In May, South Korean tech giant Samsung (OTC:SSNLF) filed for a patent titled “Programmable Blockchain Solid State Drive and Switch.” Although details about the recently designed system are scanty, a lot of people in the sector are already pointing out the significance of this technology. It appears like most corporations are also following the trend,
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The price of Bitcoin (BTC) abruptly fell from $11,823 to $11,102 in the last 48 hours. While on a macro level the digital asset remains in an uptrend, there appear to be three key factors behind the pullback. XBT-USD 1 week chart. Source: TradingView.com The presence of a crucial resistance level at $12,000, several whales
Victory Square further expands its advisory team to increase growth and opportunities for shareholders Victory Square (VST) builds, acquires and invests in promising startups, then provides the senior leadership and resources needed to fast-track growth. The result: rapid scale-up and monetization, with a solid track record of public and private exits. VST portfolio consists of
Ether (ETH) options contracts open interest have grown five-fold in the past three months to currently sit at $452 million. The $112 million set to expire this Friday could have a considerable market impact, although that will depend on the balance between bullish and bearish strategies. Ether options total open interest. Source: Skew The above
The crypto space has come a long way over the past few years, and so has the blockchain solution space. While it is true that for most people, crypto and blockchain are synonymous, it needs to be kept in mind that the latter is a form of technology that has a wide variety of uses.
Radix is taking a massive step into decentralized finance (DeFi) with the release of its first layer-one protocol made up of four different technologies. In a white paper, Radix said it had released four technologies it believes can bring DeFi for mass adoption. These are Cerberus, a high-speed network consensus mechanism, Radix Engine, for building
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 24, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Victory Square Technologies Inc. (CSE:VST)(FWB: 6F6)(OTC:VSQTF) is pleased to announce V2 Games Inc. (“V2 Games”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, is raising $3,000,000 CAD in a private placement offering (the “Private Placement”) of unsecured convertible debentures (each, a “Debenture”) for gross proceeds of $3,000,000. Each Debenture
MetaMask announced it had made updates to its products’ use license. The company stated in a press release published on its blog that the new updates will not have any impact on all end-users, most application developers and non-profits and will be free of charge for those groups. The company clarified that it would continue
VANCOUVER, Jan. 21, 2020 /CNW/ – LiteLink Technologies Inc. (“LiteLink”) (CSE:LLT)(OTC:LLNKF)(FRA:C0B), a key player in logistics platforms and payment solutions, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive agreement (the “Acquisition Agreement”) to acquire market-differentiated Internet of Things (“IoT”) sensor technologies for the waste and container management industry (the “Assets“). As the
Press time data from EthGasStation shows decentralized exchange Uniswap as the place users have spent the most Ethereum (ETH) on gas payments over the past 30 days. Uniswap participants shelled out a combined 17,700 total ETH as fuel to send their trades through — equalling $6.99 million spent on gas over the past month. Tether
A new survey has shown that blockchain investments in China in investment and financing deals dropped in 2019 by more than 40%. Over the course of last year, there were around 245 investment and financing deals in China, which is almost 60% less than those in 2018. Blockchain Investments in China dropped 40% Last Year
Data from a pseudonymous analyst compared the performance of Bitcoin (BTC) against global currencies since the start of 2020. The data shows that BTC has increased by anywhere between 50% to 128% against the world’s major currencies. The performance of Bitcoin against various global currencies. Source: DriftwoodPalace The analyst said: “Update on the bitcoin price
The former governor of Reserve Bank of India, Raghuram Rajan, said that private cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) and Facebook’s Libra may have a future even when central banks roll out their own digital currencies. Rajan, who was also the Chief Economist and Research Director at the International Monetary Fund from 2003–2006, said during a CNBC
Bloomberg Intelligence senior strategist Mike McGlone is bullish on Bitcoin (BTC) as he believes that “something unexpected needs to happen for Bitcoin’s price to stop doing what it’s been doing for most of the past decade: appreciating.” However, with the S&P 500 hitting a new all-time high today, traders are booking profits in gold and
The operators of a global cryptocurrency-based Ponzi scheme have been charged with fraud and money laundering following a United States Homeland Security Investigations probe. According to an announcement from the U.S. Department of Justice, four of the five alleged operators of AirBit Club, which allegedly netted tens of millions of dollars from victims, were arrested and
The total USD value locked in decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols recently surpassed the $6 billion mark according to onchain data resource, DeFi Pulse. Currently, the figure rests at $6.32 billion, after rising nearly six-fold since it reached the $1 billion mark less than three months ago. The exponential growth seen this year can largely be
Author Cal Evans bills The Little Book of Crypto as “A No BS Introduction To Crypto.” Evans also claims to be “regarded as one of the best crypto lawyers” working for “the largest independent crypto-only law firm on the planet.” This will become relevant later. The book claims to provide the reader with unique “in-industry”
Pantera Capital, a crypto investment firm that has $600 million under management, had a very good year, but still not as good as 2018. According to a recent SEC disclosure, Pantera Venture Fund III has raised $164,705,834 to date — and a whopping $68,841,379 of that has come over the last twelve months. While the