China’s smart internet courts have reportedly applied blockchain and artificial intelligence to decide on millions of legal actions. China’s smart courts are reportedly applying a variety of innovative technologies including blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) to decide on millions of legal cases. On Dec. 5, China’s official Xinhua news agency reported that more than 3.1…
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An inside look at the Telegram Open Network competition with an analysis of the contest’s task. Amid news of its recent spat with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, relatively few people have likely heard about Telegram’s Open Network competition that occurred some weeks ago. It was a milestone event that transformed the once-miniscule…
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Within less than 24 hours since Cardano’s testnet went live, ADA holders staked more than 5 billion ADA coins, worth around $195 million. Within 24 hours of Cardano’s testnet going live, Cardano (ADA) holders have staked more than 5 billion ADA coins, worth around $195 million. On Dec. 15, IOHK took to Twitter to report…
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Cryptocurrency payment service provider FoPay acquired Estonian cryptocurrency exchange AliExchange for about $2.9 billion. Cointelegraph apologizes for publishing this article, which did not meet our fact-checking standards. Read more »Pay/Trade/Buy Bitcoin with Credit Card
Only two of the top five performers have closed in the green in the past seven days, which shows that the sentiment is currently negative. Tom Jessop, the president of Fidelity Digital Assets, said that the absence of a long track record is one of the main reasons that is keeping the institutional investors at…
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Most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting slight growth, as Bitcoin hovers around the $7,100 mark again. Sunday, Dec. 15 — most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting slight growth on the day by press time, as Bitcoin (BTC) hovers around the $7,100 mark again. Market visualization courtesy of Coin360 Bitcoin price is…
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People on a train in Dhaka, Bangladesh. If you want to uncover hidden market gems, you need to look where others haven’t. And one of the places that my Gucci-loafer-wearing peers aren’t looking are frontier markets. Frontier markets? You’ve heard of emerging markets and perhaps you’ve even invested in them. But investors mostly ignore frontier…
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Cash of the titans. Artistdesign29 One of the hottest topics in cryptocurrencies is the prospect of major economies launching state-backed digital coins. China’s central bank recently accelerated plans for what is currently known as the Digital Currency Electronic Payment (DCEP). It could launch within the next 18 months, while the European Central Read more »Pay/Trade/Buy…
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The president of Fidelity Digital Assets announced that the firm could add support for Ether in 2020. Tom Jessop, the president of Fidelity Digital Assets, the cryptocurrency trading arm of United States financial services giant Fidelity, announced that the firm may add support for Ether (ETH) in 2020 is there is sufficient demand for it.…
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NFTs are finding applications beyond gaming. Microsoft has been quick to adopt them, but does this mean these tokens are actually becoming popular? Ever since the game CryptoKitties was released in November 2017, the concept of nonfungible token has been ingrained in the minds of developers and investors in the crypto community. However, 2019 has…
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