Anthony Pompliano argued that government stimulus measures will drive the adoption of alternative stores of value and non-correlated assets at Consensus. Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano, the co-founder of Morgan Creek Digital, argued that the United States government’s response to the COVID-19 lockdown will drive new users to adopt cryptocurrencies. During a discussion with Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao…
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European Central Bank executive board member Yves Mersch believes that the main impediment for CBDC is philosophical rather than technological. A number of countries such as China and Sweden are already experimenting with central bank digital currencies, which are also referred to as CBDCs. The implementation of this new type of money requires a number of aspects…
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Bitcoin’s price saw wild volatility leading up to the halving. Top crypto traders discuss where the price is likely headed to next. Bitcoin’s (BTC) price has been showing extreme levels of volatility as it consolidates under a key level of $10,000. Previously, the price dropped to as low as $8,100 on May 10, merely a…
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A pilot program is underway in Hainan’s province that aims to strengthen cross-border payments via blockchain technology. Another Chinese province, Hainan, joins the blockchain ecosystem with the announcement of a cross-border financial services platform. News of the platform’s pilot was announced on Friday. According to the local newspaper Hainan Daily, the central government approved the initiative,…
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Fintech firm GSX Group says their securities tokenization platform is phase one of its global security token ecosystem. Global Stock Exchange Group, a Gibraltar-based fintech firm that deploys blockchain solutions to drive interoperability between the cryptocurrency and traditional markets, launched its Grid tokenized securities platform in Estonia on May 7. The Grid facilitates the tokenization…
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Rand Corporation unveiled a study that found a widespread lack of knowledge towards Zcash from dark web criminals. A study by Rand Corporation unveiled that people using Zcash for illicit or criminal purposes in the dark web may not fully understand the underlying technology. According to the 65-page report published on May 7, the US-based…
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Free TON Community answers questions on the unexpected launch of a “free” version of the Telegram Open Network that took place today. Free TON Community, an independent group of developers and users, have just launched a free version of the Telegram Open Network, or TON. During the launch event on May 7, community members answered…
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Hackers infected the largest private hospital in Europe with ransomware. Hackers infected the IT infrastructure of the largest private hospital in Europe with ransomware. Cybersecurity news outlet, KrebsonSecurity, reported on May 6 that hackers compromised the IT systems of Germany-based private hospital, Fresenius. An anonymous source reportedly informed the outlet that the hospital’s systems were…
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A founding member of the Celo Alliance for Prosperity has added the Celo protocol to their platform. Bison Trails has announced support for the Celo open network, which enables smartphone users to send crypto directly to a phone number instead of a blockchain address. The added support means that users will be able to transfer…
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Square reports that Bitcoin composed the bulk of Cash App’s revenue in the first quarter, though it added much less to profit. On May 6, Square released its filings for the first quarter of 2020. The filings publicized revenue for Square’s Cash App, a majority of which came from Bitcoin. The numbers for Q1 and…
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