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5% of Block Rewards – Bitcoin ABC Will Add Infrastructure Funding Plan in Next Release

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Bitcoin ABC developers published a blog post on Saturday which discusses the miner Infrastructure Funding Plan (IFP) and the team told the community the software engineers have been “requested” to implement IFP. According to the developers, the code for IFP will be implemented in the upcoming 0.21.0 ABC software release. Also Read: 3 Cents per kWh – Central Asia’s Cheap Electricity Entices Chinese Bitcoin Miners Bitcoin ABC Will Implement Code for the Infrastructure Funding Plan in the Next Software Release Btc.top founder Jiang Zhuoer recently introduced a miner-funded Infrastructure Funding…

5% of Block Rewards – Bitcoin ABC Will Add Infrastructure Funding Plan in Next Release

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Bitcoin ABC developers published a blog post on Saturday which discusses the miner Infrastructure Funding Plan (IFP) and the team told the community the software engineers have been “requested” to implement IFP. According to the developers, the code for IFP will be implemented in the upcoming 0.21.0 ABC software release. Also Read: 3 Cents per kWh – Central Asia’s Cheap Electricity Entices Chinese Bitcoin Miners Bitcoin ABC Will Implement Code for the Infrastructure Funding Plan in the Next Software Release Btc.top founder Jiang Zhuoer recently introduced a miner-funded Infrastructure Funding…

US Intelligence Officials Are Funding Research on Dollar-Crushing ‘Black Swan’ Events

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The U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) wants to sponsor a post-doc researcher to study what would happen if the U.S. dollar lost its status as the world’s reserve currency. In a job listing posted late last year, the agency called for applicants from the U.S. who have a background in economics. The deadline to apply is Feb. 28. The agency said the research – the first of its kind for the intelligence community’s post-doc program – could help the U.S. prepare for “black swan” events that would threaten…

US Intelligence Officials Are Funding Research on Dollar-Crushing ‘Black Swan’ Events

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The U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) wants to sponsor a post-doc researcher to study what would happen if the U.S. dollar lost its status as the world’s reserve currency. In a job listing posted late last year, the agency called for applicants from the U.S. who have a background in economics. The deadline to apply is Feb. 28. The agency said the research – the first of its kind for the intelligence community’s post-doc program – could help the U.S. prepare for “black swan” events that would threaten…

Lightning Labs to Simplify Bitcoin Payments with Fresh $10M Funding

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Lightning Labs, a Bitcoin payments startup has raised $10 million in Series A funding to promote the development of the Lightning payments technology and scale its developer ecosystem. The startup has also launched its first paid product, Lightning Loop to facilitate a more efficient transfer of payments on the Lightning network, according to a blog post on February 5, 2020. Lightning Labs $10 Million Series A Warchest Per the publication, Lightning Labs has raised $10 million in Series A funding to promote the development of the Lightning payments technology and scale…

Fidelity Leads $13M Funding Round for Israeli Blockchain Startup Clear

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Israeli blockchain startup Clear has raised $13 million in a Series A round led by Fidelity-backed Eight Roads. Clear — which develops blockchain networks for high-volume transaction systems between businesses — announced the round’s completion in a statement via TechCrunch on Feb. 5. Eight Roads is a global venture firm that originates in Fidelity’s first investment business, Fidelity Ventures.  Other participants in the Series A for Clear were the venture funds of several global telecoms leaders: Spain’s Telefónica Innovation Ventures, the Telekom Innovation Pool of Germany’s Deutsche Telekom, Hong Kong…

Sony VC Fund Joins ‘Over $14M’ Funding Round for Digital Asset Platform Securitize

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A venture capital fund under the management of Sony Financial Ventures (SFV) and Japan-based VC firm Global Brain has invested an undisclosed amount in security token issuance platform Securitize. Announcing the news in a press release Tuesday, San Francisco-based Securitize said the “strategic fundraise” came via corporate VC fund SFV GB L.P. as an extension of the firm’s ongoing Series A round. Securitize previously announced that the round had raised $14 million back in September 2019, when MUFG Innovation Partners, Santander InnoVentures and others invested. And, in November, Japanese financial…

Sony VC Fund Joins ‘Over $14M’ Funding Round for Digital Asset Platform Securitize

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A venture capital fund under the management of Sony Financial Ventures (SFV) and Japan-based VC firm Global Brain has invested an undisclosed amount in security token issuance platform Securitize. Announcing the news in a press release Tuesday, San Francisco-based Securitize said the “strategic fundraise” came via corporate VC fund SFV GB L.P. as an extension of the firm’s ongoing Series A round. Securitize previously announced that the round had raised $14 million back in September 2019, when MUFG Innovation Partners, Santander InnoVentures and others invested. And, in November, Japanese financial…

Jiang Zhuoer Restructures Development Funding Proposal for Bitcoin Cash

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On January 31, Btc.top founder Jiang Zhuoer addressed the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) community again after his initial proposal last Wednesday was met with mixed responses. Zhuoer changed a number of specifics within the proposed Infrastructure Funding Plan for Bitcoin Cash and hopes the community will agree with his opinions. Also read: Cashfusion Far More Practical Than Other Coinjoin Protocols, Says Data Analyst Btc.top Founder Jiang Zhuoer Discusses a New Bitcoin Cash Infrastructure Funding Plan Arrangement The CEO of the mining operation Btc.top decided to address BCH supporters again with a…

Zcash’s Funding Vote and the Woes of Decentralized Governance

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The zcash community has agreed to continue funding the development of its privacy coin, ZEC, as spearheaded by the Electric Coin Company (ECC) and the Zcash Foundation, according to voting results published by the foundation Thursday. The decision marks the end of a months-long – and often contentious – campaign to address imminent funding losses for both organizations. For the ECC and Zcash Foundation to continue developing zcash, particularly as its use case faces increased scrutiny from international regulators grappling with the implications of privacy coins, the funding is a…