The blockchain payments company said it unknowingly owns patents that expired before these were transferred to them. Blockchain payments company Rocketfuel Blockchain is suing its co-founder for allegedly misrepresenting patent applications and defrauding the firm. In a complaint filed with the Central District Court of California, Rocketfuel claimed its co-founder and former treasurer Joseph Page…
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DeFi tokens suffered massive losses this week, and they could continue. This week in DeFi was notable for its lack of notable events. Nobody set new records for the fastest hack of a new contract, nobody famous exit scammed or pulled a DeFi Jesus reincarnation act. You can just feel that something is different now.…
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A pump in daily volume creates an 8% swing on whether Trump will complete his first term. Following reports of United States President Donald Trump’s positive test result for COVID-19, prediction markets have (perhaps predictably) seen a flurry of activity. One of the more macabre predictions gaining attention is on the centralized PredictIt market run…
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“Feature complete” final milestone before public launch unveils governance system for the first time. On Sep 30, DFINITY announced its final milestone release before the network’s public launch later this year. This release, called Sodium, represents a “feature complete” version of the network. The company also disclosed details about their governance system, called Network Nervous…
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The new camera from IoTeX reportedly features a private key for access and end-to-end encryption of all data. IoTeX, a privacy-focused platform for the Internet of Things, has partnered with camera manufacturer Tenvis Technology to offer Ucam, an indoor security camera powered by blockchain technology. Head of business development at IoTeX Larry Pang told Cointelegraph that…
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Cryptocurrency miners are back in business, but which graphics card should you choose to not be left with an empty wallet? Now that we are at the tail end of 2020, the big hardware manufacturers are starting to announce their latest, fastest offerings set to be released ahead of the holiday season. Meanwhile, the cryptocurrency…
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Historically, digital art has been almost impossible to monetize. Blockchain technology can solve that problem. On Sept. 23, auction-house giant Christie’s announced plans to sell its first nonfungible token, or NFT, at an auction. This was just one week after the record-setting $100,000 sale at auction of a digital art piece that also used a…
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Blockchain continues to attract interest in the pharmaceutical industry. Samsung SDS will conduct a series of pilot projects in November to test blockchain-powered medicine distribution management. The goal of these tests is to guarantee transparency in the process of tracking pharmaceutical drugs. According to Yankup, the IT branch of Samsung Group announced the pilot programs,…
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U.S. citizens appear to be opposed to a digital dollar despite expressing concerns over the existing financial system. A new study by crypto mining firm Genesis Mining suggests the majority of U.S. citizens are against the introduction of a Central Bank Digital Currency. A survey conducted by Genesis mining discovered that out of the 400…
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Skyrocketing figures show crypto’s growing global dominance.Skyrocketing figures show crypto’s growing global dominance Researchers at the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance recently revealed that 100 million people around the world currently hold Bitcoin (BTC) and other blockchain-based assets. In 2018, the 2nd Global Cryptoasset Benchmarking Study estimated the number of identity-verified crypto users at about…
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