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Chinese mining firm Bitmain enhances Antminer E3’s lifespan by launching firmware

U.S. currency in circulation has experienced its largest increase in over 20 years.
Mar 30, 2020 10:24:55 AM
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Crypto companies are finding new ways promote social distancing in the fight against COVID-19

If ESG is becoming the new buzzword among impact-minded financial institutions, where does energy-intensive bitcoin fit in?
Mar 30, 2020 6:00:00 AM
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Book Review - CoinGecko’s ‘How to DeFi’. A great guide for beginners wanting to understand more about Decentralized Finance

In this week’s Hodler’s Digest, Bitcoin may be stuck under $8,000 for some time, lack of BTC–ETH bridge “embarrassing,” and how blockchain is fighting the coronavirus

The “blockchain-ready” web browser has added support for Unstoppable Domains’ decentralized .crypto websites.
Mar 30, 2020 1:00:00 PM
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An NFT-powered collectible card game launching in April is set to comprise the first gaming experience built on the Tezos network

The Ripple wallet associated with a malicious Chrome extension impersonating Ledger has absorbed more than 2.5 million XRP

Canada’s financial regulators tighten the reins on the crypto industry. Will those changes benefit the local market in the long run?

Snark Health’s ‘Hippocratic Coin’ aims to monetize medical data for the benefit of patients and healthcare professionals

BitMEX research shows that blockchain firms Blockstream and Lightning Labs are the largest contributors to Bitcoin development

New data suggests that a ‘flippening’ in which DeFi transactions overtake ETH transfers may be soon on the horizon for Ethereum

The team behind the high-profile EOS New York Block Producer has been hired by EOSIO developer Block.one

Binance only listed FTX leveraged tokens two months ago, but users have struggled to get to grips with the complex products.
Mar 30, 2020 2:00:07 PM
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How mobile crypto apps will transform access to transacting in the world economy

Riot Blockchain's 10-K filing captures the fear COVID-19 is sowing in American companies.
Mar 30, 2020 5:00:00 AM
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Santander Mexico will support the banking group’s Ripple-powered international payments system One Pay FX in 2020

Starting on April 1, blockchain developer ConsenSys will allow Tokyo-based Hitachi Solutions to sell Ethereum-based PegaSys Plus in Japan

Coinbase Commerce, the retail arm of the crypto exchange, finally exceeded $200 million in transactions since its launch two years ago

Traders look for $5,850 and $5,700 to hold as support in order to avoid a revisit of recent lows

A Microsoft patent application details a human-powered crypto mining project by collecting data as people exercise and watch ads.
Mar 30, 2020 7:00:00 AM
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Celsius Network has teamed up with oracle provider Chainlink to make the price feeds it uses to calculate asset interest rates less centralized.
Mar 30, 2020 9:11:00 AM
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Telegram has asked a court to clarify if it can still issue its tokens to non-U.S. investors after a preliminary injunction blocked the issuance in the U.S.
Mar 30, 2020 12:42:12 PM
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U.S stocks are showing signs of life amid the recent $2 trillion stimulus package. Yet it may be a while before confidence is restored.
Mar 30, 2020 3:00:00 AM
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Swiss watchmaker Breitling claims to be the first in the industry to issue blockchain-based digital warranties

Bitcoin bounces back after signs of weakness result in a brief trip below $5,900

Despite the pressures already placed on healthcare organizations by COVID-19, ransomware operators continue to target hospitals

The low is in for Bitcoin after $3,700 crash, Tone Vays has said as he dispels fears of lower lows

An investor document obtained by CoinDesk charts the dramatic ups and downs of the first four years of Polychain Capital’s cryptocurrency hedge fund.
Mar 30, 2020 8:00:00 AM
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According to a claim published on its website, black hat hacker group, Maze, has compromised insurance firm Chubb

Major Chinese courier service SF Express is turning to blockchain to bolster its logistics resilience during the COVID-19 outbreak

How do DeFi stablecoins actually work and what happened during the sudden, precipitous drop in crypto prices earlier this month? On today's show Andreas M. Antonopoulos leads us through a very interesting system and how it survived 'Black Thursday'.
Mar 29, 2020 2:16:15 PM
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A research firm highlighted the ongoing boost of blockchain-related deals in China

With investors seeking safety in dollars, stablecoins have seen inflows of more than $2 billion since the crash. But, says our columnist Hasu, zero interest rates threaten business revenue.
Mar 30, 2020 1:12:33 PM
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Bitcoin rose by 7 percent early on Monday even as the risk-off mood returned to the traditional markets.
Mar 30, 2020 11:38:46 AM
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Opera has integrated Unstoppable Domain’s .crypto domain extension, enabling its users to access decentralized web pages

In a rare example of real-world business deployment, Breitling is registering watches on a blockchain to track their provenance from owner to owner.
Mar 29, 2020 3:29:43 PM
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Software consulting firm Optimum has partnered with EEA founding member BlockApps to develop blockchain solutions for tracking energy usage

At a time when jobs are disappearing quickly across the globe, Kraken is taking steps to grow its workforce by nearly 10% amidst a surge in interest in the crypto asset market. That was the subject of a wide-ranging new interview in which our CEO…

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Singapore-based Bitget has registered with the U.S. Treasury Department as a money services business, the first step to launching operations in the country.
Mar 30, 2020 4:00:00 AM
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A voting Dapp built by the students of Malta University comprises the first live implementation of Vodafone’s digital identity platform

March 29 2020 KRAKEN DIGITAL ASSET EXCHANGE $149M traded across all markets today Crypto, EUR, USD, JPY, CAD, GBP  BTC $5,892 ↓5.60% $109M ETH $124.4 ↓3.65% $19.6M XRP $0.1629 ↓7.49% $9.71M BCH $205.1 ↓3.66% $3.16M USDT $1.00 →0.00% $2.32M LTC $37.11 ↓3.66% $1.58M XTZ $1.50 ↓3.85% $1.25M XMR $44.7 ↓6.07% $697,941 ADA $0.0283 ↓3.41% $693,019 DASH $60.8 ↓5.50% $323,678 EOS $2.11 ↓2.31% $258,882 ETC $4.90 ↑1.66% $247,459 XLM $0.0381 ↓4.64% $169,436 ZEC $28.4 ↓5.59% $160,663 REP $9.41 ↓5.81% $157,239 ATOM $1.87 ↓0.94% $72,782 QTUM $1.14 ↓4.20% $23,776 GNO $9.46 ↓3.47% $22,021 DOGE $0.0017 ↓2.73% $6,203 MLN $2.57 ↓3.02% $4,700 Visit the About section on our blog for more information about the Kraken Daily Market Report here.

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The Dutch government will embrace blockchain as tech firms donate technology and services to the fight against coronavirus