Blockchain

It has been a good start to this year so far for the cryptocurrency markets. The overall cryptocurrency market cap has added over $45 billion since January 1. The cryptocurrency market cap surged from $191 billion to now at $238 billion registering over 20% gains.Bitcoin, the crypto king, has undoubtedly been a star performer as well! In just the first 20 days of 2020, the Bitcoin price surged nearly 30% bringing the excitement back among its investors. Earlier this week, the BTC price...

Ethereum Classic (ETC) has had an exciting start of the year. ETC price has climbed and the token briefly made it to the top ten coins recently. At the time, the leaderboard was dominated by three bitcoins and two eths for several hours.This copy clone of Ethereum can be merged into Ethereum 2.0 in the same way as a new shard-like eth’s current Proof of Work (PoW) chain will be integrated. Ethereum’s co-founder, Vitalik Buterin, publicly said that it is technically very possible. He...

Leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance has completed its Q4 2019 burn of the Binance coin (BNB). It was the 10th quarterly token burn the exchange has done since the launch of the BNB in July 2017. The event, which took place during the weekend, saw a total of 2.2 million BNB worth more than $38 million destroyed. Although the figure represents a mere 1.1% of the total supply of BNB, it is Binance’s second and third-biggest burn in terms of USD and BNB, respectively. What Is A Token...

Starting today, January 21, the annual World Economic Forum 2020 is kicking off in Davos, Switzerland, with global leaders seen participating. Like always, this will also be a four-day event going up to January 24.This year’s WEF 2020’s theme is “Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World”. Like every year, global leaders will speak on issues of the global economy and wider participation of countries for overall sustainable growth. Besides, there will also be talks on avoiding trade...

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has reportedly submitted a framework to oversee digital wallets holding large amounts of value. If approved, it would also include Facebook’s controversial stablecoin, Libra, and its digital wallet – Calibra.APRA To Oversee Calibra?Upon its announcement, Facebook’s Libra quickly attracted the attention of watchdogs. The social media mogul also created a blockchain-based digital wallet called Calibra, that would store and move the future...

As the world remains in crisis over the recent conflicts between the U.S. and Iran, looking at Bitcoin price, we can say that the major cryptocurrencies experiences one of the best weeks in recent years.Bitcoin Trading Volumes through the Roof in 2020Bitcoin has been around for a while and has seen its ups and downs, leaving the public constantly questioning the direction this popular cryptocurrency will go next. We have seen incredible spikes in value as well as quick drops, which has left...

Hey Krypto Fans, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 795. Heute sprechen wir über folgende Themen: Bitcoin Mining fährt fünf Milliarden US-Dollar ein, Ethereum durch DEFI zu 1 Billion Marktkapitalisierung & Maduro startet Petro Krypto Casino. 1.) Bitcoin Mining fährt fünf Milliarden US-Dollar einhttps://www.btc-echo.de/bitcoin-mining-faehrt-fuenf-milliarden-us-dollar-ein/ 2.) Ethereum kann durch DeFi eine Billionen Dollar Marktkapitalisierung...

Pour le début de cette année nouvelle, Bitcoin Liège propose un nouveau format de meetup : le meetup technique. Le premier expliquera comment installer et sécuriser un nœud Bitcoin sur un raspberry pi 4. La semaine qui suivra un autre meetup sera consacré à l’installation et sécurisation d’un lnd (lightning network daemon) sur un Raspberry pi 4. « A la fin de ces deux meetups, nous aurons donc un...

Sports and blockchain technology have gotten along quite well in the past few years, and the latest evidence shows how much that relationship has matured. The Sacramento Kings basketball team is working with ConsenSys to launch a new blockchain-based auction platform that will allow it to sell retired jerseys on the Ethereum network.The Kings and Ethereum: A Perfect Match?The partnership will permit individuals to “live-bid” on retired jerseys. The maneuver is designed to fight fraud and...

UK’s Revenue and Customs agency is ready to invest up to $130,000 towards the development and implementation of a new “cryptoanalysis” tool. According to a recent report, the United Kingdom’s tax authority, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is looking for, “vendors to showcase their capabilities by demonstrating their expertise in the field of crypto-asset tracing.”The new software tool will be used to help the tax authority trace several types of cryptocurrency transactions, which are stored...