Coingeek: Tanzania central bank wants to develop own digital currency

Coingeek: Israel is stepping up CBDC efforts, central bank governor says

Tuesday, 07 December 2021 04:00

Governor Amir Yaron considers central bank digital currencies are the future of finance and will give central banks an effective monetary policy tool as the payments paradigm shifts. [...] Read More... The post Israel is stepping up CBDC efforts, central bank governor says appeared first on CoinGeek.

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Coingeek: Digital currency firms join SEC’s PAUSE list of companies using bogus info to lure investors

Tuesday, 07 December 2021 02:00

The U.S. securities regulator has updated its PAUSE list which includes firms that’ve been misleading investors with false statements, and digital currency firms feature significantly. [...] Read More... The post Digital currency firms join SEC’s PAUSE list of companies using bogus info to lure investors appeared first…

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Coingeek: Under the Bitcoin hood: Here’s how Teranode works

Monday, 06 December 2021 12:00

Thanks to the new “whiteboard sessions” created by Murray Distributed Technologies, we are slowly learning more about Teranode and how it works under the hood. [...] Read More... The post Under the Bitcoin hood: Here’s how Teranode works appeared first on CoinGeek.

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Coingeek: EU green lights blockchain pilot for financial markets

Monday, 06 December 2021 06:00

Under a new European Union pilot program, which will likely be officially passed in Q1 or Q2 2022, some existing legal requirements are waived to allow for the issuance of certain financial instruments on blockchain and digital ledger technology. [...] Read More... The post EU green lights…

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Coingeek: Xive shuts down facility in South Kazakhstan due to electricity crisis

Monday, 06 December 2021 04:00

Kazakhstan has been struggling with electricity shortage following the influx of block reward miners from China, forcing some miners to move again because of the new energy crisis. [...] Read More... The post Xive shuts down facility in South Kazakhstan due to electricity crisis appeared first on…

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Coingeek: Coin Signals man pleads guilty to $5M BTC Ponzi scheme, faces 10 years in prison

Monday, 06 December 2021 02:00

Jeremy Spence, 25, posed as a successful trader, lured investors and made off with over $5 million, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. [...] Read More... The post Coin Signals man pleads guilty to $5M BTC Ponzi scheme, faces 10 years in prison appeared first on…

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Coingeek: Zero-knowledge key-statement proof

Sunday, 05 December 2021 12:00

In this article, Xiaohui Liu introduces nChain's white paper #0488 titled "Zero-knowledge key-statement proofs” a special ZKP where the secret is a private key corresponding to a known public key. [...] Read More... The post Zero-knowledge key-statement proof appeared first on CoinGeek.

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Coingeek: Thailand tourism industry wants to attract digital currency millionaires

Sunday, 05 December 2021 06:00

The Thai government is looking at issuing a digital currency, building a new tourism ecosystem, and developing a wallet to help Thailand’s economy, which has taken a hit during the pandemic. [...] Read More... The post Thailand tourism industry wants to attract digital currency millionaires appeared first…

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Coingeek: ECDSA-based oracles on Bitcoin: An alternative to Rabin signatures-based oracles

Saturday, 04 December 2021 12:00

sCrypt has developed an algorithm to verify arbitrary data from a certain party in Bitcoin smart contracts; it is based on ECDSA and reuses native keys to generate and verify signatures directly. [...] Read More... The post ECDSA-based oracles on Bitcoin: An alternative to Rabin signatures-based oracles…

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