According to Changpeng Zhao, Bitcoin halving does not have a set price. But after the event, we may expect that the BTC price will react positively. In less than three months, the most anticipated event for the crypto community will take place: Bitcoin halving. Scheduled for May, Bitcoin halving happens at every 210,000 blocks and cuts down the supply of BTC, making the asset more scarce. Now the reward for each block is 12.5 Bitcoin and after halving it will be 6.25 Bitcoin.It takes four...
Read More »#819 IOTA Foundation Tangle Start März & Bitcoin bei den Simpsons
Hey Krypto Fans, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 819. Heute sprechen wir über folgende Themen: IOTA Foundation startet den Tangle wieder im März & Bitcoin wird bei den Simpsons erklärt. 1.) IOTA Foundation startet den Tangle wieder am 2. März 2020https://bitcoin-kurier.de/save-the-date-iota-foundation-startet-den-tangle-wieder-am-2-maerz-2020/ 2.) Bitcoin bei den Simpsons – Wissen die Simpsons wieder mehr als alle...
Read More »Former CFTC Chairman Claims It’s Time for Digital Dollar
Christopher Giancarlo, the CFTC former head, says that the U.S. should issue the digital dollar to compete with other CBDCs. Giancarlo claims that the CBDC dollar is not a competitor to Bitcoin, Ethereum, TON or Libra.Not only the CFTC former head thinks that the FED should issue dollar like bitcoins, but he also states that bitcoin itself can be used as a digital dollar or gold.During Yahoo’s ‘On the Move‘ on Thursday, Christopher Giancarlo said that the Chinese government will create some...
Read More »Binance Office Situated ‘on Mars’, Seychelles, Cayman Islands or Really in Malta?
On February 21, the Malta Financial Service Authority made an official post about the Binance exchange office address. The cryptocurrency market received a hit.A bunch of news media was referring to Binance as to ‘Malta-based exchange’. The fact is that nobody saw that office of Binance situated in Malta. Some crypto journalists like Cryptomedication were asking people in Telegram chats for months: Where is Binance’s office? So far, cryptocurrency enthusiasts had nothing to answer.Despite the...
Read More »Ripple’s Xpring Is Going to Create ‘Bridge to Ethereum’
Ripple’s Xpring is allocating money for three inventors or teams seeking for a solution to XRP Ledger-Ethereum interoperability.Xpring wants to develop a ‘bridge’ between Ethereum and Ripple‘s XRP without having to transfer XRP onto ERC-20 standard. Ethereum developers have joined the bad company – Ripple welcomes all of them to build a bridge between two competing economies. Ripple is looking for a new way of operating with mainstream assets, and the move towards Ethereum is obvious. Despite...
Read More »Bank of America May Become New Member of RippleNet
Bank of America (BoA) is the second-largest bank in the U.S. It reportedly will join RippleNet for fast and cheap cross-border payments and exclusive infrastructure. But there is still no official confirmation.Bank of America has a long history of relationships with the Ripple company. In July 2019, the bank even filed a patent claim based on the new technology: Ripple’s DLT. The institution also has a Real-Time Settlement patent, also they already ran pilot projects with Ripple.Since 2015,...
Read More »Ripple, Microsoft, BitGo and Bitso Are Powering XRP Ledger
BitGo and Bitso are two new additions to RippleNet. Ripple has released information about its current XRP holdings, as well as the list of large companies (like Microsoft) that help Ripple grow.Per the Ripple stats, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is the leading company working on its blockchain and processing the transactions. XRP has entered a turbulence zone recently, with the token price rushing up to $0.29 two days ago. At the moment of writing, its price is $0.28.They are...
Read More »#818 Ein Bitcoin $1300, Gericht beschlagnahmt 52 Millionen Euro in BTC & Schweden E-Krone
Hey Krypto Fans, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 818. Heute sprechen wir über folgende Themen: 1.300 US-Dollar für einen Bitcoin, Gericht beschlagnahmt 52 Millionen Euro in Bitcoin & Schweden testet neue digitale Zentralbankwährung. 1.) 1.300 US-Dollar für einen Bitcoinhttps://www.btc-echo.de/1-300-us-dollar-fuer-einen-bitcoin/ 2.) Gericht beschlagnahmt Bitcoin im Wert von 52 Millionen...
Read More »Sorry Ripple, Brazil’s Central Bank to Launch Near-Instant Payments without XRP
Brazil won’t adopt RippleNet or XRP as the Central Bank has announced its own payment network with low fees, fast transactions and huge liquidity. The PIX coin starts off in Q4 2020.The Brazilian government has decided to implement a new almost instant payment solution, presumably called the PIX coin. It will shine in Q4 2020 via mobile devices and POS terminals, and they have no plans on adding Ripple‘s XRP.The project was developed by the Central Bank of Brazil and received the name PIX. It...
Read More »Are Custodial Wallets Better Than Non-custodial Solutions?
Sometimes vulnerabilities of non-custodial apps make it possible to breach data without users having a chance at backing up their balances. But custodial wallets offer users the possibility of recovering access at any time.Custodial, or centralized, wallets often come under criticism as being allegedly less reliable than their non-custodial counterparts. While this stance is common, does it really take into account all the nuances of how today’s wallets protect their customers? The below...
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