China Should Take Part in Creating Regulatory Framework for Digital Currency, Xi Says
China's president said the nation should proactively participate in setting the international framework. Source
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Audius Is Moving Part of Its Service Onto Solana
Decentralized music app Audius announced Thursday that it will migrate its content management system over to Solana’s high-speed blockchain from an Ethereum sidechain operated by the POA Network that runs on a set of trusted validators.Audius occupies a similar space to popular music players like Pandora or Spotify, but it
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Stellar CEO to Be Part of IMF Panel on Cross-Border Payments
The panel will discuss the private-sector's role in addressing shortcomings of cross-border payments. Source
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76% crypto miners use renewables as part of their energy mix
The rising energy demand of proof-of-work cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (BTC) has been a hotly debated topic. But the 3rd Global Cryptoasset Benchmarking Study by the University of Cambridge shows that 76% of cryptocurrency miners use electricity from renewable energy sources as part of their energy mix.The study found that
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‘It’s Part and Parcel of Crypto’: How Memes Drive Narrative and Value
“YAMs = Ponzinomics of AMPL + Chad launch of YFI + Meme math of Tendies,” Messari analyst Ryan Watkins tweeted about the latest decentralized financial application to set crypto atwitter. It’s the type of back of the napkin logic that looks like gibberish on its face, but has an internal cohesion
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Russia, With Bitcoin Playing Bit Part, Tried to Hack 2016 US Election, Senate Report Finds
Bitcoin may have been the salacious pretext to Marina Butina's fling with Patrick Byrne. Source
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Blockchain Is Part of Australia’s Cyber Security Solution, Say Experts
A cyber security and blockchain forum with leading Australian experts and government officials has identified blockchain technology as a direct response to an increase in cyber attacks targeting the integrity of systems through manipulating data.Recently appointed Blockchain Australia CEO Steve Vallas held a panel discussion on July 30 regarding blockchain’s
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CFTC Chair: ‘A Large Part’ of Financial System Could End Up in Blockchain Format
Perfection shouldn’t be the enemy of good when it comes to regulating the cryptocurrency space, said Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Heath Tarbert. The nation’s top commodities regulator, who recently marked his first anniversary at the CFTC, detailed his approach to cryptocurrency in a wide-ranging interview with CryptoX. Tarbert noted
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Title Token for Blockchain Estate Registry, Part 1
Since 2015, the blockchain industry has generated a variety of economic concepts and supported them with relevant technologies: initial coin offerings, initial exchange offerings, security token offerings, data access object, permissioned ledgers, stablecoins, decentralized finance, etc. In a short time frame, some of these went all the way from their
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Where, Oh Where Has Bitcoin Volatility Gone? Part 2
At the same time that volatility and short-term implied volatility have been sucked out of the market, longer dated options (six months or so until expiration) are still pricing closer to their historical average volatility in the 70% range. This steepness in implied volatility term structure suggests one of two
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