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Investor, early crypto adopter, and CEO of Gemini exchange, Tyler Winklevoss, predicted that competition between stablecoins will really begin once Wall Street moves into decentralized finance, or DeFi, during a recent interview with The Defiant’s Camila Russo.However, despite his optimistic outlook for DeFi, the Gemini co-founder asserted that the crypto
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The U.S. Department of Defense can’t afford to lose the global military blockchain race to Russia and China, warns a new white paper by Amazon Web Services, IBM, Deloitte and others.Organized by the Value Technology Foundation think tank and co-authored by a smattering of private sector tech companies, consultancies and
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Crypto sleuthing firm Elliptic has expanded its scope to cover some 97% of digital assets by trading volume – the broadest range of any crime-fighting blockchain analytics service, the company said.Announced Wednesday, Elliptic Navigator adds 87 new crypto assets to the firm’s existing purview.That said, touting just the number of
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Within days of launching on the Rinkeby testnet, Reddit’s Ethereum (ETH)-based Community Points rewards system has seen more than 10,000 addresses created.Reddit’s points were rolled out across two subreddit communities pertaining to the topics of the popular video game Fortnight (r/fortniteBR) and cryptocurrency (r/cryptocurrency) from March 13 to March 15.Perhaps
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A bitcoin-themed car has won an e-NASCAR race, beating professional Cup Series racers, including Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kyle Busch. While sporting events have been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, many NASCAR drivers have moved to race virtually.Bitcoin Car Wins Virtual NASCAR RaceWith major sporting events postponed due to
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In lead-up to the next bitcoin halving event in May, some bitcoin miners are looking at leveraging what Moore and Carlson describe as “surplus energy” to make operations even more cost-effective.In this episode of the Bitcoin Halving 2020: Miner Perspective podcast series, we take a trip down memory lane back
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Fresh Blockchain News, Opinion and Jobs featuring Blockchain-Charged Browser Brave Explodes into the Internet Browser Race – Get Paid to Surf the Internet, Privacy Protected written by Richard Kastelein #blockchain, #blockchainnews Get paid to surf online? The Brave browser now has almost five million regulars and 15 million have signed up
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The COVID-19 pandemic is pushing the global economy toward a major recession, but there may be a silver lining in all this for the crypto industry: The accelerated adoption of central bank digital currencies.The use of cash seems to be plunging these days — particularly now, as people are
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The Takeaway:Crypto businesses are figuring out how to comply with the Financial Action Task Force’s “Travel Rule,” where all crypto transactions above a certain amount must be accompanied by identifying information.Competing visions for the technical implementation have emerged, though there appears to be general agreement on the need for messaging
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The U.S. dollar’s century-long reign of the world economy faces a threat over the coming decade – as China’s renminbi strives to become its successor, as some prominent central bankers call for a more sustainable global monetary regime and as cryptocurrencies pose a radically alternative model. But as the 2020s begin,
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