Day: June 26, 2020

Kadena Launches Blockchain App to Verify COVID-19 Tests, Token Listed on Bittrex – Blockchain News, Opinion, TV and Jobs

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Kadena, a blockchain project born out of a group of ex-JPMorgan bankers, has released a new app created that can verify COVID-19 tests are not fake — by letting users track test kits using QR codes. Also this week, Kadena’s token (KDA), has been listed on its first cryptocurrency exchange with one of the world’s largest at Bittrex Global, with initial trading pairs including Bitcoin and Tether. “Kadena‘s plan is to use QR codes to track the kits from the manufacturer to the healthcare provider, making it harder to swap…

Digital Chess Game Giant FIDE Online Chooses Algorand Blockchain For Official Chess Ratings – Blockchain News, Opinion, TV and Jobs

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Algorand — a world-class blockchain powering secure and efficient frictionless exchange founded by Turing Award-winning cryptographer Silvio Micali from MIT — will be capturing official ratings and titles data from World Chess players on its decentralized blockchain network in real-time. This promises to bring reliability and transparency to the rating system of digital chess. “We are beyond thrilled to partner with FIDE Online Arena and World Chess to bring digital chess ratings onto the Algorand blockchain for the first time,” said Sean Ford, COO of Algorand. “This historic moment brings the blockchain…

Bitcoin (BTC) Has a 5% Chance of Hitting a New All-Time-High in 2020

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In brief: The Bitcoin halving in 2020 was predicted by most as being the catalyst that will send BTC to the Moon. The Coronavirus pandemic changed the global financial situation causing a stock and crypto market crash in mid-March. Today’s stock markets are in the red due to confirmations of a second wave of COVID19. Bitcoin’s probability of hitting a new all-time-high in 2020 has dropped to 5%. At the beginning of 2020, the mood and atmosphere surrounding Bitcoin was rather bullish due to the halving event that took place…

Stellar Unfurls Community Staking Marathon – Blockchain News, Opinion, TV and Jobs

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A new reward plan has been added to the well-known inflation pool system at Stellar called the Community Staking Marathon. In addition to the payouts generated by the inflation mechanism, a time-based staking algorithm has been implemented into the Stellar Ledger. Stellar, an open source, decentralized protocol for digital currency to fiat money transfers which allows cross-border transactions between any pair of currencies, first made this proposal in 2018 when the cryptocurrency market started a rapid decline. Community members approached the Stellar Foundation Board with a strategy focused on keeping and…

Bitcoin Mixers Protecting Privacy and Anonymity from Hackers – Blockchain News, Opinion, TV and Jobs

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One of the reasons why the cryptocurrencies have gained popularity over the years is because trading them is supposed to be anonymous… but this is only partially true.In reality, Bitcoin is actually quite traceable. And this is no different for Ethereum, which is just as detectable and vulnerable to phishing attacks caused by leaky databases as Bitcoin. If Bitcoin and Ethereum are traceable, leaky databases can also expose user details and the contents of their wallets. It is quite a scary thought that your anonymity could be on the line.…