After Gold, Dan Tapiero Is Now Turning His Attention to Crypto

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How Crypto Assets Are Capturing the Attention Economy

Human attention is a finite resource: we awake each day with it replenished, only for it to seep away through work, leisure, and time frittered idly browsing the web while circumventing ads. Recognizing the scarcity of maintaining human interest, attention economists have devised incentivized systems powered by crypto assets.

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Bitcoin Average Daily Trading Volume Reaches New High Since 2018

Average daily trading volume of the world’s largest cryptocurrency Bitcoin has reached its fresh highs since April, 2018. Independent crypto data researcher Kevin Rooke brought the community’s attention to bitcoin volume via his Saturday tweet.

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PR: CoinAll Lists Fetch.AI and Offers a 350,000 FET Giveaway

On March 2019, CoinAll, the famous cryptocurrency exchange, announced the listing of Fetch. AI and will hold a 7-day celebration to give away 350,000 FET tokens. Fetch. AI has gathered a lot of attention of crypto world since their $6 million token sale in 22 seconds on Binance Launchpad.

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Tether Spotlight Once Again: Controversy Over 100% Peg to USD

Popular stablecoin Tether (USDT) – the world’s 9th largest cryptocurrency by means of market cap, has once again attracted the attention of the crypto community. As noticed by existing Tether investors, the project has removed previous claims that the stablecoin was entirely backed by US dollars.

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Samsung Galaxy S10 Wallet Supports Ether, CryptoKitties — But Not Bitcoin

When leaked pictures of Samsung’s latest smartphone went viral, the crypto sphere lost its mind over a singular feature: a built-in cryptocurrency wallet. Samsung would quickly deny rumors that the S10 contained a baked-in hardware wallet.

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Client Demand for Crypto Payments Needs Cautious Response From Lawyers, Expert Says

Lawyer explains that, despite the trend, accepting crypto payments for legal services needs close attention

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Now You Can Earn Basic Attention Token (BAT) for Viewing Ads in Brave Browser

CoinSpeaker Now You Can Earn Basic Attention Token (BAT) for Viewing Ads in Brave BrowserBrave has reached a new milestone. The browser company has long promised its users that they will be able to earn crypto while surfing the web.

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New ‘Blockchain Village’ Concept Pops Up in China’s Wenzhou Region from Local Residents

According to some reports, a Chinese village located in the Wenzhou Zhejiang region, Yuedong, gathered the attention of the media after it showed openness towards digital currencies and blockchain technology.

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ILCoin: 4 Years of History in the Making

CoinSpeaker ILCoin: 4 Years of History in the Making While Bitcoin and other top cryptos grasp all the attention, crypto enthusiasts may overlook promising solutions offered by less popular players.

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Crypto Spring Blooms? Bitcoin Transactions Hit Highest Level in 13 Months

Positive news has been stretched thin during the “Crypto Winter,” but there are now genuine signs that the ice is beginning to thaw. With Bitcoin showing remarkable resiliency and price stability in a world that wants to write it off, there are many fundamentals to which believers in the world’s largest cryptocurrency like to pay attention.

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Watch Out Google Chrome! Brave Browser Hits 20 Million Downloads on Android

Brave, the team behind the Brave browser and popular advertising-focused crypto Basic Attention Token (BAT), has hit a significant… The post Watch Out Google Chrome! Brave Browser Hits 20 Million Downloads on Android appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.

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Blockchain’s Killer App: Crypto-Powered Web Browser Brave Hits 20 Million Downloads

The Brave internet browser, which rewards users with cryptocurrency, has clocked up phenomenal growth. According to AppBrain, the Android app has now been downloaded 20 million times. Brave aims to “fix the internet” by blocking ads and refusing to track user activity and location.

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Binance Adds Basic Attention Token and Tether (BAT/USDT) Trading Pair

Binance has made a new announcement on its official blog that a new cryptocurrency pair will start to be traded there: BAT/USDT. According to the largest crypto exchange in the world, the new pair will be available today, March 4, 10:00 am (UTC).

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Fighting XRP? Or Fighting for XRP?

The incredibly stable growth of XRP attracted attention to it, of course. The niche in which the token settled – intercountry transactions – is also attractive for others. Envious bankers Bankers for a long time glances in the direction of the crypto with caution.

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Basic Attention Token Price Drops Again as Bulls run out of Steam

It seems today will not necessarily offer any more promising crypto market momentum compared to yesterday. While fewer markets are in the red at this time, there is still a lot of unease to contend with.

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Kraken Offers $100K Reward for Help Finding Quadrigacx Funds

The San Francisco crypto exchange Kraken has announced the company is offering a $100,000 reward in exchange for a solid lead toward finding the missing Quadrigacx coins. Kraken has explained the company wants to bring more “awareness and attention” to the case and hopefully locate some of the lost funds.

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QuadrigaCX Director Asks Court to Appoint Restructuring Officer

The widow of the founder of insolvent Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX told a Canadian court “the public attention my role as director has brought is unwanted”

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Hilton Among 250K Brands To Start Accepting BAT

Basic Attention Tokens (BAT) holders will be able to redeem tokens at more than quarter of a million different brands, including Hilton Worldwide, within the next few months, following a new partnership between Brave Browser and the digital advertising platform, TAP Network.

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Maker Price Surpasses $750 Following Strong Gains

With all of the crypto markets remaining very bullish this weekend, it quickly becomes apparent good things are bound to happen. While Bitcoin is on most people’s mind right now, it appears the Maker price is also worth paying attention to.

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Micropayments Crash Lightning Network Twitter Button

The latest Lightning app is supposed to be about bolstering crypto adoption, by highlighting the simplicity of Bitcoin’s second-layer payments network. Instead, it brought attention to the fact that the infrastructure for decentralized micropayments still has a long way to go.

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XRP Should Be Worth $10k And There’s Evidence In Its Design – Crypto Enthusiast

XRP has been one of the most talked-about cryptocurrencies of late, and that’s something that attracts the attention of various enthusiasts who would like to offer a more in-depth account of it. According to one Mark Phillips, there’s enough evidence to indicate that XRP was actually designed to be worth of $10,000.

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Basic Attention / USD Technical Analysis: Uncertain Future

The post Basic Attention / USD Technical Analysis: Uncertain Future appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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Op Ed: Why It’s Unsafe to Store Private Crypto Keys in the Cloud

There are two primary reasons why storing your private crypto keys in the cloud is a bad idea. First, your cloud provider represents a centralized honeypot that could experience a security breach, allowing cyber criminals to access your data.

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In a 30-Minute Video, Victim Lays Out How He Lost $400K in Crypto on QuadrigaCX

Since the QuadrigaCX story has crossed paths with the world’s largest business and crypto news outlets, seemingly little attention has been given to this debacle’s victims. Outlets, such as Bloomberg, CNN Business, among others, refer to the creditors as a “they,” making it tough to remember that there are crypto investors behind each lost dollar.

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J.P. Morgan Has Created a Stablecoin: Just Don’t Expect to Use It Yourself

J. P. Morgan Chase has announced “JPM Coin,” a blockchain token that will serve as both a stablecoin and a settlement tool. The financial giant has announced the coin on its official website, and the project has already garnered plenty of mainstream attention.

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Crypto Analyst: Bitcoin Investors Are Underwater, But BTC Bounces Back Quickly

Bitcoin’s highly publicized meteoric rise to its all-time high of $20,000 in December 2017 was a classic bubble cycle at its peak. The media attention and hype from individuals talking about the crypto on social media and in social circles sparked FOMO (fear of missing out) in retail investors who eventually got burned when the.

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Decentraland Launches $55K Creator Contest

Attention HODLers: if you can’t cut it as a trader, you might try a career as a virtual real estate developer.   Beginning March 15th, Decentraland will host a two-week long Creator Contest, where users will be rewarded in cryptocurrency for developing virtual LAND.

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Litecoin Rise by 33%. Where Will the BTC Fly?

The unexpected rise of Litecoin (LTC) has once again drawn the attention of the community to its creator Charlie Lee and his predictions. And the forecasts are very optimistic – not so much for LTC, as for BTC Spend crypto! Only for an inattentive investor, the takeoff of LTC was like a bolt from the […]

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Satoshi’s World Crypto Game Puts Bitcoin Graffiti On The White House To Spread Adoption

Satoshi’s World Can Be Used To Lay Messages And Images Over Real-World Locations Satoshi’s World has been capturing the crypto community’s attention lately. They call themselves to be the street view version of Satoshi’s place so instead of writing on a single shared wall you can write wherever you want in the world. Satoshi’s Place […]

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BitTorrent Token Airdrop Completes, BTT Jumps 10%, TRX Falls

There is no better way to garner attention for a new crypto token than to give it away. The Team at the Tron Foundation are experts at marketing and have widely promoted the BitTorrent token and a series of airdrops, the first of which has just been completed.

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SEC Issues New Investor Spotlight on Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), Calls Crypto Payments Efficient

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission, on their official website, recently put the spotlight on Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). The post seemed to draw attention to the general public about what ICOs are and how they might be exploited and easily used for manipulation and for fraud. The SEC acknowledged that even though many […]

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Mt. Gox to Live Again, Bitcoin Is ‘Honestly Useless,’ and Jack Dorsey Likes Lightning Network: This Week in Crypto

Please comment at the end about your favorite stories of the week. While our coverage has expanded well beyond cryptocurrency news, we’d love to know which crypto subjects our readership prefers get the most attention.

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Report: Philippines-Based Banking Giant Launching Two-Way Crypto ATMs

When you think of nations with a notable Bitcoin ecosystem, many crypto investors would immediately think of the U. S. , Malta, Singapore, Japan, and South Korea. Yet, many draw little attention to the Philippines, a nation that is seemingly filled to the brim with cryptocurrency users.

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Bitcoin Price Struggles to Mount Recovery as Chinese New Year Saps Trading Volumes

Heading into Thursday evening, the cryptocurrency market continues to feel uncomfortably quiet, with the Bitcoin price consolidating below $3,400 during the final days of the Chinese New Year celebration — an event that some analysts say is depressing crypto trading volumes.

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Coinbase BATs 300 With Free Money Promo

Coinbase has launched Coinbase Earn for Basic Attention Token (BAT), which gives users the ability to earn up to $10 worth of BAT for engaging with educational content. It’s the latest in a series of earn-and-learn pages, the first of which featured the 0x (ZRX) token at year-end 2018.

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Indian Hospital Shares New Details About QuadrigaCX CEO Gerald Cotten’s Passing

If you followed crypto news this month, you have certainly heard about the Canadian CEO who died and left locked away all the cryptos from his exchange. The case has been getting attention lately a the wallets have over $150 million USD from clients which are completely inaccessible at the moment. The private Indian hospital […]

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Attention Wealthy: Propy Makes Buying Property Easier

A new blockchain project is making it easier for the wealthy to buy real estate, by reducing the fees and friction costs normally involved in acquiring property. Propy has completed the first-ever sale of residential property on the blockchain in the highly sought-after Bay Area, in California.

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New Coinbase Venture Lets You Earn Free Crypto, BAT Surges 30%

Different crypto exchanges appear to be aligning themselves with different crypto projects. Binance is big on Tron and the new BitTorrent token it exclusively launched recently and Coinbase is now promoting Basic Attention Token through a new scheme called Earn which allows you to do exactly that.

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[Attention Crypto Investors] MyEtherWallet for ETH Users Subject of New Email Phishing Scam

MyEtherWallet users are being targeted by a phishing email scam, according to the official MyEtherWallet Twitter account. The email asks users to send their private keys to a third party email address to avoid having their wallet data compromised.

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Video: Will BAT Start Flying?

Today’s Video Briefing covers a project that used to be the darling of the ICO world: the Basic Attention Token. BAT is still highly regarded in crypto-space, and one of the first ERC-20 tokens to get the coveted Coinbase listing.

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The 4 Biggest Darknet Scandals Where Millions in Crypto Were Seized

Digital currencies such as Bitcoin, Monero, or Litecoin are often hailed as the fuel that sustains darknet marketplaces. Understandably so! Long before grabbing mainstream media’s attention as a mysterious and high-tech investment option with rich potential, Bitcoin’s popularity was by and large confined to just a few small niche groups.

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U.S. Shutdown to Have a Long-Lasting Effect on Arrival of Crypto Institutional Products

CoinSpeaker U. S. Shutdown to Have a Long-Lasting Effect on Arrival of Crypto Institutional Products Analysts predict that amidst the long pending work, regulatory agencies won't give any attention to crypto investment products in the near time.

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Basic Attention Token Digital Asset Report: BAT Review And Investment Grade

The post Basic Attention Token Digital Asset Report: BAT Review And Investment Grade appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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Brave Browser Teams Up with Cheddar to Engage “Crypto Crazed” Users

Cheddar, a popular live-streaming financial news network, announced a partnership with Brave Software—the privacy browser behind Basic Attention Token. The move leverages Cheddar’s viewers who are “obsessed with crypto.

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AtomicPay CEO Weighs in on Crypto Market’s Major Roadblocks: Scams, Hacks and Volatility

The road to crypto adoption has been an interesting one. In the last decade, crypto has seen acceptance from merchants around the world as well as more mainstream attention. There is, however, still work to be done and some feel that adoption should be done faster than the current rate. One of the reasons for […]

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Bitcoin vs Ripple: Simple Guide to Compare BTC vs XRP Cryptocurrency Differences

As the two biggest cryptocurrencies, Ripple and Bitcoin draw a lot of potential investment and hold the most spend power. In 2017, Bitcoin was arguably the king of cryptocurrencies because it values, potential, quantity, and desirability was at its peak and was the peak value of any crypto. But when it crashed in 2018, attention […]

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Crypto Deals Dominate VC: Bitcoin Price Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story

While the world’s attention remains affixed to how Bitcoin price would fare in 2019, venture capitalists are already exploring opportunities beyond the digital currency. It becomes evident with January 23, 2019, a day which saw leading investors putting a combined total of $39 million across three blockchain startups.

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Craig Wright Believes XRP Is Nonsense, Calls it “Shit Tech” and A Security that is Falsely Marketed

The crypto community is one interesting space that never runs out of drama. Given the nature of the industry, it’s understandable that every influential character would want to stay atop the masses’ attention to make good for their own ends.

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