Algorand 2.0’s New Non-Turing-Complete Smart Contracts Are a Feature, Not a Bug

Good morning. Here’s what’s happening:Prices: As Asian trading begins, bitcoin maintains above $30,000 despite a minor drop, while Ether trades lowerInsights: For investors and others touching the technology world, AI is the latest shiny object. Is their fascination premature?As Asia opens for trading, bitcoin has still held past the $30K mark at $30,323, flat over…

The line of sight on U.S. inflation is anything but clear after the Labor Department reports the CPI's smallest yearly gain since 2015. So what does it mean for bitcoin?(Esee Hicolave/Unsplash)Jan 13, 2021 at 6:07 p.m. UTCBlockchain Bites: Bitcoin Trades Sideways as US Inflation Is MutedHello. Analysts are reporting gloomy short-term projections for bitcoin as…

Aug 24, 2020 at 19:27 UTCThere are more than 2,000 addresses holding over 1,000 bitcoin, potentially reflecting increased interest from institutions and high-net-worth investors. The Bitcoin Rich List, or the number of addresses holding all that bitcoin, is at a record high, according to data site Glassnode.Number of Addresses with Balances of 1,000 BTC or…

The tokenization of real world assets (RWAs) has been a use case for blockchain technology for years, and yet we haven't seen substantial institutional interest in RWAs until now.The value of tokenized assets across all public blockchains has already reached $118.57 billion and could reach $10 trillion by 2030. In other words, the potential upside

news Bitcoin’s lightning torch will soon burn out, putting an end to a global payments experiment that has seen participation from hundreds of recipients, from tech luminaries like Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to users in countries cut off from parts of the world by economic sanctions. Users taking part in the venture have been showing the…

news Russian authorities are seeking legal means to confiscate virtual assets such as cryptocurrencies as they already can with more traditional forms of property. In an effort to fight cybercrime, the Ministry of Internal Affairs intends to develop legislation allowing law agencies to force criminals to hand over ill-gotten digital gains and wants proposals on…

The U.S. government moved $2 billion worth of seized bitcoin (BTC) on Monday, tanking already retreating prices and sparking investor concerns of selling the assets just two days after presidential hopeful Donald Trump's promise to begin stacking BTC. Blockchain data by Arkham Intelligence shows that a wallet tagged as "U.S. Government: Silk Road DOJ" transferred

XRP sprang back to life in September despite a relatively bearish broader market. Over the course of the 30-day period, the price of the world's largest cryptocurrency, bitcoin (BTC), dipped a modest 5 percent. Most cryptocurrencies succumbed to the same fate, but some were able to pick up a bid. However, none saw bigger gains than XRP, whose…

NEWS Aug 29, 2018 at 13:10 UTC An Australian federal agency is developing a blockchain that will allow businesses to carry out transactions based on smart legal contracts. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) said on Wednesday that its research arm, Data61, is working with law firm Herbert Smith Freehills and IBM to…