Hard questions about Shelley answered on the Cardano Effect podcast

Three weeks in, everything is going smooth and according to plan for Cardano’s staking era. The post Hard questions about Shelley answered on the Cardano Effect podcast appeared first on CryptoSlate. дальше »

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Chinese Bitcoin Mining Farms Hit Hard by Floods, Hash Rate Crashes Across Mining Pools

The hash rate of the largest network had a rocky start to 2020, seeing a huge drop following the March price crash and then due to May 11th halving. But now it has fully recovered and even eclipsed the previous levels. дальше »

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Bitcoin ABC: Another Bitcoin Cash Fork Is On the Way

Bitcoin Cash, the sixth largest cryptocurrency, is on the verge of another hard fork дальше »

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These 4 Factors Show Why It’s Hard to Be Bearish on Bitcoin Right Now

There remain some Bitcoin bears despite the ongoing push higher. One trader said that due to BTC’s failed attempts to break past $12,000, the cryptocurrency could move towards the $8,000s or $9,000s. дальше »

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Decentralized Exchanges Maturing, but High Demand Reveals Limitations

The growth of decentralized exchanges in 2020 has been phenomenal, but there is a hard ceiling with current technology.

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Data analyst: Ethereum transaction fees will put a “hard cap” on DeFi bull run

Ethereum’s decentralized finance (DeFi) community and market have seen exponential growth over recent months. The post Data analyst: Ethereum transaction fees will put a “hard cap” on DeFi bull run appeared first on CryptoSlate. дальше »

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Ross Ulbricht Uses Snail Mail to Send Correction for Blog Post on MakerDAO

Getting all the facts right is hard, especially when you don’t have internet access.

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Chainlink (LINK) Price Jumps Over 24% in 24 Hours, Stamping Hard Its 5th Position

Coinspeaker Chainlink (LINK) Price Jumps Over 24% in 24 Hours, Stamping Hard Its 5th PositionChainlink (LINK) added around $3. 38 in the past 24 hours to trade slightly above $17 at the time of publication. дальше »

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Bitcoin Trading Volume Sets New Highs Across Latin America

Bitcoin trading activity in South America is still on the rise with Argentina and Venezuela seeing new weekly volume records. With the coronavirus pandemic exacerbating the economic situations in different countries, people are moving increasingly towards hard money assets like Bitcoin (BTC) to preserve wealth or escape currency debasement. дальше »

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MicroStrategy Becomes First Listed Company to Hold Bitcoin as Reserve Asset

The “Bitcoin (BTC) as a hard asset” narrative is spreading beyond retail investors to the corporate world as MicroStrategy purchases 21,454 BTC worth over $250 million. Nasdaq-listed MicroStrategy Buys $250M in BTC The Nasdaq-listed MicroStrategy announced the news of Bitcoin treasury allocation via a press release issued on Tuesday (August 11, 2020). дальше »

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FBI and German Authorities Team Up To Seize $30 Million In Bitcoin

From 2008 until 2013, Movie2K. to hosted hundreds of thousands of illegal pirated streams. They also engaged in unsavory practices such as “subscription traps,” where they lured paying customers in with false promises and made the memberships very hard to escape from. дальше »

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Fixing This Bitcoin-Killing Bug Will (Eventually) Require a Hard Fork

The bug sheds light on the challenges of Bitcoin's decentralization. At least we've got 86 years for the community to join together and implement a fix. дальше »

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IOHK Gives Date For Payout of Delayed Cardano Incentivized Testnet Rewards

Participants of the Cardano Incentivized Testnet (ITN) were expecting to receive reward payouts on August 3. A Shelley rollout plan had scheduled the payout days after the Shelley hard fork, on July 29th. дальше »

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Bitfinex Lists Cardano’s ADA Following Shelley Hard Fork Success

Hong Kong Based cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex announced today that Cardano’s third generation blockchain cryptocurrency ADA is now listed on its platform. ADA will be available for trading on Bitfinex in three trading pairs, Bitcoin (ADA/BTC) US Dollar (ADA/USD), and Tether (ADA/USDt), with trading commencing on 6th august at 10.00 Am UTC. Bitfinex stated that the […] дальше »

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Binance IEO Project, Band Protocol, Sees Coinbase Effect With Listing News; What Altcoin Is Next?

The ‘Coinbase Effect' is not something new; it is a temporary surge in pricing for the listed coin. In the past, Coinbase has been accused of pumping and dumping the coin through the listing as the price of the token starts pumping hard before the announcement is made public. But for a very brief time, […] дальше »

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JPMorgan: Young Investors are Pouring Money into Bitcoin at a Rapid Pace

Investors are beginning to turn towards “hard assets” like gold and Bitcoin to protect their capital from imminent inflation resulting from the massive money printing seen across the globe. This demand has driven gold’s price to a fresh all-time high of over $2,000 per ounce that was just set yesterday. It is also likely one […] дальше »

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World’s 3rd Largest Pasta Producer Adopts VeChain (VET) and DNV GL’s Infection Risk Management Solution

Italy’s De Cecco–the world’s third-largest producer of pasta, has officially adopted My Care–a solution built by DNV GL on the VeChainThor blockchain. As a result, it becomes the first major Italian food company to integrate the solution at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic is proving to be a hard nut to crack, presenting challengesRead MoreRead More. дальше »

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The ‘Huge’ 51% Attack on Ethereum Classic (ETC) Only Cost 17.5 BTC

Over the past weekend, Ethereum hard fork Ethereum Classic (ETC) experienced a “huge 51% attack” where one miner generated a series of over 3500 blocks, as a huge fork from block 10904146 till 10907740. дальше »

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Cardano ‘Dwarfs’ Tezos After Shelley Hard Fork, Says Security Auditor

According to a leading blockchain security auditing firm, Cardano will become the second biggest DeFi platform behind Ethereum, dwarfing Tezos. дальше »

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Where FATF Crypto Compliance Gets Interesting: Africa

Crypto businesses seeing strong growth across the 54-country continent are working hard to meet the FATF's anti-money laundering standards. дальше »

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Analyst: Watch Which Altcoins Hold Against Bitcoin For Surprising Springboard Recovery

The top two crypto asset by market cap Bitcoin and Ethereum pumping so hard has left the rest of the crypto market in its dust. Even DeFi tokens that had once been hot to trot have plummeted in the wake of this week’s rally. дальше »

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Cardano’s Long-Awaited Shelley Mainnet Launches; Over 500 ADA Staking Pools Open

After a long three year wait, the Cardano development team finally launched the Shelley network following a successful hard fork from the Byron mainnet. The upgrade includes several new features, including new staking pools and a new user=delegation platform, starting Cardano’s journey to full network decentralization. дальше »

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Bitcoiners Are HODLing Hard As BTC’s ‘HODL Wave’ Hits All-Time High

With Bitcoin reaching $11,000 for the first time in almost a year, a lot of predictions are pointing towards a more bullish growth. This, despite data revealing extreme pressure at that price level. дальше »

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Cardano: The Shelley Mainnet Is Live, Daedalus Wallet Upgraded

An excited Charles Hoskinson has officially confirmed the beginning of the Shelley era. This comes after five years of hard work following the launch of Byron. Shelley marks Cardano’s decentralization. дальше »

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Cardano Introduces Proof-of-Stake With ‘Shelley’ Hard Fork

It's alive! Cardano has successfully hard forked to its major upgrade, Shelley, which introduced proof-of-stake to the network. дальше »

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Shelley mainnet arrives to enable many blockchain-based potential use cases for Cardano

IOHK, the blockchain research and development company developing Cardano has successfully implemented the most important upgrade to the Cardano blockchain yet, the Shelley hard fork. The upgrade will deliver true decentralization through its advanced Ouroboros consensus algorithm and scientifically researched incentives scheme. дальше »

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Cardano has launched the Shelley mainnet: Here’s what you need to know

Cardano (ADA) has now officially transitioned from the Byron mainnet to the Shelley mainnet via a hard fork. The post Cardano has launched the Shelley mainnet: Here’s what you need to know appeared first on CryptoSlate. дальше »

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Cardano Achieves Full Decentralization by Successfully Completing Shelley Hard Fork

Cardano becomes fully decentralized after completing the much-anticipated Shelley hard fork дальше »

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Strong on-chain metrics open the road for Cardano (ADA) to jump after Shelley

The Shelley hard fork of Cardano (ADA) set to happen later today could send the price of ADA spiraling upwards. The post Strong on-chain metrics open the road for Cardano (ADA) to jump after Shelley appeared first on CryptoSlate. дальше »

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Crypto Hardware Wallet Company Ledger Suffers Data Breach, 1M Customer Details Exposed

Major cryptocurrency hard wallet company Ledger revealed that the platform suffered a data breach causing customers details to be compromised.   Customer Funds Unaffected By Breach The company made the announcement via a blog post on Wednesday (July 29, 2020). дальше »

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Cardano Blockchain “Shelley” hard fork due for release

Cardano is a proof-of-stake platform focused on building a “third-generation” blockchain. This Wednesday, July 29th, it will transition from the Byron mainnet to the Shelley mainnet via a hard fork. The update is focused on decentralization. дальше »

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Cardano’s Shelley Hard Fork is Happening Tomorrow, No Interruption Expected

As Cardano prepares to migrate from the Byron to Shelley era with a planned hard fork, no interruption of service is expected.

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Driving Smart Contract Adoption through Fungible and Non-Fungible Tokens

Smart contract platforms are often touted as the catalysts that will catapult the blockchain economy to the next level, and it is hard to argue otherwise as they can be utilized to perform myriad tasks in a secure, transparent, and cost-effective manner. дальше »

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Bitrue Is First Exchange to Support Cardano?s Shelley Hard Fork

Bitrue exchange has announced that it will be the first platform that is prepared to provide support for the approaching Cardano Shelley crucial upgrade дальше »

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Institutional Investors’ Bitcoin FOMO: CME Steals the Show & Bakkt is Back in the Game

Bitcoin is rallying hard, rising to a new 2020 high. The world’s leading digital currency went as high as $11,400 before pulling back to $10,700. Now, we are back above $11k, and if today makes a repeat of Monday, we might get to see $12,000 and more records in volume. The gains resulted in more […] дальше »

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Cardano (ADA) price dips despite confirmation of imminent Shelley hard fork

Cardano (ADA) saw its price dive today alongside most other altcoins.

The post Cardano (ADA) price dips despite confirmation of imminent Shelley hard fork appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Confirmed: Cardano’s (ADA) Long-Awaited Shelley Mainnet to Go Live After Successful Final Weekend Tests

The much-awaited Cardano (ADA) mainnet, Shelley, goes live later this week on July 29, founder Charles Hoskinson confirmed earlier today. Much-Awaited Launch In an announcement, IOHK – the parent firm of public blockchain Cardano – said it had successfully completed final tests over the weekend and gave the go-ahead on the Shelley hard fork. дальше »

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Gold Sets Record High Ahead Of Second US Stimulus, Will Bitcoin Follow?

Today, the United States is expected to introduce the details of its latest economic stimulus package. Ahead of the expected record bout of money printing, hard assets like Bitcoin, gold, and silver began soaring. дальше »

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Market Update: Crypto Cap Nears $300 Billion, BTC Hits $10K, ETH Rallies Hard

The digital currency economy is steadily approaching a $300 billion market capitalization, as a great number of coins have been seeing decent gains. Bitcoin touched a high of $10,135 on July 26, during the early morning trading sessions, but ethereum is outpacing the top crypto measured by market valuation. дальше »

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Cardano (ADA) Shelley Hard Fork Initiated, On Track for July 29 Upgrade

In a new video update, Cardano (ADA) founder Charles Hoskinson announced that the process for Shelley hard fork had officially been initiated. A New Era for Cardano Open source public blockchain protocol Cardano is poised to enter a new era with the imminent launch of the Shelley phase slated for July 29. дальше »

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Cardano Launches Countdown to Conducting Shelley Upgrade Early Next Week

While the Cardano team is preparing to launch the long-expected hard fork next week, it has rolled out a new testnet network which is likely to be released on the mainnet дальше »

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$5 Million Worth of Bitcoin From Bitfinex’s 2016 Hack Just Moved

While the winnings of a bank heist can be hard to track, it’s a different story for Bitcoin and crypto hacks. Unless hackers use mixing and privacy technologies, the coins they steal from exchanges and individuals can be tracked through the blockchain. дальше »

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Bitcoin Price Can Hit $20K When US Banks Invest 1% of Assets — Analyst

The increasing institutional interest in Bitcoin is “not hard to see” as U.S. regulators green light custody this week.

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What the rest of the year will look like for Cardano (ADA)

The hard fork that will turn Cardano Shelley on is just days away, which means that the crypto market is eager to find out what lies ahead for Cardano after July 29. The post What the rest of the year will look like for Cardano (ADA) appeared first on CryptoSlate. дальше »

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Jihan Wu Looks to Split Bitmain’s AntMiner Supply Chain & Manufacturing Process

The power tussle in the largest Bitcoin miner maker, Bitmain, is now threatening to essentially hard fork its operations for the production of AntMiner equipment. On July 16, one of Bitmain’s co-founder, Wu Jihan registered a new firm in Shenzhen, China. дальше »

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Power Struggle Inside Bitmain ‘Hard Forks’ Bitcoin Miner Production

The ongoing battle between the two co-founders at Bitmain has essentially hard forked the production at the world’s largest bitcoin miner manufacturer. дальше »

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Charles Hoskinson Talks ERC-20 Converter to Redeploy Tokens from Ethereum to Cardano Testnet

In a recent video update, Charles Hoskinson, the face of smart-contracts platform Cardano (ADA) shared several key updates in addition to confirming that the July 29 hard fork date still stands. Hoskinson Discusses ERC-20 Converter Hoskinson took to YouTube to update the Cardano community about the latest developments in the ADA ecosystem. дальше »

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Digitex Futures Allows Day Traders to Scalp Profits at Last

Day trading is notoriously hard in the cryptocurrency industry, particularly when you’re talking about high-frequency aggressive styles of trading like scalping that capitalize on the smallest movements in price fluctuation. дальше »

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Zcash Latest Hard Fork ‘Heartwood’ Makes Mining Private

Privacy coin Zcash has successfully hard forked at block height 903,000 in a planned network update known as “Heartwood.” дальше »

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Grin HardFork Incoming in the Next Couple of Days

The Grin project announced in July that its third programmed hard fork would take place at block 786240, which is just around the corner. Grin recently released Grin 4. 0 and Grin wallet 4. 0, which included the implementation of their new Slatepack standard. дальше »

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