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Braver, a fork of the Brave browser, announced a name change due to legitimate threats from the developers of the original project. Braver is now called Bold Browser. The controversy arose because the name Brave is too related to Braver. Brave CEO Brendan Eich confirmed that he intended to take...

On July 7, Binance acquired Swipe, which develops its crypto wallet and issues debit cryptocurrency cards in the Visa payment system. On July 10, Binance CEO Changpen Zhao demonstrated the first use of the Binance Card debit cryptocurrency card, the announcement of which took place in April 2020....

Former President of Switzerland and member of the Board of Directors of CV VC startup Johann Schneider-Ammann spoke about a unique approach to the laws that made Switzerland become the center of cryptocurrencies. CV VC - Crypto Valley Venture Capital is a startup that invests in cryptocurrency...

Bitcoin holders continue to withdraw their coins from cryptocurrency exchanges, the latest Glassnode platform data testifies to this. The trend for the outflow of BTC from trading floors has been dominating since March, that is, after the infamous Black Thursday, when bitcoin collapsed to an annual...

Japan's largest crypto exchange BitFlyer has announced a partnership with the confidential Brave browser to create a cryptocurrency wallet. BitFlyer and Brave have announced that they will develop a cryptocurrency asset wallet for users of the Brave browser. Japanese users of the Brave browser...

Litecoin (LTC) in 2020 was unable to recover from losses incurred after the August 2019 halving. The volume of transactions with this altcoin fell to the lowest level since 2018. The number of daily transactions is approximately $80 million. That is around 50% higher than EOS, but 45% lower than...

The scale of operations with bitcoin in Argentina continues to grow. That country has already managed to gain a foothold in the ranking of leaders in terms of transaction volumes on the LocalBitcoins platform. Last week, the number of transactions with BTC in Argentina exceeded 101 million pesos,...

During a conversation with businessman Rob Moore, financier Tim Draper again spoke about the benefits of bitcoin. He previously repeatedly expressed his commitment to the first cryptocurrency, but this time he admitted that he owns not only BTC but also some altcoins. Draper evaluates the...

The US SEC announced that it intends to simplify the application process for investment companies, which could also significantly accelerate decision-making on proposals from cryptocurrency and blockchain companies. On July 6, on its website, SEC announced that it had voted in favor of an...

Even though in May 2020, Telegram stopped working on TON blockchain, the TON test network has been working for almost a year. On July 6, an official group of developers of the TON test network announced that it would stop supporting it. By August 1, the remaining validators of the TON test network...

Singapore’s blockchain ecosystem now has 234 companies. Such statistics were provided by a group of organizations, which also compiled a “map” with the logos of these companies. It turned out that since 2019, the number of blockchain companies has grown by more than 50%. The map, which was...

Brock Pierce, an American entrepreneur, and actor is known for his childhood and teenage roles, decided to join the 2020 presidential election. The cryptocurrency venture capitalist announced this on July 5, tweeting: Now that I am running for President of the United States - I’d like to make one...

Jack Mallers, a developer of the popular Lightning wallet Zap Wallet, proclaimed the start of Strike's open beta. With it, users will be able to make payments in bitcoin through direct bank transfers. “We have entered the Visa Fintech Fast Track program. It means accelerating integration with...

Concerning the British company that was engaged in the trade of Gram tokens, Russian law enforcement agencies may initiate a fraud case. The case may be initiated based on a statement by a group of investors of the Telegram Open Network crypto project. They turned to the Investigative Committee for...

Euro Pacific Capital CEO Peter Schiff tweeted another post praising gold and criticizing bitcoin. The financier published similar messages on a social network earlier. This time, he criticized the so-called BTC hodlers. Hodlers are cryptocurrency holders who do not part with it even when its value...

The famous engineer Elon Musk once again expressed his attitude to the cryptocurrency industry. Founder of Tesla and SpaceX previously stated that his favorite coin is Dogecoin. Now on Twitter, he commented on the Ethereum project. The engineer wrote that he does not use Ethereum in any way, and he...

Against the background of the approaching integration of the Shelley update into the work of the network, Cardano (ADA) grew in price by almost 10%. On the night of Thursday, July 2, the coin rose to the highest level since June 30, 2019. At the time of publication of this review, the ADA rate...

At the end of 2019, LocalBitcoins revenue added approximately 10%, amounting to $ 29.5 million. The data are presented in comparison with 2018, then the total income of the cryptocurrency platform amounted to $ 26.9 million. The company was able to improve its financial performance even though last...