“Are you running the numbers?” This is what Bitcoin Core developer Andrew Chow is trying to find out in a new survey.  Sponsored by a grant from MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative, Chow crafted the survey “to get answers from people who are not current users” about why they don’t run a Bitcoin Core full node,
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Suffice it to say, 2020 was a challenging, at times chaotic and exhausting year — I won’t attempt to recap all of the world’s events, and certainly hope that 2021 will soon be a bit calmer and more peaceful. Despite these challenges, Ripple had a milestone year. We experienced increased customer growth and traction in
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When Bitcoin’s (BTC) price dropped 10% to $29,150 on Jan. 27, something unusual happened with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) BTC futures contracts.  As the price fell, these CME Bitcoin futures traded at a 1% discount to Coinbase, which signaled a disarrangement between both markets. Good morning. Bitcoin spot has almost full retraced the weekly.
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When Elon Musk adds #Bitcoin to his Twitter bio, you know buying bitcoin is in vogue again.  The cryptocurrency is pumping, perhaps not-too-coincidentally, as investing app Robinhood faces criticism for censoring stock and crypto trading in response to the Wall Street Bets saga.  With Robinhood taking heat, Coinbase is basking in the glow. Coinbase’s popularity
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Farmers struggling amid Argentina’s hyperinflation and the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic may soon find relief through the tokenization of agricultural assets using blockchain technology. According to a press release on Thursday, blockchain infrastructure provider CoreLedger and soon-to-launch peer-to-peer marketplace Abakus are aiming to create a digital barter economy within the country. CoreLedger’s technology
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The number of projects adopting layer-two solutions for Ethereum’s scaling woes is increasing, with LuaSwap rolling out a new, TomoChain-based exchange engine yesterday. The change will enable the Uniswap inspired exchange to perform token swaps with greater speed and efficiency than many rival Automated Market Maker ERC-20 exchanges. 1/ #LuaSwap version on @TomoChainANN blockchain is live,
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Ray Dalio, the famed founder of Bridgewater Associates, called Bitcoin (BTC) “one hell of an invention,” adding that he’s considering digital-asset investing for clients wishing to protect against currency debasement.  In a note to clients that was obtained by Bloomberg News, Dalio called Bitcoin’s store of value characteristics an “amazing accomplishment” and one of the
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Right now, blockchains communicate via tacked-on solutions (state channels, sidechains, swaps, bridges and so on). With the Stargate update to Cosmos on Feb. 18, the tools for native blockchain interoperability will be live on mainnet.  “This is a long-awaited release for many Cosmos-based projects out there,” Band Protocol’s Kevin Lu told CoinDesk via email. “For
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