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Stock and Crypto Trading App Robinhood Fixes Day-Long System Outage

Popular zero-fee crypto trading app Robinhood has fixed a major system-wide outage but traders want to get reimbursed. Following a major technical outage, popular stock and cryptocurrency trading app Robinhood is purportedly operational again. The popular platform for trading stocks and cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) experienced a major technical outage, causing a loss of access…
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EOSIO 2.0 Released but Vote-Buying and Centralization Concerns Persist

EOSIO says reports of EOS network degradation are inaccurate, blockchain is performing at levels exceeding the capacities of major crypto exchanges. Earlier in January 2020, Block.one released EOSIO 2.0 as an upgraded set of protocol improvements for the software underlying the $3.2 billion EOS blockchain. Following the release of the new version of EOSIO, some…
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Ripple Says Stablecoins Could be Created on XRP Ledger

In an interview on Ripple’s YouTube channel, CTO David Schwartz discussed features to broaden the ledger’s functionality. Blockchain-based financial services network RippleNet provides a safe, convenient, and easy-to-use wallet for holders of the cryptocurrency XRP, and the features to their system’s ledger may be expanding.  RippleNet has been developed significantly since it was created in…
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What Do the Richest Men in the World Think of Crypto and Blockchain?

Blockchain and cryptocurrencies are as disruptive as they are polarizing. Here are the opinions of the world’s richest people on the technology. For the past decade, blockchain, Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies have disrupted everything they have touched — including banking, hedge funds, law enforcement, health care and real estate to name a few. Blockchain…
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Coronavirus Hits Crypto, Buffett Beef, Craig Wright a ‘Disgrace’: Hodler’s Digest, Feb. 24–Mar. 1

Cryptocurrencies fall ill as coronavirus fears grip the market, Anthony Pompliano attacks Warren Buffett, and CZ calls Craig Wright a “disgrace.” Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more —…
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Tether Calls Market Manipulation Allegations ‘Reckless and False’

Once again, Tether ridicules and dismisses allegations that it used its USDT stablecoin for manipulating Bitcoin’s price. Once again, Tether has ridiculed and dismissed allegations that it used its USDT stablecoin for manipulating Bitcoin’s (BTC) price. In a statement sent to Cointelegraph on Feb. 28, iFinex, the firm behind Tether, states that the claims in…
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Why Banks Aren’t Banking Your Crypto Startup

Blockchain integration into the banking industry will raise the quality of banking services and improve the customer experience. Your bank, no matter how neo or how challenger, can’t bank Bitcoin (BTC). They could bank blockchain companies, adding value and providing services for the space, which would be good for both the bank and the clients,…
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Defining Bitcoin: Money, Currency or Store of Value

Is Bitcoin a currency, money, digital gold? Industry participants have differing opinions on what BTC is as the halving approaches. As the Bitcoin halving draws ever nearer, the demand for the digital asset keeps soaring, having seen an increase of around 15% against the United States dollar in the past month. The Bitcoin halving is…
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Crypto Contributes to Money Laundering Problems in Latin America, Report

Amid a major economic downgrade, countries in Latin America suffer increasingly from money laundering through crypto, a new report says. Amid a major economic downturn, countries in Latin America (LATAM) are increasingly suffering from money laundering through cryptocurrencies, a new report says. Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) have become a major tool of organized crime groups…
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Australian Judge Says Crypto Is a Legitimate Investment Vehicle

Australian courts allowed a plaintiff to use a cryptocurrency exchange account as a method of security against legal costs. As part of a defamation case in front of the New South Wales, or NSW district court, Judge Judith Gibson allowed cryptocurrency usage as collateral. “This is a recognized form of investment,” Gibson said of cryptocurrency,…
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