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No central bank is currently working on a Central Bank Digital Currency, or CBDC, that can be used by consumers, according to enterprise blockchain firm, R3.A recent report by R3 claims that no central bank is currently pursuing the development of a retail CBDC. As the authors of the document
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The number of wallet addresses with small Bitcoin (BTC) holdings has increased significantly since the crash of March 12, 2020 — ‘Black Thursday,’ when the price of BTC fell to $3,800. Retail Traders Bought the Dip During the Last Bitcoin Crash According to Coin Metric’s “State of the Network” report published on
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Although the Coronavirus pandemic has led many brick and mortar industries to close operations, cryptocurrency exchanges seem to have had their best month in a long time. According to an exchange report released by CryptoCompare, Bitcoin (BTC) trading volume saw record-breaking numbers throughout the month.Cryptocurrency market daily view. Source: Coin360The March
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CasperLabs, a Switzerland-based development company, constructing a high-performance blockchain network that implements the Correct-by-Construction (“CBC”) Casper Proof-of-Stake blockchain protocol, has announced a collaboration with BitMax.io, a Singapore registered digital asset trading platform, to facilitate an exchange validator offering (“EVO”) through which BitMax.io will provide technology support to give its users
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Coinbase Commerce, a platform that supports cryptocurrency payments for internet retailers, just passed $200 million in total transactions processed over its two-year history.According to sources available to CryptoX, the wing of the largest crypto exchange in the U.S. reported on March 26 that the platform’s success was due in
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Bitcoin’s eccentric performance last week had it shed roughly $80 billion from its global market valuation. But investors are not giving up on the world’s first decentralized digital asset.The bitcoin-to-dollar exchange rate rebounded by an astonishing 72 percent after bottoming out temporarily at $3,852. The pair traded near the $7,000-top
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GameStop is treating employees like crap while profits tumble. The used-game retailer needs to make some major changes if it wants to survive. Becoming a center of nerd culture is a great way to turnaround its abysmal business. A recent Polygon article reveals that GameStop’s own employees aren’t happy
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Despite being one of the largest crypto derivatives platforms, an eToro executive said he isn't losing sleep over the U.K.'s proposed retail ban. Over breakfast in a central London restaurant, inside what used to be the Midland Bank, Iqbal Gandham, eToro's U.K. managing director since 2016, said the country's decision
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Voyager has acquired the retail-focused Circle Invest app from Circle, the companies announced Wednesday.According to an email sent to Circle Invest users, Voyager is in the process of converting accounts to its own platform, with the process expected to conclude by the end of March 2020 (though New York residents
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Since the dawn of the internet, e-commerce has become one of the fastest growing sectors of the global economy. In a wildly transformative era, technological innovation has barely glanced at physical retail, leaving one of the most valuable sectors in the world years behind the rest. Retail Gaps The retail sector has
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