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On May 20, Eligma showed off its Elipay service, a crypto payment processing system that allows people to pay for products and services with cryptocurrencies at over 300 retailers in the region. The grand opening of Elipay’s Croatian launch started with the first transaction made by Bitcoin.com’s CEO, Roger Ver, at the five-star Navis Design Hotel.
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On May 15, the Bitcoin Cash network successfully upgraded by implementing Schnorr signatures, after which a few developers processed some basic Schnorr signatures. Then, on Saturday, May 18, software developers Chris Pacia, Mark Lundeberg, and Checksum0 performed the first multi-sig Schnorr signature on BCH and sent the funds to Freeross.org.
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The notion that anyone could solo mine bitcoin – on a CPU no less – seems positively quaint today. But in 2010, this method wasn’t just possible – it was the norm. With an exponentially lower hashrate, less competition and a 50 bitcoin block reward, there was enough pie for everyone to get a bite. But some miners didn’t just want a bite – they wanted a whole slice, and to achieve that, they decided to join forces and pool their hashpower. And thus “cooperative mining” was born.
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Security tokens are coming to Bitcoin, courtesy of Blockstream.
The Bitcoin and blockchain technology company announced on May 15, 2019, the final day of the Consensus 2019 conference, that Liquid Securities, a platform for issuing and managing security tokens on its Liquid sidechain, is ready to go live. This platform will provide Liquid and its users with its first product to issue digital assets, a foundational milestone for bringing tokenization to the Bitcoin network.
BitMEX, a cryptocurrency trading platform that offers up to 100x leverage, reportedly set a new record for 24-hour trading volume on Saturday — surpassing $ 10 billion for the first time. New record for BitMEX trading volume. Praise be to volatility and our wonderful traders! pic.twitter.com/iLMGdpz65n — Arthur Hayes (@CryptoHayes) May 12, 2019 According to a […]
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Fans of the Tom Clancy video game franchise are no stranger to cinematic trailers that get the blood flowing. This trend continued with the recent release of the first trailer for Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint. “Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint is a military shooter set in a diverse, hostile and mysterious open world that […]
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The latest classic video game franchise to earn its own live-action movie is none other than Sonic The Hedgehog, a high-speed platformer series launched in 1991 by Sega. The first trailer for the new film has finally dropped, and the reception has been less than enthusiastic (oh well, Marvel fans paid to see a talking […]
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The highly-anticipated first gameplay footage of Borderlands 3 is now available to the general public thanks to a YouTube live stream from earlier today. The third Borderlands title forgoes the industry push toward battle royale in favor of the franchise’s tried and true 4-player online multiplayer and split screen. In contrast to past games, Borderlands […]
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Last week, Riot Games teased the new League of Legends Champion, Yuumi: The Magical Cat, in a brief trailer. Yuumi will be added to the Public Beta Environment for the patch 9.10 cycle and will move to the live version with the rest of patch 9.10 and features the following abilities: Passive: Bop ‘N’ Block: […]
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Since the very start, people have lost bitcoins due to human error. Mislaid wallets, forgotten passwords, broken hard drives, hacks, and scams have conspired to remove over 20% of all BTC from circulation by some estimates. The dubious accolade for the first major bitcoin loss goes to forum member Stone Man, who, on August 10, 2010, managed to permanently erase his access to almost 9,000 BTC.
On April 24, 2019, the first bitcoin ATM in the Islamic Republic of Iran was revealed at the 12th International Exhibition of Exchange, Bank and Insurance in Tehran.
Footage of the event was captured by a film crew working for German news agency Ruptly, a part of Russia Today’s greater media network. Intrigued crowds were seen lining up to see the functionality of this machine, which was emblazoned with the message that the BTM was itself made in Iran, not wheeled into the conference from some overseas source.
In what the Manhattan District Attorney calls the first crypto money laundering conviction in New York, two defendants have pleaded guilty to running a drug trafficking business that laundered millions of dollars in Western Union and crypto payments.
According to an official announcement shared by the District Attorney’s office on April 24, 2019, Mark Sanchez and Callaway Crain have pleaded guilty to charges of money laundering through the sale of controlled substances on their website and on the dark web.
Cryptocurrency investors now have another reason to be bullish on Bitcoin (BTC) after one of the more bullish chart patterns formed on Tuesday. According to the BTC/USD chart, Bitcoin’s 50-day moving average has officially crossed above the 200-day moving average. The pattern is commonly known as a golden cross and is often viewed as an […]
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Ironbelly, the first open-source wallet for Mimblewimble privacy coin Grin (GRIN), was recently unveiled as the first grantee for the Binance Labs Fellowship, a new program supporting open-source projects that advance the crypto community. .@BinanceLabs Grants First Fellowship Round Supporting Open-Source Blockchain Development Ironbelly, a mobile wallet for $ GRIN, HOPR a privacy-preserving messaging protocol & Kitsune Wallet, […]
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The Blockchain Game Alliance, a coalition of gaming and blockchain companies set on bringing blockchain technology to the gaming industry, announced Friday that it has launched its first technical working group. The Blockchain Game Alliance launches its first technical working group on asset metadata standardization! Registration is now open for all BGA members. More info […]
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The biggest news this week has undoubtedly been the launch of Binance Chain, the new blockchain platform that will fuel Binance’s decentralized exchange (DEX) and other major initiatives. As a result of the news, Binance Coin (BNB) became the first large-cap cryptocurrency to hit new all-time highs on Friday, surpassing levels last seen during the […]
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GoChain (GO), a blockchain platform that claims 1,300 transactions per second, announced Monday that it has officially signed Dish Network (DISH) on as its first enterprise node signer on its public mainnet. We are extremely proud to officially announce leading US satellite TV provider @dish and #1 LIVE streaming TV service @Sling are both authorized block […]
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Bitcoin’s first decentralized exchange to make use of the Lightning Network’s Atomic Swaps is now in beta.
Sparkswap, an exchange with backing from Pantera Capital (which announced its ambitious mission to become the most decentralized bitcoin exchange on the market in August 2018), has now opened its beta to users. Leveraging the Lightning Network, the exchange is non-custodial and trading is decentralized. Users will be able to execute buy and sell orders between each other directly and, thanks to atomic swapping, they’ll also be able to trade coins across blockchains.
Singapore-based KuCoinis the latest crypto exchange to introduce a platform for public token sales (“IEOs“). Called KuCoin Spotlight, the new platform allows KYC-verified investors (excluding U.S. residents) who hold a sufficient number of KuCoin Shares (KCS) to participate in the public token sale — essentially underwriting the token’s future listing. The first Spotlight token sale […]
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