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NBA basketball team – The Sacramento Kings is introducing a blockchain-powered rewards program to its gaming app – Call the Shot. The team this week announced partnership with blokchain ticketing platform Blockparty to introduce blockchain rewards to its prediction game. The new program will have Blockparty track the team fans activity while
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With digital currencies like Bitcoin gaining more traction, a major complaint raised by ‘cryptocurrency detractors’ is its anonymity; that is in cases of hacks, online scams or theft, can I easily track the culprit? Due to these vulnerability and perceived total anonymity, cryptocurrency organizations are constantly deliberating on ways to
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Popular global trading exchange – Binance announced the delisting 30 cryptocurrrency trading pairs from their platform. According to the announcement, the exchange says the delisting aims “to improve liquidity and user trading experience among our wide range of available assets.” The exchange states that a lack of liquidity amongst the to-be-delisted
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Just like regular cash, bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies require a level of self security. As a crypto investor, you do not want to overlook your wallet security and watch all your coins disappear because you were careless. In this article, we highlight measures to ensure the safety of your coins
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Over the years, Google Search Trends for the term ‘Bitcoin’ have moved from the Western nations to Asia, and then Europe. However, at this time Africa and notably Nigeria seems to be leading new interests in this digital currency. According to a recent report by Binance Research, which visualized the
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The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) – founding company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has finally kicked off its cryptocurrency marketplace called Bakkt, offering institutional investors Bitcoin futures contract. What are Bitcoin Futures? Futures contracts are legal agreements to buy or sell a given commodity at a specific price at a
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The United States Army Contracting Command (ACC) has released a notice soliciting the services of blockchain forensic experts. Blockchain forensics is a new field which involves creating tools for the tracking, tracing and scraping of data related to cryptocurreny transactions. As seen in the official publication, the ACC seeks a
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had a dinner with a number of US lawmakers where he fielded questions regarding the proposed Facebook cryptocurrency project – Libra. Following months of mixed reactions to the announcement of the Facebook’s coin, the project has been somewhat suspended after US lawmakers widely rejected the proposal;
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This publication seeks to address the arguments raised by cryptocurrency critics, who claim cash suitability over Bitcoin and other crypto. The opinions expressed herein are solely those of the author. Bitcoin Vs Cash: The Good Just as innovation and development occurs in different sectors, the finance industry is seeing a
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Popular Turkish football team – Galatasaray has revealed plans to launch an Ethereum-based fan token in partnership with blockchain sports platform – Socios.com. According to a press release, Galatasary will release its fan tokens on the Socios platform, with the team also present on the firm’s blockchain-based mobile app for
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Deputy Director, Banking and Payments of the Central Bank of Nigeria - Mr Musa Jimoh discusses the role of the CBN in the cryptocurrency industry. During the interview, Mr Jimoh emphasized the potential of the crypto and blockchain industry, citing possible use cases of both currency and tech in finance,
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Watford Football Club has officially announced that the Bitcoin (BTC) symbol will appear on the sleeves of team jerseys, as the club begins accepting BTC for purchase of club kits. As posted on the official club Website and Twitter handle, the popular Bitcoin “B” logo will appear on the player’