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* ₿ Bitcoin is back above $10,000 as the cryptocurrency price run continues in Quarter 1 of 2020. In the wake of Sunday (09/02/2020), Bitcoin rallied ? past its psychological level of $10,000 per coin, for the first time since October 2019; bringing its total percentage rise this year
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The Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), South Korea is set to issue blockchain-stored diplomas to its new graduates. According to the university, the current threat of the coronavirus makes it medically unsafe to have students travel and host a graduation ceremony under the same roof. Rather than postpone
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The Naval Air Warfare Center - a research group of the United States Navy, has awarded a $10 million funding to blockchain software firm - Simba Chain for the development of a secure messaging platform. Announced this week, the contract was awarded under the five-year Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
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Yet again, Google data shows that Nigeria leads the world in searches for Bitcoin. The West-African nation topped the list of nations indicating the highest interest in Bitcoin. Google Shows Nigeria Tops List of Countries Interested in Bitcoin According to Google Trends data, the top ten countries indicating the most
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Recently, a cryptocurrency transaction was made in Abuja for internet services. Thanks to blockchain organization, Althea the impossible is being made possible with cheaper, faster, and decentralised internet. Payment Made With Cryptocurrency for Internet Recently, the organization released a status showing payments being made for the internet, using dominant Ethereum
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The United States Marshals Service (USMS) under the auspices of the U.S Department of Justice, is set to auction over 4,000 confiscated Bitcoins this month. According to an official publication on its website, the USMS will sell about 4,040 Bitcoins (40 million) to bidders. The to-be auctioned
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Turkish football club - Galatasary has now officially launched its Fan Token Offering (FTO), with the digital token now live on Socios.com. The club had in September 2019 announced partnership with the Socios and Chiliz platform to create a cryptocurrency-based asset and rewards program for club fans. Announced this
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Statistics show that more merchants are using bitcoin to facilitate transactions. Some regions have experienced as much as a 600 per cent increase in the number of commercial transactions being made with the cryptocurrency. $4 Billion in Bitcoin Sent Through Payment Processors A report by research firm, Chainalysis, shows that
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Japanese messaging giant - LINE is bringing cryptocurrency to its over 600 million users globally. LINE announced it will launch trading for its Link token through its crypto subsidiary - LVC corporation in Japan by April 2020. According to an official press release, LVC is also introducing a system for
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Microsoft has launched a new browser designed to block and prevent users from unintentionally downloading crypto mining scripts. The chromium-based "Microsoft Edge Browser" comes with a unique feature to protect users from automatically downloading unwanted apps such as adware and other malicious programs which could harm a users&
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Social media giant - Twitter has added the Bitcoin ( ₿ ) emoji to its platform. This was revealed in an official Tweet by its CEO and co-founder, Jack Dorsey who posted about the Bitcoin emoji and hashtag. The new BTC emoji will pop up showing the ₿ symbol whenever a Twitter user writes