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In a recent interview with BlockDown TV, the CTO of Ripple stated that digital payments is working on new ways to offer decentralised finance services to its partners. CTO Speaks on Ripple and Decentralised Finance Services David Schwartz, the chief technology officer of Ripple believes Ripple has the capacity and
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The Government of Beijing - China's capital city has released a 145 page document outlining its plans to become a blockchain innovation hub over the next two years. The blockchain blueprint comes nearly a month after the city's municipal government had announced its "Beijing Blockchain
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New research by crypto analytics company, Elliptic shows that the majority of the Twitter scam proceeds originated from Asia which was where over 53% of the services used by victims were located. Most Victims of Twitter Scam in Asia After over 50 high-profile accounts were compromised, over 400 payments were
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UPDATE: The Twitter accounts of Cash App, Tesla boss Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Apple, and Uber have also been compromised; with the scammers offering to double Bitcoin payments made to a support a fake COVID-19 Fund. In what has become a spontaneous attack on the cryptocurrency community and other top
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A village in South America creates a Bitcoin-friendly economy, amid the coronavirus pandemic. The initiative was sparked by a need to revive the local economy following a downturn in activity in its different sectors. Village of El Zonte Creates Bitcoin Economy Locals of a village in El Salvador adopted Bitcoin
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The Bank of England (BoE) Governor Andrew Bailey on Monday acknowledged that the U.K. Central Bank is evaluating the need for a digital currency (CBDC). According to a report by Bloomberg, Bailey made reference to the project as he discussed the relevance of a digital currency system with school
Africa
"You know what my problem with man is? For everything that has the potential to become beautiful, man can turn it into something ugly." - RR The above quote echoes the current sentiment around the cryptocurrency industry, as more schemes using Bitcoin as payment method continue to rise
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Since May last year, Chainlink token has grown by 1,000%, beating its price record and most alternative cryptocurrencies in the markets. The Ethereum-powered cryptocurrency has gotten its boost from its community of supporters, often dubbed as “The Chainlink Navy”. Chainlink Breaks Price Record Chainlink trades under the name link.
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Robert Kiyosaki popular author of best selling financial book "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" has continued his not-so-new Bitcoin advocacy as he told listeners on his radio show: "Bitcoin is In, Real Estate and Gold are Out." Kiyoski's comments come at time when Bitcoin popularity
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The Bitcoin Lightning Network or Lightning Network (LN) is a second layer (Layer 2) or offchain technology for bitcoin, that utilizes micro-payment channels to enhance blockchain's capability to conduct transactions. This is done by taking transactions away from the main blockchain, decongesting the bitcoin network, ensuring instant transactions,
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Bitcoin Lightning Payments are now accepted on the WikiLeaks shop - the online store of international non-profit WikiLeaks which publicizes news and classified information. The WikiLeaks Shop is a branch of the WikiLeaks brand which sells a range of merchandise including T-shirts, face masks and others. Its latest integration of
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Billionaire philanthropist, Bill Pulte took to Twitter to donate money to different people in need, using the hashtag #PulteDropsBitcoin. In one of his posts on Twitter, he states that he is giving away real money for people to buy Bitcoin. Money Given on Twitter to Buy Bitcoin The Pulte family