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Japanese crypto firm Freessets has announced a new technology to enhance Bitcoin wallet (BTC) privacy.According to a June 8 announcement, Freessets has created a system that allows wallets to request their addresses’ Bitcoin balances without revealing it to the servers from which they request the balances or transaction history.The statement
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[sociallocker id="55298"] Bitmain on Monday released the Antminer T19, a cheaper bitcoin mining machine, in an effort to regain lost market share.The Beijing-based company said the Antminer T19 has computing power or hashrate of 84 terahash per second (TH/s) and power efficiency of 37.5 joules per terahash (J/TH).The latest
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Leading crypto data aggregator CoinMarketCap (CMC) has introduced new metrics ranking exchanges and market pairings based on a number of factors that are intended to reduce the impact of fake volume on the platform’s data.The changes build on others that were introduced recently that have proven controversial for benefiting CoinMarketcCap’s
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Bitwage, a crypto startup aiming to bring the use of digital currencies into the mainstream has announced the successful trial of its Bitcoin (BTC) 401(k) employee pension account. This, according to a report by Cryptox, May 26, 2020. Bitwage 401(k) Tools to Aid Employers Bitwage today unveiled its Bitcoin 401(k) plan which
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A researcher from the crypto asset investment firm, Paradigm, has co-authored a whitepaper for a new decentralized finance, or DeFi, lending protocol boasting fixed-interest rates.The whitepaper for Yield protocol was written by Paradigm’s Dan Robinson and Allan Niemberg — who announced the project on May 8.Niemberg also announced that Yield
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The Bitcoin Mining Map offered by Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance shows the region-wise concentration of the BTC hash rate. It demonstrates that China alone dominates 65% of the total global hash rate.An academic research center – Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) – affiliated with the Cambridge University has
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Bixin Global, a Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency firm, has launched a fund of funds (FOF) financed with 6,600 Bitcoin (BTC), worth over $65 million as of press time.Main goal: increase Bitcoin holdingsAccording to a May 8 announcement, Bixin launched the fund to invest in cryptocurrency funds globally. The FOF is BTC-denominated
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The Portuguese government plans to create “Technological Free Zones” (Zonas Livres Tecnológicas) with tailored regulatory regimes that encourage innovation and experimentation.Unveiled on April 21 as part of the country’s ambitious digital transition action plan, the country’s Council of Ministers pledged that the new zones will be adapted so as to
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Vin Armani, the cofounder of Cointext, has announced the launch of a Javascript library that allows people to send encrypted data to
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The board of the International Organization of Commissions, or IOSCO, recently unveiled a write-up on stablecoins as they may overlap with current market regulations, including securities laws. Listing several other reports and touchpoints, the IOSCO board pointed toward stablecoin structure in its March 2020 report:“Ultimately, the applicability of any IOSCO
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