# Bitcoin News
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October 28,2020 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Bitcoin
Grayscale’s latest “Bitcoin Investor Study” has shown that the number of people interested in pumping in their hard-earned money into bitcoin (BTC) has increased significantly in 2020, as compared to last year. Bitcoin Getting Closer to Mainstream Adoption It’s no news that 2020 has been a relatively good year for...
October 27, 2020 by Anthonia Isichei at
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LibertyX, the U.S.-based company that installed the country’s first Bitcoin ATM, has expanded its services to include the BTC sell feature across 5,000 ATMs in the United States. Bitcoin Selling Now Available at 5,000 ATMs LibertyX made the announcement via a press release published on Monday (October 26, 2020). According...
October 25,2020 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Bitcoin
Bitcoin holds “considerable” upside potential, writes JPMorgan. JPMorgan Sees Value in Bitcoin Slowly, then suddenly. That’s the narrative of the global cryptocurrency – specifically the Bitcoin market – over the past few months with several major companies exhibiting confidence in the premier cryptocurrency. In August this year, BTCManager reported that...
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# Blockchain News
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October 28,2020 by Guest Post at Blockchain
Singapore, October 28th -- Singapore-based smart contract platform TomoChain has acquired Lition, developer of a public-private blockchain known for its deletable data features. The acquisition includes the Berlin-based startup’s core blockchain business, technology, human resources, treasury, and digital properties. Lition will become a key division of TomoChain and continue to...
October 28, 2020 by Osato Avan-Nomayo at
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Wall Street banking giant JPMorgan Chase is betting big on blockchain with a newly created business unit tasked with developing solutions based on the novel tech. Blockchain Is on the Cusp of Broad Commercialization According to CNBC, JPMorgan sees blockchain as being on course to become a major technological breakthrough...
October 27,2020 by Dalmas Ngetich at Blockchain
A project backed by Bitpanda, a Fintech company offering digital currency trading with bases in Austria, has partnered with Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI), a corporate and investment bank with a presence in 13 markets across Central and Eastern Europe, to roll out a blockchain Proof-of-Concept for banking interoperability and give...
# Altcoins News
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October 28,2020 by Dalmas Ngetich at Altcoins
As the coronavirus force central banks and businesses to adapt to present realities, the Internet of Service Token (IOST) stands a chance to power the next digital economy. This is the view of a leading investor and a vocal blockchain evangelist, Braddozack, who in an article on Oct 19, summarized how the...
October 28, 2020 by Adeniyi Olowoporoku at
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French startup firm PlanetWatch has revealed its partnership with Algorand blockchain to build a global air quality ledger solution. The development of a global air quality ledger will be initiated by PlanetWatch and the ledger will be built on the Algorand blockchain. Sensors Deployed to Monitor Air Pollution Limits According...
October 28,2020 by Evan Ezquer at Altcoins
On the 27th of October, Ocean v3 announced the ocean data market proposal. The announcement introduced staking, automated market making (AMM), initial data offerings (IDOs), and Ethereum-based data tokens. Another benefit behind this innovation is to put into action the monetization and sharing of data smarts. The Goal of the Ocean...
# Regulation News
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October 27,2020 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Regulation
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), has revealed that it’s collaborating with Switzerland’s central bank to carry out a proof of concept for its central bank digital currency (CBDC) and the project is scheduled to be completed by the end of this year, according to reports on October 26, 2020....
October 27, 2020 by Anthonia Isichei at
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An official of People’s Bank of China (PBoC), China’s central bank, has stated that the digital currency electronic payment (DCEP) is not designed to challenge existing major mobile payment platforms in the country Digital Yuan Can Function With Private Payment Platforms According to a report by the South China Morning...
October 26,2020 by Adeniyi Olowoporoku at Regulation
China is set to expand the testing of its digital Yuan to 28 other cities as it looks to fully launch the CBDC before the Winter Olympics in 2022. China Fast-tracking Digital Yuan The Asian powerhouse has been quick in its approach to developing its digital Yuan and is far...
# Price Analysis
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The total crypto market cap added $37.8 billion to its value for the last seven days and now stands at $396.8 billion. The top 10 currencies are mostly in green for the same period with Litecoin (LTC) leading the pack with a 21.7 percent price increase. By the time of...
Total crypto market cap added $31.4 billion for the period since Monday morning and now stands at $389.8 billion. Top ten coins are all in green for the last 24 hours. Litecoin (LTC) and ChainLink (LINK) are the biggest gainers with 12.8 and 8.5 percent of increase respectively. At the...
The total crypto market cap lost $1.6 billion of its value for the last seven days and now stands at $359.2 billion. The top 10 currencies showed mixed results for the same period with Binance Coin (BNB) adding 5.5 percent to its value while Litecoin (LTC) lost 6.7 percent. By...
# Ethereum News
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October 27,2020 by Dalmas Ngetich at Ethereum
Vitalik Buterin, one of the six co-founders of Ethereum, is subtly dismissing comments from Richard Ma, the CEO of Quantstamp—a smart contract auditing firm, who said the Beacon Chain mainnet is ready for launch. ETH2 Clients Shouldn’t be in a Hurry In a tweet on Oct 26, Vitalik responded to a Decrypt article, highlighting...
October 20, 2020 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at
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Ben Edgington, a member of the Ethereum 2.0 development team, has released a report concerning the progress made so far in the ETH 2.0 development and has hinted that the deposit contract will go live in the coming days, with ETH 2.0 staking to commence before the end of 2020....
October 15,2020 by Dalmas Ngetich at Ethereum
Breitling--a luxury watchmaker, is partnering with Arienee—who describes themselves as a digital identity consortium building perpetual trust between brands and owners, to issue authenticating digital certificates for Breitling watches on the Ethereum blockchain as per a blog post on Oct 14. The certificate won’t be tied to any name or email address....
