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Mystic Valley Partners with Payments Startup Fuse.io to Mint Crypto Token for First Cashless Event

November 19, 2020 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins

TEL AVIV, Israel, November 19, 2020 — One of Thailand’s leading music festivals is preparing for its upcoming three-day event by implementing a blockchain-based cashless payment system for the first time. Instead of cash, festival-goers will make payments using a cryptocurrency token minted by Mystic Valley. The festival has partnered...

Polkadot Leads Blockchain Into The Era Of Decentralized Finance (DeFi)

November 19, 2020 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at DeFi

By connecting parallel blockchains, Polkadot has provided a hot topic of discussion for the evolving world of blockchain technology. The platform’s primary goal is to enhance security, scalability and open ways for innovative solutions. Just like Ethereum, Polkadot provides a platform for startups to create decentralized applications (Dapps). Only this...

QiSwap Schedules Mainnet Launch for Friday, Bringing DeFi to Qtum

November 19, 2020 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins

SINGAPORE, Nov. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Qtum, an open-source blockchain project that leverages proof-of-stake (POS) consensus and different virtual machines to power business-friendly smart contracts, has just moved one step closer to realizing its decentralized finance (DeFi) ambitions, with the completion of the QiSwap testnet phase. QiSwap is a decentralized...

Matic Network Joins Ethereum as the Second Blockchain to Integrate Chainlink Price Feed Oracles

November 19, 2020 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins

We are happy to announce that Chainlink has been successfully deployed live on Matic Network as our recommended oracle solution for developers. Matic is the second blockchain, after Ethereum, to actively integrate Chainlink Price Feed oracles! Five price feeds have already been launched on the Matic mainnet: MATIC/USD, USDC/USD, ETH/USD,...

How Businesses Can Work with Cryptocurrencies Using a Single System like CoinsPaid

November 19, 2020 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Blockchain

What value will accepting cryptocurrencies bring to businesses? Will it be safe for companies to deal with cryptocurrencies, and if yes, which is the right crypto payment gateway to use? To get answers to these questions, an organization that can facilitate smooth cryptocurrency operations at a reduced cost globally is...

American Investor Tim Draper Predicts Bitcoin to Hit $250,000 by 2022

Institutional Investors ETPs Generate Crazy Gains as Bitcoin Bull Run Continues

November 18, 2020 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Bitcoin

Bitcoin exchange-traded products (ETPs) floated by leading institutional investors such as Grayscale, which recently surpassed the $10 million AUM mark, Wisdom Tree, and others, have seen a massive increase in market capitalization and volume in the last 30 days thanks to the ongoing bitcoin (BTC) bull run, according to a...

UN partner Hala adopts Hedera DLT for conflict early warning system

Hedera Hashgraph Gets Adopted by Top Disaster Prevention Platform

November 18, 2020 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Blockchain

Hala Systems has integrated Hedera Hashgraph’s distributed ledger technology (DLT) into its conflicts and natural disasters early warning system dubbed ‘Sentry.’ The team expects Hedera’s DLT solution to further boost the immutability and authenticity of data in its systems, according to reports on November 18, 2020. DLT for Conflicts and...

TomoChain Enters National Partnership with Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training

November 18, 2020 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins

Singapore, November 18, 2020 — Smart contract platform TomoChain has landed an exclusive agreement to provide blockchain services for Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training, aka MOET. The National Qualifications Archive program will ensure that all certifications achieved by the country’s students in High School and Higher Education are uploaded...

Anchorage Crypto Custodian Seeks National Bank Charter from the OCC

November 18, 2020 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Regulation

Anchorage has applied for a national bank charter from the United States Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). If all goes as planned, the license will make it possible for Anchorage to function as a qualified bank and operate in all jurisdictions in the country, according to reports...

Gate.io Lists Over 45 DeFi Tokens; DeFi Ecosystem on Its Public Chain to Launch Soon

November 17, 2020 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at DeFi

Global digital asset exchange, Gate.io, has listed over 45 DeFi projects in the past three months. The company added that it continues to list the most innovative DeFi projects for over 3 million Gate.io users worldwide. Based on the recent volumes some of the top-performing tokens on Gate.io are UNI, AMPL, YFI, CRV, with over...

AdEx Network Becomes the First Decentralized Ad Network with Community Governance

November 17, 2020 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins

The AdEx Network team asks the community about its token supply in 2021 Sofia, Bulgaria -- November 17’th, 2020 - Adtech startup AdEx Network will empower its community members to decide how much ADX staking rewards tokens to mint in 2021. Back in September AdEx kickstarted an incentivized staking program...

Is Crypto Now Mature Enough for Consumer Payments?

November 16, 2020 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Bitcoin

Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum has said via Twitter on November 16, 2020, that he firmly believes that crypto payments deserve another push towards mainstream adoption, despite making huge progress in the past decade. Crypto Payments Have Come a Long Way Since the creation of Bitcoin 12 years ago,...

Blockchain Business Applications at Scale with VeChain and Blue Bite

VeChain (VET), Blue Bite Join Forces to Make Blockchain Adoption Easier

November 16, 2020 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins

VeChain (VET) and Blue Bite have forged an alliance aimed at making it easier for enterprises to integrate distributed ledger technology (DLT) into their operations. Blue Bite says it has created a user-friendly interface that enables enterprises to easily use the VeChai Toolchain, according to a blog post on November...

Central City Rockdale Reinvents Itself from Mining Coal to Mining Bitcoin Image

U.S. Listed Bitcoin Mining Startup Exchanges over 4k Shares for Mining Machines

November 13, 2020 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Bitcoin

Bit Digital, Inc. (Nasdaq: BTBT), has inked a purchase agreement with some unnamed foreign investors for the acquisition of over $13k worth of sophisticated bitcoin mining equipment in exchange for 4,344,711 ordinary shares at the price of $3.20 per share, according to a press release on November 11, 2020. Bit...

Features of a Suitable Crypto Wallet Provider

November 13, 2020 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins

Cryptocurrency usage and integration have become a key part for businesses that want to survive and thrive in the changing demographic. Despite cryptocurrencies becoming more mainstream, buying cryptos with ease remain a huge challenge for users. This is where the Mercuryo.io wallet comes into play. The Mercuryo.io wallet allows users...