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Cryptocurrencies are for those who want to avoid prying eyes and there is no financial privacy in traditional banking whatsoever; at least that's what crypto-proponents say. In a recent podcast, Kate The post Could Bitcoin's rising price be the roadblock to its mass adoption? appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-5-9 11:00 | |
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At first glance, the concept of a smartphone-based hardware wallet is an attractive one. Due to the ubiquity of mobile devices, such solutions could give crypto adoption a massive boost. But even for fully-sold proponents, the issue comes with some obvious security questions.
2019-1-28 23:32 | |
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If China Embraces Crypto, They Might Become The First Major Crypto Market It is now a fact that Japan has fully embraced crypto. They lead in many areas in terms of crypto adoption. This means that Japan could soon become the largest crypto market globally.
2019-1-25 19:20 | |
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“A lack of scalability is holding back cryptocurrency adoption. The Unit-e developers are turning this research into real scalable performance” — DTR’s new scalability project ventures into uncharted territory
2019-1-25 00:50 | |
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Last year, Tangem, the Swiss crypto wallet company introduced physical ways to spend and trade cryptocurrency. “Smart cards” and “smart bank notes” are physical representations of cryptocurrency that could be carried and spent by users.
2019-1-22 00:57 | |
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One problem that concerns many is the centralization of mining within the Bitcoin ecosystem. Fortunately, there are talented developers working to solve this problem and Matt Corallo, full-time Bitcoin developer at Chaincode Labs, is one of them.
2019-1-26 23:50 | |
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Ripple has been making moves to expand its network of XRP-supporting Fintech institutions across the world. One recent move could help the company establish its presence in the land of the Red Dragon.
2019-1-19 11:37 | |
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Cryptocurrency payroll service Bitwage has partnered with Texas-based payroll and Human Relations firm Simply Efficient HR to help companies fund W2 Employees and payroll tax payments using crypto.
2019-1-16 05:22 | |
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Last week, two of the largest banking regulators within the European Union released reports calling for uniformity in the regulations of crypto assets and Initial Coin offerings (ICOs) across the continent.
2019-1-16 01:54 | |
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CoinSpeaker HSBC Further Explores Blockchain Adoption, Settles $250B Transaction Using the Tech Global bank HSBC has processed $250B transaction using blockchain. Being set to further push blockchain adoption, the company is now exploring how this technology could help its multinational clients.
2019-1-15 13:33 | |
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Bitcoin and virtual currencies have the potential to change many things in the financial world. Although the last year was very hard for virtual currencies and blockchain technology, 2019 could bring new opportunities for Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies to be adopted worldwide.
2019-1-14 18:11 | |
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Qtum, a blockchain platform that merges the strength of Bitcoin’s blockchain with the Ethereum Virtual Machine to build decentralized applications, has completed its first atomic swap with Bitcoin on mainnet.
2019-1-10 21:44 | |
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A blockchain project is enabling the public to send and receive crypto through Facebook Messenger, and says this could be the catalyst for mainstream adoption. #SPONSORED
2019-1-9 11:41 | |
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Japan might be a land of crypto-contrasts, but it is at the forefront of many crypto innovations and adoption, including bank-issued digital currencies
2019-1-8 21:18 | |
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has published a report indicating that cryptocurrencies are not a threat currently. However, the central bank says, with rapid growth and adoption of cryptocurrencies, this assessment could change, adding that constant monitoring of cryptocurrencies is needed.
2019-1-4 14:15 | |
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The early Bitcoin community in San Francisco was originally comprised of revolutionaries: Individuals who believed in the freedom and opportunity that a permissionless distributed system would bring the world.
2019-1-4 00:06 | |
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Cryptocurrencies continue to make their way into the world of finance and traditional payment systems. Despite some skeptical statements and the bearish 2018, their adoption has dramatically increased to the point that many experts believe that eventually crypto use could complement or even compete directly with the traditional fiat system.
2018-12-21 05:56 | |
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In a press release and accompanying video posted on YouTube, financial services company Western Union has expressed interest in adopting blockchain technology and cryptocurrency. The video published December 17, 2018, features President Western Union Global Money Transfer, Odilon Almeida, as saying that the company could be uniquely positioned to take digital currency usage and adoption mainstream.
2018-12-19 20:00 | |
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Minisketch is a new solution that’s trying to solve an old problem. Spearheaded by Blockstream co-founder Pieter Wuille, Bitcoin Core contributor and fellow Blockstream co-founder Gregory Maxwell, and Blockstream software engineer Gleb Naumenko, the open-source initiative is designed to achieve set reconciliation between the mempools of each full node.
2018-12-18 18:48 | |
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Blockchain technology offers a transparency, immutability, and more to any use case it is applied to. Considering how well it has served platforms for cryptocurrency, the adoption by banks shouldn’t seem like that far of a stretch.
2018-12-18 10:22 | |
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It’s no secret that 2018 has been a tough year for the crypto markets, with Bitcoin dropping from highs of nearly $20,000 in late-2017 to recently established lows of $3,200. The market’s poor performance has led investors, analysts, and traders alike to ponder what impetus will be able to drive the markets back to their.
2018-12-18 02:00 | |
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While most crypto investors are shooting for the moon, Blockstream is focused on things a bit closer to Earth: in the outermost layer of its atmosphere, to be exact.
2018-12-18 00:31 | |
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The browser could help cryptocurrency adoption, starting with Ethereum.
2018-12-15 02:00 | |
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The European Parliament (EP) has called for measures to boost blockchain adoption in trade and business across the region, Coindesk reported. On December 13, the legislative body adopted a resolution, dubbed “Blockchain: a forward-looking trade policy,” setting out how the nascent technology could improve EU trade policies, including free trade and mutual recognition agreements. The […]
2018-12-15 18:25 | |
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While the cryptocurrency markets bull run of 2017 succeeded in bringing digital assets global consciousness, the rollercoaster ride did very little to increase meaningful adoption, as most holders bought bitcoin and other cryptoassets for only speculative purposes and not for payments.
2018-12-13 23:00 | |
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A Japanese lawmaker has proposed four changes to Japan’s tax law to benefit crypto users and traders as well as widen the adoption of cryptocurrency in the country. The current tax rate of 55 percent could be lowered to 20 percent while crypto-to-crypto trading and small payments could be exempt from taxation.
2018-12-11 13:50 | |
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Adoption Of The Technology Plays An Important Role In The Crypto Market In the past, several companies provided to the market new innovative products that were never seen before. And some investors such as Warren Buffet could not see this technological changes take place.
2018-12-6 22:20 | |
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As chairman and co-founder of the Social Alpha Foundation (SAF), Nydia Zhang has left a solid mark on the blockchain and cryptocurrency space, though, as a young art student at the University of Washington in 2011, blockchain was far from the direction she saw her life taking.
2018-12-6 18:13 | |
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The Bitfury Group has recently announced a partnership with crypto payment processing system Paytomat, working to bring the Lightning Network to Paytomat’s participating merchants.
2018-12-6 22:48 | |
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Bitcoin had a steady start as a medium of exchange and has slowly begun challenging the hundreds of decades-old fiat money system. Businesses are now moving towards developing systems which could aid the further adoption of the pioneer cryptocurrency over fiat.
2018-12-5 02:00 | |
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Where 2017’s dizzying price highs embedded “hodl” into the public consciousness, 2018 was the year that “buidl" became a trend in the crypto-industry — and Bitcoin was no exception.
2018-12-5 23:23 | |
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Tether is launching a new liquidity portal, one that will finally allow the direct redemption of Tether’s stablecoin USDT back into fiat. According to a new report released on the company’s website, Tether is going to “launch a redesigned platform allowing for the verification of new customers and direct redemption of Tether to fiat.
2018-11-28 01:21 | |
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Ohio is now setting up an official website to allow businesses to pay taxes with bitcoin. According to a recent article published by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), the state of Ohio seems to have given tacit acceptance to bitcoin by allowing businesses, although not individuals, to pay all manner of taxes with the cryptocurrency.
2018-11-27 21:32 | |
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In what could be a further critical sign of cryptocurrency adoption in the U. S, businesses in Ohio will shortly be able to pay their taxes online using Bitcoin. The progression will be rolled out to personal taxpayers at some point in the future.
2018-11-26 10:00 | |
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Cryptocurrency is already working towards adoption, but one of the ways that these firms are gaining validity is by adding traditional finance executives to their ranks. That could be exactly why the BitFury Group has welcomed two new members to help with their strategy and growth. In a move that was revealed directly to CoinDesk, […]
2018-11-22 15:54 | |
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When the towers in New York fell, I became obsessed with economics. I wanted to follow the money to understand what happened on that dreadful day. During that time of inquiry, I found myself very interested in Austrian economic theory.
2018-11-21 19:26 | |
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Gabor Gurbacs is confident that the approval of a bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF) is inevitable. And he’s optimistic that the VanEck SolidX Bitcoin Strategy will be the first to deliver one to the world.
2018-11-17 01:42 | |
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Although many pundits disagree on the short-term prospects for digital assets, the push for adoption is a bandwagon that crypto investors, insiders, and leaders alike can easily hop onto. Hence why many were over the moon, so to speak, when Changpeng Zhao revealed that Binance Coin (BNB), an ERC20 token on Ethereum, could be used.
2018-11-9 11:50 | |
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Aside from the increasing adoption of cryptocurrencies, experts believe that the entry of institutional investors into the space is another factor that could push the market into a rally. Surprisingly, January’s massive correction and the market’s bearish sentiment since then have not deterred the institutional crowd – investments actually rose in 2018 despite the depressed […] Institutional Investments in Cryptocurrency Continue to Rise in 2018, Posts 952% Growth in 22 Months was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News.
2018-11-7 17:29 | |
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In the past 12 months, long-term crypto enthusiasts could witness first hand the rise and fall of the cryptocurrency market. Driven by speculation, greed, and largely unjustified hype, the valuations of many coins and tokens skyrocketed in December-January 2017, falling more-or-less gradually since.
2018-10-31 00:00 | |
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Popular cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has raised a fresh $300 million in a Series E financing round, bringing the company valuation to $8 billion. Coinbase plans to use the funding to "accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrencies," as it plans to remain the "entry-point into crypto" for millions of investors, according to a published blog post.
2018-10-31 20:51 | |
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On October 30, 2018, Storj Labs released a public alpha for their version 3 (V3) platform –– enabling developers and companies to test their decentralized cloud storage solution.
2018-10-31 17:07 | |
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Bitcoin Core developer Peter Todd joined the backlash against a “fake news” report about Bitcoin’s impact on global warming October 29. This occurred after multiple appearances in mainstream media publications.
2018-10-30 10:45 | |
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With Ethereum’s launch in 2015 came a flurry of excitement over the future potential of smart contracts. Utilizing a more flexible scripting language than Bitcoin, the platform’s decentralized applications (DApps) were touted by proponents as unlocking a plethora of formerly untapped use cases for the blockchain.
2018-10-30 21:45 | |
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Utility billing and payment services provider Novatti is launching a new Australian dollar (AUD)-backed stablecoin known as the Novatti AUD Utility Token on the Stellar Network.
2018-10-25 20:58 | |
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Andreas M Antonopoulos has been in the news within the crypto community several times for his predictions and analysis. The influencer literally wrote the book on how to master Bitcoin, and Mastering Bitcoin has been hailed as one of the most direct and legitimate sources on the potential future paths the cryptocurrency could take to […]
2018-10-24 00:13 | |
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Rhetorical style should never distract from the content of someone’s arguments. So when I heard that Nouriel Roubini testified to the U. S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on the cryptocurrency and blockchain ecosystem, I decided to peruse his testimony and reflect on it.
2018-10-24 19:38 | |
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If blockchain-based identity platform Civic is to go mainstream, then making it simple for as many businesses and consumers as possible to start using its app will be key.
2018-10-23 20:50 | |
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Cards could power the next wave of crypto adoption. Sesameseed is now on the path to creating a newer crypto utilization option for Tron users. A new TronCard has launched in beta for SEEDGerminator contributors at Sesameseed.
2018-10-21 16:44 | |
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