Monday, March 25, 2019
CryptoCurrency News: Crypto Mining Giant Bitmain’s IPO Application Has Officially Expired
Bitmain’s application to go public in Hong Kong has officially lapsed, meaning there'll be no IPO anytime soon for the mining giant.
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CryptoCurrency News: A Bitcoin Lightning Web Standard, Inspired By Ethereum, Is Gaining Steam
Sending bitcoin lightning payments over the web might soon get easier. That’s because a new bitcoin standard for simplifying lightning payments, the open-source WebLN standard, is gaining traction, now being used by Lightning Joule and Bluewallet, two of the more popular lightning wallets, as well as apps like Lightning Spin, to slim down the number […]
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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin’s Trading Range Narrows In March to Hit Two-Year Low
Bitcoin's daily volatility in March, measured as the difference between 24-hour highs and lows, is its lowest since April of 2017.
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CryptoCurrency News: OKEx Crypto Exchange Is Building a Blockchain, DEX to Come Soon
Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx has said it plans to soon launch a decentralized exchange (DEX) on a native blockchain.
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CryptoCurrency News: Blockchain Insurance Consortium B3i Quietly Raises $16 Million
B3i, a blockchain startup owned by some of the world's top insurance firms, raised $16 million last month, Swiss records show.
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CryptoCurrency News: eToro Acquires Smart Contract Startup for Tokenized Asset Boost
Social investing platform eToro has acquired Firmo, a smart contract firm that enables derivatives to be tokenized "on any major blockchain."
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CryptoCurrency News: TrueDigital Expands Distribution of Its Bitcoin and Ether OTC Reference Rates
Institutional digital assets platform trueDigital has signed two new deals to expand the reach of its OTC reference rates for bitcoin and ether.
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CryptoCurrency News: ‘A Sad Joke’: Bitcoin Cash’s Lead Coder Quits Bitcoin Unlimited Project
Amaury Séchet, a leading developer of bitcoin cash, is leaving one of the projects that paved the way for the controversial cryptocurrency.
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CryptoCurrency News: Ex-Enron CEO Leaves Jail to Plot Possible Blockchain Venture: Report
The former CEO of Enron, Jeffrey Skilling, is reportedly looking to start a blockchain-related company just a month after being freed from prison.
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CryptoCurrency News: Blockchain Financial Plumbing Is Still Years Away, Says LSE Spinoff Exactpro
Exactpro, which tests software for stock exchanges, says it could be years before blockchains can safely connect to existing post-trade systems.
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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Price Consolidation Continues, Downside Break Looks Likely
Chart signals of bullish exhaustion suggest bitcoin's narrowing trading range could soon be breached to the downside.
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CryptoCurrency News: Central Banks See ‘No Value’ in Issuing Digital Currency: BIS Chief
BIS chief Agustin Carstens has said that central banks are wary about issuing digital currencies due to the "huge operational consequences."
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CryptoCurrency News: R3 Co-Founder Jesse Edwards Is Leaving the Enterprise Blockchain Firm
Co-founder Jesse Edwards is leaving R3, but will remain an investor and continue working with the blockchain firm.
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