Top Chinese political advisers have proposed a regional digital currency that would be backed by four major Asian currencies including the Japanese yen, Korean won, Hong Kong dollar and the yuan. The proposal unveiled Thursday describes the currency as a “stablecoin,” a term for cryptocurrencies designed to hold their value …
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Brian Armstrong the Coinbase CEO, has joined the list of cryptocurrency executives who prefer to leverage their own blogs and platforms to distribute information to the media, as opposed to direct contact with any journalists. Coinbase CEO, Brian Armstrong noted in a tweet that company leaders seem increasingly unwilling to …
Read More »Colombia, Deloitte, ConsenSys Sign On to WEF’s ‘Blockchain Bill of Rights’
The token economy just gained an organized structure for collaborating with world leaders. The World Economic Forum revealed its Presidio Principles on Friday, a “blockchain bill of rights,” according to the nonprofit focused on fostering diplomacy and international business partnerships. The document includes signatories from the Government of Colombia, Deloitte …
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Read More »A crypto investor lost nearly $250,000 after his chosen fund collapsed during the coronavirus sell-off, Business Insider
caption Representations of virtual currency Bitcoin and U.S. dollar banknotes are seen in this picture illustration source Reuters An investor in cryptocurrency hedge funds saw nearly 99% of a $250,000 investment wiped out after his chosen fund collapsed during the market meltdown. “I don’t really know what happened,” Vlad Matveev …
Read More »Canaan Reports $5.6M Loss in Q1 Despite Bitcoin Miner Price Cut
China-based bitcoin miner manufacturer Canaan has reported a net loss of $5.6 million for Q1 2020, even though it had cut down the prices for its hardware by more than half in an effort to sell more machines. In an earnings report released on Friday, the firm said it made …
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Reuters An investor in cryptocurrency hedge funds saw nearly 99% of a $250,000 investment wiped out after his chosen fund collapsed during the market meltdown. “I don’t really know what happened,” Vlad Matveev told the Financial Times. Matveev detailed Cryptolab Capital’s explanation in a Medium blog post: the fund took …
Read More »RenBTC Quietly Goes Live in Latest Bid to Bring Bitcoin to Ethereum
The latest implementation of bitcoin (BTC) on the Ethereum blockchain quietly went live this week. There are 1.24 renBTC live on the Ethereum mainnet now, according to Etherscan. Three sources with knowledge of the project have confirmed this is the Ren smart contract, live ahead of its launch announcement. Kain …
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