ETHNews: Craig Wright Erupts During Q&A At Oxford

Altcoin Buzz: Grayscale Launches ‘Drop Gold, Buy Bitcoin’ Promo Campaign

Thursday, 02 May 2019 22:41

Grayscale Investments have launched a campaign called “#DropGold buy Bitcoin”, aiming to make more investment portfolios reflect that bitcoin has become “Digital Gold”. The Grayscale Bitcoin Trust holds approximately 1.2% of the Bitcoin in circulation, and they believe that investing in Bitcoin should be considered more widely…

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Altcoin Buzz: Bitcoin Outperforms Apple and NASDAQ for 2019 so far. What about Altcoins?

Thursday, 02 May 2019 21:41

Recently it has been noted that Bitcoin has outperformed many assets from the traditional world of finance, with the two biggest being Apple and NASDAQ. How do Altcoins compare? Bitcoin is up 55.2% since the start of January, while Apple is up 34.3%. The NASDAQ 100, an…

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ETHNews: Code For Ethereum Update Nearly Ready

Thursday, 02 May 2019 18:57

During the latest core devs call, Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake claimed the code specifications for Ethereum's upgrade to proof of stake are "on track" and will most likely be finalized by June 30.

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ETHNews: Bank Of Canada, Monetary Authority Of Singapore Complete Cross-Border And Cross-Currency Payment

Thursday, 02 May 2019 17:10

The Bank of Canada and the Monetary Authority of Singapore announced the successful completion of a cross-border and cross-currency payment pilot using central bank digital currencies.

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ETHNews: Endgame For BREAKERMAG

Thursday, 02 May 2019 18:02

BREAKERMAG was a star in the cryptojournalism space for about a year. Cryptojournalist Matthew de Silva and Ben Schiller, BREAKERMAG’s editor-in-chief, talk about some of the reasons for the magazine's closure.

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Ethereum World News: Tether’s (USDT) Negligence deserves Exchanges De-listing

Thursday, 02 May 2019 16:45

Tether (USDT) and BitFinex are scandal ridden and Reddit user opines that it should be delisted from major exchanges. All the same the reaction is mixed. The post Tether’s (USDT) Negligence deserves Exchanges De-listing appeared first on Ethereum World News.

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ETHNews: Bitfinex Planning Billion-Dollar Initial Exchange Offering

Thursday, 02 May 2019 16:08

Zhao Dong, shareholder of the embattled cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex, reveals the exchange's plans to raise funds through an initial exchange offering (IEO). The IEO will only be open to serious foreign investors who are willing to put up the $1 million buy-in.

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ETHNews: Bitcoin Not The Only Answer For Venezuela

Thursday, 02 May 2019 14:41

Diana Aguilar, contact for Coinbase charity GiveCrypto in Venezuela, discusses why cryptocurrency alone will not heal the country. Aguilar talks about the lack of strategy behind charitable donations, the country's poor cyber-infrastructure, and the potential crypto has to positively influence the country's economy.

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ETHNews: Crypto Capital's Origin Story

Thursday, 02 May 2019 15:14

Crypto Capital has served as a bank for many cryptocurrency exchanges that have come under fire for less-than-ethical practices, including Bitfinex and QuadrigaCX. However, little is known about where Crypto Capital came from or who founded the company.

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