Bitcoin core dev receives grant for maintaining BIP repository

September 26, 2024
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Developer Jon Atack believes that Bitcoin plays a role in human freedom, decentralization of power, privacy and self-sovereignty.

The world’s fourth-largest telecoms provider, Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT), has filed a patent for using blockchain tech for contract agreement, according to a U.S. Trademark and Patent Office (USPTO) release on July 19. NTT’s patent application writes that a problem with contracts on blockchain is that each transactions “contains only the electronic signature…

Blockchain Firms Team Up on Private Coronavirus Testing App

Genobank, a blockchain project seeking to offer consumers ownership and control over their DNA data, is preparing to launch an app on EOS-based blockchain platform Telos to assist people in accessing anonymous coronavirus testing.According to a recent announcement from the Telos Foundation, the app will also allow users to share that information with healthcare organizations.The…

Bitcoin transactions stay low despite price rally: Data

Bitcoin on-chain activity dropped this low after May 2021’s crypto market crash and hasn’t risen above this level since. 1536 Total views 45 Total shares Despite Bitcoin’s (BTC) price growing 45% over the past 30 days, cryptocurrency investors are not moving their holdings, according to new data.Blockchain analytics provider Glassnode released its new “The Week On…

The first wave of tokenization was a missed opportunity – the next one needn’t be

Tokenization offers a blueprint for commodity markets, as it solves genuine problems.

Crypto.com breach may be worth up to $33M, suggests onchain analyst

Crypto.com's loss in the latest security breach might have costed more than the reported $15 million. 259 Total views 3 Total shares Onchain analyst claims that Crypto.com's loss in the latest security breach might have been worth more than the reported $15 million.Pseudonymous ErgoBTC, an on-chain analyst at Bitcoin (BTC) research firm OXT Research, claims…

US Pentagon Created a War Game to Fight the Establishment with BTC

Documents reveal the Pentagon created a war game in which players were rewarded in Bitcoin for taking down financial institutions. 1904 Total views 46 Total shares In the midst of ongoing protests across the United States, some turned violent by police brutality, one publication has uncovered information on a Pentagon war game created in 2018…

Blockchain investments are disrupting the real estate industry: Report

The Cointelegraph Research Terminal, the leading provider of premium databases and institutional-grade research on blockchain and digital assets, has added a new report to its expanding library from the industry leader in tokenization. The report, from Security Token Market and sister company Security Token Advisors, covers the rapidly emerging asset-backed real estate tokenization industry. It has…

DeFi ‘fragility’ causes and cures explored in highly technical Bank of Canada study

Researchers affiliated with the Canadian central bank identified weak points in DeFi lending protocols and reported on the potential they saw for mitigating them. 118 Total views 3 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTThe Bank of Canada has released a working paper that examines lending protocols in decentralized…

As PayPal integration looms, Paxos CEO sees mass adoption for tokenized assets

In a panel last week for the London Bullion Market Association, Paxos founder and CEO Charles Cascarilla discussed the growth of Paxos’ gold-backed ERC-20 token, PAXG, and the future of asset tokenization more generally — a future that could well involve his company’s recently-announced integration with financial giant PayPal. Speaking alongside Fidelity Labs director of product…

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