Venture capital investor Tim Draper believes the COVID-19 outbreak and financial crisis could be the tipping point for Bitcoin adoption. The global spread of the coronavirus played a major role in the dramatic 2020 stock market crash. The bailout bill for saving the world’s economy is $7 trillion and rising fast. Bitcoin bull Tim Draper…
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Have those eleven “class action” lawsuits filed against major players from the crypto space any chance of succeeding? On April 3, a massive deployment of lawsuits were filed against major crypto industry players across the globe. The eleven lawsuits were filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in…
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The lack of institutionalization within the crypto space is the main obstacle for its further development and mass adoption. If the current COVID-19 pandemic has exemplified one thing, it is that our individual actions have consequences for all of us. Unfortunately, human nature propels the majority of humankind to put its individual interests first, and…
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Tezos co-founder Kathleen Breitman suggested in a Reddit post the possibility of not using Tezos’ blockchain for her new trading card game. Tezos co-founder Kathleen Breitman has left open the possibility that her trading card game Emergents may not be built on the company’s blockchain, according to statements made on April 5. According to the…
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Most of the blockchain firms that closed in 2019 were cryptocurrency scams or had a lacking business model, according to recent research. Most of the blockchain firms that closed in 2019 were cryptocurrency scams or had deficient business models, according to recent research. Research sent to Cointelegraph by Chinese market research firm EqualOcean on March…
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After losing a large sponsor in February, cybersecurity organization Shadowserver obtained a new $400K grant from HDR Global Trading. HDR Global Trading, the operator of crypto exchange BitMEX, is giving a $400,000 grant to the cybersecurity nonprofit Shadowserver Foundation. In an April 6 statement on the company’s blog, HDR Global Trading announced that it would…
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Professors in Japan unveiled a blockchain system to settle legal disputes through a “digital court.” A group of researchers has devised a blockchain-based mechanism to perform legal functions in a so-called “digital court,” according to an April 6 announcement. Professors Hitoshi Matsushima from the University of Tokyo, and Shunya Noda from the University of British…
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MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen talks Black Thursday and the foundation’s mysterious radio silence on the matter. As the dust begins to settle over MakerDAO’s Black Thursday incident, the team is now returning to a normal working pace. We took the opportunity to catch up with Rune Christensen, one of the original founders of the protocol,…
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Blockin, parent company of mining pool Poolin, has launched a new blockchain explorer that will help users select the correct fee for their Bitcoin transactions. Blockin, the parent company of one of popular Bitcoin (BTC) mining pools, Poolin, is launching a new block explorer on April 6. The explorer includes mempool statistics that would help…
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The app Civitas by startup Emerge is part of the company’s efforts to track and prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Central America. A Canada-based company is turning to blockchain technology in their efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic in Latin America. Emerge, a blockchain startup based in Toronto, is launching a public safety system…
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