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A graduate of English, I stumbled on cryptocurrency while trying to proofread an article for a friend back in 2011, and since then, I have been hooked! I play word games when I am less busy (I'm a pro by the way) and I am a tennis aficionado.
Investors in the Crypto.com MCO token sale are accusing the platform of malpractice in its drive to swap MCO for its new CRO tokens. The decline in MCO token price in the run-up to the swap has left some stakeholders speculating that Crypto.com is trying to engineer a forced liquidation...
With China’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) project still in progress, there are speculations that the digital yuan could be used to water down the dominance enjoyed by major players like Alibaba and Tencent. China’s CBDC Looking to Even Out Competition According to a report by the Financial Times, some...
Japan continues to intensify efforts in its proposed central bank digital currency (CBDC) project as the country’s central bank has appointed its top economist to oversee the department conducting research on CBDC. Japan Getting Serious With Proposed Digital Yen According to Reuters on Friday (July 31, 2020), the Bank of...
IOTA’s new version of the Pollen decentralized testnet records an improved transaction speed along with other major improvements. Pollen v0.2.2 TPS 6X Faster Than Previous Version In a tweet published by IOTA on Tuesday (July 28, 2020), the new IOTA Pollen minor version 0.2.2 comes with various improvements. In a...
Major cryptocurrency hard wallet company Ledger revealed that the platform suffered a data breach causing customers details to be compromised. Customer Funds Unaffected By Breach The company made the announcement via a blog post on Wednesday (July 29, 2020). According to Ledger, the hacker got access to a part of the...
Customers of A1 Telekom subsidiary will now be able to make crypto payments based on a recent collaboration with the Austrian crypto payments processor, Salamantex. Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies Accepted on A1 Payment The company made the announcement via a press release on Monday (July 27, 2020). According to the...
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) formed a new team to speed up research into the possibility of issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC). However, the apex bank has no immediate plans to launch a digital yen. BoJ Inaugurates New Committee For Digital Yen Research According to The Mainichi on...
Thailand’s central bank is continuing developments on the central bank digital currency (CBDC) project as the apex bank will test its CBDC for transactions among large businesses. Thailand’s CBDC Reaches Third-Stage Development According to a report by the Nation Thailand on Thursday (July 16, 2020), the Bank of Thailand (BOT)...
The Japanese government is looking to include a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in its 2020 economic and fiscal policy framework. Japan to Collaborate with the U.S. and Europe on Digital Yen According to a report by Nikkei on Tuesday (July 14, 2020), the Japanese government is considering discussions on...
Zcash protocol upgrade Heartwood is less than 24 hours away with improvements in privacy via shielded coinbase and more efficient functionality for light client software. Heartwood Features Shielded Coinbase According to a blog post by the privacy-centered platform, Heartwood, the fourth network upgrade will activate on July 16, 2020. Both...
The CEO and Co-founder of Singapore-based blockchain project VeChain, Sunny Lu, in his keynote address at the 2020 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) stated that the company’s mission was to promote the widespread use of blockchain via the ToolChain platform. Mass Adoption of Blockchain Technology is the Goal for VeChain...
The Cardano Foundation has issued a warning to the public against some individuals who claim to know members of the foundation, in order to possibly lure investors to deposit funds with them. Suspects Claim Connection With Cardanao to Boost Investors’ Confidence In an announcement published on Thursday (July 9, 2020),...
Early progress updates from Pollen — the first IOTA 2.0 testnet infrastructure — are in, with over 20,000 value transactions already exchanged between nodes on the network. First Pollen Testnet Results Show Improved Performance Tweeting on Tuesday (July 7, 2020), IOTA stated that the Pollen testnet recorded over 280,000 transactions...
Trading Volume on cryptocurrency exchanges suffered a massive decline in June 2020, with the spot trading volume being the worst hit. Crypto Spot Trading Volume Shrank in June Amid DEX ATH According to figures published by cryptocurrency data analytics provider CryptoCompare, crypto exchanges saw a significant decline in trading volume...
Data from CoinMarketCap shows Bitcoin dominance below 70 percent but in reality, the number could be a lot higher. Unlimited Altcoin Token Supply Makes Market Cap a Meaningless Metric In a report by BTSE Academy, a free Bitcoin learning platform, there are better ways to get Bitcoin’s dominance apart from...
