# Bitcoin News
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June 14,2021 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Bitcoin
Bitcoin bull MicroStrategy today announced it had completed its $500 million offering of secured notes. MicroStrategy Announces Completion of $500 Million Offering In a statement made today, software firm MicroStrategy said it had closed its previously announced offering of senior secured notes due 2028. Per sources close to the matter,...
June 14, 2021 by Wayne Jones at
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Tesla's chief executive Elon Musk has rubbished allegations that he engaged in a Bitcoin (BTC) price manipulation scheme. Musk took to Twitter on Sunday to refute the claims levied at him by Syngia's CEO Magda Wierzycka. He added that Tesla will resume BTC purchases once the premier cryptocurrency achieves desired...
June 13,2021 by Wayne Jones at Bitcoin
The highly awaited Bitcoin upgrade, Taproot, is finally here and is scheduled for a November release. What Taproot is All About It has been argued whether Bitcoin would ever agree on an upgrade after the tragic 2017 SegWit upgrade. The upgrade resulted in multiple camps that hard forked from the...
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# Blockchain News
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June 9,2021 by Anna Larsen at Blockchain
Blockchain technology is being hailed as the solution to promoting global financial inclusion. As such, the global children's charity UNICEF is contributing to these efforts through a venture fund that will give up to $100,000 to blockchain start-ups working on blockchain-based solutions. According to a recent announcement, the UNICEF Venture...
June 9, 2021 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at
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Valletta, Malta, June 9th, 2021 — Autonomous Worlds, the company behind the Xaya blockchain gaming platform, has signed a strategic partnership with Polygon to bring decentralized gaming infrastructure to Polygon’s Ethereum sidechain. The partnership will see Autonomous Worlds integrate Xaya into Polygon’s Ethereum-compatible sidechain, in addition to the existing Xaya...
June 9,2021 by Dalmas Ngetich at Blockchain
Concordium, a project deeply rooted in science with an in-built user identification, is launching its mainnet on June 9, as detailed in the recent press release. Early this year, Concordium raised $41 million through strategic and private sales of its native currency, GTU. The project also launches after three years...
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# Altcoins News
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June 13,2021 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are becoming a staple in the post-pandemic world, and people need markets to safely trade and buy these precious items. One of the most popular sectors in the “new normal” type of the world - gaming - is a multibillionaire one, and the publishers make strict rules...
June 11, 2021 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at
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Exploring the world of crypto can be an exciting journey. Aside from the thrill that price and value changes bring, there is also one noticeable aspect of the ecosystem that many users come across. It’s called mining – an activity that embodies the full potential of the crypto industry. In...
June 11,2021 by Dalmas Ngetich at Altcoins
The basic technology behind IOST--an enterprise-grade, high throughput blockchain--supersedes 37 high-profile competitors, including EOS and Ethereum, per the latest ranking from the Center for Information and Industry Development (CCID) shows. IOST Tops the Basic Technology Index Published on June 11, CCID ranks IOST's Basic Technology the highest at 106.7. It...
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# Regulation News
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June 13,2021 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Regulation
The Thai financial regulator is having none of the meme coins, NFTs, fan tokens, and exchange tokens. Thai SEC Prohibits Trading of Meme Tokens In an announcement made recently, the Thai financial regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) stated it was putting a ban on several of the hottest...
June 11, 2021 by Anthonia Isichei at
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An official of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) stated that the CBN is planning to issue its central bank digital currency (CBDC) before the end of 2021. CBN’s CBDC Project to Improve Foreign Remittance Transfers According to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday (June 10, 2021), Rakiya Mohammed,...
June 10,2021 by Wayne Jones at Regulation
The financial situation for Banks that have their eye on crypto may have just taken a sharp turn, as the Swiss financial committee says banks should set aside money to protect investors from losses incurred in cryptocurrency holdings. Banks ‘Under Siege’ A committee centered in Basel, made up of a...
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# Price Analysis
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The total crypto market cap added $17 billion to its value for the last seven days and now stands at $1,687 billion. The top 10 coins were mostly in red for the same time period with some of them posting double-digit losses. Bitcoin (BTC) was the only gainer with a 9.5...
Total crypto market cap lost $30 billion to its value for the period since Monday and now stands at $1.66 trillion. The top ten coins are all in green for the last 24 hours with Polkadot (DOT) leading the pack with a 10.7 percent increase respectively. At the time of...
The total crypto market cap added $65 billion to its value for the last seven days and now stands at $1,679 billion. The top 10 coins were all in green for the same time period with some of them posting double-digit gains. Binance Coin (BNB) and Dogecoin (DOGE) increased by 24...
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# Ethereum News
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June 14,2021 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Ethereum
Anthony Sassano has revealed via Twitter on June 13, 2021, that about 23 percent of the entire Ether supply is now locked in smart contracts just like in June 2016 when the first Ethereum-based decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) went live. The latest figures are quite indicative of Ethereum’s success as...
June 11, 2021 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at
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Vitalik Buterin has hinted that he is very bullish on Eth2 development. The Russian-Canadian programmer says a successful launch of the much-anticipated Eth2 will significantly boost Ethereum adoption by businesses globally. Buterin Bullish on Eth2 Development The Ethereum development community has been making significant progress in the journey towards Ethereum...
June 10,2021 by Wayne Jones at Ethereum
Ether’s scaling solution, the Raiden client, aims to rollout Bespin Mainnet on its network. The Bespin update will ensure the Raiden Network stabilizes the bugging issues on its transport layer. Moreover, it will push up the date of the full release of the Raiden Light Client project. What’s New According...
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