Day: April 22, 2019

China’s First Blockchain-Enabled Notary Opens Office in Beijing

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China’s first blockchain-enabled notary has opened offices in Beijing, local media People reported on April 19. Per the report, the service opened last Friday at the Beijing CITIC Notary Office. The head of the office reportedly stated that the development marks the beginning of the blockchain notary service era. During the launch event, the director of the Beijing CITIC Notary Office Wang Mingliang noted that he believes that blockchain-based notarization has both the value of notarization and legal significance of blockchain certification. Hu Jiyu, a professor at the School of…

Gaming Firm Unitopia Raises $5 Million to Create Blockchain Equivalent of Steam

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Blockchain-powered gaming platform Unitopia has received $5 million in funding from a group of investment and financial services companies, local media outlet BiShiJie.com reported on April 22. Unitopia — a blockchain research lab of Chinese video game developer Electronic Soul — has reportedly received a strategic investment from Shuimu Fenghua Fund, Link Hui Capital, Jun Joint Venture, Digital Chain Capital and Super Brain Fund in the amount of $5 million. The company will purportedly use the funds to boost research and development of blockchain-based games, as well as facilitate the…

Analyst ‘Trades’ Bitcoin (BTC) Through Nasdaq: What’s The Deal?

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Nasdaq-Based Bitcoin Product Appears On TD Ameritrade According to Cryptopolis, a quantitative analyst at StrongMarket, a Bitcoin (BTC) product appeared on his TD Ameritrade account on Monday morning. As seen below, the product trades under “CXERX” and is purportedly listed on the Nasdaq. Per the chart seen below, the BTC/USD pair of the product began trading on April 10th, 2019, just two weeks ago. Cryptopolis claims to have purchased one BTC at a price of $5,335. This, if true, would be colossal news, as this new vehicle could entice a…

Cryptocurrency Bear Market Wanes | Going through Accumulation

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In recent weeks various industry observers have indicated that the cryptocurrency market is experiencing a bullish run.  The notion has received more support with a fresh report implying that the bear market is actually waning and it is in the accumulation phase. Heavy Accumulation According to a recently published report by Adamant Capital, Bitcoin is already experiencing heavy accumulation, and the phase will bring its price to between $3,000 and $6,500, at least until the bullish run gains momentum. Bitcoin whales are already accumulating the major cryptocurrency synonymous to the…

‘The Cutest Crypto Game’ to Support Online Education for Kids

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A decentralized crypto collectible game Blockchain Cuties Universe has put its unique digital pet named DartaNyan up for auction, which was specially created for it. The team says that all the raised funds will be spent on an education online platform, where kids and teens can start their own project. Online education for youth as priority The sale of a Blockchain Cuties’ character named DartaNyan will be hosted by Auctionity, the blockchain auction house for crypto collectibles, such as gaming items and nonfungible tokens (NFTs). The digital pet will be…

Adviser to President of Russia Proposes Digital Currency in Crimea

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An adviser to the President of Russia has proposed to adopt a digital currency in Crimea to attract investors and avoid sanctions, local news agency TASS reports April 19. Sergey Glazyev, advisor to Russian President Vladimir Putin on regional economic integration, urged the government to adopt “digital money technologies” to reduce “cross-border barriers,” the official said at the Yalta International Economic Forum (YIEF). According to Glazyev, adoption of digital currencies will “sharply reduce cross-border barriers” and will attract foreign investors who “are afraid of sanctions,” which are “generally carried out…

Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Bitcoin Cash, EOS, Litecoin, Binance Coin, Stellar, Cardano, TRON: Price Analysis April 22

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The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision. Market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange. Legendary tennis player Serena Williams disclosed that she has invested in cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase through her investment business Serena Ventures. South Korean investors are using low crypto prices to buy more. Their average investment has increased by about 64% compared to 2017, according to…

$9 Million Dash Theft Sees Israeli National Own 1% of Entire Cryptocurrency

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Protocol Labs and Ethereum Foundation Team Up to Research Verifiable Delay Functions

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Filecoin owner Protocol Labs is collaborating with the Ethereum Foundation to develop a Verifiable Delay Function (VDF). The company announced the partnership in a blog post on April 19. VDFs are a relatively new cryptographic primitive that can protect systems relying on the generation of (pseudo) random values from manipulation strategies or attack. Examples of everyday use cases include picking a lottery winner on the blockchain, as VDFs could help stop miners from intervening with a block hash to win the jackpot. Dan Boneh, one of the researchers who introduced…

Bitcoin Continues to Climb on the Back of Positive Momentum: BTCManager’s Week in Review April 22, 2019

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The price of bitcoin has increased by over four percent week-on-week to $5,333 per coin as investors are starting to buy bitcoin again now that the ‘crypto winter’ is considered over and the sentiment is turning bullish. The Big Stories The biggest news of the week in ‘all things bitcoin’ was the announcement by Japanese retail giant Rakuten that it has opened registration for its cryptoasset trading service and wallet, Rakuten Wallet. The Japanese corporation has been involved in blockchain and cryptocurrency ventures before, but this move could help to…