Blockchain

Support for Ethereum 2.0 is growing rapidly. In a significant milestone, Eth2’s Medalla test net has expanded to more than 75GB in size. Along with this, the number of staked test ETH on the test net has crossed well above 2 million.Ethereum 2.0 Testnet Size Tops 75 GBAs per the latest reports, two months after the launch of Medalla, every node in the Eth2 test net is already holding more than 75 GB worth of data. It’s predecessor, the parent Ethereum blockchain, has a size of more than 452...

The central bank of Thailand has leveraged blockchain technology running on IBM Cloud to launch the world’s first DLT-based platform for government savings bonds.Within the first two weeks of operations, the blockchain-based platform has issued a total of $1.6 billion of such bonds. The announcement from the International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation reads that the platform enables investors to “benefit from speedy bond issuance, reducing a process that previously took 15 days to two...

Hey Informanten, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 984. Im heutigen Video geht’s um folgende Themen: Der E-Euro kommt – möglicherweise vielleicht bald, Bitcoin Nutzung steigt in Ägypten & Bitcoin Volatilität auf 2 Jahres-Tief. 1.) Der E-Euro kommt – möglicherweise vielleicht baldhttps://www.btc-echo.de/der-e-euro-kommt-moeglicherweise-vielleicht-bald/ 2.) Bitcoin use rise in Egypt amid economic...

It looks like the idea that bitcoin is a “safe haven” of sorts has been challenged this weekend. News of Donald Trump and his hospitalization due to the coronavirus infection has brought an end to the electric surge stocks were experiencing, and as a result, bitcoin is also showing signs of weakness, suggesting that the correlation between the S&P 500 and bitcoin is still there and as strong as ever.News Regarding Trump Brings Down Stocks… and BTCFor the longest time, many industry...

Trump may not like crypto, but the crypto-verse sure doesn’t miss a chance to mess with him. As proof that anything can be tokenized – no matter how trivial or influential – a derivative has just appeared on Uniswap to track the President’s health: Please welcome the Trump Health Index (THI).Little is known about this “project” beyond its name and evolution (and, of course, its smart contract). For purists, it should be an index that goes up when the market has a positive perception of the...

Polkadot-Netzwerk Durch die immer weiter voran schreitende Technologie steht aktuell eine neue Blockchain Generation vor dem Durchbruch. Es handelt sich um das sogenannte Polkadot-Netzwerk, welches eine Lösung für die meisten Probleme eines gewöhnlichen Blockchains parat hat. Dabei wird ein neues Ökosystem generiert, welches vor allem vom KILT Protocol beeinflusst wird. Vor-...

Grammy award-winning music creator André Anjos is the latest artist to tap into the cryptocurrency space. Better known by his stage name RAC, Anjos has launched a new Ethereum based community token for artists.The token is also named RAC. With it, the music producer intends to free artists and content creators from the clutches of large-scale corporations that stifle their financial freedom.RAC Gives Back To The Community With Ethereum Based $RACIn the RAC token issuing platform Zora’s latest...

Remember Atari, the old video game system? The original video game system? Well, it turns out the company is still around, and it’s entering the cryptocurrency arena.Atari Is Releasing Its Own CoinThe firm has announced the establishment of the Atari token, which is set to have a public sale in about a month on the Bitcoin.com exchange. Set for early November, customers or participants looking to take part in the sale can only purchase the coin utilizing five “mainstream” cryptocurrencies....

Mit PayPal Bitcoin kaufen: Endlich schliesst jemand die Lücke von PayPal zu Bitcoin. BitFlyer Europe ist eine Tochtergesellschaft einer japanischen Gesellschaft. Es handelt sich um eine Kryptowährungsbörse. Durch die Neueinführung der Möglichkeit von Einzahlungen über PayPal bei bitFlyer Europe wird eine echte Fiat Krypto-Brücke für europäische Nutzer geschlagen. Die Integration eines so bekannten...

Okay, wir sagen nicht, dass es einen direkten Zusammenhang zwischen diesen Ereignissen gibt, aber es gibt sicher einen Verdacht. Gestern Abend hat die CFTC, BitMEX mit einigen schwerwiegenden Anschuldigungen belastet. Der CFTC zufolge betreibt BitMEX eine nicht registrierte Handelsplattform und verstößt gleichzeitig gegen die Anti-Geldwäsche-Bestimmungen. Unmittelbar nachdem diese Nachricht bekannt...