Payment Provider NetCents Readies Cryptocurrency Credit Card for Launch

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Canadian cryptocurrency payments provider, NetCents, has completed the technical integration of its consumer credit card into its proprietary ecosystem. NetCents announced March 20 that it had begun edge-case scenario testing in real-world environments in order to ready the card for launch. Not like other crypto credit cards The NetCents credit card promises users will not […]

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Bitcoin’s 6-Year High Volatility is Driven by These Factors

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Whereas crypto markets are known for volatility, Bitcoin has not experienced price swings on the present scale since 2014. Although the current global turmoil no-doubt plays a role, investors increasingly believe market manipulation is also to blame. Forty percent of respondents in a Bitcoinist poll are convinced that whales are behind Bitcoin’s current peaks and […]

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4 Reasons Central Banks Should Launch Retail Digital Currencies

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Ajit Tripathi, a CoinDesk columnist, is an entrepreneur and crypto co-host at the Breaking Banks Europe Podcast. Previously, he served as a Fintech Partner at ConsenSys and a co-founder of PwC’s UK Blockchain Practice.  Before coronavirus hit the west in late February, the world’s attention was focused on billionaires saving the world in Davos. This […]

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DAOs Are Poised To Scale In 2020…& 7 Other Takeaways From Our “Current State of DAOs” Conf. Call on 3/18/20

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On March 18th, CryptoMondays and DAOfest co-hosted a conference call on Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) that featured four thought leaders: Aaron Wright — Co-Founder of OpenLaw & The LAO Matan Field — Co-Founder of DAOstackk James Waugh — with MetaCartel and Founder of AxiaLabs Griff Green — Co-Founder of The Common Stack It was a […]

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Bitcoin [BTC] Gains Expected as Unemployment Claims Soar in the US |

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Week-to-date, Bitcoin is up double-digits. After a cataclysmic and depressing fall, BTC price is up 68% in the last trading week and looking likely to breach $7,000 amid high trading volumes. However, with the negative impact of coronavirus–which from general observation, is resistant to massive quantitative easing efforts from Europe, the UK, and the United […]

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The Role of Bitcoin Enthusiasts in the Corona Crisis

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There are enough problems with Corona and the global financial crashes to worry about. The crypto ecosystem is no exception. Why fans of Bitcoin & Co. still have hope and should convey this to others. Corona, financial crashes, a falling crypto market, curfews … the list goes on for a long time. There currently appear […]

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Sen. Loeffler Under Fire for Improper Trading After Coronavirus Hearing

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Kelly Loeffler, the former CEO of Intercontinental Exchange subsidiary Bakkt and current Republican senator from Georgia, reportedly sold millions in stock within days of a Senate Health Committee hearing on the novel coronavirus. According to a report from Daily Beast on March 20, the Republican senator reported the first instance of stock jointly owned by […]

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Here’s Why Bitcoin’s 15% Rally Could Fail Near The Key $6,500 Barrier

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Bitcoin is up more than 15% and it broke the $6,000 resistance against the US Dollar. However, BTC price is now facing a huge barrier near the $6,400 and $6,500 levels. Bitcoin managed to rise above the $5,800 and $6,000 resistance levels against the US Dollar. The price is up more than 15% and it […]

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Credits Blockchain Platform Launches First Protocol-Based ICO

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The Credits project team announced on March 18 that the platform hosted the first ICO launched using its native protocol, as the FDCE (First Decentralized Commodities Exchange) platform launched its first investment round for the sale of the Metal Bonds Token Offering. The FDCE is a special platform designed for facilitating the mechanisms of making […]

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Validator Feature Series – Solana

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Two years ago Solana didn’t exist. We simply had an idea for a trust-less clock and our founders had a desire to build something big in rust, and so Proof of History was born. We assembled, and day after day, week after week, month after month, rebuilt blockchain from the ground up for scale. Now, […]

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