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Crude oil recently hit a 21-year low as U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) fell to an intraday low of $14.62. The downward spiral of oil prices has led many to believe that the value of the commodity will eventually fall to $0. Virgin Galactic Chairman on Oil
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A look at recent data suggests that a portion of U.S. citizens may be spending their coronavirus stimulus checks on buying Bitcoin (BTC). According to a chart published by Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, there has been a four-fold spike in deposits and buys worth $1,200 during this
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The CEO of blockchain startup Messari suggests that more investors are preparing to re-enter the cryptocurrency markets with $3,000,000,000. Ryan Selkis bases his prediction on data which shows a significant amount of stablecoins held by investors. $3,000,000 in Stablecoins for Cryptocurrency Markets A significant number
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While rumours abound about the testing phase of China's digital currency. Local media outlets believe that tests will begin sooner than expected. China’s national digital currency or as they call it, “DC/EP” has been in development for 5 years now. And there has been plenty of
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United States - Wyoming has amended its state code to now allow local insurance companies invest in digital assets such as Bitcoin (BTC). The new law was signed by Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon, and will take effect from July 1, 2020 according to information from the Wyoming State Legislature. A
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Ant Financial, the fintech subsidiary of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, and founding company of AliPay, has launched its consortium blockchain. The blockhain platform dubbed "OpenChain" will support small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) to deploy blockchain applications with higher efficiency and lower cost. Speaking on the project,
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Just like in any field, there are some essential pieces of advice, which new members of the cryptocurrency world should adhere to if they are aimed to survive in the game. Some of the suggested tips can be considered laws that dictate you how to increase your chances of making
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The Government of China has announced members of its national blockchain committee, a team set to work on setting industrial standards within the country. According to the announcement by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), the committee named "National Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology Standardization
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In a bid to rid itself of its bureaucratic system, the central bank of Brazil launches a blockchain data-sharing tool on Ethereum. Banco Central do Brasil launched PIER on Ethereum-based platform, Quorum. Brazil Regulators Choose Blockchain Prior to the introduction of PIER, regulators in Brazil were overly dependent on letters
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China's Blockchain Research Institute under the auspice of the Center for Information and Industry Development (CCID) has released the 17th publication of its bi-monthly public blockchain technology evaluation index. The index ranks 37 coins and tokens of the most widely used public blockchains by evaluating their total scores
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Mobile phone manufacturer HTC has taken another step into the cryptocurrency space, introducing power efficient Monero (XMR) coin mining directly on smartphones. The Taiwan-based company which made headlines following the launch of its blockchain mobile phone - the Exodus 1S in 2019, has introduced the new feature on the Exodus
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With routine activities across various countries in lock down mode, lots of people are taking up online resources to learn about Bitcoin. According to recent statistics, the number of people signing up for online Bitcoin and cryptocurrency learning courses has sky rocketed since the impact of the COVID-19 virus globally.