Vitalik Buterin. In a few years, perhaps Bitcoin (BTC) fans will think better of the proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism, finds Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum (ETH). In an interview at the ETHWaterloo 2, an Ethereum Blockchain Hackathon organized by the core ETHGlobal team and volunteers last week, Buterin shared, entering “a joyful heretic mode,” Read…
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Looking at the 7-day moving average, the combined Sentscore for the top 10 coins by market capitalization dropped somewhat since last Monday, from 5.68/10 to 5.5, according to Omenics, a crypto market sentiment analysis service. Nonetheless, Bitcoin (BTC) and Tron (TRX) maintain their positions within the positive zone for now, as the only two coins…
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Today, giant-backed crypto trading platform Bakkt opened its Bakkt Warehouse, a qualified custodian of bitcoin, to all institutions around the world. “A critical link — perhaps the critical link — in the institutional adoption of bitcoin is custody. When investors have ready access to regulated custodians whose security and processes they trust, the full Read…
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Bitcoin can now be spent to book housing at Airbnb via Fold app gift cards alongside other big-name retailers such as Amazon, Starbucks and Uber. Bitcoin payments app Fold now supports home-sharing giant Airbnb, the firm announced on Nov. 11. Now Fold users can get 3% back in Bitcoin (BTC) on every stay and experience…
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Manny Pacquiao’s PAC token is set to be listed through an IEO on GCOX on Nov. 12, allowing fans exclusive access to the boxing star. Boxing legend and Phillipino politician Manny Pacquiao’s PAC token will become available for purchase on the Singapore-based GCOX crypto exchange through an initial exchange offering on Nov. 12, according to…
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Source: iStock/~UserGI15632523 Here is our weekly collection of digital asset listing and delisting, trading pair-related announcements by cryptocurrency exchanges that we found last week and today. Have we missed something? Do you have information about new listings and/or delistings? Let us know here. ______________________________ Binance Listings: ARPA Coin (ARPA) Added new trading pairs: Read more…
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Chinese regulator State Administration of Foreign Exchange expanded its blockchain cross-border financing pilot program. Chinese regulator State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) expanded its blockchain cross-border financing pilot program. Local news outlet GlobalTimes reported on Nov. 11 that the system now covers 19 provinces and cities, up from nine. The development is unsurprising given that…
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The latest dip below $9,000 has traders turning bearish once again, but a closer look at some key on-chain metrics paints a bullish picture for BTC price. Bitcoin price (BTC) has taken a bearish course, leading some analysts to call for a drop to $8,300 and a few even suggest $7,100 is where the digital…
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Crypto Briefs is your daily bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – keeping you up-to-date with under the radar crypto news from around the world. Mining news After seven increases in a row, the Bitcoin mining difficulty dropped by 7.1% on November 8 and is estimated to decrease by another 5% in 10 days…
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Canadian blockchain research firm Blockchain Venture Capital Inc. has launched CUSD stablecoin that is backed 1:1 to the U.S. dollar. Canadian blockchain research firm Blockchain Venture Capital Inc. (BVCI) has officially launched a United States dollar-pegged stablecoin, the CUSD, according to a press release published on Nov. 11. The new USD-anchored stablecoin comes four months…
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