At 6:00 UTC Thursday, the Stargate upgrade of Cosmos will go live. The Cosmos community recommends that interested observers follow along by watching the @cosmos account on Twitter. Stargate represents an important …
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Ethereum prices have hit a new all-time high of over $1,900
After a week of largely sideways trading, Ethereum prices finally broke out during Thursday’s Asian trading session. According to charts by Tradingview citing prices on Coinbase, ETH prices hit an …
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BlackRock confirmed they’re looking into Bitcoin
Rick Rieder, the managing director of BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, confirmed that the company is looking into Bitcoin. “We’ve started to dabble a bit into it,” he said, …
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Microsoft has no plans to make Tesla-like move into Bitcoin
Microsoft, the second-largest company in the United States, does not apparently have any short-term plans to put Bitcoin (BTC) on its balance sheet, according to the firm’s president Brad Smith. …
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MicroStrategy wants to scoop up $900 million more worth of Bitcoin
Business intelligence firm MicroStrategy plans to issue $900 million more worth of debt to get even more Bitcoin, according to its Feb. 17 press release. It will issue convertible notes that will …
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PrivateFly says 19% of its tickets are bought via Bitcoin
Move over the Bitcoin-can’t-be-used-to-buy coffee narrative. A new report claims that travelers are using Bitcoin to purchase airline tickets, as per a release on aviation news site Simple Flying. Bitcoin …
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SynBiotic SE to hedge with Bitcoin in case euro crashes
SynBiotic SE, a German cannabis company, has announced that it is following the lead of companies like MicroStrategy and Tesla in shifting part of its liquid cash holdings into Bitcoin …
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Cardano’s Mary hard fork event finally has a launch date: 1 March
According to an update from Founder Charles Hoskinson, the Hard Fork Combinator (HFC) event will take place on the 1st of March. Noting that the HFC will likely clear all the quality …
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According to survey, 5% of corporate CFOs plan to buy bitcoin in 2021
A small-scale study of financial executives has found that 5% of companies intend to invest in Bitcoin (BTC) as a corporate asset this year, with a further 11% stating they …
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Ether’s first-mover advantage in capturing monopoly ‘means nothing’
According to Cardano Founder Charles Hoskinson, Ethereum’s first-mover advantage will not be a threat to Cardano’s dominance as a blockchain. In a recent video on YouTube, the IOHK CEO revealed that …
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