Block.one announces an EOSIO blockchain competition, paying out $200,000 to the first person to solve a puzzle. Block.one announced a smart contract blockchain puzzle, touting a $200,000 prize for whoever figures it out. “In this challenge, participants must create an EOSIO Smart Contract which can store and invoke EVM (Solidity) Smart Contracts in a virtual…
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Binance Launchpad announced the results of the first token sale of the year, WazirX. Binance Launchpad, as the name suggests, is Binance’s token launch platform, which has just announced WazirX’s token sale results. It is the first token sale of this year. According to a Feb. 4 press release from Binance, there were 10,000 winning…
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Sony looks set to get on the security token bandwagon and has indirectly made an undisclosed investment in Securitize, a San Francisco-based platform that issues and managing digital securities. The investment arm of the music and electronics giant joined a funding round that raised USD 14 million. Per a joint Sony-Securitize press release shared with…
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Arthur Hayes. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Distributed Arthur Hayes, the outspoken CEO of major crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX, shared several strategies for how yield-hungry crypto holders can earn income from their holdings, using derivatives. In Hayes’ own words, his blog post, published today, is addressed directly to “those who want to earn a yield…
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XRP and XLM are following the path of other altcoins that recently broke above their long term downtrends with impressive double-digit gains. While many altcoins have been showing significant strength during the recent weeks, some have been lagging. One of these coins is XRP (XRP), which is still hovering around key support and has yet…
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Payments behemoth Visa is reportedly planning to change point-of-sale fees to merchants in the U.S. as part of a major update of its system. Payments behemoth Visa is reportedly planning to change merchant fees rates for United States-based merchants as part of a major update of its point-of-sale system. The development was revealed in a…
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ConsenSys, a major blockchain firm founded by Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin, has acquired SEC-registered broker-dealer Heritage Financial Systems. ConsenSys, a major blockchain firm founded by Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin, has acquired an American broker-dealer, Heritage Financial Systems. Heritage, a broker-dealer registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has been acquired by ConsenSys’s…
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Maxine Ryan. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Real Vision Finance Bitspark, a bankless money transfer solution utilizing blockchain technology, will be shutting down in a month, despite reporting positive results. Hong Kong-based company will be closing its doors on March 4, 2020, announced CEO and Co-founder George Harrap. The startup’s Co-founder, Maxine Ryan, also shared…
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Gemini, a crypto exchange founded by Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, has added integration with major crypto charting service TradingView. Gemini, a cryptocurrency exchange founded by Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, has integrated popular trading chart analysis service TradingView. According to a TradingView’s announcement on Feb. 4, Gemini has added the trading service as a trading partner,…
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Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. Adoption news Major crypto payments provider BitPay said that it will soon allow all BitPay invoices to be paid from any bitcoin wallet or exchange and has already begun a phased…
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