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You won’t be able to spend your cryptocurrency in Starbucks anytime soon

No, you won’t be able to spend your cryptocurrency at Starbucks. Last Friday, Starbucks announced that it would be joining and supporting a project known as Bakkt. If successful, Bakkt will leverage Microsoft’s cloud solutions – probably their blockchain based Azure platform – to create an infrastructure for managing and using digital assets. дальше »

2018-8-6 15:01


Why the lobster emoji has become an unlikely ally to the trans community

It seems like there’s an emoji for everything — from the world’s favorite cry-laughing face to one of Twitter’s least popular emoji, the aerial tramway. The Unicode Consortium (the group who decides what emoji make it onto our phones) has managed to clog up our keyboards with hundreds of emoji that we’ll probably never use, I mean, when was the last time you used the ABCD emoji in conversation? But while there seems to be an emoji to represent everyone and everything, a significant group has been completely left out — the transgender community. дальше »

2018-8-6 14:55


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There’s A Bitcoin Mole Within The SEC, What Could This Mean?

According to reports, Bitcoin have a mole within the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), with regulation looming, is this going to be a deal breaker for Bitcoin? Moreover, how important is this for cryptocurrency in the United States over all? The Chair of the SEC Jay Clayton is said to have a very fond knowledge of cryptocurrencies, a rumour that seems to have been confirmed by the release of a transcript of a recent meeting within the SEC. дальше »

2018-8-3 12:30


Coinbase добавила поддержку фунта для британских криптоинвесторов

Криптовалютная биржа Coinbase добавила возможность ввода/вывода британского фунта (GBP). Starting today, Coinbase customers in the UK will be able to seamlessly move GBP in and out of their accounts using the Faster Payments service. дальше »

2018-8-2 10:18


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Blockstream Buys Mining Equipment From Chinese Manufacturer Innosilicon

Blockstream, one of the largest Bitcoin Core funding contributors, has evidently bought a lot of cryptocurrency mining equipment from the Chinese electronics hardware manufacturer Innosilicon. Does this mean that the company is setting up its own mining center? Also Read: Thomson Reuters Eikon to Display Data on 50 Cryptocurrencies From Cryptocompare Blockstream Buys Mining Equipment […] The post Blockstream Buys Mining Equipment From Chinese Manufacturer Innosilicon appeared first on Bitcoin News. дальше »

2018-8-1 05:00


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Bitcoin Price Analysis: How Many Days Can We Trade Sideways?

Decisions by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) appear to have put a temporary damper on the current Bitcoin rally. Does the quick recovery to $8,250 mean the bull reversal is still intact? Market Overview BTC dipped to $7,900 on the recent denial of the Winklevoss brothers Bitcoin ETF application, and the postponement of Direxion BTC ETF decision by the SEC, but it’s clear that current events were not the sole factor for this Read More The post Bitcoin Price Analysis: How Many Days Can We Trade Sideways? appeared first on Bitcoinist.com. дальше »

2018-7-29 14:00


Winklevoss twins’ Bitcoin ETF disapproval doesn’t mean Bitcoin has no value, says SEC

On 26th July, the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission disapproved a rule change proposed by the Bats BZX Exchange to trade the Winklevoss twins Bitcoin ETF for the second time. On 30th June 2016, the exchange company had filed for a proposed rule change with the States and Exchanges Commission. The proposal for the rule change […] дальше »

2018-7-28 23:16


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China now downplaying the fact that blockchain could be social construct in efforts to enhance its presence.

However, that does not mean that China is opposed to the potential revolutionary technology that comes from cryptocurrencies and their underlying base — blockchain. In fact, China is building toward being a nation that separates the decentralized cryptocurrencies from the underlying blockchain. дальше »

2018-7-24 20:09


A study on issues of competition in fintech, commissioned by the European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs was published July 20. It found that central bank-issued digital currencies could be a “remedy” for a lack of

Europen Union Study shows central banks coming together with their own digital currencies, i.e., CBDCs could mean an end of the journey for the decentralized digital tokens. Bitcoin has been struggling for quite some time for its mainstream adoption, as crypto investors and enthusiasts are waiting for developers to bring a robust scalability solution. On дальше »

2018-7-23 18:43


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Governance, Part 2: Plutocracy Is Still Bad

Coin holder voting, both for governance of technical features, and for more extensive use cases like deciding who runs validator nodes and who receives money from development bounty funds, is unfortunately continuing to be popular, and so it seems worthwhile for me to write another post explaining why I (and Vlad Zamfir and others) do not consider it wise for Ethereum (or really, any base-layer blockchain) to start adopting these kinds of mechanisms in a tightly coupled form in any significant way. дальше »

2018-7-21 23:03


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Grayscale Investments’ $250M Record Shows Appetite For Bitcoin Is Growing

Barry Silbert’s Grayscale Investments has released an income report which defies the theory that lower Bitcoin prices mean less cash flowing into cryptocurrency.   Who Cares About Bitcoin Prices? In its Digital Asset Investment Report, Grayscale revealed the highest rate of investment in its history — $250 million since January. дальше »

2018-7-19 03:00


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Western Union Blockchain Patent, What Does This Mean For Ripple XRP

In February of this year, Western Union CEO Hikmet Ersek confirmed that his company was indeed experimenting with Ripple’s products for settling transactions and capital optimisation. This came a month after Ripple, which is striving to become the top-name in global money transfers, announced several high-profile partnerships including the potential tie in with Western Union’s rival, Moneygram. дальше »

2018-7-16 06:00