have existing frameworks or programming languages used to create such infrastructure.
2019-1-15 12:00 | |
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Major cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex will launch an over-the-counter (OTC) trading desk today, January 14, 2018, by 18:00 UTC. The service will allow investors to trade nearly 200 digital assets currently offered on the Bittrex trading platform.
2019-1-15 00:10 | |
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I spent a month analyzing a Bitcoin mining study and all I got was this trauma response. From "The Halving Issue" and "FUD Fighters" powered by HIVE Digital Technologies.
The bloc’s executive arm is commissioning a $842K study as it considers what to do about energy-hungry proof-of-work technology
Christopher Jensen from Franklin Templeton tackles myths about crypto in the Crypto for Advisors newsletter.
We are moving from a model of fossil-fueled generation, meaning grid operators must find ways to modulate demand up and down, rather than just moving supply up and down.
TinyTap, a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, rolls out new AI features for educators and parents to generate educational games and images based on prompts.
The company requests the use of tire-derived fuel, citing the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s approval to use the energy source at other industrial facilities in the state.