Day: September 8, 2020

PUBG Ends Publishing Business with Tencent amid Bans from India

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Shortly after banning 60 apps, the Indian government banned PUBG and 117 other Chinese apps. As a result, PUBG cut publishing ties with Tencent Games. PUBG Mobile, the mobile version of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) has ended publishing business with Tencent Games, a week after India banned the online game. Apart from PUBG, the government banned 117 other Chinese apps over security concerns. Last week, the Indian government included PUBG mobile and 117 other Chinese apps in a ban. Before then, the government also banned nearly 60 Chinese apps, including TikTok…

A new enterprise blockchain features private real-life identities, but not without controversy

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A new enterprise-focused blockchain is trying to carve a spot in this competitive market by focusing on an integrated digital identity system. Called Concordium, the blockchain is among the first to use identity proofs as an integral part of its protocol. Cointelegraph spoke with Concordium’s chief marketing officer, Beni Issembart, to learn more about this system. Issembart said that “the question of identity is what we thought was missing in the whole discussion when it comes to blockchain enterprise.” At first glance, the blockchain is set up in a similar…

Xaya’s Latest Emerging Hit Taurion is Going into a Hard Fork Within 24 hours – Blockchain News, Opinion, TV and Jobs

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On Xaya block 2,159,000 — estimated to be some time on Tuesday the 8th of September, Taurion will test a hard fork in the alpha test. This is not a Xaya fork. It is only for Taurion, Xaya’s latest hit backed by some of the top gaming companies with significant prizes. Xaya lacks no confidence in hard forks, their team’s blockchain development pedigree goes back to working on 2011’s Namecoin which they forked in 2013 into the world’s first gaming blockchain called Huntercoin  Ethereum was still just an idea. The well-experienced team…

Latin Americans Turn to Bitcoin as Local Fiat Currencies Plunge

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Latin Americans have embraced cryptocurrency as a store of value while their fiat currencies depreciate, a new report shows. Bitcoin adoption in the region is further driven by the lack of banking access and remittance needs. Latin American Bitcoin Adoption Blockchain data analytics firm Chainalysis released a new study of cryptocurrency usage in Latin American countries based on on-chain data and interviews with experts in the region last week. The study is part of the firm’s Geography of Cryptocurrency Report, due to be released this month. Cryptocurrency adoption in Latin…

Fueled by DeFi and ready to disrupt the status quo

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Uniswap recently surpassed Coinbase Pro in trading volume, overtaking one of the most popular centralized exchanges in the space after reaching around half a billion dollars in daily volume.  Although Coinbase Pro is by no means the largest exchange out there, it seems that the decentralized sector is catching up to traditional crypto trading platforms. Uniswap is a decentralized exchange and automated liquidity protocol where users can buy and sell ERC-20 tokens and supply liquidity in order to earn exchange fees. This means that the more volume exchanged on the…

Kroll, Coinfirm to Analyse Data to Be Used in QuadrigaCX Case

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Canadian law firm Miller Thomson has hired consultancy firm Kroll that in partnership with Coinfirm will perform blockchain analytics work related to the ongoing dissolution of QuadrigaCX. After the death of QuadrigaCX founder Gerald Cotten and the crypto security keys ‘buried’ with him last year, the case regarding customer reimbursement is still going on. In a bid to present tangible evidence in the court, Canadian law firm, Miller Thomson, has hired consultancy firm, Kroll in partnership with Coinfirm to perform blockchain analytics work. “Since being founded in early 2016, Coinfirm…

Bitfront Partners with Simplex to Integrate Fiat-Crypto Onramp

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Place/Date: Tokyo – September 8th, 2020 at 2:01 pm UTC · 3 min read Source: Bitfront Bitfront, a global digital currency exchange operated by LVC USA, a subsidiary of a global mobile platform LINE, today announced their partnership with Simplex, the leading fiat infrastructure provider. This exciting partnership gives Bitfront users the ability to purchase cryptocurrency with the flexibility and convenience of using their credit or debit card. Integrating with Simplex enables Bitfront to offer an easy onramp to all their supported digital assets: Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Ether (ETH), Litecoin…

Boring Bitcoin Sends Tron’s TRX Up By 17% in Three Days; What’s Next

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Tron’s native token TRX was among the top gainers on Tuesday as its price jumped by up to 11.38 percent. The TRX/BTC exchange rate settled an intraday high at 345 sats before correcting lower ahead of the New York trading session. The move downhill appeared in contrast with Bitcoin’s slow and sideways action above $10,000. So it appears, traders decided to move into alternative assets after finding no intraday opportunities in the Bitcoin market. Tron (TRX) surges the third day in a row. Source: TradingView.com DeFi Aid Tron looked appealing…