Following Bitcoin’s sudden jump earlier in the day, altcoin markets have also entered the green zone, with some of the major cryptocurrency markets registering solid growth. Following Bitcoin’s (BTC) sudden jump earlier in the day, altcoin markets have also entered the green zone, with some of the major cryptocurrency markets registering solid growth. Cryptocurrency market…
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Hackers have compromised the website of the city of Johannesburg, South Africa, and demanded ransom in Bitcoin. Hackers have compromised the website of the city of Johannesburg, South Africa, and demanded ransom in Bitcoins (BTC). The city announced the hack on its official Twitter account on Oct. 25. The city wrote that it had “detected…
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Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter and Square, announced that Square’s Cash App is poised to enable users to purchase fractions of stocks alongside Bitcoin. Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter and Square, announced that Square’s Cash App is poised to enable users to purchase fractions of stocks — with an entry of as little as $1.…
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The total supply of TRC20-based USDT surged from 350 million to 450 million in just one day. The amount of Tether (USDT) tokens issued on the Tron (TRX) blockchain now accounts for nearly 12% of all USDT tokens. 350 million to 450 million in one day Launched in mid-April 2019, TRC20-based USDT has hit a…
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Source: iStock/Dmitrii_Guzhanin Six of the top 50 coins by market capitalization have risen from the after-crash blood into the market greenery with a double-digit rise in the past seven days. After the market crashed on October 23rd, with Bitcoin (BTC) now holding onto the USD 7,500 level, most of the coins remain in red in…
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China’s President Xi Jinping urged the country to accelerate the development of blockchain technology due to its importance “in the new round of technological innovation and industrial transformation” of China. The President was speaking at a group study session of the Communist Party of China Central Committee Political Bureau on the development of blockchain, Read…
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China’s Xi calls blockchain technology an important breakthrough for independent innovation, urging to accelerate its development. China’s President Xi Jinping has called for the country to accelerate its adoption of blockchain technologies as a core for innovation. Xi made the comments at a Politburo Committee session on blockchain technology trends on Oct. 24. Blockchain adoption…
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WeChat Pay stores payment receipts on the blockchain, says Binance CEO. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) took to Twitter on Oct. 25, saying that he had “got word” that WeChat Pay puts receipts on the blockchain, along with a screengrab of a receipt with a link to a block explorer. Why does CZ care so…
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The Bank of Lithuania (BoL) sees an increased interest in security token offerings (STOs) and estimates that this new form of raising capital will become more popular. The bank issued the Guidelines on STO earlier this week and is reaching the final stage in creation of its blockchain-based technological platform. Vaidas Cibas, Head of Regulated…
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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. Mining news The former head of Venezuela’s Bolivarian National Intelligence Service has alleged that Venezuela is secretly mining cryptocurrency on a massive scale – to the extent that citizens…
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