The municipal Shanghai government has joined forces with financial institutions to create an alliance to foster the use of blockchain for global trade. The municipal Shanghai government has joined forces with financial institutions to create an alliance to foster the use of blockchain for global trade. The Global Times reported on Nov. 7 that during…
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Director for the Federal Bureau of Investigation Christopher Wray said that cryptocurrencies present a significant and growing problem for the intelligence agency. Director for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Christopher Wray testified before the Senate Homeland Security Committee at a hearing on security threats facing the United States. On Nov. 5, during the hearing…
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Co-founder of Riot Games Marc Merrill had his identity stolen by a Singaporian national who used Merrill’s personal information to illegally access $5 million worth of computing power. The millionaire game developer, Marc Merril, was a victim of the Singaporean man who stole identities to utilize Amazon Web Services’ and Google cloud computing power for…
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Tether fires back at forthcoming paper that alleges that a single whale using USDT was responsible for Bitcoin’s 2017 bull run. Tether has issued a response to a recently surfaced paper that alleges that a single whale manipulated the market to cause 2017’s bull run in Bitcoin (BTC) price. The response Tether, which is behind…
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Silvergate Capital (NYSE:SI) celebrates its IPO day and launches shares trading on the NYSE on Nov. 7. Shares of pro-crypto Silvergate Bank were launched for trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Nov. 7. Silvergate celebrates IPO day Silvergate Capital (NYSE:SI), a California-based commercial bank focused on digital currency businesses, is now officially…
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Trezor says they have no official resellers in Venezuela after Nicolas Maduro appeared on a state-run TV station with what appears to be the Trezor hardware Bitcoin wallet. On Nov. 6, President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro appeared on state-run television station Venezuelan Television Corporation (VTV), holding a crypto hardware storage device allegedly developed by major…
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Crypto Briefs is your daily bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – keeping you up-to-date with under the radar crypto news from around the world. Adoption news The Bitcoin ecosystem is maturing in all aspects of its economy, in particular in deposit banking, insurance, lending and derivatives, and early forms of life insurance, Bitcoin…
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Indeed reports a major discrepancy between growth rates of job seeker and employer interest in crypto since 2015, with employer demand outpacing employees. Searches for crypto-related jobs have dropped 53%, while the share of job postings in the industry has surged 26% in 2019, new research says. On Nov. 7, Texas-based recruitment platform Indeed.com has…
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Cash App will be buying 16% of Bitcoin’s new supply after the halving if the firm’s buying appetite doesn’t decrease and the asset’s price increase. Square’s mobile payments application Cash App will be buying 16% of Bitcoin’s (BTC) new supply if the company keeps buying at the same rate after the halfing if the price…
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Source: Instagram, dogecoin_official While large majority of the altcoins are being on a straight-down path, a coin that was made as a joke and seemingly has had no recent major development is proving store of value (SoV) properties. Popular crypto researcher and analyst Willy Woo posted both on Twitter and website his opinion on the…
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