Tech

Binance

Eyeing African Market, Binance Adds Nigerian Fiat-to-Crypto Gateway

Facilitated by payments network Flutterwave, the addition starts a new phase of Binance adding sub-Saharan fiat pairs.

Tech  ·  24 October 2019
Payments

Tencent Says Libra Would Pose Serious Threat to Alipay, WeChat Pay

Chinese internet giant and parent of WeChat, Tencent said Libra would pose serious risks to current digital payment systems in the country.

Tech  ·  24 October 2019
Payments

Blockstack’s STX Token Now Traded on Binance and HashKey Pro

The advance is set to expand investors' access to Stacks (STX) – especially in Asia, a "priority region" for Blockstack.

Tech  ·  23 October 2019
Exchanges

Flaws in LocalBitcoins Data Call Into Question Regional Adoption Claims

LocalBitcoins data is a starting point for research, but it isn't conclusive evidence of grassroots adoption.

Tech  ·  22 October 2019
Lightning Network

As Lightning’s Economy Takes Shape, Devs Are Split on Proposed Fee Hike

At the lightning network's inaugural conference in Berlin, the future economics of the bitcoin payment technology took center stage.

Tech  ·  21 October 2019
Bitcoin

Researchers Uncover Bitcoin ‘Attack’ That Could Slow or Stop Lightning Payments

A new denial-of-service attack could slow down or completely stop bitcoin payments over the lightning network.

Tech  ·  21 October 2019
News

HTC’s Latest Blockchain Phone Can Run a Full Bitcoin Node

The Taiwanese electronics giant has launched the Exodus 1s phone with a built-in hardware wallet and the ability to support a bitcoin node.

Tech  ·  19 October 2019
Bitcoin

‘Satoshi’ Enters the Oxford English Dictionary

Satoshi, noun, “The smallest monetary unit in the bitcoin digital payment system, equal to one hundred millionth of a bitcoin," enters the OED.

Tech  ·  15 October 2019
Bitcoin

CoinShares, Blockchain Launch Gold Token Network on a Bitcoin Sidechain

Two years in the making and already backed by some $20 million in digitized gold, CoinShares announced the DGLD token Tuesday.

Tech  ·  15 October 2019
Payments

5 Top Car Makers Enter Field Trials for Automatic Blockchain Payments

Renault, BMW, General Motors, Honda and Ford are set to begin real-world testing of blockchain IDs for cars next month.

Tech  ·  14 October 2019
Privacy

Zcash’s Halo Breakthrough Is a Big Deal – Not Just For Cryptocurrencies

CoinDesk's Mike Casey explores a technological breakthrough by the company behind the zcash cryptocurrency.

Tech  ·  14 October 2019
Ethereum

Draper-Backed Startup Launches .Crypto Domains on Ethereum

Unstoppable Domains, which builds domains on blockchains, has just launched a .crypto extension that can replace public crypto addresses.

Tech  ·  11 October 2019
Ethereum

Australia’s Gold Mint Is Backing a Crypto Token Based on Ethereum

The government-owned Perth Mint is backing a new digital token aimed to allow investors to trade and settle gold in real time.

Tech  ·  11 October 2019
Cosmos

New Libra Fork Will Create Permissionless Stablecoin Free of Corporate Control

Thirty blockchain companies and nonprofit organizations plan to fork the Facebook-led Libra cryptocurrency to build an open alternative.

Tech  ·  9 October 2019
Bitcoin

Bitcoin’s Dropping Lightning Capacity Might Not Be a Bad Thing

A look at some recent data around usage on bitcoin's lightning network.

Tech  ·  8 October 2019