The Blockchain Association has launched a working group to push for a U.S.-wide regulatory framework… Will the legislators listen? A new working group, spearheaded by senior employees of Ripple and Coinbase, is going to advise United States regulators on crypto-friendly policies. But congresspeople are too busy preparing for the upcoming elections, which means that U.S.…
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A mining farm is being shut down in China due to the coronavirus outbreak. Due to the Coronavirus outbreak in China, the government has taken a series of measurements to keep the situation under control. Businesses are being affected across the nation. With the existing quarantine control, people are staying right at where they are…
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Veteran investor and crypto pioneer Rana Yared leaves Goldman Sachs for VC firm. Financial service powerhouse Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lost another one of its top brass on February 5 after two other executives expressed departure plans several days prior. Goldman Sachs partner Rana Yared plans to exit her position at Goldman Sachs for a…
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Source: Twitter/@justinsuntron Just when the Cryptoverse thought it’d never happen, the long-awaited dinner between Tron’s CEO Justin Sun and a crypto-skeptic billionaire Warren Buffett was finally eaten in late January. Following the news, TRX jumped more than 12%. Sun himself tweeted about the event with a lot of praise and enthusiasm, surprising the community that…
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Kyber Network (KNC), an open-source, on-chain liquidity protocol, expects to facilitate over USD 500 million in transaction volume in 2020, or 29% more than last year, Loi Luu, CEO and Co-Founder of Kyber Network, told Cryptonews.com. According to the CEO, Kyber facilitated USD 70 million worth of volume in 2018 and increased it to USD…
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The Australian government is going to release its national blockchain strategy on Friday, Feb. 7, following a nearly year-long preparation. The Australian government is going to launch its national blockchain strategy on Friday, Feb. 7, following a nearly year-long preparation. It has been almost a year since the country’s Ministry for Industry, Science and Technology…
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Lightning Labs (LL), the developer of the Lightning Network, said it beta tests its first paid product, Lightning Loop, that aims to improve transactions on the Bitcoin network. “Loop helps startups, node operators, and end-users send and receive on Lightning more efficiently,” CEO and co-founder of LL Elizabeth Stark said. “With Loop, users can move…
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Distributed Ledger Technology powers a new visualization tool from a blockchain company to track the coronavirus. Blockchain-enabled applications developer Acoer has created a data visualization tool to track the deadly coronavirus. The tool, known as the HashLog data visualization engine, interacts in real-time with Hedera Hashgraph’s distributed ledger technology. This allows researchers, scientists and journalists…
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RBI’s legal counsel claims crypto can adversely affect India’s financial stability. Back in April 2018, the Reserve Bank of India decided to go ahead and issue a notice prohibiting all of India’s banking and financial institutions from offering their services to crypto exchanges, companies operating within the space, and individuals seeking to explore the nascent…
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IBM Food Trust blockchain platform has onboarded the Avril Group seeking to enhance transparency of products’ prevenance and supply chain. IBM Food Trust blockchain platform has onboarded one more French manufacturer seeking to enhance transparency of product provenance and supply chain. The Avril Group, a vegetable oil, eggs and protein manufacturer, and the owner of…
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