Day: April 19, 2019

Social Blockchain Project BitGive Signs Deal with Uphold

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About Richard Kastelein Founder and publisher of industry publication Blockchain News (EST 2015), a partner at ICO services collective Token.Agency ($750m+ and 90+ ICOs and STOs), director of education company Blockchain Partners (Oracle Partner) – Vancouver native Richard Kastelein is an award-winning publisher, innovation executive and entrepreneur. He sits on the advisory boards of some two dozen Blockchain startups and has written over 1500 articles on Blockchain technology and startups at Blockchain News and has also published pioneering articles on ICOs in Harvard Business Review and Venturebeat. Irish Tech News…

Is the Whole Bitcoin SV Incident Hurting the Image of the Crypto Industry?

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It isn’t a secret that the past few weeks in the crypto ecosystem have been tumultuous ones. As Bitcoin (BTC) rallied past $5,000, sparking claims that the bottom is in, Australian cryptographer Craig Wright and his crew, all fans of Bitcoin Satoshi’s Vision (BSV), found themselves in a few tussles on Crypto Twitter. It wasn’t exactly pretty. Related Reading: Why This Maximalist Moved to SV: “BTC Was Taken Over by Socialists” The online beef went so far that Wright looked to bring the discourse to the real world, purportedly sending…

Crypto Developer Raises $4 Mln From Samsung, Others to Launch Wallet Without Private Keys

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Israeli cryptocurrency developer KZen has raised $4 million from backers including South Korean electronics giant Samsung, industry news outlet The Block reported on April 17. The company’s product, smartphone wallet app ZenGo — currently in beta phase testing — aims to simplify custodial wallet usage for entry-level cryptocurrency users. Using a combination of split key storage and biometric security features, the company hopes users will be able to benefit from a simple wallet user interface while not relying on a third party or themselves to hold their private keys and…

Bitcoin Hovers Over $5,250 as Top Oil Futures See Slight Uptrend

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Friday, April 19 — The top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting mixed movements on the day by press time, as bitcoin (BTC) hovers over the $5,250 mark. Market visualization courtesy of Coin360 Bitcoin is down a fraction of a percent on the day, trading at $5,264 at press time, according to CoinMarketCap. Looking at its weekly chart, the coin is over 3.5%. Bitcoin 7-day price chart. Source: CoinMarketCap Ether (ETH) is holding onto its position as the largest altcoin by market cap, which is nearly $18.2 billion. The second-largest altcoin, Ripple (XRP),…

Binance Coin (BNB) Price Hits Fresh 52 Weeks High after Leaving Ethereum

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Binance Updates White Paper to Reword Section on Quarterly Manipulations with BNB

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Binance has recently updated its white paper’s section devoted to quarterly manipulations with its native token binance coin (BNB), based on a version of the white paper backed up on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine on Feb. 8. According to the section “Repurchasing plan” in the older version, Binance stated that they would buy back BNB each quarter using 20% of their profits, and then destroy them until the exchange buys 50% of all 100 million BNB back. In the new version of the white paper, Binance has replaced “Repurchasing…

ShelterZoom Creates Contract and Transaction Management Platform Marking New Contract Evolution on Blockchain

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ShelterZoom, creator of the first Blockchain-based next-generation, contract and transaction management platform for real estate purchase and rental deals, announced Mithra Contract. The new tokenized, industry-agnostic digital contract platform is expected to deliver transparency, efficiency, security and profitability to both public and private sector organizations. Mithra Contract represents an evolution from existing ones, until now, no one has taken a legal contract and deconstructed its actual terms into a smart contract, making the contractual parties hold tokens containing their rights and obligations. advertisement The utility tokens that will power Mithra…

Blockchain Platform Believes It Is the ‘Golden Ticket’ for Saving the Live Events Industry

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A new blockchain-based platform says it has bold plans to transform the events industry — eliminating middlemen to reduce costs for organizers, promoters, entertainers, suppliers and consumers alike. Evedo argues that the sector’s scalability has been dramatically affected by a “lack of innovation” in the way events are organized. A multitude of platforms are often used to bring concerts and conferences to life, causing unnecessary delays and sometimes resulting in costly mistakes. In addition, the startup says the industry is riddled with middlemen who often charge large fees but “do…

Data Market Ocean Tries New Token Sale After CoinList Offering Misses Target

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After a token sale on CoinList failed to reach its target, data marketplace Ocean is trying again on crypto exchange Bittrex International. Ocean Protocol has a vision to become the ecosystem for “a new data economy,” its founder Bruce Pon told CoinDesk. With the release of Ocean’s version 1.0 beta network earlier in April, its tokens are ready to be used on the platform, but the company has not quite met its fundraising goal. Through its initial exchange offering (IEO), Ocean aims to raise $6.77 million in bitcoin, following a previous…

Self-Proclaimed Satoshi Craig Wright Sues Podcaster Peter McCormack for Alleged Libel

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NChain chief scientist and Bitcoin SV (BSV) proponent Craig Wright has filed a libel claim in the United Kingdom against cryptocurrency podcaster Peter McCormack. The podcaster tweeted a photo of the legal notice on April 18. The reason provided for the claim is that McCormack accused Wright of fraud and falsely claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of bitcoin (BTC). According to BSV-focused crypto news outlet CoinGeek, the claim aims to “prevent McCormack from making further fraudulent claims that Wright is not the individual behind the Satoshi Nakamoto pseudonym.”…