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Square Crypto has announced that it is giving the first of many grants to support open-source bitcoin projects to the BTCPay Foundation. BTCPay represents everything we love about open-source bitcoin projects. That said, we are open to emerging use cases and technologies that complement bitcoin,” according to Coin Telegraph.

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will be able to send bitcoin and ethereum donations to The Salvation Army using the Engiven ’s cryptocurrency donation platform, the release stated. I believe the crypto community cares and could make a big difference in The Salvation Army's efforts to help those struggling in communities across our country," said Lt. "I

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million in discounted bitcoin in exchange for gift cards — an amount that a report from Arcane Research says is half Paxful's trade volume, Cointelgraph reports. Trade of bitcoin for gift cards, the report says, comes out to 48 percent of Paxful's revenue. On P2P marketplace Paxful , traders are selling up to $16.2

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Connie Ngo , CertiK’s marketing manager, told CoinDesk in an email that the companies agreed “it would make sense to formally partner with one another as a public promise of Hdac’s focus on security and a symbol of CertiK’s ability to support larger enterprise-level solutions such as Hdac’s.”

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According to a report in CoinDesk , citing tweets Jack Dorsey made on the platform he co-founded and runs, Dorsey said Square is gearing up to hire three or four engineers and one designer who will work full-time on contributions to the bitcoin and cryptocurrency space. billion in 2018, 5 percent of which came from bitcoin.

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Bitcoin ETF, the crypto community may finally get as many as four products in a matter of weeks. This month, the Securities and Exchange Commission once again has to approve, reject or delay a set of applications for exchange-traded funds based on the largest digital currency. After years of waiting for a U.S.

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OCTOBER 13, 2020

The rebranding initiatives in a number of instances are bringing about a rise in crypto prices last observed in at the height of 2017’s bitcoin bubble. In theory, DeFi apps are meant to allow individuals to borrow, loan, get insurance or exchange amongst themselves sans middlemen. 13) statement posted on the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Bitcoin has been riding a bit of a rollercoaster in the past few weeks since hitting an all-time high of more than $4,800 per digital coin on Aug. To continue the rollercoaster analogy, the cryptocurrency’s value has been on a steep climb all year, and it stands to reason that bitcoin’s skyrocketing value must eventually slow and reverse.

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The last several years have seen a surge in efforts among the cryptocurrency community to legitimize the technology. Once seen as a tool for the dark web and black markets, cryptocurrencies like bitcoin now want to be a part of the broader economy. Bitcoin at the Center. The average span of system downtime increased, too, to 7.3

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MARCH 24, 2017

Bitcoin prices suffered further losses this past week. As the reality of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rejection sunk in, concern among investors has grown amid signs of an impending hard fork — a “great schism” of bitcoin, if you will. At the time of writing, one bitcoin was worth $1,039.93, up 0.24

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A community-wide effort to improve compliance standards would prevent liabilities that might stem from trading with bad actors or dealers that trade with bad actors,’’ Darius Sit, a Singapore-based managing partner at crypto trading firm QCP Capital, said, according to Bloomberg.

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The deadline looms for the SEC decision on the Winklevoss twins’ Bitcoin Trust. Over three years ago, the Winklevoss twins — of Facebook dispute fame and current owners of bitcoin exchange Gemini — filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to approve a bitcoin ETF, named the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust (COIN).

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It does not have the characteristics of bitcoin speculation, nor does it require the currency basket assets to support the value of the currency like stable currency,” Mu said. The move is meant to stop any community members from experiencing any losses. The [digital yuan] currency is not used for speculation.

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Now You Can Trade Bitcoin Any Time. The Winklevoss twins want to trade bitcoin, and they want to do it now. Growing impatient waiting for their ETF fund to be listed and to boost bitcoin trading, the cofounders of the Gemini Trust Company, a digital currency exchange based in the U.S., The price of bitcoin reached $607.31

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MAY 26, 2017

An agreement to upgrade the speed of processing transactions propelled bitcoin to new heights on Thursday (May 25). Bitcoin’s Satoshi blockchain can only process so much data, and this was creating a backlog in transaction processing. It’s always been on the back-burner as something that can potentially disrupt bitcoin’s growth.”.

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Neither issue, according to Target, was related to data security, and all consumer data remained safe secure and private. Bitcoin Booms — Thanks to Facebook’s Libra. The last time bitcoin got close was about a year ago in May 2018 — but it never managed to quite close the gap.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Opolis is offering the best solution we’ve seen yet that can provide the security and benefits usually restricted to traditional workplaces,” said Richard Brow, head of Community Development for MakerDAO, according to Coin Desk. Maker is looking forward to seeing how Dai can help de-risk this emerging workforce.”.

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In times of crisis, to reach those lofty ambitions, we need to be friendly not only to traditional financing mechanisms but to the crypto community who’s been very innovative,” said Ettore Rossetti, global digital lead of Save the Children in a phone interview with CoinDesk.

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In other news, the New York Police Department (NYPD) has issued a warning about phone scammers pretending to be Social Security Administration officials and requesting payment in bitcoin, prepaid gift cards, and bank wire transfers. Blockchain-based company GrainChain is launching in Mexico.

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Designed to provide a seamless and secure link between stakeholders across the trade community using the electronic ledger system, Silsal is considered to be the first blockchain solution developed locally by an Abu Dhabi-based entity.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

RSK, a subsidiary of IOVLabs, is self-described as the “first open-source, smart contract platform secured by the bitcoin network.”. The company said it raised 22,000 bitcoins in a private sale in November, which would be worth around $175 million now. The reward will be in the form of IOVLabs’ RIF token.

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JANUARY 17, 2017

The hackers sent the college a ransom note demanding payment in bitcoin within seven days for a private key to regain access to the files. The Los Angeles Valley College District decided to pony up and pay the digital ransom to the tune of $28,000 in bitcoin. In 2016, some 19 academic institutions disclosed data security breaches.

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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has proposed a three year “safe harbor” for digital token projects that would let them develop networks and build communities before they’re considered securities that need to be enforced, according to a report Thursday (Feb.6) 6) by Coindesk.

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Is there a run on bitcoin? Some British banks are allegedly stockpiling bitcoin because they know that DDoS hackers will steer clear after being paid off. For the average consumer who may or not be aware of the value of the bitcoin — which today is hovering around $682 — or where they can access them, that could change.

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The area is based in an internet industrial park called the Hainan Resort Software Community (RSC). The community also rolled out a “Secure, Sharing, Compliance+” action plan. As it stands, the zone has accommodated over 100 blockchain companies and organizations.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Hong Kong’s chief securities regulator is calling on the world regulators to get on the same page when it comes to Facebook’s Libra to avoid the “real risk of regulatory arbitrage.”. “If But then came Facebook’s Libra, and the international regulatory community had to get its act together very rapidly.”.

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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) earlier this year for selling an unregistered security. “We We still believe in the power of our technology, and if anyone in the community is interested in pursuing it we welcome it.” Crypto startup Gladius Network announced Nov. 22 that it has shut down.

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JULY 21, 2020

Crypto enthusiasts proclaim that you can front the best-known players like bitcoin or the most obscure blockchain-backed currencies circulating the world and tap into the future of money. Even bitcoin is accepted by only a relative handful of digital retailers. Or at least they didn’t until now.

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Minister of Finance Wopke Hoekstra and Ferdinand Grapperhaus, Minister of Justice and Security, sent a note to Parliament on Monday (July 1) explaining a three-part approach to limit the risks associated with cryptos — an effort to make the country a leader in the fight against money laundering.

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For a brief moment on Friday, it seemed that the Ethereum development community was (almost) unanimous in their decision to “hardfork,” with 97% of voters in favor. Hardforking means changing the code of Ethereum to make previous valid transactions valid, or vice versa. The motive in this case would be Read More.

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According to Hard Fork , security firm East Security discovered that the hackers sent a phishing email to UpBit users asking for more information from customers regarding a fake sweepstakes payout. East Security believes a North Korean hacking group called Kim Soo-Ki is responsible for the email scam.

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to allow businesses to pay their corporate taxes in bitcoin. In an interview with CNBC at the time, Ohio’s then-State Treasurer Josh Mandel said the initiative would increase “options and ease” for businesses, and support the local tech startup community. Some industry innovators are looking to drive change, however.

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EXCLUSIVE– If you are a crypto enthusiast, or an investor curious about how the following months will affect the value of your ether, then Casper is a project you should know about. The proposed alteration to Ethereum’s blockchain would change the proof-of-work consensus system to a proof-of-stake consensus system.

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This integration represents a large opportunity for SingularityNET and our community,” founder and CEO Ben Goertzel wrote in a blog post. Before the integration, customers had to pay for AI services using the AGI utility token. The marketplace can now be used by those with no experience with crypto.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Among Visa's partners are Alipay, mPesa, Tencent, Bitcoin (and other cryptocurrencies). It is also announcing a new partner in Daylight, a digital bank working with Visa and Fast Track to recreate a community bank concept digitally. Creating The Digital Community Bank. Building A Faster Fast Track .

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

BitPay Secures Wyre Integration. It's a mix of payment rails, seeing users able to use their debit card or Apple Pay to purchase Bitcoin and Ethereum; added cryptocurrency options will come at a later date BitPay said. In a statement, Wyre Chief of Staff Liana Spano pointed to the value of new payment rails over legacy ones.

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dollar accounts is an important milestone for the crypto community and us. We want to thank our community and all businesses so far who have trusted Cashaa to solve their banking problems,” said Janina Lowisz, co-founder and VP of marketing, in a blog post. The addition of U.S.

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