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Blockchain Bites: WEF, IBM and a Chinese City Show Support for Blockchain

IBM and the WEF both have plans for solving disruption to supply chains disrupted by the coronavirus crisis.

News  ·  28 April 2020
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Blockchain Bites: Capital-Constraining Compliance and Tether’s ‘Interoperability Bridge’

The researchers developing the "digital yuan" have tapped an AI firm to look for financial use cases while Dole unveiled a 5-year blockchain plan.

News  ·  27 April 2020
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Blockchain Bites: Coinbase Oracle, Gun Sirer’s Grants and Lightning-Powered Private Messages

Coinbase's new service may outcompete Chainlink while AVA Labs is looking to fund DeFi development on its public testnet.

News  ·  24 April 2020
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Blockchain Bites: China’s Miners, Africa’s Venmo and Cuba’s New Exchange

Binance launches the Venmo of Africa, Cuba gets a new exchange and Starbucks will trial the "digital yuan."

News  ·  23 April 2020
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Blockchain Bites: DeFi Hacker Is Back, Oil Craters and Big Tech Won’t Sue You

Big Tech vows not to sue developers using their patents to build solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic while a hacker returns funds stolen this weekend.

News  ·  21 April 2020
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Blockchain Bites: ConsenSys Cuts, dForce Doomsday and Bitcoin ATMs Boom

ConsenSys cut staff for the second time in 2020. DForce faces doomsday. And Bitcoin ATMs are booming.

News  ·  20 April 2020
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Blockchain Bites: Ethereum’s Inroads and Libra’s Concessions

The Facebook-led cryptocurrency project has been scaled back while investors try to take advantage of market turbulence. Here's the story.

News  ·  16 April 2020
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Blockchain Bites: DLT’s Great Leap Forward, Bitcoin Hoarders and a16z’s New Fund

China is taking charge in the digitization of the world economy, while Maker faces a $28M class action lawsuit. Get the latest bite-sized news.

News  ·  15 April 2020
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Blockchain Bites: The Global Lockdown, Privacy Preserving Cryptography and Bitmain’s Cash Rebates

Crypto may protect privacy as governments turn to contact tracing apps, while hackers are selling your Zoom account information for pennies on the dollar.

News  ·  14 April 2020
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Blockchain Bites: ‘Immunity Passports,’ a Darknet Pharmacist and How Bitcoin Miners Prepare for the Halving

Cryptography can solve privacy concerns stirred up by COVID-19; Bitfinex moves more than one billion dollars worth of bitcoin for less than a dollar.

News  ·  13 April 2020
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Blockchain Bites: Canaan and Galaxy Digital Report Losses, Fold Joins Visa and Indian Exchange Volume Skyrockets

Today, Canaan and Galaxy Digital reported quarterly losses, Huobi announced a legally compliant way to reenter the U.S. market, and Binance denies stealing $1 million from one of its users.

News  ·  9 April 2020
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Bitcoin Cash ‘Halved,’ DeFi Gets a Boost and Bisq Halts Trading

Miners are exiting the Bitcoin Cash blockchain while Tezos looks to add a bridge to bitcoin's liquidity. Here's the story.

News  ·  8 April 2020
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Blockchain Bites: China’s Commitment, Sanctions Evasion and a Look at Bitcoin’s Core

Dial-up daydreams, Zoom alternatives and how blockchain is lending a helping hand during the coronavirus crisis.

News  ·  7 April 2020
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Blockchain Bites: Major Crypto Players Sued, Steem Froze Accounts and More

A boutique law firm is leading a bevy of charges against the biggest names in crypto while MakerDAO plans its obsolescence.

News  ·  6 April 2020