February 17, 2020

Kobe Bryant’s All-Star MVP Tribute Is Perfect; Now It’s Time to Move on

February 17, 2020 boss

Countless tributes have poured in following the tragic passing of NBA legend Kobe Bryant in January. The NBA renamed its All-Star MVP award in honor of Bryant, claiming ‘nobody embodied all-star more than Kobe.’ The All-Star honor is as good a time as any to put the tributes to Bryant to bed and finally allow him to rest. The sheer number of tributes to fallen NBA legend Kobe Bryant serves as a testament to how influential he was to the sports world. Nearly every player, ex-player, and analyst has eulogized…

Epic Games Store to Give Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Away for Free

February 17, 2020 boss

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate will be free on the Epic Games Store, joining card battler Faeria as this coming week’s duo of free games. Players can pick up the game from this Thursday until Feb. 27. The game may mark a shift at Epic towards giving away games with a broader appeal. Epic Games is continuing with its 2020 habit of announcing its weekly freebies ahead of time. The Fortnite developer announced that Assassin’s Creed Syndicate is heading to the Epic Games Store later this week. Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Joins Epic…

Epic Games Store to Give Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Away for Free

February 17, 2020 boss

Text-My-Bits Wins Miami Hackathon Now Send Bitcoin Through SMS Text

February 17, 2020 boss

Text-My-Bits Wins Miami Hackathon Now Send Bitcoin Through SMS Text February 17, 2020 by Art Rozenbaum The Miami Bitcoin Hackathon is a long standing tradition during Miami Blockchain Week. This year it was hosted at the Bitcoin Center – Miami for the first time. This year’s winning team was particularly interesting with the name of the project is Text-My-Bits. Leveraging the RSK network, the goal they set out to achieve was to create a way for people who do not have internet access to be able to transmit Bitcoin through…

Four Telcos Test Blockchain Solution To Automate Roaming Discounts

February 17, 2020 boss

A group of four international telecommunications companies are currently testing a blockchain-based solution to automate the management of inter-operator roaming discount agreements. According to a report published on Feb. 17 by Mobile Europe, Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile US, Telefonica and Orange say the solution vastly reduces the complexity of the current system, and is “production ready.” Simplifying to allow scaling The new solution revamps a process that hasn’t changed in many years and involves drafting, signing and manually implementing agreements for discounted roaming charges. Automating this workflow speeds up and streamlines…

Price Analysis Feb 17: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, BSV, LTC, EOS, BNB, XTZ, ADA

February 17, 2020 boss

The current pullback has resolved the overbought state of many cryptocurrencies and after a few days of consolidation the uptrend is likely to resume. After Bitcoin (BTC) scaled above $10,000 the mood among market participants turned hugely bullish. Daily talks of the asset making new highs blanketed crypto Twitter and this bullish sentiment also rubbed off on altcoins which picked up momentum and rallied sharply in the past few days. As the week approached a close it was clear that the crypto market was looking overheated in the short-term as…

Bithumb to Get Wall Street-Level Fintech Expertise via New Partnership

February 17, 2020 boss

As not a day goes by without another cryptocurrency partnership, one of the biggest crypto exchanges in South Korea has begun new cooperation. Major South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has partnered with Singaporean crypto trading platform BitMax to jointly develop new services and products. BitMax’s staff includes former experts from Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and Gemini According to a Feb. 17 blog post by Bithumb Official, the two companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to bring their forces together to build new services and strengthen their competitiveness in…

Elon Musk Bought 300 Hectares for a New Gigafactory That May Be Unusable

February 17, 2020 boss

Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin has hit a major stumbling block as activists try to block its construction. Google was once thwarted by local activists when trying to open a tech start-up incubator. Elon Musk’s claims that the Gigafactory will have a net positive environmental impact aren’t enough to assuage environmentalists’ worries. Elon Musk was on the defensive this week after his plans to open a Tesla Gigafactory in Germany were put on hold due to environmental concerns. Musk bought up a whopping 300 hectares outside of Berlin with the aim of…

Roger Ver Denies Endorsement of Bitcoin Cash Miner Tax Proposal

February 17, 2020 boss

Bitcoin.com Executive Chairman, prominent Bitcoin Cash (BCH) evangelist and self-acclaimed foremost investor of Bitcoin startups, Roger Ver, has come out to state that neither Ver nor Bitcoin.com endorsed the controversial Bitcoin Cash Miner Tax. Roger Ver Removes Himself From Miner Tax Proposal Roger Ver, via a YouTube video on February 16, 2020, stated that he was not in support of the debated 12.5 bitcoin cash miner’s tax. Ver, referring to the initial tax proposal with his name appearing at the end of the document, declared that it was done without…

Why Is China Increasing Censorship If The Coronavirus Is Under Control?

February 17, 2020 boss

China is ramping up its efforts to censor international coverage of the coronavirus. President Xi has stated a need to “strengthen the guidance of public opinion.” The reasoning behind this is clear: Beijing needs to stifle a possible powder keg of unrest in Hubei province. In a predictable move, the Chinese government has ramped up its censorship efforts to deny citizens access to global news and more powerfully dictate the internal narrative around the coronavirus. The reason behind this is clear, as the reality of the health crisis does not…