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Sam Bankman-Fried explained how blockchain can change payments, tokenize shares and make social media interoperable. 134 Total views 11 Total shares While the critics cast doubts on some of blockchain’s use cases during the crypto winter, one of the most prominent community figures laid out some points that cement blockchain’s position as a disruptive technology. On…

The capacity of the Bitcoin (BTC) Lightning Network (LN) has surpassed $2 million on Sunday, Dec. 23, according to data provided by BTC statistics website bitcoinvisuals.com.Despite the year-long bear market, combined with the recent market crash dubbed the “crypto winter,” the Bitcoin Lightning network has seen strong growth throughout 2018.As of Dec. 23, node channels…

Rune Christensen and Alex Mashinsky will debate the merits of DeFi and CeFi. 1150 Total views 48 Total shares In the clash of ideas between centralized and decentralized finance, is one better than the other, or do they both need each other?The latest months of global quarantine have been nothing less than a renaissance for…

Saeed Zarandi, Iranian Assistant Minister of Industry, Trade, and Supply, said that the United States Congress is working to stop Iran’s access to cryptocurrencies and bitcoin (BTC) mining, as reported by local news service Al-Fars on July 6.According to Zarandi, Congress considers cryptocurrency a tool for evading sanctions and money laundering, and is therefore trying…

As not a day goes by without another cryptocurrency partnership, one of the biggest crypto exchanges in South Korea has begun new cooperation.Major South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has partnered with Singaporean crypto trading platform BitMax to jointly develop new services and products.BitMax’s staff includes former experts from Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and GeminiAccording to…

The exchange’s app was also the third most downloaded on the U.S. Apple App Store last week, but has since fallen to 20th. 1205 Total views 14 Total shares Cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com now tops the charts as the most downloaded app for the U.S. Google Play Store across all categories.According to the most recent list…

Ether (ETH) paved the way for lower transaction costs with the Berlin upgrade on April 15. However, traders already know that the Ethereum Improvement Proposal 1559 is the most anticipated and controversial change scheduled for the upcoming London hard fork.The EIP introduces a base fee that will be burned when a transaction occurs, while miners…

On Jan. 25, United States (U.S.) President Donald Trump ended the partial government shutdown, albeit temporarily. As a result of the funding package he signed on Friday, the government will be open for three weeks.While the future still seems unclear for U.S. government facilities, which are now returning to work after the 35-day standoff between…

Universal Music Group, Concord Publishing and ABKCO Music & Records alleged that Anthropic “unlawfully” copied and disseminated “vast amounts of copyrighted works” from the publishers. 100 Total views 2 Total shares Universal Music Group (UMG), Concord Publishing and ABKCO Music & Records have filed a lawsuit against the artificial intelligence (AI) startup Anthropic on accusations