Korea Exchange Bank and Korea University Address Shortage in Blockchain Talent

Korea Exchange Bank and Korea University Address Shortage in Blockchain Talent April 24, 2019 by Akshay Makadiya South Korea’s largest foreign exchange bank, Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) has inked an agreement with Seoul-based private research institute Korea University to cultivate qualified blockchain professionals. Also, the collaboration seeks to apply revolutionary blockchain technology into various areas of banking. Also read: Forbes Publishes List of Billion-Dollar Companies Using Blockchain Technology Subscribe to the Bitsonline YouTube channel for great videos featuring industry insiders & experts Addressing the Global Shortage of Blockchain Experts KEB, a subsidiary of…

Blockstream Trials First Trust-Minimized P2P Bitcoin Derivatives

Blockchain technology company Blockstream has revealed that it was able to successfully complete a trust-minimized forward-contract transaction on the Bitcoin blockchain. The transaction occurred on April 16 between Blockstream and Crypto Garage. The official research paper was published on April 19, 2019. An Intro to Crypto Garage Crypto Garage is a Japanese firm dedicated to designing and implementing financial instruments based on Bitcoin. Crypto Garage has contributed to the Bitcoin Core software and has focused a lot of its resources to work on a number of side chains, and other…

Televisa Presenta: Satoshi Soap Gets Hot, McAfee in the Lead Role

Photo: Pixabay Last week we were reporting of how the computer programmer, successful businessman and recent presidential candidate John McAfee claimed that he knows the true identity of the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto. He actually wrote: “People, please – i do know who Satoshi is. Don’t make yourself look foolish by pretending. Again people, don’t make yourselves look foolish by contacting me and claiming to be Satoshi. If you need to contact me to reveal yourself then you are not him.” However, the saga doesn’t seem to be coming to its…

The Ethereum Name Service Is Turning Nearly 300,000 .ETH Domains Into NFTs

An effort to build a domain name system on top of the ethereum blockchain network is gearing up for a major upgrade early next month — and the project’s developers are urging stakeholders to prepare. At the heart of the upgrade is the replacement of the Ethereum Name Service’s registrar, with the goal of vastly speeding up the process of registering .eth, .xyz, and .lux domain names. What’s more, names registered on the ENS will be treated as non-fungible tokens (NFTs), allowing them to be bought and exchanged like similar…

Would McAfee’s Revelation of Satoshi Nakamoto Affect Bitcoin Prices?

Crypto warlord John McAfee has been making waves from his yacht in the Bahamas recently. He claims to have spoken with the elusive Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto and has threatened to reveal his identity. Several in the industry have already commented on the negative impact this may have on Bitcoin and crypto prices. Who Is Satoshi Nakamoto Bitcoin has been on a roll recently as April has seen the asset lift itself off the floor and surge 36 percent to top out over $5,600. Just yesterday BTC broke through resistance…

Bitcoin and Ether Market Update: April 24, 2019

The total crypto market cap increased by $5.7 billion to $182.3 since April 22, 2019. The top ten currencies are all in the red for the 24-hour period with Cardano (ADA) and Litecoin (LTC) being the worst performers at 4.5 percent and four percent losses respectively. At the time of writing, bitcoin (BTC) is trading at $5,630 on the Bitfinex daily chart, while ether (ETH) stands at $171 and Ripple’s XRP dropped further to $0.322. BTC/USD After five consecutive green days on, Bitcoin registered its first losing session on April…

Bitcoin (BTC) Price Trend Overwhelmingly Bullish & Dips Remain Attractive

Bitcoin price started a downside correction after trading as high as $5,641 against the US Dollar. The price tested the $5,500 support area and recently bounced back above $5,580. There is a key bullish continuation pattern in place with resistance near $5,595 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair remains well supported on the downside and it could climb to a new 2019 high above $5,641. Bitcoin price remains in a strong uptrend above $5,400 against the US Dollar. BTC is moving higher…

Bitcoin SV Creator Craig Wright Screeches ‘I am Satoshi Nakomoto’

By CCN.com: In a meandering post on Medium today, Craig S. Wright made some bold claims. The post shifts from subject to subject, but begins with obvious anger at the delisting of Bitcoin SV by Binance, Kraken, and Shapeshift. It begins: Many people in the bucket shop, sorry, “crypto currency exchange” industry want to see me gone. […] You’re about to find out why I created bitcoin and yes I am Satoshi Nakamoto. Not Going Anywhere This would seem to be an understatement. People in every corner of the cryptocurrency…

Bitcoin SV Creator Craig Wright Screeches ‘I am Satoshi Nakomoto’

By CCN.com: In a meandering post on Medium today, Craig S. Wright made some bold claims. The post shifts from subject to subject, but begins with obvious anger at the delisting of Bitcoin SV by Binance, Kraken, and Shapeshift. It begins: Many people in the bucket shop, sorry, “crypto currency exchange” industry want to see me gone. […] You’re about to find out why I created bitcoin and yes I am Satoshi Nakamoto. Not Going Anywhere This would seem to be an understatement. People in every corner of the cryptocurrency…

Breaking: NASDAQ is Testing Trading of a Bitcoin-based Product

A crypto quantitative analyst spotted a BTC/USD trading pair listed on Nasdaq platform. Speculations of Bitcoin trading on Nasdaq are at the peak. It’s great news for Bitcoin (BTC) enthusiasts and the crypto community as Nasdaq is possibly testing the trading of a Bitcoin-based product. Cryptopolis, a quantitative analyst at StrongMarket, tweeted about purchasing one BTC on the Nasdaq platform through his TD Ameritrade account. Cryptopolis also noted that the BTC trading was available since April 10 on the Nasdaq platform. BREAKING: BTC is now being traded on the Nasdaq!…