Blockchain

The Hedera Governing Council recently announced that it had allocated 10.7 billion HBAR, Hedera Hashgraph’s native token, to fund the development and expansion of the ecosystem. The official announcement revealed that the amount worth approximately $4.5 billion at the current market price ($0.42) represents 20% of the token’s total supply. Interestingly, the value of the 10.7 billion HBAR has more than doubled since the Governing Council approved the allocation at a July 14...

Coinbase and the U.S. Homeland Security have struck a million-dollar deal to allow the U.S. government to use the exchange’s services to analyze American citizens’ data. According to official documents, The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) – a branch of the U.S. Homeland Security Dept. dedicated to cross-border crime and illegal immigration – paid Coinbase $1.36 million in licensing fees for Coinbase Analytics software. Pay to Trace, Pay to Tell This would be the...

Walmart has been making a real name for itself in the crypto space. Many analysts were thrilled when the retailer announced not too long ago that it was looking to hire a crypto product specialist for its new blockchain division, suggesting that the firm was following in the steps of Amazon, one of its biggest competitors. Walmart and Litecoin… If Only! According to a recent news release, the company had engaged in a partnership with leading altcoin Litecoin, which...

Major multinational professional services company Ernst & Young (EY) announced the adoption of the Polygon protocol for the deployment of its blockchains to provide faster transactions and lower costs for its enterprise clients who transact on the Ethereum mainnet. EY Clients Can Now Access Polygon Network The “Big Four” consulting firm stated in the press release from earlier this week that it has integrated its flagship blockchain services such as EY Blockchain Analyzer...

Satoshi Nakamoto – the pseudonym for the yet undiscovered creator(s) of Bitcoin– has had a faceless bronze statue erected in ‘his’ honor in Hungary. Depicting Bitcoin’s Anonymous Creator The sculpture was unveiled in a technology-themed park in Budapest – the capital of Hungary – where also stands a statue of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. Fans pose with Satoshi statue. Source: New York PostAs Nakamoto is an anonymous figure, some have compared the difficulty of designing...

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While attending Tuesday’s SALT conference, billionaire fund manager and New York Mets owner Steve Cohen discussed why he had taken a personal and financial interest in the cryptocurrency industry. Interestingly, this comes after dismissing the space for years previously. Cohen: From Skeptic to Supporter As reported by Bloomberg, Cohen says it was his “crypto maniac” son who convinced him to investigate the industry further. He has since spent a number of months meeting...

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BSDEX Marktkommentar vom 14. September 2021 Ethereum (ETH), nach Bitcoin das bekannteste Asset im Krypto-Anlageuniversum, hat am 5. August eines der größten und einflussreichsten Updates der vergangenen Jahre durchgeführt. Die auch als London-Upgrade bekannte Verbesserung wurde nicht umsonst sehnlichst von der Community erwartet. Das Update – formal als EIP-1559 bezeichnet – zielt darauf ab, die Kostenstruktur für Transaktionen auf der...

Die Advanced Blockchain AG freut sich bekannt zu geben, dass sie erfolgreich ein Büro in Stockholm eröffnet und ein Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) mit Stockholm Innovation & Growth (Sting), dem führenden Inkubator in den nordischen Ländern, unterzeichnet hat. Geleitet wird die neu gegründete Partnerschaft von Simon Telian, Vorstandsmitglied und Group Chief Investment Officer der Advanced Blockchain AG, der als treibende Kraft hinter den...