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Latest News on Blockchain
Blockchains are the critical infrastructure underlying cryptocurrencies. The common feature of these distributed ledgers is the sequential updating of a cryptographically secure, verifiable transaction record among a network of peers all operating under a certain set of rules enforced through the software itself. This record is owned and operated in common by anyone anywhere.
While research in shared ledger technology goes back decades, the arrival of the Bitcoin blockchain introduced the first distributed ledger technology that was thoroughly decentralized and resistant to censorship, seizure and collusion.
Blockchain technology, in its various manifestations including the Ethereum blockchain and others, is ultimately a global consensus system — i.e., it allows people to coordinate and cooperate around a neutral source of information without trusting each other or a central administrator. The use cases are wide-ranging, from finance and energy trading to supply chain management.
At Cointelegraph, we are chronicling the evolving blockchain industry. Is it revolutionary or overhyped? Or both? Will it become the solution to securing trust in finance and global trade? What will be the rate of blockchain transactions in the coming years?
Stay tuned to find out.
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Michael Saylor still foresees a $150,000 Bitcoin price by the end of the year, despite temporary concerns with import tariff escalations.
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Zcash’s rise mirrors a shifting mood toward privacy in an increasingly monitored online world.
1514 - Spotlight
Over the past eight years of steady expansion, this exchange maintains a record of security and operational stability.
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Crypto users must deal with costly fees, protocol-level restrictions and multiple service providers to execute simple stablecoin transactions.
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Like early email protocols, DeFi remains complex and isolated. Bridging DeFi and TradFi through hybrid payment solutions could unlock crypto’s mainstream potential.
1061 - Spotlight
Managing self-custody across chains is overwhelming, and using crypto in daily life is still harder than it should be.
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Bitcoin has become a $2 trillion asset in the 17 years since Satoshi Nakamoto published the white paper, but it faces its first red October since 2018.
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Zcash defied the crypto market downturn with a 45% rally this week, making it the most valuable privacy-focused cryptocurrency, following Hayes’ call for a $10,000 price target.
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AllUnity’s euro-pegged MiCA-compliant stablecoin, EURAU, is expanding across major blockchains using Chainlink’s CCIP protocol.
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EU's ProtectEU mandates on-device scanning before encryption, creating a two-tier security system where states encrypt while citizens are surveilled. Digital feudalism codified.
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Bitwise’s Matt Hougan said Solana has good odds of winning a larger share of the stablecoin and tokenization market.
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Nordea announced in 2018 that it would ban employees from buying and holding Bitcoin due to concerns that the crypto market was unregulated.
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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong rattled off a bunch of crypto buzzwords at the end of its Q3 earnings call — resolving all prediction market bets on them to a “yes” in one swoop.
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MegaETH surpassed its fundraising cap with over $1.3 billion committed, achieving a theoretical valuation of more than $27 billion after closing on Thursday.
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