Day: February 18, 2020

This Bulls Team Is a Disgrace to Chicago – and Michael Jordan’s Legacy

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The 2020 All-Star weekend took place in Chicago, the home of the legendary Chicago Bulls. Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf reportedly opposed hosting the All-Star event, and it’s not hard to see why. Despite talk of playoff basketball in Chicago, the season is looking like yet another write-off under beleaguered coach Jim Boylen. This season’s NBA All-Star festivities were an unqualified success, despite taking place in a city that the basketball gods abandoned long ago. There were touching Kobe Bryant tributes, and the game itself was one of the best in…

This Bulls Team Is a Disgrace to Chicago – and Michael Jordan’s Legacy

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The 2020 All-Star weekend took place in Chicago, the home of the legendary Chicago Bulls. Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf reportedly opposed hosting the All-Star event, and it’s not hard to see why. Despite talk of playoff basketball in Chicago, the season is looking like yet another write-off under beleaguered coach Jim Boylen. This season’s NBA All-Star festivities were an unqualified success, despite taking place in a city that the basketball gods abandoned long ago. There were touching Kobe Bryant tributes, and the game itself was one of the best in…

Crypto News Roundup for Feb. 18, 2020

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With the price of bitcoin breaking below last week’s critical resistance, Markets Daily is back with another time-saving news roundup. Disclosure Read More The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which invests in cryptocurrencies and blockchain startups. Source

How to Trade BTC? | NewsBTC

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Cryptocurrencies are rapidly on the rise and thanks to Blockchain technology, it seems that digital assets will be a core part of our lives in the future. Bitcoin ATMs can now be found in shops where investors can purchase BTC or owners can withdraw in Fiat cash. Sending funds digitally to anyone on the planet with an internet connection, instantly, has a massive global appeal. The fact that it has such scalability and does not require any third party interruptions from banks has helped BTC popularity soar. Although the esteem…

Sorry PlayStation Fans, But This ‘Player Celebration’ Isn’t the PS5 Reveal

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PlayStation unveiled a new Player Celebration event. Players can unlock rewards by reaching community goals. An exclusive PlayStation kit, including a real-life Platinum Trophy, is also up for grabs. With everyone and their uncle desperate for a morsel of PlayStation 5 news, Sony has instead unveiled a comparatively underwhelming new event. It’s isn’t the PS5 reveal. Source: Twitter PlayStation Player Celebration The PlayStation Player Celebration aims to get players to load up their PlayStation 4 and play games. Here’s the official blurb: Over the past six years, more than 100…

Successful Supply Chain Management Pilot Project Launched by IVHIMPROM and Credits Blockchain

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Previously partnered Credits and JSC IVHIMPROM announced the successful launch of a pilot project aimed at automating the supply chain of the plant. The representatives of JSC IVHIMPROM and Credits have successfully deployed a pilot project as part of a working group for automating supply and sales management systems. The system operating on the basis of software provided by the Credits Blockchain Platform can also be used for tracking the supplies of raw materials and finished products within the IVHIMPROM plant. During the preparation phase of the pilot project, the…

Bank of Korea Seeks to Deploy Blockchain in Bond Market: Report

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Global central banks are increasingly looking at blockchain technology as a tool to make interbanking processes more efficient and transparent. Following the World Bank’s exemplary experience of blockchain bond transactions, South Korea’s central bank is working on its own blockchain-based bonds, Cointelegraph Korea reports Feb. 18. Bank of Korea started the project in late 2019 According to a report by local publication Yonhap Infomax, the Bank of Korea has been seeking a blockchain services provider in order to build a blockchain bond system that would allow distribution of the bond…

Half of All Coronavirus Victims Outside China Are Trapped – In One Place

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Half of all coronavirus cases outside of China are all on the Diamond Princess cruise ship. The number of infected people on board rose by 88 overnight to a total of 542. Scientists say it’s obvious the quarantine hasn’t worked. A cruise ship docked off the coast of Japan has become an ‘incubator’ for the deadly coronavirus, say scientists. The attempt to quarantine thousands of people in a confined space has failed dramatically, with the total number of infected passengers reaching 542. Dr. Nathalie MacDermott, outbreak expert at King’s College…

Crypto Firms Should Get Behind Peirce’s Safe Harbor Proposal, Even if It’s Unlikely to Become Law

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Carol Van Cleef is Chair of the Blockchain and Digital Assets Team at the law firm Bradley Arant Boult Cummings. Addison Yang is CEO of Luminous Group, an advisor on blockchain projects. Peirce’s CoinDesk op-ed about the safe harbor proposal is here. Preston J Byrne’s take is here. We confess that, on first read of SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce’s safe harbor (SH) proposal, we were skeptics. It is very limited in scope, is only a rough draft, and appears to have little-to-no chance of becoming law, as Peirce’s term as…

Netflix Smashes 52-Week High Even as Coronavirus Fears Ravage Stock Market

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Netflix’s stock price rose by as much as 2% on Tuesday en route to fresh 52-week highs. The broader stock market was down roughly half a percent amid coronavirus fears. Netflix faces intense competition in the online video streaming market, but its Q4 results showed a healthy pace of new subscribers added. Shares of Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) surged to 52-week highs Tuesday, even as coronavirus fears triggered a broad slump in major equity indexes. The video-streaming company is still benefiting from a better than expected quarterly earnings report that saw…