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Blockchain Bites: JPMorgan on Bitcoin, South Korea on CBDCs and the Porn Industry on Crypto

JPMorgan bond analysts think bitcoin has passed its first stress test while South Korea's central bank is continuing to research CBDCs.

News  ·  15 June 2020
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Blockchain Bites: Designing Digital Dollars and Following the Quadriga Trail

The Ontario Securities Commission says QuadrigaCX, an infamous Canadian exchange, was a Ponzi scheme, while the National Science Foundation is issuing a grant to design a national digital currency.

News  ·  12 June 2020
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Blockchain Bites: CBDCs on Capitol Hill, Custody Battles and Smart Drugs

Lawmakers will convene today to discuss the possibility of using digital dollars to distribute coronavirus relief, while Filecoin releases its new testnet.

News  ·  11 June 2020
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Blockchain Bites: Libra’s Future, Elrond’s ‘Trial by Fire’ and LocalBitcoins’ Volume

An unknown wallet set a $2.6 million ETH transaction fee and Hacker Noon announced it will test out Web 3.0 micropayments.

News  ·  10 June 2020
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Blockchain Bites: ‘Bitcoin Billionaires’ and Buying a Coke With Crypto

Is mass adoption back on the agenda with the announcement of a feature film based on the Winklevoss twins and new crypto payment option for vending machines "down under?"

News  ·  9 June 2020
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Blockchain Bites: Coinbase Surveillance, Bitcoin Wargames, CoinMarketCap Drama

The U.S. military conducted a war game involving bitcoin while Chinese police may have potentially frozen accounts linked to illicit transactions.

News  ·  8 June 2020
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Blockchain Bites: Why UN and Federal Reserve Experts Think CBDCs Could Kill Commercial Banking

U.N. and Federal Reserve experts think CBDCs can compete with commercial banks, New York and France enter a regulatory agreement while Europol has Wasabi Wallet concerns.

News  ·  5 June 2020
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Blockchain Bites: Bitmain’s Shakeup, Bitcoin’s Resilience and Ethereum’s Anonymity

Bitmain's ousted co-founder reportedly retook the company's office building while a protocol update made Bitcoin more resilient to state attacks.

News  ·  4 June 2020
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Blockchain Bites: Avanti’s Angel Round, Civil’s Closure and a Data Breach

Ethereum Classic hardforked to become more compatible with Ethereum while a French energy firm is cleared to issue a new ICO.

News  ·  3 June 2020
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Blockchain Bites: Poolin Lending, Square Crypto’s Grant and a Senate Candidate Who Holds Bitcoin

Square Crypto supports Bitcoin's lightning network development, crypto mining pool Poolin expands lending and ICE is going after the petro dollar's creator.

News  ·  2 June 2020
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Blockchain Bites: Chase Class Action, 30 Words for Censorship and a Bitcoin Bug

Chase Bank settled a class action brought by crypto purchasers while a new report shows a flaw in time-locked bitcoin transactions.

News  ·  1 June 2020
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Blockchain Bites: Magic’s Raise, Compound’s Distribution and Trump’s Twitter War

In the war between Trump and Twitter, decentralized systems may win.

News  ·  29 May 2020
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Blockchain Bites: BlockTower’s Returns, Minecraft Goes Blockchain, ID2020 Shakeup

BlockTower Capital investors have seen 73% returns over the hedge fund's lifetime.

News  ·  28 May 2020
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Blockchain Bites: Google Validates Theta, Coinbase and BitGo Eye Crypto Prime Brokerage

Polkadot launched the blockchain of blockchains while an IMF official said CBDCs could spur financial innovation.

News  ·  27 May 2020
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Blockchain Bites: Facebook’s Calibra Facelift and Tencent’s ‘New Infrastructure’ Investments

Facebook's digital wallet subsidiary has rebranded as Novi while a series of bitcoin transactions cast doubt on Craig Wright's claims.

News  ·  26 May 2020