Source: iStock/Photographer, Filmmaker, Designer A few days before the eight network upgrade, Istanbul, Ethereum (ETH) price is down by 21% in a month. In comparison, the price jumped almost 30% in a month before the previous upgrade, Constantinople, that occurred on February 28. Back then, ETH increased even more than Bitcoin (BTC) (+12%). This time,…
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Kelly Loeffler, CEO of Bakkt. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Bill Rich 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. Career news Georgia Governor Brian Kemp on Wednesday appointed Kelly Loeffler, CEO of Bakkt, the much-anticipated digital asset trading…
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Crypto exchange Bitfinex has struck a partnership deal with Swedish cryptocurrency-powered gift cards operator Bitrefill. The agreement will let customers pay using Bitcoin (BTC) via the Lightning Network protocol – and the parties say they will begin allowing users to pay using other tokens at some point in the future. Bitfinex chief technology officer (CTO)…
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Crypto mining is “purely technological progress,” a legislative analyst at a blockchain association in Kazakhstan says. Kazakhstan’s lawmakers won’t be taxing cryptocurrency mining until the mined crypto is exchanged for fiat money. According to a legislative analyst at a local blockchain association, cryptocurrency mining will not be treated as entrepreneurial activity but rather a “purely…
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Security researchers have discovered a new cryptocurrency-related macOS malware believed to be developed by North Korean hackers at the Lazarus Group. Security researchers have discovered a new cryptocurrency-related macOS malware believed to be the product of North Korean hackers at the Lazarus Group. As tech-focused publication Bleeping Computer reported on Dec. 4, malware researcher Dinesh…
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Julian Sawyer, a former CEO and co-founder at Starling, will now lead Gemini Europe, the European affiliate of Gemini Trust Company. Gemini, the top global cryptocurrency exchange per CryptoCompare’s latest Exchange Benchmark, hired a former senior executive from United Kingdom-based Starling Bank. Julian Sawyer, a former CEO and co-founder at Starling, will now lead Gemini…
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The central bank of France plans to pilot a central bank digital currency for financial institutions by the end of the first quarter of 2020. The central bank of France plans to pilot a central bank digital currency (CBDC) for financial institutions in 2020. François Villeroy de Galhau, the governor of the Bank of France,…
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Bictoin (BTC) managed to bring in numerous developers to improve and build innovations on its underlying code base, from layer 2 technologies to emerging smart contract solutions, but it remained the same – nobody so far managed to change its core properties, says Lucas Nuzzi, director of technology research at Digital Asset Research, a cryptocurrency…
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Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has appointed Kelly Loeffler, CEO of institutional Bitcoin futures platform Bakkt, to a United States Senate seat. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has appointed Kelly Loeffler, CEO of institutional Bitcoin (BTC) futures platform Bakkt, to a United States Senate seat. With the appointment, Loeffler will replace Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA), who plans…
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As the Australian Federal Police are developing their tech capacities, a recent drug bust of a property in Western Australia allowed officers from the Technology Crime Service to seize not only illegal substances, but also more than AUD 1.52 million (USD 1.04 million) worth of unspecified cryptocurrency on an electronic device. “Using the latest technologies…
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