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Fortnite Meets Bitcoin Lightning Network in New ‘Lightnite’ Video Game

Satoshis Games announced the development of a Fortnite-like game with built-in Bitcoin Lightning Network microtransactions dubbed Lightnite. Bitcoin-enabled (BTC) games startup Satoshis Games announced the development of a Fortnite-like game with built-in Lightning Network microtransactions dubbed Lightnite on Oct. 19. Shoot to earn Bitcoin Per the announcement, all in-game interactions between players trigger a monetary…
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Bitcoin: ‘Most Dramatic’ 2020 Halving Could Cut Supply by $63M a Week

Historical evidence puts next year’s event in context as Bitcoin network’s next watershed moment. Bitcoin (BTC) advocates continue to focus on the May 2020 block reward halving this week as the impact on price becomes more apparent. Analysts excited for high-stakes halving In a Twitter discussion beginning Oct. 18, commentators noted that next year’s event…
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Bitfinex Attempts to Recover $880 Million in New Court Filing

IFinex, the parent company of major cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex filed a discovery application to recover $880 million in funds. IFinex, the parent company of major cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex filed a discovery application to regain access to $880 million in funds. Discovery is a law allowing each party to obtain evidence from the other party or…
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Bitcoin IRA to Launch Interest-Earning Crypto Accounts Next Month

Bitcoin IRA has partnered with digital asset lending firm Genesis Capital to offer investors the opportunity to earn interest on cryptocurrency and cash holdings. BitcoinIRA has partnered with digital asset lending firm Genesis Capital to offer investors the opportunity to earn interest on cryptocurrency and cash holdings.  As an Oct. 21 press release notes, Los…
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How is HTC’s Exodus 1s Cryptophone Different from its Exodus 1

A Taiwanese tech giant, HTC, came out with a new rendition of their blockchain-powered smartphone Exodus 1. Let’s check out what differentiates the two models. HTC launched its Exodus 1s on October 19th at Berlin’s Lightning conference, but only in Europe and a few other countries. As a reminder, HTC partnered up with Kyber Network…
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What Role Should Central Banks Have Launching Stablecoins Like Libra?

Libra has gotten off to a spluttering start in the eyes of regulators. But could central banks swoop in and save the day? Ever since the vision for a Libra stablecoin was unveiled in its white paper back in June, Facebook has suffered a startling backlash from countries around the world. Some American politicians have claimed the…
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Russia May Block Facebook, Telegram over Crypto Concerns + More News

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. Corporcoins news Vladimir Putin’s IT advisor Dmitry Peskov has stated that Russia will block Facebook and Telegram if their Libra and Gram tokens “run out of control,” and suggested…
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Facebook vs. Binance: Libra’s Plan B Targets Venus’s Goals (UPDATED)

Facebook has revealed that it has an alternative to its proposed Libra token – multiple stablecoins, all pegged to a national fiat. And it’s a scenario that could well put the social networking platform on a collision course with Binance’s Venus project. (Updated at 11:25 UTC: updates in bold). Per Reuters, Facebook’s blockchain chief David…
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Samsung, LG, Hyundai Speed Up Major Blockchain Adoption Project

Eleven South Korean companies are teaming up for a government-backed “consortium-type” blockchain network that will allow citizens to ditch paper-based certificates, employee ID cards, degree certificates, insurance claims documents and more in favor of a mobile-based blockchain solution. Per Kyunghyang Shinmun, the release date has been brought forward to  Read more »Pay/Trade/Buy Bitcoin with Credit…
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Crypto News From the Spanish-Speaking World: Oct. 14–20 in Review

Mexico announces a new alliance to support blockchain development in Cointelegraph’s weekly digest of news from the Spanish-speaking world. The Spanish-speaking world has seen another week of major cryptocurrency and blockchain developments with the Mexican government announcing a new alliance to support the development of blockchain initiatives. Here is the past week of crypto and…
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