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Turkey could be ready to Launch National Digital Currency in 2020

November 6, 2019 by Osato Avan-Nomayo at Altcoins

Turkey’s central bank is reportedly looking to finalize testing protocols for its proposed national digital currency. With economic struggles worsening in the country, the move might signal an attempt by the government to gain a foothold in the emerging digital landscape. Meanwhile, bitcoin adoption continues to grow in the country...

China’s National Digital Currency is Anything but Decentralized says Ethereum Co-Founder

November 6, 2019 by Anthonia Isichei at Altcoins

China’s national digital currency is in the works, which would monitor transactions and curb money laundering. However, according to a recent interview with CNBC on November 5, 2019, Ethereum co-founder, Joseph Lubin, believes that China’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) lacks a key component of blockchain technology, which is decentralization. ...

Aeternity (AE) Blockchain Project Announces LIMA hard fork from Ethereum Blockchain

November 5, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins

Aeternity (AE), a next-generation open-source distributed ledger technology (DLT) network that claims to offer developers a robust platform for the creation of decentralized applications (dApps), has launched its LIMA hard fork, to provide AE miners with the most up to date software and entirely hand over governance to the community,...

Stellar Foundation Burns 55 Billion XLM Tokens for Increased Efficiency

November 5, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Altcoins

In a Medium post published on November 5, 2019, the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) announced the token burn of more than 55 billion XLM worth $4.7 billion. The announcement says the decision to burn XLM tokens is part of a grander plan undertaken by the SDF to make the organization...

Tezos (XTZ) Bags Listing on OKEx Cryptocurrency Exchange

November 4, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Altcoins

In a press release issued on November 4, 2019, OKEx – the world’s largest futures cryptocurrency exchange – announced that it will list open-source blockchain platform Tezos’s digital token – XTZ. Tezos Marks its Debut on OKEx Tezos, an open-source distributed ledger technology (DLT) project with a global community of...

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PwC Luxembourg Organizes IOTA Blockchain-Focused Event

November 4, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Altcoins

PwC Luxembourg is set to host an event titled “IOTA: Beyond Blockchain” on November 13, 2019, to spread the word about the German distributed ledger technology (DLT) among the masses. This, according to an article by The Merkel, November 4, 2019. IOTA Gets Heavyweight Push Berlin-based DLT non-profit IOTA is...

Bitcoin and Ether Market Update: January 9, 2020

Bitcoin, Ether, and XRP Weekly Market Update November 4, 2019

November 4, 2019 by Georgi Hristov at Altcoins, Price Analysis

The total crypto market cap lost $8 billion of its value over the last seven days and now stands at $246.3 billion a time of writing. The top 10 currencies showed mixed results for the same time frame with Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Stellar (XLM) gaining 9.9 and 6.3 percent...

Meet Gregory Saive, Head Foundation Developer at NEM

November 4, 2019 by Guest Post at Altcoins

Can you tell us a bit about your background? I’m from Belgian and grew up bilingually speaking French/German due to my location (near the german border in Belgium). I’m very passionate about languages which also applies in the tech field with programming languages such as C++, PHP, Typescript, Python and...

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Binance.US Enables Traders to Buy Cryptocurrencies with Debit Cards

November 2, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Altcoins

In a blog post published on November 1, 2019, Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange platform Binance’s U.S. arm, Binance.US announced that its users will now be able to purchase cryptocurrencies using debit cards. Crypto Purchase Made Easier Binance.US now allow users to buy digital currencies with debit cards. Further, the exchange stated...

Dubai: BTSE Exchange Launches Monero (XMR) Futures Contracts

November 2, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Altcoins

Dubai-based cryptocurrency financial products exchange, BTSE, on October 31, 2019, announced the launch of the Monero (XMR) futures contracts. BTSE Introduces Monero Futures Contract While Bitcoin (BTC) futures have become a common occurrence in the rapidly spreading cryptospace, altcoin futures contracts – especially those based on privacy-focused cryptocurrencies – are...

Maker Protocol’s Rebranding Effort Bring Terminology Changes

November 1, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Altcoins

Multi Collateral DAI (MCD) is currently on schedule for its November 18 rollout. However, the term 'collateralized debt position' or 'CDP' is being phased out. As per MakerDAO's recent announcement, CDP is changing to "Vault," along with a few other terminology changes to evade confusion in the ecosystem, November 1,...

Japan: Crypto Exchange Coincheck to List Stellar; XLM Price Spikes

November 1, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Altcoins

In an official blog post published on November 1, 2019, the Japanese cryptocurrency exchange platform Coincheck announced that it will enable support for Stellar Lumens (XLM) from November 12. XLM Takes Off for the Japanese Cryptospace XLM, the native digital token of distributed ledger technology (DLT) project Stellar Lumens which...

Binance’s Changpeng Zhao Declares Russia as a Key Market

October 31, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins

Binance CEO, Changpeng Zhao believes Russia is a key market for the exchange. The cryptocurrency big whale revealed during his visit to the Radisson hotel in central Moscow on October 21, 2019. Zhao Speaks About Russia’s Relevance to Binance It was the CEO’s first visit to Russia and his popularity...

Europe’s Five Largest Economies Form Anti-Libra Coalition

October 31, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins

The government of France, Germany, Spain, and Italy have formed a new coalition to make the scheduled 2020 launch of Facebook's global cryptocurrency, Libra very difficult or impossible altogether, reports Politico on October 29, 2019. No Room for Libra in Europe Despite making significant efforts to allay the fears of...

Brave Browser (BAT) and Everipedia Enter Co-Marketing Agreement

October 31, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Altcoins

Brave browser, a privacy promoting browser, and blockchain-based encyclopedia Everipedia have announced a marketing collaboration agreement whereby both brands will market the other to their respective communities. Brave will create advertisement banners for Everipedia on their community page and articles on Brave and their vision will be highlighted on Everipedia,...

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