Tag: Altcoin

  • Coinbase Launching Venture Arm to Invest in Crypto Startups

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    Company plans to spend $100,000 to $200,000 per investment Interests include ‘stablecoins’ and decentralized exchanges The best-known U.S. cryptocurrency exchange is forming Coinbase Ventures, a team that will focus on providing funding to crypto and fintech startups as the San Francisco-based company looks to nurture the development of new products and services “We’re not wedded […]

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  • How Blockchain Technology is Changing the Way We Share Content

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    The internet depends on content. Without videos, graphics, text, and even things like memes, the online world would be an entirely different place. The people who create that content — video artists, writers, graphic designers and so on — are responsible for the main reason many of us visit the internet at all. They’re a […]

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  • 3 Factors Affecting Bitcoin Price Right Now

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    The price of Bitcoin has fallen from nearly $20,000 to roughly $8000 in just three months. Why? There aren’t many pieces of technology that can rouse the kinds of emotionally charged debates that Bitcoin can. Lauded as a tool to financially empower individuals by some, and decried as a scam by others, the currency has […]

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  • Self-Regulation in Crypto Rises as Governments Stumble Through Legislation

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    The vast majority of government officials still have little or no experience with cryptocurrency or blockchain technology. While some voices in the crypto community argue that regulating cryptocurrency defeats the purpose of crypto in the first place, many others see regulation as a positive thing for the industry in the long run. They believe that […]

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  • 4 Things You Need to Know Before Investing in Bitcoin in 2018

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    Are you intrigued by all the news about Bitcoin? Cryptocurrencies have emerged in popularity over the past year, thanks mostly to its incredible rise in value. In January 2017, Bitcoin was priced at $1,000. In December, it reached $19,000, an all-time high. The price of Bitcoin has since plummeted, but many people still want to […]

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  • Tech behind cryptocurrency craze could disrupt medicine, housing and ID security

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    PHOENIX – The technology behind bitcoin and other cryptocurrency could change lifestyles and livelihoods, leading to cheaper, more efficient ways to ship packages, buy homes, access medical records and even build a secure vault of personal information. The little-understood and often misunderstood system of virtual money, known as cryptocurrency, is based on something called blockchain, a vast […]

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  • Singapore Launches Blockchain Challenge with Funding Prizes

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    Singapore plans to launch a Blockchain challenge. Each successful challenge would be rewarded with funding. Singapore: The government of Singapore has declared in an announcement on Thursday, March 29 that it would launch a bitcoin challenge, and would reward every successful blockchain challenge with funding. The Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) stated in the […]

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  • Make No Mistake, This Is Not Ripple (XRP)’s Fault

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    Ripple (XRP) has had a great week, even as the market continued its bearish trend into the weekend. As the crypto looks to end the bleak week on a strong run, the events of the last few days suggest the company behind the XRP token is doing well. Over the last four or five days, […]

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  • COULD FORD ENABLE DRIVERS TO PAY IN CRYPTO FOR FREEDOM OF THE FAST LANE?

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    A patent application filed by Ford describes a Cooperatively Managed Merge and Pass (CMMP) system that would allow drivers needing to travel quickly to use less congested lanes, and travel more freely, by paying other drivers in cryptocurrency. Other road users would move to slower moving lanes and allow a paying driver to merge or […]

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  • Blockchain Users are Increasing Every Day, But There’s a Problem

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    According to data gathered by Blockchain.Info, the number of blockchain wallet users has been increasing exponentially since 2011. Last year ended with over 21 million wallet users, and if growth continues at a similar pace, the 2018 total could more than double. Along with a similar line, ICOs continue to grow at a blistering pace. Per CoinSchedule’s […]

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