Blockchain
Nov
06
2019
More than six months after the China National Development and Reform Commission proposed to categorize bitcoin mining as an industry to be phased out from the country, it appears the agency has now scrapped that plan… https://www.coindesk.com/china-scraps-plan-to-categorize-bitcoin-mining-as-industry-to-be-eliminated
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Nov
01
2019
On October 31, 2008, on the eve of Halloween, Satoshi Nakamoto published the Bitcoin whitepaper… https://news.bitcoin.com/how-bitcoins-peer-to-peer-cash-system-was-revealed-11-years-ago/
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Ott
26
2019
Payments are in a state of flux, and innovation is extensive. Domestic payments, in most instances, are increasingly convenient, instantaneous and available 24/7… https://www.bis.org/cpmi/publ/d187.htm
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Ott
26
2019
Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, said the country needs to “seize the opportunity” afforded by blockchain technology… https://www.coindesk.com/president-xi-says-china-should-seize-opportunity-to-adopt-blockchain
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Ott
16
2019
The Nasdaq stock exchange has listed an index of crypto’s top 100 coins alongside traditional market bellwethers like the S&P 500 and the Dow… https://www.coindesk.com/nasdaq-lists-ai-powered-crypto-index
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Ott
16
2019
The initial phase of Bermuda’s national blockchain-based electronic identification program is setting sail, one of very few such initiatives anywhere… https://www.coindesk.com/bermuda-starts-development-of-a-blockchain-based-national-identity-system
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Ott
11
2019
The second-largest U.S. bank has begun hiring for blockchain positions… https://www.coindesk.com/bank-of-america-is-now-hiring-in-blockchain-not-just-filing-patents
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Ott
04
2019
Apple CEO Tim Cook has spoken out about whether his company would launch a cryptocurrency, and the answer is a firm no… https://www.coindesk.com/issuing-money-is-for-governments-not-private-firms-apple-ceo
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Set
25
2019
BTC looks set to test support near $7,500, having confirmed a bearish reversal with a high-volume triangle breakdown on Tuesday… https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-price-risks-drop-to-7-5k-after-third-biggest-daily-loss-of-2019
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Set
18
2019
Crypto exchange Binance is now explicitly positioning its Venus stablecoin project as a government-friendly alternative to Facebook’s Libra… https://www.coindesk.com/binance-is-pitching-its-stablecoin-as-a-government-friendly-libra-competitor
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