75% of IoT Firms Want to Add Blockchain: Survey
A majority of those companies using Internet of Things technology has adopted, or is considering adopting, blockchain. Source
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Stellar Tried to Give Away 2B XLM Tokens on Keybase. Then the Spammers Came
For the partnership with Stellar, Keybase users could receive tens of dollars in XLM with each airdrop. Malicious usage started right away but it accelerated, Krohn said, and by the November airdrop it was already a serious problem. Eventually, the airdrop on Keybase attracted so many spammers that it was
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Accenture Picked to Build Sweden’s E-Krona Digital Currency Pilot
Notably, those reports revealed Riksbank’s reticence to base any such digital currency on a blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT), which Riksbank labeled an “inefficient technology.” But its 2018 report nonetheless stated that “an e-krona should be able to interact with DLT solutions.” Source
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Highest in 2 Years: 65% of Bitcoin Hash Power Is in China, Report Finds
For all of bitcoin’s promise of being the world’s first decentralized, peer-to-peer cryptocurrency, 65 percent of the total hash power resides in China, according to a recent report by CoinShares Research. Source
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Bitcoin Miner Canaan’s Shares Plunge 40% Since IPO in November
Chinese Bitcoin (BTC) mining giant Canaan Creative’s depositary shares have seen a 40 percent drop in value since November initial public offering (IPO).Canaan was the first Bitcoin mining giant to go public on a major United States stock exchange, and successfully navigate an IPO. However, the mining giant’s stock
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Why the ECB Is Getting in on the Stablecoin Game
Discussing the ECB's recent stablecoin comments, the resurfacing of some prominent 2017 token projects and a debate: Is crypto for criminals? Source
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Bitcoin Price Short-Term Indicators Hinting at $7.4K Weekend Bounce
The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has headed north over the last 24 hours, up over 1% at $7,272. As a result, each of the major cryptocurrencies has followed the market leader with the total cryptocurrency market cap reaching $198 billion and BTC dominance remaining steady at 67% of the
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VeChain Foundation Hacked for $6.5M in VET Token Theft
A VeChain buyback wallet containing 1.1 billion VET was compromised by an unknown hacker, the firm said Friday. Source
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Bitcoin App Bottle Pay Shuts Down Over Impending EU Money-Laundering Laws
“The amount and type of extra personal information we would be required to collect from our users would alter the current user experience so radically, and so negatively, that we are not willing to force this onto our community,” the company said in a statement, adding the team never charged
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200K Users ‘Already in Line’ for Robinhood’s Fractional Stock Trading
More than 200,000 Robinhood clients have already expressed their intent to use its new fractional stock trading app announced yesterday.Vladimir Tenev, co-founder at Robinhood, said that the clients were “already in line” for the app, considering the early signs as “really promising,” CNBC reports Dec. 13. After Robinhood’s user
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