Indian Politician Nabbed in a 200 Bitcoin Extortion Case

Police in India has arrested Nalin Kotidiya, a former Member of the Legislative Assembly with the BJP party, for his role in a bitcoin extortion case. A suspect arrested earlier had implicated the ex-MLA as an accomplice in the kidnapping of Shailesh Bhatt, a local builder from the Surat area. It is a major development […]

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Ifoods chain, a food quality and safety coin

Ifoods chain, is a public blockchain with the aim, of a secure and reliable food quality, and safety detection. It is utilized through, a food detection smart device, a super probe system for meat,...

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Research: Running full XRP, EOS, and Binance Chain nodes is too expensive

According to a new study, launching a full node of XRP, EOS, and Binance Chain networks requires too much time and computing power and is not profitable enough for the node operator.



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CHAIN2020 launches a series of educational conferences supporting Blockchain & FinTech initiatives in Asia

10,000 participants are expected to join CHAIN2020 in Hong Kong on January 15, which aims to become one of the largest blockchain educational conferences.



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Parity fires leading developer due to his critics of DAO model transition

Parity Technologies announced plans to switch Parity's Ethereum client to a decentralized autonomous organization model. This decision resulted in a split within the Parity team.



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XRP Soars 80% As Ripple Announces It Will Use XRP Token For xRapid Solution

Ripple (XRP) has surged by 80% over the past few hours as the general market continues on its steady recovery. The news that Ripple is set to launch its xRapid product has caused excitement amongst traders. Ripple Lab also revealed XRP could be used as a means of payment when the xRapid service is launched, […]

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Cortex Releases The World’s First AI On Blockchain TestNet

Cortex is a blockchain project that aims to provide cutting-edge machine-learning models in which users can infer via smart contracts on the Cortex blockchain. On September 28, Cortex successfully completed its Q3 2018 milestone of launching a fully-functional Mining TestNet (codenamed “Bernard”), and the team has even launched a beta version of a Q1 2019 […]

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Simplex Simplifies Fiat-Crypto Payments for Simex Users

Users are routed to checkout with Simplex, who takes care of the payment processing and delivery of cryptocurrencies.

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Scientists show more interest in bitcoin in 2019

The number of articles mentioning bitcoin in the free search engine for scientific publications Google Scholar jumped 19.1% within one year. The most common issues analyzed are bitcoin price fluctuations and market manipulations.



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How to start mining AEON

Decentralized digital currency is slowly becoming a normal part of everyday life. Yet everybody's main internet device continues to be their cellphone, a device with a low-powered CPU and limited...

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Treating stablecoins like ETFs

When you unpack the structures, there’s not a lot of difference between an ETF and a stablecoin.

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How to mine Loki coin

Loki provides the means to transact and communicate privately and anonymously, using the decentralised nature of blockchain technology to create new methods of interacting with the internet. Loki is...

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‘DeFi’ movement promises high interest but high risk

Investors back projects aiming to ‘decentralise finance’ and offer direct loans and derivatives

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Forecast: Bitcoin will not overcome $15,000 in 2020

BitMEX Research cryptocurrency market analysts do not see any prerequisites for the significant growth of bitcoin on the cryptocurrency market. The first cryptocurrency is unlikely to overcome $15,000 next year.



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Blockchain Services Are Booming but Security Is Lacking

Out of 160 exchanges analyzed, only a handful received a good rating. Most of the market remains 'opaque'

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