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Swiss Bank - Maerki Baumann has extended its financial services to include cryptocurrency custody and trading. The private bank owned by Maerki Baumann & Co. AG, is expanding is crypto services following regulatory approval by the Swiss Financial Market Advisory Authority (FINMA); as it kicks off the new service this
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The government of Venezuela has mandated the use of its national cryptocurrency - Petro (PTR), as payment option at gas stations across the country. According to a recent report, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced that residents can now purchase petrol at any gas station using the Petro cryptocurrency; even as
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A report by ByteTree, shows that miners sold more Bitcoin. Miners sold 920 in BTC and generated 844 BTC over 24 hours, reducing their inventory by 76 BTC. As a result, the miner’s rolling inventory (MRI) figure was kept above 100%. More Bitcoin Sold by Miners According to ByteTre
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According to the CEO of Kingdom Trust, a generational shift could open up a $28 trillion retirement market for Bitcoin. This is due in part to the fact that a significant proportion of the millions of people around the world who own Bitcoin are set to go into retirement, opening
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Osinachi - a self-taught Nigerian crypto artist has sold his latest "I Can't Breathe" digital art for 7 Ethereum (ETH) about $1,703 at time of publication. The digital art piece was sold at an auction on a blockchain-based social network - SuperRare today. Osinachi'
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Australian Public Research University (RMIT) has announced two new postgraduate programs in cyber-security and blockchain technology. The university is partnering with IBM, Palo Alto Networks, and Stone & Chalk, to offer its graduates a certificate in cyber-security and blockchain-enabled studies. Speaking on the partnership, Rupert Colchester - head of blockchain
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At the just concluded 13th National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, China's parliament adopted its first civil code - a long-awaited legislation which now expands the inheritance rights of citizens to include assets such as Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. A snippet
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The Banque de France - Central Bank of France has announced the successful completion of its blockchain-based digital euro test, as part of its ongoing central bank digital currency experiment. According to an official publication titled: "Progress of the central bank digital currency experimentation process launched by the Banque
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E-commerce giant, Amazon makes another big move as it patents a distributed ledger-based system for the authentication of goods. The filing made by the tech giant nearly three years ago was approved by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday. Amazon Patents Technology for Supply Chains The solution
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A new blockchain documentary will be airing on Discovery Science, a U.S. TV channel operated by Discovery Inc. The documentary will cover topics related to the blockchain, Dragonchain. Discovery Blockchain Documentary Gets $1 Million Funding The documentary series will start airing on July 4. The “Open Source Money’ series
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Ethereum founder, Vitalik Buterin gives his take on the recent Twitter censorship battle involving U.S. President Donald Trump. He expressed his statements after Twitter soft-censored Trump on grounds of inciting violence. Twitter Censorship Battle in Spotlight According to Buterin, "I've talked before about the rise of
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U.S. Senator Ted Cruz has called for a criminal investigation into social media site, Twitter. Cruz issued a letter seeking a probe into the site for running afoul of US sanctions laws targeting Iran. Investigation into Twitter According to Cruz, “I write to urge you to open an investigation