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Cosmos

Coinbase custodian platform added Cosmos staking support

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Coinbase Custody, the custodial platform of the American cryptocurrency company Coinbase for institutional investors, added support for Cosmos token staking (ATOM). This feature will allow Coinbase Custody customers to store ATOM tokens and generate passive income. Coinbase Custody did not disclose...

Blockchain developer

Best Blockchain Development Companies in Eastern Europe

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No more than a dozen years ago, the reliability of blockchain technology was called into question, but by the beginning of 2020, most professionals recognized it as a smart solution to business problems. And the technology began to grow more actively. The ever-growing demand for blockchain...

Binance

China approves Binance listing in the national domain zone

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Cryptocurrency exchange Binance registered a domain name through the government of China. In April, the Ministry of Industry and Information of China approved the domain name Binance.cn. The domain name is registered with Shanghai Bi Nai Shi Information Technology (the name says Binance...

Cash App

Cash App helps users automatically invest in Bitcoins

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Square payment network said that bitcoins and promotions are now on the menu of Cash App users who would like to “minimize the impact of market fluctuations.” Square's Cash App now allows users to make automated Bitcoin purchases at regular intervals. The Cash App already has a Bitcoin wallet,...

Hack

Hackers attacked supercomputers in Europe for mining plans

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Hackers tried to crack supercomputers in European countries last week to use their power to mine crypto. Entire clusters of supercomputers were stabbed in several countries, such as Germany, the UK, Spain, and Switzerland. Hackers tried to crack mainly university machines. Last Monday, the press...

CME

CME Bitcoin options market activity increases after halving

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Trading volumes and open interest in the CME Group bitcoin options market increased after a reduction in remuneration for a (halving) block last Monday. According to data from the analytical company Skew, open interest (or the number of open positions) grew from $ 35 million on May 11 to $ 142...

Bitcoin Cash

What is Bitcoin Cash?

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After the vote for the introduction of the SegWit2x protocol, in Summer 2017, the hard fork of the leading crypto was released. That is precisely how owners of Bitcoins become owners of Bitcoin Cash, and how the currency was made. This fork is the largest and loudest in the history of digital...

Visa

Visa filed patent application for "digital fiat currency"

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Visa payment company filed a patent application for "digital fiat currency." On Thursday, May 14, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued the Visa patent application, which was incipiently filed in November 2019. The application describes a system for combining the advantages of...

Pantera Capital

Pantera Capital CEO tells why rulers won't let stablecoins

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Pantera Capital's founding partner and CEO Orchid (OXT), Dr. Stephen Waterhouse, said the US government would never allow private companies to challenge the dollar. In an interview that was recorded before the head of Telegram, Pavel Durov, officially announced the abandonment of the TON...

Glassnode

Glassnode analysts noted a decrease in major Ether holders

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A report from the Glassnode platform said that since the beginning of 2020, the number of large holders or so-called “whales” has been declining. This week, on the Ethereum network, the number of addresses with 10,000 ETH and bleat dropped to 1,050. This is the lowest since last January. In...

FATF

East Asia is most prepared to implement FATF principles

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CoolBitX founder Michael Ou says Asian countries are leading the way in introducing a “travel rule” for the FATF, which should be offered no later than June 2020. CoolBitX itself has developed a solution to implement the travel rule called Sygna Bridge. It allows exchanges to communicate with...

BTC

After halving, bitcoin hashrate decreased by 16%

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Bitcoin hash rate decreased by about 16% after the third decrease in block reward. According to estimates, the daily income of miners fell by about 44% after halving - from $ 16.1 million to $ 9 million. Most old miners, such as Antminer S9, are now unprofitable. Miners of the new generation -...

Durov

Telegram officially abandoned TON and Gram tokens

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In a message dated May 12, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov announced that after a long struggle with the SEC, his company officially terminated its participation in the TON and Gram projects, which were launched in 2017. In his post entitled “What is the TON project, and why was it stopped?” Durov...

Youtube

YouTube disabled live streaming of Cointelegraph

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YouTube video hosting has disabled the live streaming of the halving process hosted by the Cointelegraph website. The Cointelegraph intended to broadcast live the third BTC halving, which took place on May 11 at 2 PM Central Time. Before the interruption of the broadcast on YouTube, Tim Draper,...

Buterin

Ethereum 2.0 will be launched in July

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At the Consensus: Distributed conference on Monday, May 11, Vitalik Buterin announced that the launch of Ethereum 2.0 is going to begin in July. The update, also known as Serenity, has been repeatedly delayed. It was incipiently planned for January 2020, then moved to the second quarter, and then...

Paylup

Paylup.com pays 5% interest cause people are lending

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When it comes to opportunities for earning interest with no account fees, more and more individuals are turning to Paylup.com – an up-and-coming fintech business comprised of techsavvy entrepreneurs with vast experience in finance and banking. The company is located in Vanuatu, a small island in...

Buybitcoins

Crypto exchange Buybitcoins rolls out new marketplace

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Created by a group of businessmen to offer a global financial market for peer-to-peer cryptocurrency exchange, Buybitcoins aims to make the buying and selling process more accessible for everyone. The step-by-step process is designed to help all users from absolute beginners to experienced old...

New York City District Court

The court made Telegram report on all transactions of Grams

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The New York City District Court inquired Telegram to present the SEC with all information about the placement of the Gram digital currency. Pavel Durov’s advocates and delegates of the US regulator will meet to discuss the terms of transaction disclosure between the organization and investors....

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