Day: February 28, 2020

Why Banks Aren’t Banking Your Crypto Startup

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Your bank, no matter how neo or how challenger, can’t bank Bitcoin (BTC). They could bank blockchain companies, adding value and providing services for the space, which would be good for both the bank and the clients, but they are afraid of repercussions from regulators and their partners. Since many smaller banks use “correspondent banks,” whose direct access to the Federal Reserve system’s FedWire and other official payment rails they leverage, they can’t make the decision to accept Bitcoin clients in a vacuum. They must consider their correspondents (generally, big…

Secret Bloodborne Glitch Lets Crafty Speendrunners Skip Half the Game

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Speedrunners have uncovered a brand new Bloodborne glitch. The previously-hidden exploit allows players to skip about half of the game, opening the door to new world record runs. The Any% (Current Patch) world record has already dropped to 26 minutes and 39 seconds. Shifty speedrunners have discovered a secret Bloodborne glitch that skips half of the game, opening up the possibility of skimming even more time off an impressive set of world records. A Path to the Forbidden Woods Streamer GiantCookieJar discovered the glitch by sheer accident earlier this week…

Bitcoin Bounces Off $8.4K 4-Week Low as It Tracks Stock-to-Flow Target

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Bitcoin (BTC) price fell to its lowest levels in a month on Feb. 28 after another day’s losses underscored continued selling pressure on markets. Cryptocurrency market daily overview. Source: Coin360 BTC price clings to $8.6K Data from Coin360 and Cointelegraph Markets showed BTC/USD hit five-week lows of $8,455 on Friday. At press time, volatility abounded on exchanges, with Bitcoin shedding roughly 3.3% overnight to fluctuate around $8,600. Weekly losses totaled almost 12%. Bitcoin 1-day price chart. Source: Coin360 Analysts had pinned their hopes on the largest cryptocurrency defending its 200-day…

Sony’s PS5 News Embargo Is a D*ck Move – It’s Also Genius

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So far, Sony hasn’t revealed much information about the PS5. Fans have been trawling the internet for any scraps of information that they can find. Sony should really just give us something at this point, even if they can’t do the big reveal event they planned. It’s difficult to be excited about a console we know nothing about. That’s the problem that is currently facing the PS5. While we actually know a fair amount about the Series X, Sony has been very tight-lipped about their upcoming ‘box of wonders’. The…

Sony’s PS5 News Embargo Is a D*ck Move – It’s Also Genius

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So far, Sony hasn’t revealed much information about the PS5. Fans have been trawling the internet for any scraps of information that they can find. Sony should really just give us something at this point, even if they can’t do the big reveal event they planned. It’s difficult to be excited about a console we know nothing about. That’s the problem that is currently facing the PS5. While we actually know a fair amount about the Series X, Sony has been very tight-lipped about their upcoming ‘box of wonders’. The…

Tether Calls Market Manipulation Allegations ‘Reckless and False’

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Once again, Tether has ridiculed and dismissed allegations that it used its USDT stablecoin for manipulating Bitcoin’s (BTC) price. In a statement sent to Cointelegraph on Feb. 28, iFinex, the firm behind Tether, states that the claims in the market manipulation lawsuit against the firm are “reckless and false.” The statement reads: “The allegations in the complaint are without merit or legal basis, and exhibit a fundamental lack of understanding of the market structure of cryptocurrencies. Indeed, it is reckless and false to allege that USDT tokens are issued in…

KuCoin’s New Instant Exchange Service Supports Near Instant Crypto Transactions

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KuCoin, the leading global cryptocurrency exchange backed by IDG Capital has now launched its Instant Exchange service that allows users to exchange some of the top crypto assets like BTC, ETH, LTC, XRP, BCHABC and USDT within seconds. Created by KuCoin in collaboration with a top quantitative market maker of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME),  the Instant Exchange service offers a huge advantage over traditional crypto-to-crypto trading solutions when it comes to order completion and settlement. Whenever users submit an order on Instant Exchange, KuCoin and its partner will find…

ICO Codes of Conduct and Certification schemes open for business

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Two key services to help organisations show accountability under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) are up and running. The ICO has today published guidance for organisations wanting to develop GDPR Codes of Conduct or Certification schemes. From today, organisations can submit their proposals for GDPR Codes of Conduct or Certification scheme criteria to the ICO for approval. These two services will be an asset to businesses; helping both data controllers and processors demonstrate compliance with the GDPR. Ian Hulme, ICO Director of Regulatory Assurance, said: “I would encourage any…

CBDC Push Takes Ukraine Closer to Crypto Adoption

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At a press conference held on Feb. 21, a representative for the National Bank of Ukraine released the results of its much-hyped central bank digital currency project called the e-hryvnia. However, the banking institution is still not certain of the impact this financial offering will have on the country’s overall financial stability as well as on its local banking market. An official statement released by the NBU clearly states that if a massive chunk of the Ukranian population were to switch to this ambitious digital currency, the nation’s banking ecosystem…

Ukraine is Pushing to Become a Leader in the Global Crypto Landscape

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At a press conference held on Feb. 21, a representative for the National Bank of Ukraine released the results of its much-hyped central bank digital currency project called the e-Hryvnia. However, the banking institution is still not certain of the impact this financial offering will have on the country’s overall financial stability as well as on its local banking market. An official statement released by the NBU clearly states that if a massive chunk of the Ukranian population were to switch to this ambitious digital currency, the nation’s banking ecosystem…