In an exclusive interview with CT, a senior member of the Japanese government discusses the urgent need to implement a digital yen. Even amid the financial turmoil caused by the coronavirus outbreak, countries are continuing to consider the adoption of a central bank digital currency (CBDC). In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph Japan, Kozo Yamamoto,…
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Justin Sun’s Steemit has been accused of censoring content about the upcoming Hive hard fork. In the latest development in the Steem (STEEM) saga, Justin Sun has come under fire for censoring posts on the platform related to the community-driven ‘Hive’ hard fork. On March 19, cryptocurrency influencer Girl Gone Crypto Tweeted a clip to…
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TSG announced Q3 2019 had been particularly good to them, with investors like Square Enix giving $2.01 million to the blockchain-based game. After recently announcing a third presale of their coveted game’s virtual spaces, The Sandbox (TSB) revealed they have quite a number of big-name backers. According to a March 20 press release by Animoca…
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An Argentinian regulator approved the expansion of a gas tracking platform piloted by over 2 million residents. Argentina’s natural gas regulator, Enargas, approved the expansion of a blockchain-based gas distribution tracking platform. The system was already piloted by a local distributor servicing over 2 million residents. According to an announcement on March 18, the system…
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Vitalik Buterin tweeted out a roadmap for the next 5-10 years of ETH 2.0 development and the community responded. Ethereum co-founder, Vitalik Buterin, revealed his personal roadmap for ETH 2.0 in a tweet on March 18. The post covers the next 5 to 10 years of the project’s development. Progress is in action In the…
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Huobi University Principal stated during a live broadcast that without 2020 financial crisis, there is no blockchain boom. The coronavirus pandemic is the “black swan of 2020”, leading financial markets into a level of decline not seen since the 2008 recession. However, blockchain may still have a chance to flourish during these times of crisis.…
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Banco Sella is now allowing their customers to buy, sell and store Bitcoin without interacting with exchanges. Growing crypto adoption and the COVID-19 outbreak has encouraged Italy’s Banco Sella to launch a Bitcoin trading service The trading is conducted via the bank’s Hype platform, with the bank acting as an intermediary to mitigate against potential…
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Goldman Sachs sets the record straight on the apocalyptic ‘investee call’ that set social media on fire. An apocalyptic account of Goldman Sachs ‘investee call’ went viral on social media faster than the coronavirus — and now the investment bank wants to set the record straight. The story snowballed after first being reported in a…
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The Block.One CEO has criticised the Eos Worker Proposal System, warning that the prognosis is bleak for many DeFi projects. Brendan Blumer, the CEO and co-founder of Block.one — the company behind Eos (EOS), took to Twitter to express his concerns regarding the suggested ‘EOS Worker Proposal System’ (WPS) on March 15. Developers at EOS…
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The Alliance listed collateralized 1:1 tokens with their respective stable currencies via Bittrex Global. The Universal Protocol Alliance (UPA) officially announced that the Universal Dollar (UPUSD), the Universal Euro (UPEUR), and the Universal Protocol Token (UPT) have been listed on Bittrex Global, offering a lower fee structure for UPT holders. The Alliance stated that the…
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