Blockchain

Kyber Network’s native token KNC has extended the aggressive rally that started to accelerate at the end of June. On Friday alone, the token has gained over 27% against the US dollar. The surge comes several days ahead of Kyber Network’s next protocol update planned for July 7.KNC Hits Highest Level in 2 YearsOn Friday, KNC has become the best performing cryptocurrency in CoinMarketCap’s top 100 list by a margin. It gained 27% and it’s trading at $1.89 at the time of this writing. The token...

A year after the famous Hollywood actor William Shatner tweeted that Elon Musk and Vitalik Buterin were deciding what to build on Ethereum, the Tesla CEO refuted the rumor but said that he had nothing against the network.Musk: Not Building On EthereumThe Canadian actor, arguably most well-known for his role as Captain Kirk on Star Trek, has been quite favorable towards blockchain and cryptocurrencies in the past.William Shatner (and his role as Captain Kirk). Source: Daily MailAside from...

Hey Informanten, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 917. Heute sprechen wir über folgende Themen: Ethereum Fundamentalwert mit neuem Zwei-Jahres-Hoch, Salamantex bringt flächendeckendes Zahlen mit Krypto nach Österreich & Jeff Bezos Bitcoin. Die heutige Show wird gesponsert von PrimeXBT.com – Handel mit über 30 Vermögenswerten per Bitcoin –Erhalte einen 35% Willkommensbonus auf deine erste Einzahlung – https://bit.ly/PrimeXBT-Bonus 1.) Ethereum Fundamentalwert...

One of the biggest problems with bitcoin transactions is that they are not reversible. If money is sent to the wrong address, the receiver may not be noble enough to give the funds back. An Israel-based startup known as Kirobo is looking to change all that.Kirobo Is Looking to Change Transaction HistoryThe company has recently established a new method of reversing what were once considered to be “irreversible” bitcoin and cryptocurrency transactions. The method – known as “receivable...

According to a recent report, Lithuania may be the first nation to launch a central bank-backed digital coin in the eurozone. The country’s central bank plans a pre-sale of twenty-four thousand blockchain-based digital tokens called LBCOINs.Lithuania To Sell 24k Blockchain-based TokensA Reuters report from earlier today informed that the Baltic country has completed the development stages of the LBCOINs and is preparing for the pre-sale next week.Each of the twenty-four thousand...

Bison Trails announced on June 29 that it will support Ethereum 2.0 transition. The company will offer a suite of products to interact with the Beacon Chain and enable participants to add validates besides scaling their infrastructure automatically.As the countdown to the launch of phase 0 of the Ethereum 2.0 nears the end, different blockchain companies are rushing to realign themselves to take full advantage of the upgraded network. Among them is a New York-based “infrastructure as a...

Hey Informanten, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 916. Heute sprechen wir über folgende Themen: Bitcoin-ETP startet auf XETRA, Bitcoins beliebtes Stock-to-Flow-Modell angeblich nichts als heiße Luft & Bitcoin Diebstahl kein Verbrechen in Russland. Die heutige Show wird gesponsert von PrimeXBT.com – Handel mit über 30 Vermögenswerten per Bitcoin –Erhalte einen 35% Willkommensbonus auf deine erste Einzahlung – https://bit.ly/PrimeXBT-Bonus 1.) Physisch...

Median transaction fees on Ethereum just hit their highest point in almost two years, as the network struggles under heavy congestion.Meanwhile, Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin confirmed on June 30 that the network would have to make do with current off-chain scaling solutions for the next two years. That’s until the planned scaling capabilities of Ethereum 2.0 are finally brought to fruition.Ethereum Median Transaction Fees SpikeIn the 48 hours leading up to June 30, the median transaction...

Starting with July 1st, 2020, the Uppsala Security’s Global Crypto Incident Response Center will investigate incidents reported by Samsung Blockchain Wallet users.Through a medium post, Uppsala Security team announced that it had signed a ‘Business Service Partnership’ contract with Samsung Electronics and also agreed to provide customer support services for the Samsung Blockchain Wallet starting with July 1st, 2020.Uppsala Security is based in Singapore, however, it has branch offices in...

Bolt Labs announced today that it plans to integrate its off-chain Bitcoin private payments protocol called zkChannels to the Tezos blockchain. The company is working with teams at Nomadic Labs and Metastate to complete the integration via an amendment proposal to be done by 2021.zkChannels To Build On TezosOriginally called BOLT, zkChannels v1 protocol saw the light of day earlier this year when Bolt Labs announced that it “enables private payments via zero-knowledge proof of knowledge...