Cryptocurrency

This is Part IV, the last in a multi-part comprehensive series on blockchain-based gaming by Zane Huffman: Twitter @jeffthedunker The series is a culmination of historical accounts and interviews with a number of blockchain and crypto based game projects, sprinkled in with opinions on the current…

By CCN Markets: Self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor Craig Wright took another step to cement his claim to the title of Satoshi Nakamoto. Today (Aug. 22), Wright uploaded the Bitcoin white paper to the SSRN, an academic research journal database. Wright: 'It is time to own my invention' When asked what…

A proposal to add the ConsenSys-backed Pantheon project awaits a vote from the Hyperledger technical steering committee. Ethereum Poised to Be First Public Blockchain in Hyperledger Consortium written by Nathan DiCamillo @!-->…

By CCN Markets: The crypto market continues to attract former Wall Street traders, and now we know why. Nelson Minier, who is the head of OTC at cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, was featured on Nasdaq TradeTalks as a guest. Minier, who hails from the trading desks at firms such as JPMorgan and Credit…

By CCN Markets: Microsoft decided that it hadn’t flogged the dead horse quite enough yet. So, after letting it rot in the street for over a year, it has updated the Xbox 360 yet again. But why? Check the patch notes and you'll see every gamer's greatest nemesis: “minor bug fixes and improvements”…

By CCN Markets While the bitcoin price languishes this week, ethereum classic is enjoying a spectacular spike ahead of its scheduled September hard fork. And the ethereum price is rising too. As of this writing, the price of ethereum classic (ETC) rocketed 20 percent to top $7.38 per coin. ETC has…

Traki department stores will integrate Pundi X’s point-of-sale device, XPOS, to offer a cryptocurrency payment rail for shoppers. PundiX’s Crypto Cash Registers Will Be Installed in 49 Retail Stores Across Venezuela written by Daniel Kuhn @!-->…

Coinbase Wallet saves users from installing browser extensions, moving private keys across devices, to administer their wallet funds on desktop browsers. Coinbase Now Allows You to Access Dapps on Desktop Browsers written by Daniel Kuhn @!-->…

The National Bank of Rwanda (NBR) is looking at other countries, specifically Canada, the Netherlands, and Singapore’s central bank digital currency research. Rwanda’s Central Bank Is Researching a Possible Digital Currency Launch written by William Foxley @!-->…

Among the numerous issues that will define the 2020 U.S. presidential election, the topic of Bitcoin and blockchain technology is inching its way to the forefront. Indeed, in varying degrees, top democratic presidential contenders have already referred to Bitcoin and its technology. Andrew Yang’s…

Blockstack PBC, the firm behind the Blockstack computing network and app ecosystem, has received a strategic investment from Recruit Holdings, the $50B Japanese tech giant. Recruit Holdings is purchasing Blockstack's STACK tokens as part of the deal. The investment opens Blockstack PBC up to…

Set Protocol, which launched in 2018, has quickly become one of the more popular “DeFi” applications for Ethereum. If you would like a full in-depth synopsis of what that entails, The Block analyst Matteo Leibowitz has broken it down. Set Protocol is a series of smart contracts that allow users to…