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Will Facebook’s Libra Force Amazon To Issue A Cryptocurrency?

On Tuesday, June 18th, Facebook announced Libra, its highly-anticipated cryptocurrency. This event raises a pressing question: will other companies in the tech sector follow suit? Although Amazon and Facebook may not face off on social media, the continuing expansion of the Zuckerberg empire into adjacent markets means that Amazon could eventually be one of Facebook’s […] The post Will Facebook’s Libra Force Amazon To Issue A Cryptocurrency? appeared first on Crypto Briefing. дальше »

2019-6-19 19:59


Bitcoin’s volatility – an indication of growth or regression?

Market volatility plays a huge role in the financial ecosystem of assets and cryptocurrencies are regularly linked to its predominant effect. Whenever Bitcoin exhibits a rapid price movement in the market, the majority of the critics tagged the digital currency with extreme volatility and state that it would eventually lead to its downfall, since crypto […] The post Bitcoin’s volatility – an indication of growth or regression? appeared first on AMBCrypto. дальше »

2019-6-17 23:30


BitBay Survey: Poland Bitcoin Usage is Most Common Among Men Under 40, Users are Very Bullish

Many Bitcoin believers have expressed that the number one coin will eventually become the currency of the future. While this could easily be written off as something you would expect from the average bull, a recent survey conducted in Poland has shown that this view is common among the country’s Bitcoin users. BitBay, one of […] дальше »

2019-6-15 19:45


Sidechains vs Plasma vs Sharding

Special thanks to Jinglan Wang for review and feedback One question that often comes up is: how exactly is sharding different from sidechains or Plasma? All three architectures seem to involve a hub-and-spoke architecture with a central “main chain” that serves as the consensus backbone of the system, and a set of “child” chains containing actual user-level transactions. дальше »

2019-6-14 04:03


Are Bitcoin [BTC] & Tether [USDT] joined at the hip?

Bitcoin [BTC], the largest cryptocurrency in the market, and Tether [USDT], the largest stablecoin in the market, were initially pegged on opposite ends of the spectrum. The king coin is rightly considered to be the beacon of decentralized currency, completely detached from the fiat world, one which the cryptocurrency industry aims to eventually move away […] The post Are Bitcoin [BTC] & Tether [USDT] joined at the hip? appeared first on AMBCrypto. дальше »

2019-6-12 16:30


Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Will Pay Interest to Users, Predicts Blockchain Regulator

By CCN Markets: Facebook’s GlobalCoin cryptocurrency will likely pay interest to its users. That’s the prediction of Wyoming Blockchain regulator and crypto champion Caitlin Long. The social media company is gearing up to announce its much-hyped cryptocurrency this month, but very little is still known about the project, known internally as Project Libra. дальше »

2019-6-10 11:13


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What If Satoshi Nakamoto Was ... Sci-Fi Author Neal Stephenson?

Neal Stephenson's early novels contain similar rhetoric to what would eventually show up in the Bitcoin white paper, and his stories usually revolve around fragmented groups of people figuring out how to work together without the need for any centralized figure, but the real be-all, end-all evidence is Stephenson and Satoshi Nakamoto share mirrored initials. дальше »

2019-6-7 23:42


Ex-Bitmain CEO Jihan Wu Unveils China’s Future Bitcoin Monopoly

By CCN: Bitcoin billionaire and former Bitmain CEO Jihan Wu is set to launch a new crypto trading platform next month that could eventually be granted a monopoly by the Chinese government. Jihan Wu Reveals New Path in Wake of Bitmain IPO Disaster Wu’s project, called Matrix, will be a custody and trading firm with substantial ties to Bitmain, one of the world’s largest crypto mining conglomerates. дальше »

2019-6-5 19:34


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Op Ed: Debunking Bitcoin Myths: ‘It’s a Ponzi Scheme’

The accusation that bitcoin is nothing more than a Ponzi scheme is perhaps the oldest, longest-standing criticism of the digital bearer asset. The basic idea is that there is nothing of value here and the entire purpose of bitcoin’s existence is to enrich Satoshi Nakamoto and the speculators who bought in for a few pennies or dollars in the early days by tricking others into buying in at a higher price. дальше »

2019-6-4 19:03


Toxic Crypto Twitter Drama Unfolds Between Bitcoin Developer and Blockstream’s CSO

A recent debate on Twitter has left two significant stakeholders not feeling very chummy with each other. The Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) of Blockstream, Samson Mow, has ended up on the bad side of Matt Corallo who is also the firm’s co-founder, eventually being blocked by the latter. Corallo has complained that Mow, along with […] дальше »

2019-5-30 19:10


Bitcoin SV [BSV] will absorb every other cryptocurrency in the future, claims Calvin Ayre

Whether it’s in the social media, or on the price charts, Bitcoin SV [BSV] has this uncanny ability to stoke the attention of the cryptocurrency industry, at times for good, most times for bad. The communications spearhead for the BSV project, Calvin Ayre, owner of their mouthpiece Coingeek stated that their cryptocurrency will eventually “absorb” […] The post Bitcoin SV [BSV] will absorb every other cryptocurrency in the future, claims Calvin Ayre appeared first on AMBCrypto. дальше »

2019-5-30 09:30


Ethereum is mostly a browser plug-in for Bitcointalk, says Director of Research at Tierion; Vitalik Buterin replies

Recently, Paul Sztorc, Director of Research at Tierion, commented on Ethereum [ETH], the second largest cryptocurrency by market cap and a leading smart contract platform. This comment eventually grabbed the attention of Vitalik Buterin, the creator of Ethereum, who replied to his statement. дальше »

2019-5-28 20:30