Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss have launched Gemini’s mobile crypto trading app together with a new crypto basket investment vehicle.
Blockchain News
The most basic definition of blockchain is a shared, digitized ledger that cannot be changed once a transaction has been recorded and verified. All parties to the transaction, as well as a significant number of 3rd parties maintain a copy of the ledger (i.e. the blockchain), which means it would be practically impossible to amend every copy of the ledger globally to fake a transaction.
Bitcoin’s success has triggered the establishment of nearly 1000 new cryptocurrencies, leading to the delusion that the only application of blockchain technology is for the creation of cryptocurrency.
However, the blockchain technology is capable of a lot more than just cryptocurrency creation and may support such things as transactions that require personal identification, peer review, elections and other types of democratic decision-making and audit trails.
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The Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange has insured all of its assets with local insurance broker Callaghan.
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Samsung has refuted it plans to offer a crypto cold wallet on its Galaxy S10 smartphone.
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Fledgling merchant network Crypto.com wants to expand the scope of its offerings using ex-PayPal exec Tyson Hackwood’s expertise.
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There have been rises of 1,950 percent in a year, and falls of 50 percent in a day. Here’s a look at the turbulent history of cryptocurrency.
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Blockchain browser Brave will be pre-installed on HTC’s blockchain browser, supporting cryptocurrency networks.
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American insurance giant State Farm is testing a blockchain product to speed up the subrogation process for auto claims.
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The UNICEF Innovation Fund will invest $100,000 in six international firms to develop blockchain-based projects.
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by Ana Berman
Decentralized apps on the EOS blockchain have reportedly seen 27 hacks from July till late November, losing up to 400,000 EOS.
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New crypto exchange ErisX has announced the appointment of veteran exchange founder Matt Trudeau as its chief strategy officer (CSO).
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SEC chairman Jay Clayton declared that ICOs are effective, but also pointed out that “securities laws must be followed.”
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by Helen Partz
South Korea’s government will spend $3.5 million to set up a blockchain-enabled virtual power plant in the city of Busan.
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The Financial Action Task Force wants the United Kingdom to “progress” with measures to formalize its domestic crypto economy.
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by Ana Berman
PayPal’s new blockchain initiative grants tokens to employees who participate in innovation-related programs and contribute ideas.
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Facebook has listed five new blockchain-related jobs on its careers page within the past three weeks.
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