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The Cryptonomist: Petro: mass adoption in Venezuela?

Tuesday, 07 January 2020 13:49

Over the past weeks, there have been over two and a half million crypto operations, following the Christmas airdrop The post Petro: mass adoption in Venezuela? appeared first on The Cryptonomist.

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Crypto Briefing: Bitcoin the Answer to Monetary Debasement?

Tuesday, 07 January 2020 06:23

As central bankers around the world get set for a prolonged period of monetary debasement, the 99% could look to Bitcoin for protection. A Decade of Monetary Debasement Looms The European Central Bank issued guidance at the end of last year that it would keep “the key…

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CoinSpice: World Law Enforcement Tax: Kraken Sees 49% Increase in Global Compliance Requests

Tuesday, 07 January 2020 16:51

TL;DR: US cryptocurrency exchange Kraken published its second annual snapshot of law enforcement compliance requests. “Team America still ahead with 61% of total requests, down from 66% last year,” the company explained. “Other geos gaining fast. Trend is obvious. Costs are increasing, even in a relatively flat…

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South China Morning Post: China’s sovereign digital currency ‘progressing well’, central bank says, but still no launch date

Sunday, 05 January 2020 07:30

China’s central bank said on Sunday it will continue with its research and development into the creation of a sovereign digital currency in 2020, but fell short of saying when it might be launched.In a summary of its annual work conference held last week, the People’s Bank…

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Coingape: XBT/USD Analysis: Bitcoin Falls short of $8k As A Whopping 12 million Shorts Liquidate on BitMEX

Tuesday, 07 January 2020 04:06

Bitcoin closes in on $8,000 as anticipation towards May 2020 halving grows. Renewed interest in Bitcoin blasts the price towards $8,000 despite shorts liquidations hitting [...] The post XBT/USD Analysis: Bitcoin Falls short of $8k As A Whopping 12 million Shorts Liquidate on BitMEX appeared first on…

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bitcoin.com: The Top 50 Crypto Memes of All Time

Tuesday, 07 January 2020 04:55

Memes are the fuel that powers the cryptoconomy. Exploitable image macros, shareable acronyms, and obscure in-jokes are the stuff that crypto is made of. To mark the dawn of a new decade, news.Bitcoin.com has endeavored to catalog the crypto memes that came to define the last one.…

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The Daily Hodl: Ripple-Backed Bitso Reveals Exponential Growth of Crypto-Powered Remittances

Tuesday, 07 January 2020 09:15

While crypto skeptics brand digital currencies as solutions in search of a problem, Mexico’s first Bitcoin exchange is seeing exponential growth of crypto-powered remittances. Bitso estimates that it is processing 2.5% of the transactions flowing from the US to Mexico, one of the largest remittance corridors in…

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Blockonomi: Permissioned vs Permissionless Blockchains: Understanding the Differences

Tuesday, 07 January 2020 09:18

The last couple of years have brought along a massive increase in the popularity of blockchain technology, with numerous projects being implemented by private and public entities. However, as it is an emerging technology, there is quite a bit of […] The post Permissioned vs Permissionless Blockchains:…

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cryptodaily.co.uk: FORUS Partners with Coin Apps Tech to Bring Blockchain to South Africa in a Flash!

Tuesday, 07 January 2020 11:30

In this interview, I had the pleasure of speaking to Sonny Fisher of Forus Foundation, Chris Lee of CoinApps Tech and James Jr. of Flashcoin. Sonny announced the partnership between Forus and Coinapps Tech to bring blockchain transactions to the unbanked and badly banked of South Africa…

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