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Asia Pacific bottler and distributor Coca-Cola Amatil will now accept cryptocurrency payments at its vending machines. According to an official announcement, the new crypto payment option is courtesy of a partnership with digital asset firm Centra pay, which now offers users the option to buy drinks using Bitcoin (BTC) and
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Residents of Moscow, Russia will vote for/or against the upcoming amendments to the country's constitution using a blockchain-powered system. According to an announcement by Moscow Authorities, the use of a blockchain-based e-voting system will ensure security and transparency in the voting process, through its network decentralization feature.
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Quick Takes * ₿ Protesters are pictured carrying Bitcoin placards as many march against the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis city police. * ₿ Author of Bitcoin and Black America says BTC is liberation from the restrictive financial system. In the wake of the recent protests against racism and police brutality in the
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Quick Takes * ₿ Bloomberg Commodity Report predicts Gold and Bitcoin to end the year as best performing assets. * ₿ Bitcoin to hit $20,000 to $28,000 per coin. * ₿ Forecasts Tether USDT to overtake ETH by market capitalization. The latest commodity report from Bloomberg, forecasts that Bitcoin (BTC) and Gold will continue
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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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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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As with most financial markets, Bitcoin's price is determined basically by supply and demand factors. This is defined above where the equilibrium price of an asset is related to the asset's supply and its demand. According to Matt D'Souza - CEO of Blockware Mining,
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Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings - the parent company of WeChat, has announced a $70 billion (500B yuan) investment for fintech development; including blockchain technology, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence (AI). According to a report by Reuters, Tencent looks to allocate the funds to support China's development in