Australia’s Prime Minister has announced the Federal Government’s biggest investment in blockchain to-date, with two pilots set to receive almost $5 million.
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Wednesday, 30 September 2020
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Bitcoin SV users appear to have got very excited ahead of the conference.
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Institutional trading platform Wootrade has raised $10 million in a private fundraising round that will be used to expand its team and launch leveraged trading products.
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This potential move will swap the native AGI token from ERC20 to Cardano
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Emerging Ethereum-powered predictions platform Polymarket produced six-figure volume amid the first presidential debates.
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has called out Coinbase for seeking to suppress political activism and suggesting employees who think differently should leave.
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Guests like Anthony Fauci, Lisa Piccirillo, Patrice Peck, and Audrey Tang discussed how to puzzle through seemingly intractable situations.
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There are two new phones coming, a new Nest smart speaker, and a Chromecast with a TV remote.
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Coal plant upgrades led to a dramatic reduction in sulfur dioxide emissions. But those particles also help reflect solar heat away from the planet.
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A 36-year-old man from Kerala was arrested under charges of cryptocurrency fraud.
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Data shows Bitcoin should seal both its best Q3 on record and its second-highest lifetime quarterly close on Sep. 30.
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42,000-foot plumes of ash. 143-mph firenadoes. 1,500-degree heat. These wildfires are a new kind of hell on earth, and scientists are racing to learn its rules.
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Bitcoin exchange reserves dropped by $5 billion in the past year, showing signs of accumulation.
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Singapore continues to apply blockchain in its public administration.
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Physical crypto events come back, but with a set of strict COVID-19 measures.
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Real-time monitoring of commuters' movements helps staff to respond to congestion hot spots.
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Tuesday, 29 September 2020
Despite still being on the Rinkeby testnet, holders of Reddit’s ‘MOONs’ have devised a way to trade the tokens for fiat.
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The DeFi hype faded in September, dragging prices with it.
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Customers of a service for rural areas say they have been unable to join video meetings.
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Dr John Wright looks at the kit installed in a Bradford mosque in the hope of limiting the spread of Covid-19.
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The first 2020 presidential debate was a series of interruptions and half-thoughts—like the internet IRL.
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FinCEN has warned U.S. banks that it is closely watching how they respond to crypto risk exposure with their AML programs.
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As Bitcoin price consolidates, bulls target $11.5K and bears expect a drop below $9.8K.
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A new DeFi protocol has been launched rewarding node operators to improve public blockchain performance, but token prices have tanked
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The lawsuit, accusing Overstock of market manipulation through its security token airdrop, has been turfed by a federal judge.
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Crypto traders can earn passive income through Neutrino stablecoin staking.
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‘I do believe crypto is its own asset class and one worth exploring,’ said the TikTok star.
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New models of coral reefs show how fish species communicate with one another. The findings may well help save these threatened ecosystems.
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The tools for curbing Silicon Valley’s outsize power and restoring hope in tech are already available and, in some cases, have been for hundreds of years.
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Traders are mixed after the price of Bitcoin sees a sudden pullback from $10,950 to $10,630 overnight.
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A first test flight has been carried out in the Lake District.
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Anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating patients are facing novel challenges as in-person care is on hold. Can tech tools fill in the treatment gaps?
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When's the last time you backed up your photos? Would you be upset if you lost them? You see where we're going here, right?
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As medical facilities strain amid the pandemic, they’re especially vulnerable to cyberattacks. A global coalition of volunteer experts has stepped into the breach.
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Algorithms that quickly track the movement of wildfires could help firefighters‚ but the tech could also be put to non-humanitarian use.
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Bitcoin difficulty ribbon compression has broken out of a bear trend it has been in since the March coronavirus crash.
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The kit means a paramedic can "fly" up a fell in 90 seconds rather than go 30 minutes by foot.
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Many have struggled to get to grips with working from home, but would surveillance technology help?
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"Users can’t afford to be cut off from the Bitcoin network."
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Flightradar24 says it has been hit by sustained attacks over two days, interrupting its service.
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PSG players Neymar and Kylian Mbappé, as well as club veterans like David Beckham, will be issued as collectible digital player cards on blockchain platform Sorare.
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The Finnish firm will become the largest provider of base stations and antennas to EE's network.
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Bitcoin price is sideways and pinned below $11K, leading traders to seek greener pastures in altcoins and DeFi tokens.
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Monday, 28 September 2020
Sophia Smith-Galer explains why President Trump shifted his position on banning new downloads of the app
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The music industry is trying to clampdown on the latest form of music piracy known as stream-ripping.
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A stablecoin that will be used to pay entrance fees for the golfing tournaments of a Kenyan 'entrepreneurs network’ has started testing under the local regulatory sandbox.
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Potential election chaos will play out on social media, and Big Tech is worried.
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Eminence, an unreleased project being built by Yearn’s Andre Cronje has been drained of $15 million.
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A class-action lawsuit accusing MakerDAO of misrepresenting the risks associated with its DAI stablecoin has been stayed pending arbitration proceedings.
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The owner of a Bulgarian crypto exchange has been convicted of providing money laundering services to a Eastern European cyber fraud syndicate.
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This is a promoted article provided by CoinFlip.
Despite the progress that Bitcoin has made since its inception in filling the cavernous gaps in the financial system and providing relief to the world’s underbanked, there are some areas where more growth is still desperately needed.
But now, with a new service in addition to its legacy offerings, CoinFlip is addressing those areas of need on two fronts.
CoinFlip already operated some 950 Bitcoin ATMs across the country, offering one of the most friction-free and critical entry points to BTC for those who are underserved by legacy financial institutions. Users can accrue BTC from CoinFlip’s machines with as little as a bitcoin wallet, mobile phone number, name and whatever fiat cash they want to invest.
Bitcoin ATMs like CoinFlip’s are one of the most critical ways that people around the world are accessing Bitcoin. And, to complement this service, CoinFlip is now also offering the sale of gift cards at major retailers in exchange for BTC through a partnership with eGifter. So, not only can more underbanked people now invest in BTC through CoinFlip, but they can exchange that BTC for goods and services as well.
“CoinFlip is always looking to bring new crypto services to our customer base, which is primarily retail investors and people who are underserved by financial institutions,” explained Dustin Wei, CoinFlip’s head of business development. “Gift cards are a great way for our customers to actually spend their bitcoin at the merchants that they choose. CoinFlip offers several different ways to buy bitcoin, but this is the first time that we are offering a way for people to spend it.”
Though the ultimate objective for BTC would be to serve as truly digital cash, which can be spent anywhere for any kind of good or service, the adoption of Bitcoin has not yet reached this point. In the meantime, using gift cards as a bridge between bitcoin and the vast majority of retailers is a popular solution that is helping to prove this use case.
“Bitcoin’s ultimate goal is to become a currency,” Wei said. “Today, bitcoin is still not widely accepted so gift cards are a great indirect way to actually spend bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. We hope that bitcoin will one day be used as a direct currency for goods and services.”
Through the new marketplace, CoinFlip is offering gift cards to dozens of major retailers, including Adidas, the Apple App Store, Target and more. It’s currently available through CoinFlip’s website, but soon the gift cards will be integrated into its Bitcoin ATMs, giving users another way of converting their fiat and giving the ATM operators additional foot traffic.
All told, this new marketplace will be another critical inroad from a group that is dedicated to putting bitcoin in the hands of those who need it most, and propelling this technology into its inevitable future.
“We hope that with this gift card marketplace, our user base made of retail investors and financially underserved users realize that bitcoin is more than just an investment vehicle,” Wei said. “Cryptocurrency adoption happens when people realize it’s the best way to both store value and transact, and this is the first step in making that happen. We believe that eventually, merchants will directly accept bitcoin as they see an exponential amount of users use gift cards purchased with crypto.”
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Banking will not become decentralized, but with blockchain, it will become accountable for both banks and clients.
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Missing live music? These corded, lightweight planar magnetic cans give you the next best thing.
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It's easy to spend hours dashing and slashing your way through this roguelite dungeon crawler.
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Are the KuCoin hackers DeFi noobs?
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Local authorities hope that tackling the issue will restore trust in the e-residency program.
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We look at why you can't log out of a venue, and how to change your postcode on the app.
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The Trump administration hasn't created a comprehensive plan for battling the pandemic. Some researchers propose borrowing one from the past.
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In the 1940s, journalists fled traditional news outlets to write directly for subscribers. What happened next may be a warning.
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Many experts are convinced that fast and easy screening can stop the virus. But that theory fails to account for the messiness of real life.
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Government officials have increasingly sounded alarms on the risks of foreign interference and disinformation campaigns leading up to—and after—November 3.
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On this week’s podcast, Sarah Friar talks to us about how the hyperlocal social network is getting people to slow down and think about what they’re posting.
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A Florida middle school has staged mock outbreaks for years to teach science and civics. Last December’s lesson was an uncanny harbinger of Covid-19.
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Trump dismisses published report that he paid little in federal income taxes. GOP aims to get Supreme Court nominee confirmed by election. And, U.S. judge halts Trump's TikTok ban, before it started.
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Many American schools are back in class via distance learning. It's stressful everywhere but especially in rural districts where most students lack high-speed Internet and cell phone service at home.
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A court rules that the ride-hailing giant is "fit" to hold a London licence despite previous safety concerns.
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Bitcoin tests $11,000 on Donald Trump’s tax revelations but KuCoin’s $150 million may yet put a dampener on bulls.
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EY has added a new solution to its Blockchain Analyzer product suite.
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Sunday, 27 September 2020
A laboratory made to look like a home is fitted with sensors and internet of things devices.
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The top Huawei executive's closely watched extradition case returns to court on Monday.
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District Judge Carl Nichols has issued a temporary injunction preventing a ban on TikTok downloads.
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The decision grants TikTok a short-term reprieve, but the wildly popular app's fate still faces an extraordinary amount of uncertainty.
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He isn’t surprised attacks happen.
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After the $150 million KuCoin hack, traders appear unworried that open market sales by the hacker will drop Ethereum price.
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KuCoin reported at least $129M of the affected funds are ‘safe.’
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But with Bitcoin demand on the rise, can we expect more scarcity?
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The tight consolidation in Bitcoin and a few altcoins points to a potential breakout within the next few days.
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The technology is being rolled out countrywide as part of Singapore's national identity scheme.
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Cryptocurrency may emerge as a more widely adopted means of exchange as consumers grow increasingly comfortable with cashless transactions.
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DeFi is the word on everybody’s lips.
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