Blizzard’s ban of Bitzchung for expressing his political views triggers community outrage. Is the blockchain coming to the rescue? The gaming world burst into an outrage as a result of Blizzard’s move to expel a leading professional gamer from Hong Kong, Chung Ng Wai (aka Blitzchung), from its international Hearthstone esports tournament. Hearthstone is an…
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Abigail Johnson, CEO of Fidelity Investments. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Bloomberg Markets and Finance The US-based mutual fund giant Fidelity rolled out its much-anticipated crypto custody solution. The company made a splash a year ago when it announced the launch of a separate company, dubbed Fidelity Digital Assets, with the goal to offer the…
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The Cryptoverse has been holding breath this week waiting for the 18 millionth bitcoin (BTC) to be mined today, while the #3MillionLeft hashtag is spreading on the Crypto Twitter as a reminder of bitcoin’s scarcity. However, this hashtag misses an important point – time. (Updated at 16:52 UTC: numbers in the fifth paragraph have been…
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Poloniex is spinning out from Circle to set up a new exchange, Polo Digital Assets, and increase its competitiveness in the market. United States-based crypto exchange Poloniex is spinning out from Circle to form a new exchange that will not support trading for customers based in the U.S. New firm receives backing from Asian investment…
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Archax, a London-based digital exchange, will use R3’s Corda technology to manage post-trade activities. Archax, a London-based digital securities exchange, will use blockchain software firm R3’s Corda technology to manage post-trade activities. On Oct. 18, Archax announced in a press release that its post-trade processes will now run on distributed ledger technology. Archax will use…
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The CEO of Ripple, a California-based blockchain startup focusing on payment technologies, Brad Garlinghouse, had three interesting statements to share in a recent interview: the amount of cash Ripple has in the bank, the number of deals it makes a week, and the CEO’s opinion on Facebook’s Libra. At the annual subscriber summit, held by…
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Huobi has launched a fiat onramp for the Turkish Lira that will allow users in the country to trade cryptocurrencies on Huobi Global. Singapore-based crypto exchange Huobi will launch a fiat gateway for the Turkish lira in late 2019. Huobi’s fiat onramp for lira will be the first fiat gateway launched by a global exchange,…
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Since it first came to the market, Bitcoin has been a popular Blockchain technology digital currency. It has also given the world a quick look at possible ways to complete transactions in the future. Luckily, the future is already here as casinos are now accepting Bitcoins as one of the currencies. Mobile casinos provide a…
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Microsoft is bolstering its blockchain offerings on the Azure platform through a series of partnerships, Insolar the latest to join. Thanks to the high computational flexibility that it offers, the influence of cloud computing on the blockchain space continues to grow. It’s less of a surprise, then, that cloud computing giants — such as Amazon,…
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Following Telegram’s counterclaim, the SEC insisted that the firm has violated securities laws, asking the court to grant a preliminary injunction. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has responded to Telegram’s counterclaim, insisting that Grams are securities. Preventing Telegram from further violation Following Telegram’s counterclaim on Oct. 16, where the firm argued that…
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