Opinion
The need for secure, privacy-centric, fraud-proof digital identities that allow us to demonstrate our credentials has never been greater.
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Blockchain News
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.
- Expert Take
The U.S. Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism laws: Where will these updates lead the crypto space?
4407 - Analysis
Soccer clubs are now resorting to blockchain and crypto for fan engagement, tokenization and even new signings, with the potential for many more use cases.
2764 - Opinion
With inspiration from past decentralized success, other industries are following suit — and the film industry should be next.
3717 - Expert Take
Studying the question of how Bitcoin hacking incidents affect the uncertainty in the overall crypto market.
5256 - Opinion
Without the global retail trader base, the Bitcoin market would not be what it is today: The investment champion of 2020.
6310 - Expert Take
Do the benefits brought by Bitcoin and the improvement in our standard of living justify this additional use of energy?
6170 - Opinion
The rising influence of Big Tech may make Cyberpunk 2077’s future our reality, but there is a chance to fight it with blockchain technology.
5348 - Altcoin Watch
The DeFi boom and search for projects offering interoperability recently sent Ren’s price and total value locked to new all-time highs.
19149 - Analysis
“What happens when the world and the U.S. dollar is in a continual state of quantitative easing?” Can BTC find a new and unexpected role for itself?
30938 - Analysis
The recent Bitcoin rally is driving crowds of new retail investors to crypto markets, and the Main Street itself deserves the credit.
10784 - New Year Special
Cointelegraph Brasil invited some of the country’s top crypto and blockchain experts to chart the next steps for the market.
4427 - News
Investors are suing a Bitcoin mining company for allegedly fabricating the existence of BTC mining farms in China and reportedly misleading the public.
5349 - News
The animation is inspired by the politician's recent arrest and “Putin's Palace” documentary on alleged corruption.
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He feels Bitcoin might need such solutions, even with the coin in a store of value role.
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