03-12-2020, 06:38 AM
Alibaba Files for a Blockchain Transaction System in Brazil
Cointelegraph
Published Few hours ago
Alibaba Files for a Blockchain Transaction System in Brazil
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has registered a blockchain-based system patent in Brazil under the category of "insurance," "financial business" and "monetary business,” Regarding the financial solution, the patent covers real estate services, credit card payment systems, invoice processing and the strengthening of security to process transactions. The patent continues to mention blockchain technology as the matrix of the system. Read Full on Cointelegraph
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Binance Dollar Exceeds $100 Million Cap ‒ 400% Growth
Cointelegraph
Published Few hours ago
Binance Dollar Exceeds $100 Million Cap ‒ 400% Growth
On March 10, the Binance Dollar’s (BUSD) market cap crossed the $100 million mark. This is the first time that the stable coin, created in partnership between Binance and Paxos Trust company, has achieved this milestone.BUSD had a slow start, but has picked up steam (no pun intended) recently ‒ with a 400% monthly growth, going from $22 million to $115 million in market cap. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao believes this growth will continue due to the ever-increasing utility of the stable coin. Read Full on Cointelegraph
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South Carolina Senate Recognizes Potential of Blockchain
legiscan
Published Today
South Carolina Senate Recognizes Potential of Blockchain
The State Senate of South Carolina has passed a resolution recognizing the potential of blockchain technology. Specifically, the bill highlights the urgent priority of adopting emerging technologies throughout the state, with an objective “to become the capital for the real-world application of the emerging technology of blockchain.” The news came on the heels of the introduction of the “Crypto-Currency Act of 2020,” a bill that looks to provide legitimacy to crypto assets in the United States. Read Full on legiscan
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Libra rival Celo Launches 50 member Alliance for Prosperity
Decrypt
Published Today
Libra rival Celo Launches 50 member Alliance for Prosperity
The Celo Foundation, the nonprofit wing of the Celo open-source blockchain project, unveiled the Alliance for Prosperity, a network of organizations who will leverage blockchain tech and Celo's stablecoin to foster global financial inclusion for the billions of people worldwide locked out of banks, credit, and investment vehicles. Many of these organizations have on-the-ground operations that will begin to get Celo into the hands of those who have been underserved by the current global financial system. Read Full on Decrypt
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Whale Moved 25 Million XRP to Bistamp
Bitcoinist.com
Published Today
Whale Moved 25 Million XRP to Bistamp
The recent market sell-off may not affect only stocks and Bitcoin (BTC). Apparently, XRP whales are also looking for a fiat position, as one wallet moves 24.95 million tokens to a crypto exchange. A recent “whale” transaction reveals a tranche of 25 million XRP coins was sent to Bitstamp today. The coins moved just a day after Bitcoin experienced a massive sell-off which sent it plunging under $8,000. The origin of that XRP, worth more than $5.2 million, is uncertain. Read Full on Bitcoinist.com
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Blockchain Lender Reports 300% Surge as Fed Slashes Interest Rates
Cointelegraph
Published Today
Blockchain Lender Reports 300% Surge as Fed Slashes Interest Rates
A blockchain lending firm has seen the value of total loans funded surge to $1 billion since the United States Federal Reserve announced its emergency stimulus interest rate cut last week. Figure Technologies which claims to be the industry’s first fintech to bring lending to the blockchain said loan applications with the firm had soared by 300% since the Fed’s action. Figure Technologies uses its own blockchain, Provenance, to process consumer loans. Read Full on Cointelegraph
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Jimmy So
ng: Bitcoin Would Hit $100K, NoCoiners will Regret
twitter
Published Today
Jimmy Song: Bitcoin Would Hit $100K, NoCoiners will Regret
Bitcoin maximalist and developer Jimmy Song has warned nocoiners who are yet to buy Bitcoin. Jimmy is optimistic about Bitcoin’s growth despite all criticism from haters. The entrepreneur believes a unit of BTC will sooner or later hit $100K valuation, and this would be sorrowful for those who think it is not worth buying. Jimmy said that people who don’t want to buy now when the crypto is at the dip and cheap will remember the moments when they shied away because of fear. Read Full on twitter
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Cardano Releases Ouroboros Hydra Research Paper
BTCMANAGER
Published Today
Cardano Releases Ouroboros Hydra Research Paper
Cardano (ADA) blockchain project has published a research paper on Ouroboros Hydra, a proof of stake algorithm (PoS), and it marks a significant milestone in the development of the Cardano distributed ledger. Ouroboros Hydra is aimed at making the decentralized network faster as it gains more users and it took five years for the project to be completed. Cardano revealed that simulations of the network show each Hydra head can complete 1,000 transactions per second. Read Full on BTCMANAGER
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IOTA Back Online After Damning Hack
twitter
Published 1 Day ago
IOTA Back Online After Damning Hack
IOTA is finally back on track after switching off the network for almost a month to deal with the fallout from the $2 mln hack. The Tangle-based network was effectively switched off on Feb. 13 after bad actors exploited a vulnerability in the Trinity Wallet. Following hack, co-founder David Sonstebo has already said all victims of the hack will be compensated. IOTA is also currently working on the implementation of the Coordicide protocol upgrade to make the network decentralized without sacrificing its security. Read Full on twitter
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BAT Rewards Can Now be Redeemed at Amazon, Apple
brave
Published 1 Day ago
BAT Rewards Can Now be Redeemed at Amazon, Apple
Brave, a privacy-preserving browser that rewards its users with BAT for the adds they choose to watch has partnered with TAP Network to provide its USA users with access to rewards from 250,000 brands. Partnership will allow its users to redeem their Basic Attention Tokens for “for real-world rewards” offered by different national brands that are a part of the network. These brands include Uber, Starbucks, Xbox, Playstation, Hulu, HBO, Amazon, Apple, Target, Domino’s and Walmart. Read Full on brave
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Cointelegraph
Published Few hours ago
Alibaba Files for a Blockchain Transaction System in Brazil
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has registered a blockchain-based system patent in Brazil under the category of "insurance," "financial business" and "monetary business,” Regarding the financial solution, the patent covers real estate services, credit card payment systems, invoice processing and the strengthening of security to process transactions. The patent continues to mention blockchain technology as the matrix of the system. Read Full on Cointelegraph
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Binance Dollar Exceeds $100 Million Cap ‒ 400% Growth
Cointelegraph
Published Few hours ago
Binance Dollar Exceeds $100 Million Cap ‒ 400% Growth
On March 10, the Binance Dollar’s (BUSD) market cap crossed the $100 million mark. This is the first time that the stable coin, created in partnership between Binance and Paxos Trust company, has achieved this milestone.BUSD had a slow start, but has picked up steam (no pun intended) recently ‒ with a 400% monthly growth, going from $22 million to $115 million in market cap. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao believes this growth will continue due to the ever-increasing utility of the stable coin. Read Full on Cointelegraph
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South Carolina Senate Recognizes Potential of Blockchain
legiscan
Published Today
South Carolina Senate Recognizes Potential of Blockchain
The State Senate of South Carolina has passed a resolution recognizing the potential of blockchain technology. Specifically, the bill highlights the urgent priority of adopting emerging technologies throughout the state, with an objective “to become the capital for the real-world application of the emerging technology of blockchain.” The news came on the heels of the introduction of the “Crypto-Currency Act of 2020,” a bill that looks to provide legitimacy to crypto assets in the United States. Read Full on legiscan
usablockchain
Libra rival Celo Launches 50 member Alliance for Prosperity
Decrypt
Published Today
Libra rival Celo Launches 50 member Alliance for Prosperity
The Celo Foundation, the nonprofit wing of the Celo open-source blockchain project, unveiled the Alliance for Prosperity, a network of organizations who will leverage blockchain tech and Celo's stablecoin to foster global financial inclusion for the billions of people worldwide locked out of banks, credit, and investment vehicles. Many of these organizations have on-the-ground operations that will begin to get Celo into the hands of those who have been underserved by the current global financial system. Read Full on Decrypt
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Whale Moved 25 Million XRP to Bistamp
Bitcoinist.com
Published Today
Whale Moved 25 Million XRP to Bistamp
The recent market sell-off may not affect only stocks and Bitcoin (BTC). Apparently, XRP whales are also looking for a fiat position, as one wallet moves 24.95 million tokens to a crypto exchange. A recent “whale” transaction reveals a tranche of 25 million XRP coins was sent to Bitstamp today. The coins moved just a day after Bitcoin experienced a massive sell-off which sent it plunging under $8,000. The origin of that XRP, worth more than $5.2 million, is uncertain. Read Full on Bitcoinist.com
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Blockchain Lender Reports 300% Surge as Fed Slashes Interest Rates
Cointelegraph
Published Today
Blockchain Lender Reports 300% Surge as Fed Slashes Interest Rates
A blockchain lending firm has seen the value of total loans funded surge to $1 billion since the United States Federal Reserve announced its emergency stimulus interest rate cut last week. Figure Technologies which claims to be the industry’s first fintech to bring lending to the blockchain said loan applications with the firm had soared by 300% since the Fed’s action. Figure Technologies uses its own blockchain, Provenance, to process consumer loans. Read Full on Cointelegraph
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Jimmy So
ng: Bitcoin Would Hit $100K, NoCoiners will Regret
Published Today
Jimmy Song: Bitcoin Would Hit $100K, NoCoiners will Regret
Bitcoin maximalist and developer Jimmy Song has warned nocoiners who are yet to buy Bitcoin. Jimmy is optimistic about Bitcoin’s growth despite all criticism from haters. The entrepreneur believes a unit of BTC will sooner or later hit $100K valuation, and this would be sorrowful for those who think it is not worth buying. Jimmy said that people who don’t want to buy now when the crypto is at the dip and cheap will remember the moments when they shied away because of fear. Read Full on twitter
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Cardano Releases Ouroboros Hydra Research Paper
BTCMANAGER
Published Today
Cardano Releases Ouroboros Hydra Research Paper
Cardano (ADA) blockchain project has published a research paper on Ouroboros Hydra, a proof of stake algorithm (PoS), and it marks a significant milestone in the development of the Cardano distributed ledger. Ouroboros Hydra is aimed at making the decentralized network faster as it gains more users and it took five years for the project to be completed. Cardano revealed that simulations of the network show each Hydra head can complete 1,000 transactions per second. Read Full on BTCMANAGER
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IOTA Back Online After Damning Hack
Published 1 Day ago
IOTA Back Online After Damning Hack
IOTA is finally back on track after switching off the network for almost a month to deal with the fallout from the $2 mln hack. The Tangle-based network was effectively switched off on Feb. 13 after bad actors exploited a vulnerability in the Trinity Wallet. Following hack, co-founder David Sonstebo has already said all victims of the hack will be compensated. IOTA is also currently working on the implementation of the Coordicide protocol upgrade to make the network decentralized without sacrificing its security. Read Full on twitter
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BAT Rewards Can Now be Redeemed at Amazon, Apple
brave
Published 1 Day ago
BAT Rewards Can Now be Redeemed at Amazon, Apple
Brave, a privacy-preserving browser that rewards its users with BAT for the adds they choose to watch has partnered with TAP Network to provide its USA users with access to rewards from 250,000 brands. Partnership will allow its users to redeem their Basic Attention Tokens for “for real-world rewards” offered by different national brands that are a part of the network. These brands include Uber, Starbucks, Xbox, Playstation, Hulu, HBO, Amazon, Apple, Target, Domino’s and Walmart. Read Full on brave
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