Lightning Labs believes its new protocol can redefine online payments by making use of a long forgotten HTTP status code. Lightning Labs has published its draft specification for Lightning Service Authentication Tokens (LSAT) — a protocol standard that promises to redefine online payments through employing a little known HTTP status code. According to a March…
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The amount of Bitcoin held by crypto exchange BitMEX has fallen roughly 25% since the sudden crypto crash in March. The amount of Bitcoin (BTC) held by crypto exchange BitMEX has fallen by 25% in the past few weeks. During the crypto bloodbath on March 12, Bitcoin (BTC) fell 50% from a price over $10,400…
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A new report estimates that global investment in blockchain in the energy market will reach $35 billion by 2025. According to a new report released by Premium Market Insights (PMI), global investment in blockchain technology in energy markets is set to reach $34.7 billion by 2025. Valued at just $156.5 million in 2016, the sector…
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The third presale for the mobile creation game was the most successful yet, selling 3,400 Ether worth of virtual land in a few hours. The Sandbox (TSB), a mobile creation game on Ethereum, announced on April 1 that its third presale of virtual land had generated 3,400 Ether ($450,000) in sales. The March 31 presale…
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CMT Digital’s Brad Koeppen explained Bitcoin trading has remained largely the same, even during global uncertainties. Amid global coronavirus fears and plunging mainstream markets, Bitcoin (BTC) trading has remained largely unchanged, according to CMT Digital head of trading and business development, Brad Koeppen. “Bitcoin trading has not been that different,” Koeppen told Cointelegraph in a…
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Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin clashed with a Bitcoin developer on Twitter when he told him that Bitcoin wasn’t always ‘digital gold’. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin was involved in a spat with a Bitcoin developer on Twitter yesterday, when he suggested BTC was originally designed to be P2P cash, not digital gold. Replying to Blockstream employee…
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Disclaimer: The text below is a press release that was not written by Cryptonews.com. ____ You’ve heard it first here, Bityard, the world’s leading digital contract trading platform, has officially launched. According to industry authoritative sources, Bityard has received a strategic investment from a US hedge fund worth 10 million dollars, creating a precedent in…
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Brave Browser added one million new users in March as the coronavirus quarantine continues. Open-source internet browser, Brave, tallied more than one million new users in March alone, a tweet from Brave’s head of marketing, Des Martin, detailed on April 1. Isolation has increased web traffic With much of the world limiting their exposure to…
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Khan Academy is calling for fiat and crypto donations to help the platform stay afloat, following a 250% increase in traffic due to COVID-19. The founder of education platform Khan Academy has put out an urgent call for donations following a 250% surge in users due to the coronavirus crisis. CEO Sal Khan asked users…
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U.S. crypto ATM network Bitcoin Depot has begun shutting off machines in high-risk areas for coronavirus prevention. Bitcoin Depot, the largest Bitcoin ATM operator in the world, has begun powering down some of its machines in an effort to halt further spread of COVID-19. As much of the world sits in quarantine, Bitcoin Depot has…
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