Lightning Labs Developing 'Watchtowers' For Bitcoin Lightning Network Upgrade.

With the newest version of the Bitcoin Lightning Network set to release on an undisclosed date in June, to-be-added "watchtowers" will monitor fraud on the network, preventing users from rebroadcasting old transactions to make more money. origin »

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Gram Asia To Hold Public Sale Of Telegram's Gram Token.

The Gram token will go on sale for regular crypto buyers next month, but the details are a bit funky. The token will be listed by crypto exchange Liquid but not directly from Telegram. Instead, the exchange has agreed to list an undisclosed number of tokens held by Gram Asia, an organization in Korea that claims to be the largest holder of Gram in Asia. origin »

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Jack Dorsey told us about Square’s plan to help refugee entrepreneurs.

Europe’s refugee crisis is often framed as merely that – a crisis. The Syrian civil war, to name just one of the many humanitarian catastrophes that occurred this decade, resulted in a flood of people escaping to safety in Europe. origin »

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The most popular social media networks each year, gloriously animated.

Considering social media’s global impact (hello Trump and Brexit), it’s strange to think just how young the medium is. Hell, before the early 2000s, if you wanted to reconnect with a long-lost friend, you’d have to go full detective to find their contact details. origin »

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DGaming Release ‘Mainstream Ready’ Crypto Gaming Wallet Into iOS & Play Stores.

June 11, 2019 – DGaming, a technology company that seeks to push the decentralized gaming industry towards mass adoption, has announced the release of a decentralized wallet specifically designed for gamers. origin »

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Fireblocks Announces “Hot Vault” and $16 Million Funding from Fidelity-backed Firms.

Combining security, convenience, and seamless user experience has been one of the major dilemmas in the digital assets space. Since Bitcoin’s inception, a little more than ten years ago, startups all over the world have set out to solve this problem. origin »

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Fewer parents are naming their kids Alexa or Siri.

Picking a name for your kid can be a long and difficult process. You have to take into account factors like the name’s sound, its meaning, its cultural connotations, and your family history. It’s a goddamn minefield and technology has only made it worse. origin »

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Blockchain Genomics Firm, Merck’s EMD Serono Sign Anonymized Data Sharing Agreement.

Blockchain firm Nebula Genomics has signed a data access agreement with EMD Serono, the North American biopharmaceutical business of Merck KGaA

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The stablecoin market is booming.

During the last 12 months, the stablecoin ecosystem has seen rapid growth. Now several new contenders are challenging market leader Tether, promising new levels of transparency and security. origin »

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Major Korean Bank Signs MoU With Atomrigs Lab to Explore Crypto Asset Management.

Major South Korean commercial lender KB Kookmin Bank has signed an MoU with blockchain technology firm Atomrigs Lab to jointly explore digital asset management solutions

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Major Insurance Broker Aon Secures Crime Coverage for Crypto Custody Solutions Firm.

Major insurance broker Aon will reportedly provide crypto custody solutions provider Metaco with crime insurance coverage via a group of predominantly European insurers

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Blockchain asset technology firm AlphaPoint opens Switzerland office.

AlphaPoint, a provider of asset tokenization software and digital asset trading technology for licensed broker-dealers, MTF, and exchange operators, today announced it has expanded its operations by opening an office in Zurich, Switzerland. origin »

Atlantis upgrade beckons as Ethereum Classic prepares for major changes.

Bitcoin’s popularity and brand recognition have often taken the limelight away from lesser known cryptos, most of which are slowly making major progress in terms of technology and functionality. origin »

Bitcoin 1, Traditional Fiat Currency 0: One Satoshi is now worth more than the national currencies of Iran, Vietnam.

Bitcoin [BTC], the world’s leading cryptocurrency, has been enjoying a great 2019 after a late-2018 marred by a cruel crypto-winter. Since April however, the cryptocurrency has performed much better than traditional assets, outperforming even the S&P 500. origin »

Crypto exchange KuCoin launches market maker incentive program.

KuCoin, a popular cryptocurrency exchange, announced today it has launched a new market making incentive program. The idea is to improve liquidity and strengthen user trading experience. KuCoin is welcoming professional market makers from all over the world to join this program. origin »

Visa Releases Cross Border Payment Solution for Corporations.

Visa has released a B2B Connect network, their enterprise payment solution to process international payments for corporations. Experts see this as a push from Visa to move beyond retail payment processing and enter the global corporate payment remittance market, as reported by Reuters on June 11, 2019. origin »

P2P network solutions startup Marlin Protocol announces Binance Labs investment.

Marlin, a scalability solution for decentralized web platforms, spearheaded by industry frontrunners from BitTorrent, Zilliqa, MIT, and Stanford, joins the Binance Labs Incubation Program San Francisco cohort, securing substantial investment from the social impact fund. origin »

Cryptocurrency and Cannabis: Risky Investments with a Twist.

While classifying investments based on growth potential and risks, investors tend to cluster cryptocurrency, cannabis, and biotech together. While cryptocurrency has several more dimensions of risk, Rob Wertheimer of Melius Research gave a strong point of difference between cannabis and cryptocurrency in an interview with Yahoo Finance, June 11, 2019. origin »

Gate.io Joins Other Exchanges to Restrict US Traders.

After Binance, Bittrex, Poloniex, and other markets set limitations to the activity of US-based traders, Gate.io joins the list with restrictions.

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DGaming open-sources Tendermint-based blockchain engine for gaming.

DGaming, a decentralized gaming ecosystem, today announced the open-sourcing of its Tendermint/CosmosSDK hack with distributed pseudorandom number generator (PRNG) suitable for applications. The open-sourced code can be viewed on the DGaming Github repository. origin »

Verasity: The Next Killer App For Video Rewards.

Coinspeaker Verasity: The Next Killer App For Video RewardsMeet Verasity - the next killer app to revolutionize online video industry by rewarding users for viewing videos and ads without changing their usual habits.Verasity: The Next Killer App For Video Rewards origin »

Building Decentralized AI, Enabling Ownership.

If you could hire an Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered personal assistant to work with you exclusively, and it would become better at its job the more time it spent helping you, would you want that assistant to fully belong to […] The post Building Decentralized AI, Enabling Ownership appeared first on CoinMarketCap. origin »

The Coinbase Debit Card Is Coming to Europe.

After having debuted the card in April 2019 in England, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is ready to launch its debit card in Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Ireland, and the Netherlands according to a CNBC report released on June 11. origin »

The Lightning Network Might Now Need a Token.

The Lightning Network (LN) is to soon get watchtowers with the release of version 0.7 LND at an undisclosed date sometime this June. Initially altruistically, the watchtowers are to see... origin »

Coinbase Extends its Visa Card Services to Major European Countries.

Coinspeaker Coinbase Extends its Visa Card Services to Major European CountriesCoinbase has forayed into six European countries with its Visa debit card service, now allowing customers in the region spend their cryptos enjoying flexible payment system. origin »

Better Than Jesus: CCN Came Back From the Dead.

Coinspeaker Better Than Jesus: CCN Came Back From the DeadIn less than three days (quicker than the son of God himself) crypto website CCN came back from the dead saying that ‘CryptoCoinsNews. origin »

Canadians With Coinbase Accounts Can Withdraw Via PayPal.

In what could increase trading and withdrawal options for Coinbase customers, Canadian clients can now withdraw via PayPal. The post Canadians With Coinbase Accounts Can Withdraw Via PayPal appeared first on Ethereum World News. origin »

Bitcoin analysis: technicals suggesting continuation of strong growth period.

As Bitcoin consolidates above former resistance, reversing its recent downtrend, using technical analysis, traders are noticing that another potential upward movement could be in play in the near future. origin »

CCN Markets is Rising From the Dead.

Dear readers, Thank you so much for your love – it has overwhelmed our amazing team and me this week. We’ve received hundreds of supportive emails, Facebook messages, LinkedIn messages, and tweets. origin »

Nash Prepares to Launch Beta Version of Decentralized Exchange.

After the relative success of their Chrome extension, Nash is getting ready to unveil their exchange and mobile products. origin »

BQQQ IEO oversubscribed, to start trading on June 12.

SINGAPORE – Bitsdaq, AsiaGlobal’s cryptocurrency exchange has announced the subscription result of BQQQ IEO. According to the announcement, BQQQ IEO is oversubscribed in all three days, raising a total of 750,000 USDT instead of the original target of 500,000 USDT. origin »

Initial Exchange Offerings Are Providing Big Returns, But Why?.

IEOs are some of the hottest crypto investments of 2019, with many having already provided triple-digit returns. Better yet, there may be a way to help predict their price movements. origin »

Coinbase Expands Cryptocurrency Visa Debit Cards Across Europe.

Coinbase has expanded its Visa debit card service to six European countries, allowing customers in the region to spend their digital assets. origin »

Cryptotourists Have A Need ... A Need To Spend Their Digital Assets.

Companies like TravelByBit are capitalizing on cryptotourists looking to book a vacation and travel to a location where they'll be able to freely spend their cryptocurrency.

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GlobalCoin and Bitcoin (BTC): instead of or together?.

Crypto is waiting for a new strong player. Facebook GlobalCoin is expected to be announced in June, perhaps in a week. Analysts offer different versions of how this will affect the market. Opinions are opposite. origin »

Ex-Employee Sues Startup Behind Zcash for $2 Million Over Unpaid Stock.

The plaintiff alleges Zerocoin did not have authority to issue common stock to employees when he was hired. origin »

Former US Senator Rick Santorum Joins Catholic-Focused Cryptocurrency Project.

Rick Santorum joins the board of Catholic community-oriented cryptocurrency project, Cathio

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Crypto To Bank Itself, As Legacy Banking System Chokes The Industry.

One of the biggest goals for cryptocurrency is to bank the unbanked. By some estimates, one-third of the world’s population has no access to the financial system. For them, legacy banking has been an abject failure. origin »

Austrian Postal Service Releases Crypto Collectible Stamps.

The Austrian Post has released a line of limited edition “crypto stamps” styled with the Ethereum unicorn

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Enigma Launches Second Testnet for ‘Secret Contract’ Blockchain.

Ethereum developers can now start coding specialized smart contracts called "secret contracts" that leverage the Enigma protocol for data privacy. origin »

Ubisoft reportedly developing Ethereum in-game items and blockchain games.

Ubisoft—the fourth largest publicly traded video game company known for Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Just Dance—is reportedly developing game features on the Ethereum blockchain, according to Les Echos. origin »

Beaxy Launches Crypto Trading Platform Despite Hack Last Month.

Beaxy has announced the launch of its crypto trading platform weeks after it was hacked

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VP of Largest Brazilian Bank: Local Banks to Soon Introduce Unique Blockchain Platform.

The vice president of the largest Brazilian bank revealed that local banks are preparing to introduce a unique blockchain platform on June 12

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Sale of Telegram’s Token GRAM on Exchange Liquid Is Not Official: Source.

Following Liquid’s announcement of a Telegram GRAM token sale, a source close to Telegram has stated that there is no official relationship between the companies

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Visa Launches Global Cross-Border Network Based on Certain Aspects of Blockchain.

Global payment giant Visa has launched a network for cross-border payments that is partially based on blockchain technology

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Real Time Assurance and Disclosure for Digital Assets and Exchanges Begins This Friday, 14th June.

Bitcoin Press Release: Auditchain, the developer of the world’s first decentralized continuous audit and real-time financial reporting protocol ecosystem is partnering with ExMarkets, the popular digital asset exchange and IEO launchpad. origin »

Former Wall Street Exec Tone Vays: There Is No Evidence That the Crypto Winter Is Now Over.

Blockchain researcher and former JPMorgan exec Tone Vays is skeptical over whether the crypto winter is really over

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CCN finished.

One of the three leading cryptonews portals CCN.com is leaving in the midst of a bitcoin rally. Is it just because of Google? Der Mohr hat seine Arbeit getan (The Moor has done his job) According to the Norwegian Jonas Borchgrevink CEO and CCN founder, right after the Google Core update, on June 3, CCN […] origin »