Vitalik Buterin Calls For Ethereum Transaction Fee Reform as Gas Costs Surge
While Ethereum’s recent uptick in adoption has been welcomed by many, it has had a strong side effect:
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Amir Taaki Knocks Bitcoin Coinjoin Schemes – Calls Methods ‘Absolute Garbage’
On July 17, the well known Dark Wallet creator and early Bitcoin developer, Amir Taaki, criticized bitcoin privacy methods on Twitter. Taaki claimed that UTXO mixing concepts like Coinjoin were “absolute garbage.” Taaki also knocked other concepts like Mimblewimble and privacy-centric coins like monero as well, claiming that zero-knowledge
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$120K Stolen, FBI Investigate, Calls to Ban BTC — Hodler’s Digest, July 13–19
Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cryptox in one link.Top Stories This WeekElon Musk, Kanye West and Bill Gates’
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First Mover: Bitwise Calls $50K Bitcoin Price When Market Calm Finally Breaks
Bitcoin has traded in an ever-tightening range for two months, and digital-market analysts say a new wave of coronavirus cases and emergency measures could provoke the largest cryptocurrency by market cap out of the doldrums. The backdrop is an anemic economy, with the International Monetary Fund projecting last week that global output will shrink 4.9%
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Bitcoin.org Maintainer Calls for the Removal of Cobra, Website Owner Then Fires Him
The infamous and controversial owner of the website bitcoin.org, Cobra, is under fire recently and a number of community members have asked to see the website removed from his possession. The initial argument was sparked by the website’s maintainer, Will Binns, who told the public that bitcoin.org was in
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Decred Co-Founder Calls PayPal and Crypto ‘An Odd Combination’
PayPal could be gearing up to work with crypto assets, according to recent rumblings, although Decred co-founder Jake Yocom-Piatt is unsure of those rumors' validity.“It's hard to say whether these are rumors or not regarding PayPal accepting cryptocurrencies soon," Yocom-Piatt told Cryptox via email correspondence when asked about the rumors. The pairing does
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Former US Treasury Head Calls Payment ‘Friction’ the Best Argument for Crypto
In a June 25 interview with Circle’s Jeremy Allaire, former Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers talked about crypto’s ability to patch up the modern financial system, particularly calling out the great difficulty in processing global payments. Moderation in all things?Describing himself as falling between “Bitcoin evangelists and high traditionalists,” Summers was
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Ray Dalio Calls For ‘Lost Decade’ In Stocks
Ray Dalio claimed “cash is trash” in late January just before markets tanked 30%. Now, with stocks back near all-time highs, he’s calling for a “lost decade” in stocks. While he may be right over the next few months, a lost decade seems unlikely. 2020 has been a humbling year for professional money
Read MoreGold Bug Schiff Calls Bitcoin Fiat Following Fed Comments
Economist, financial commentator and gold advocate Peter Schiff once again bashed Bitcoin in a tweet, essentially calling it fiat currency — the name for regional currencies, such as the U.S. dollar. "The Fed gets Bitcoin right," Schiff said in a June 20 tweet, adding:"It categorizes it with fiat, in contrast to
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Bitcoin ATM ‘Vandalization’ Calls for Crypto Education via VR and AI
Blockchain and crypto will soon become common across traditional and modern industries. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Virtual Reality (VR) can become a good way to make the process of their adoption easier.The world of cryptocurrencies remains largely unexploited despite its underlying value proposition. This was evident at the height of
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