The decentralized exchange responsible for over 40% of DEX transactions claims to have created an “infinite scaling solution” for the Ethereum network. IDEX, the decentralized exchange (DEX) responsible for over 40% of all DEX transactions, claims to have created an “infinite scaling solution” for the Ethereum network. 1,000 times faster In an email sent to…
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A U.S.-based lawyer linked with the OneCoin scam allegedly helped Ruja Ignatova, the principal accused in the OneCoin scam, launder over $400 million. With each passing day, the financial nitty-gritty associated with the cryptocurrency-related OneCoin Ponzi scheme continues to become of increasing interest to members of the global crypto community. The U.S. government’s previous estimate…
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It’s safe to say that Bitcoin (BTC) is the most talked-about cryptocurrency in the world – but in what way have the people around the world been mentioning it in the past 12 months, starting November 2018 when bitcoin price dropped to USD 4,000? To find out, we’ve looked at different search terms relating to…
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Depending on who you ask, the Lightning Network will either be the long-awaited solution to Bitcoin’s (BTC) scalability woes or a technological experiment that is bound to fail. Regardless of where your opinion lies, you can currently use the Lightning Network – despite still being in beta – to earn a small amount of bitcoin.…
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The EOS blockchain is congested by the EIDOS token airdrop, says Coinbase, which currently prevents most users from sending transactions on the network. The EOS blockchain is congested by the EIDOS token airdrop, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase reports on Nov. 9. In a post on its blog, Coinbase claims that it had trouble in processing its…
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Consensys founder Joseph Lubin said that he hopes China’s digital currency will be interoperable with Ethereum and other public and open-access blockchains. Ethereum co-founder and founder of Consensys, Joseph Lubin, said that he hopes China’s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) will allow for interoperability with public permissionless blockchains, including Ethereum. Ethereum is “a very positive…
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A price of $500,000 is easily in reach within the next nine years, says the BTCC co-founder, with $1 million possible afterward. Bitcoin (BTC) will surpass the market cap of gold and could ultimately be worth $1 million, well-known industry figure Bobby Lee has said. In a series of tweets on Nov. 10, Lee, who…
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From Cointelegraph Japan: This week’s selected cryptocurrency and blockchain news from Japan. In this week’s selected cryptocurrency- and blockchain-related news from Cointelegraph Japan, the Japanese financial regulator solidifies its policy of banning trusts that invest in crypto, more than 20 companies launch a consortium that aims to raise funds with security tokens, and Coincheck starts…
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Turkey’s president asks for completed testing of the digital lira by the end of 2020 as local fraudsters rake in 600 BTC among crypto news from Turkey this week. In this week’s selected cryptocurrency- and blockchain-related news from Cointelegraph Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan directed the government to finish testing a national central bank digital…
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Cointelegraph auf Deutsch presents a weekly digest of selected cryptocurrency and blockchain-related developments from the German-speaking world. The past week has marked a number of crypto- and blockchain-related developments in the German-speaking world. Malta Enterprise partnered with Deutsche Telekom’s IT service subsidiary to offer its blockchain-as-a-service (BaaS) marketplace, French IT company Atos and Austrian startup…
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