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Bakkt, the Bitcoin futures platform launched and operated by the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), has released its long-anticipated application. Dubbed Bakkt App, it would enable customers to interact with BTC and other crypto assets directly through the platform. Additionally, the company has partnered with several notable firms, including Best Buy and Starbucks. Bakkt App Arrives Launched in 2018, Bakkt enables institutional and accredited investors to receive BTC exposure...

The rapidly expanding popularity of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has far exceeded the realm of the music industry and has reached the US Major League Baseball (MLB). The President and CEO of the Toronto Blue Jays recently said that his team and the entire league are actively looking for ways to employ NFTs to bolster fan interest in the sport. The MLB Heads for NFTs NFTs are arguably the hottest trend in the cryptocurrency space, perhaps only sharing the popularity crown with...

So you want to start mining but don’t have enough money to buy an ASIC or the latest GPU to mine your favorite Proof-of-Work crypto? Don’t worry, soon you will be able to mine cryptocurrencies with the power of your mind, thanks to Microsoft. And no, it’s not a late April Fools day joke. According to documents from the World Intellectual Property Organization, Microsoft has been working for at least one year to develop a system that harnesses the energy of the human body and...

The American businesswoman, model, actress, and celebrity Paris Hilton, owns bitcoin and is “very, very excited” about the first-ever cryptocurrency. Interestingly, the long-time BTC proponent Max Keiser said that the asset saved her from the wicked path she was on. Hilton is ‘Very Excited’ about Bitcoin The primary cryptocurrency has seen mass endorsement from celebrities in the past several months. From entrepreneurs like Michael Saylor and Elon Musk to legendary legacy...

Large banking organizations and institutional investors could reinvigorate their demand for bitcoin soon, commented researchers from JP Morgan Chase & Co. They reasoned that BTC volatility levels have been decreasing in recent weeks, which could be the primary benefit for institutions. BTC’s Volatility Plays a Role for Institutions Analysts representing the giant US multinational investment banks, led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou, have been increasingly interested in...

When it comes down to developing a central bank digital currency (CBDC), perhaps no country is more advanced than China. Upon carrying out several tests in recent months, the People’s Bank of China said that the interest in the innovative initiative is surging, but bitcoin could also have a vital role in that. BTC Behind the Surging CBDC Demand? Although some reports claim that four of every five central banks are currently working on launching their own CBDC, China has been...

IOHK, the company behind Cardano, has partnered with Orion Protocol, becoming the first liquidity aggregator of the Cardano blockchain.  Orion has provided a non-custodial gateway to the crypto market by aggregating liquidity from crypto exchanges into a single DeFi platform. The partnership with Cardano comes after a series of integration to other protocols, such as Binance Smart Chain, Avalanche, and Elrond.  Cardano’s Bridge to the Crypto Market This partnership provides...

Ethereum has stolen the show in the past few days price-wise as the asset surged to a new all-time high at around $2,150 (as of writing these lines). While this may be surprising to some, on-chain data reveals the rapidly growing adoption of the network behind the second-largest cryptocurrency with new records for active addresses. Network Activity Behind ETH’s Latest ATH? The date was March 24th, and a market-wide correction wiped billions off the entire crypto space....

Just a few weeks after IOTA introduced Mana in its testnet platform, the blockchain project has enhanced its trials by releasing a newer version of the Pollen testnet. It will be integrated into two Coordicide modules, which should serve as a major step towards achieving complete decentralization.  In a recent blog post, IOTA announced the release of Pollen v0.5.5, introducing several changes to its network. Most of them are concentrated towards the Coordicide modules, namely...

Bitcoin fans have a lot to celebrate these days. Apart from the skyrocketing price in recent months, the community saw several pro-bitcoin endorsements from (former?) critiques. Peter Schiff finally admitted he was wrong, Anthony Sassano replaced his ETH holdings with BTC, and Litecoin rebranded its product to BitcoinLite. And, all of these milestones, and more, happened on one particular day – April 1st. Schiff Was Wrong about Bitcoin There’s no other way to start this...