On Wednesday (February 24), IOHK, the company developing the Cardano (ADA) protocol, announced that the “Mary” protocol update (which will require a hard fork) will be applied to the mainnet …
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Five Signs That Say Altcoin Season Hasn’t Even Started Yet
Bitcoin has been trading at $50,000 and higher, reviving interest surrounding the cryptocurrency market and especially the altcoin sector. Ethereum and other top coins have all set new price records just as Bitcoin …
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Traditional Banks get serious about enabling crypto-related services
There has been an ongoing trend among traditional banks that are reportedly hunting for ways to offer digital currencies as services for their customers. The insider sources told media outlet The …
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XRP Ledger Gets Huge Efficiency Boost With New Version Release
RippleX has announced the release of version 1.7 of the XRP Ledger in a Feb. 24 blog post. The new implementation provides a significant boost to the software’s efficiency. On top …
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As Visa and Mastercard raise fees, merchants may look to crypto
Credit card providers charge merchants a cut of the payments they accept, called interchange fees or swipe fees. With two major card providers aiming to elevate rates, could crypto become …
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Chainlink Achieves Scalability Breakthrough with Off-Chain Reporting Solution
Chainlink has deployed its OCR solution to mainnet. Chainlink’s Sergey Nazarov says this will result in a 10x increase in the amount of real-world data that oracles can bring on-chain. …
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Baby Boomers and Gen X Invest in Bitcoin
Baby boomers and Gen X are piling into Bitcoin, and other cryptocurrencies, affirm the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory and fintech organizations. The observation from Nigel Green, the …
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Total estimated crypto users worldwide tops 100 million
Crypto exchange and debit card provider Crypto.com has published a new report estimating that the total number of crypto users globally rose from 66 million in May 2020 to 106 …
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Bitcoin whale from 2010 moves 100 BTC for first time in 11 years
A veteran miner has cracked open their 2010 stash of Bitcoin, with crypto analysts spotting 100 BTC being transferred from two wallets that had laid dormant for more than a …
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MicroStrategy buys another 19,452 Bitcoins worth about $1.026 billion
Further increasing their Bitcoin holdings, publicly-traded company MicroStrategy has now acquired an additional 19,452 Bitcoins worth about $1.026 billion. The company’s CEO Michael Saylor broke the news on Twitter and said …
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