Upstart crypto exchange Bibox announced earlier this week that it has completed its first quarter token burn for Bibox Token (BIX). Bibox has completed the $ BIX REPURCHASE and BURN in the first quarter of 2019. The amount of BIX burnt this time：1,509,044 BIX The total amount of BIX burnt：8,548,602 BIX, which is about 6.95% of the […]
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Qtum Completes First Atomic Swap With Bitcoin on Mainnet
Qtum, a blockchain platform that merges the strength of Bitcoin’s blockchain with the Ethereum Virtual Machine to build decentralized applications, has completed its first atomic swap with Bitcoin on mainnet.
This is a big, first step for atomic swaps, a feature that allows for on-chain exchanges, or transactions, between cryptocurrencies on two separate blockchains without the need to rely on a third party. For Bitcoin, this is a big step forward in allowing interoperability between other blockchains and itself in a trustless manner.
Bakkt Completes First Round of Funding With $182.5 Million
Intercontinental Exchange’s upcoming cryptocurrency trading platform, Bakkt, has raised $ 182.5 million from a dozen investors. The funds will help develop an institutional-grade regulated crypto exchange, clearing and warehousing services for physical delivery and storage. The company now expects to provide an updated timeline on launching bitcoin daily futures contracts in early 2019.
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Trading Platform Paxful Completes Construction for Second School in Rwanda
Children in the Rwandan village of Kasebigege are being given a greater chance to pursue a sound education as construction on a new school, developed by bitcoin marketplace Paxful, has been completed.
Located in the Bugesera District, the school is a primary institution designed for children between the ages of 6 and 15. It’s Paxful’s second Philanthropic endeavor in the village, and construction was finished roughly one year after the company built a nursery education center in December 2017.
In an interview with Bitcoin Magazine, Ray Youssef — CEO and co-founder of Paxful — says it has always been one of his dreams to build schools for underprivileged children.
Paxful Completes Second School in Rwanda #BuiltWithBitcoin
Paxful, one of the largest peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin marketplaces in the world, is once again demonstrating how the cryptocurrency community can contribute to good causes around the world. The company has announced that the second school it has helped to finance in Rwanda has now been completed.
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Paxful’s ‘Built with Bitcoin’ Campaign Completes Second School in Rwanda
Paxful, a peer-to-peer crypto exchange, has completed its second school in Rwanda using entirely Bitcoin donations through the #BuiltWithBitcoin campaign. The new school is a primary school for students up to age 14, with Paxful intending to provide students with smartphones and tablets, and the curriculum to be a return to the basic liberal arts … Continued
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Fisco Completes Takeover of Japanese Crypto Exchange Zaif
Regulated Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Zaif has completed its business transfer. Fisco Cryptocurrency Exchange is its new operator, taking over from Tech Bureau. This follows Zaif’s September hack, which cost the exchange approximately $ 62 million in three different cryptocurrencies.
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One Operator, Two Separate Exchanges
Osaka-based Tech Bureau Corp., which has been operating cryptocurrency exchange Zaif, announced on Thursday that it has completed transferring all of Zaif’s businesses to Fisco Cryptocurrency Exchange Inc. Fisco also operates a regulated Japanese exchange under the name Fisco Cryptocurrency Exchange (Fcce).
Decentralized eSports Platform Plair (PLA) Completes $22 Million ICO
Plair (PLA), a decentralized gaming platform built on the VeChain (VET) blockchain, has completed its initial coin offering (ICO), raising $ 22 million after launching its public token sale at the end of October. Today at 5:35 AM EST Plair has officially sold out and completed its sale and has distributed tokens. We humbly thank everyone for taking […]
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Privacy Coin Zcash Completes “Sapling” Network Upgrade
Privacy-focused Zcash, currently worth just over $ 110 per coin, has completed a network upgrade dubbed “Sapling” that it says will vastly improve transaction speed as well as reduce the actual size of transactions themselves. Zcash hopes that this will make mobile and other types of transactions more common and feasible on the network, saying it
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Bitbuy Completes Acquisition of CBIX
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Logistics Firm Completes First Truckload Shipment Using Bitcoin Smart Contracts
DexFreight, a blockchain start-up that is building a freight transportation platform using Rootstock (RSK), has announced that it successfully facilitated a shipment of frozen food between Medley and Sunrise, Florida. DexFreight’s smart contracts, which rely on the Bitcoin blockchain rather than the more-often used Ethereum, enabled the successful delivery and automated the payment to the carrier,
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Malaysia to Spain: Asian FinTech Completes Ripple Blockchain API Payment
A central-bank approved Malaysian Fintech startup that has specializes in international money transfers has completed its first cross-border transfer on RippleNet, Ripple’s enterprise blockchain platform using an API solution. With a payment from Malaysia to Spain, Kuala Lumpur-based MoneyMatch has completed its first cross-border blockchain transaction, a local report from Focus Malaysia confirmed. The transaction,
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Switzerland’s “Crypto Valley” Successfully Completes Blockchain Voting Trial
Zug, a city in Switzerland’s Crypto Valley, completed its first blockchain-based municipal vote on July 2, 2018, the Swiss News Agency reports. Hailed as a “success” by local officials, the vote was held using a trial digital ID system announced in June of this year. City authorities, who have issued digital identities to residents since 2017, are currently evaluating different applications of blockchain technology for governance.
The votes, which were placed through a mobile app, allowed residents with digital IDs to provide feedback on matters such as the inclusion “of fireworks at the annual Lakeside Festival, and whether they think digital IDs should be used to borrow books from the library or pay parking fees.”
Hyperchain Blockchain Creator Completes $234 Million Funding Round
Blockchain platform developer Qulian Technology has closed one of the biggest blockchain-focused VC rounds ever.
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TRON (TRX) Completes its Ethereum (ETH) Airdrop Ahead of Main Net Launch
Justin Sun, founder of Tron, confirmed that the TRX airdrop to the Ethereum community has been completed successfully. The event’s conclusion takes place weeks before the much anticipated Main Net launch, which is scheduled to be rolled out on May, 31st.
On April 21st, Tron initiated a massive 30 million token airdrop as a show of thanks to the Ethereum community. Yesterday, a blog post on the project’s official Medium publication was published, announcing that the airdrop had been successfully completed and that all tokens had been sent.
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Start-up Hada DBank Completes Presale, Prepares Main token Sale Dates
Islamic blockchain finance start-up Hada DBank successfully ended its Pre-ICO exercise on the 15th of March 2018, after a vote from its community for an additional two-week extension. 11.3 million HADACoins were sold, raising approximately USD3 million. Hada DBank achieved its targeted soft-cap and is now looking towards its main token sale event.
ADAMANT Completes ICO Pre-Sale & Meets Soft-Cap – ICO Live – The Most Secure and Anonymous Messenger – Encrypted Within The Blockchain
The ADAMANT project was created to respond to the serious question of trust in private data transfer security. It is based on a robust-proven Blockchain concept and has a program code that is open and in the public arena.
Moscow, Russia, February 11, 2018, Fresh off the incredibly successful ICO Pre-Sale, ADAMANT has launched their much anticipated ICO on January 30, 2018. Most ICO’s are launched on a dream and a prayer, but ADAMANT already has existing and operating business models in their Messenger Platform. This is one of the reasons that ADAMANT has attracted so much private as well as institutional investor interest.
Full Data Security and Anonymity with the Adamant Messenger, That Completes the Pre-ICO
The Internet, accessible to each smartphone user, as well as the emergence of such an important technology as the information exchange through instant messages, has turned messengers into one of the most popular and convenient ways of communication. Competition in the global messaging apps market today is higher than ever, and new apps come out almost every day.
Such a large number of instant messengers allows a user to choose the most suitable service for all the requested parameters. Taking into account various world events, for most electronic device users ensuring data transmission security becomes a priority requirement to the used messenger.