Bitcoin News Roundup for April 30, 2020

Daniel Kuhn is a deputy managing editor for Consensus Magazine. He owns minor amounts of BTC and ETH.This weekend, a pseudonymous developer known as Punk3700 made cryptocurrency history by launching what he calls the first smart contract written on Bitcoin. It’s the type of technical achievement – crafted in the bespoke programming language, Solidity –…

Aug 27, 2020 at 20:03 UTCTotal bitcoins held in mining addresses, per Glassnode.Miners’ Bitcoin Holdings Reach Two-Year High to Almost 2MBitcoin miners are holding more bitcoins than at any point in the past two years as the cryptocurrency continues to trade above $11,000, signalling increased bullishness about future gains. According to wallet addresses tracked by…

These are set to be built in partnership with China Telecom, the second-largest wireless carrier in China with an estimated 390 million subscribers, as CoinDesk has reported. China Telecom will launch the first BSIM pilot program in Hong Kong later this year, Conflux Network said at the time. This will likely be followed by pilots…

news A leading bank technology provider in Latin America is partnering with cryptocurrency exchange Bitex to facilitate cross-border payments over the bitcoin blockchain. “The integration of Bitex into Bantotal program represents a major step in the breakthrough of blockchain technology in banking,” said Bitex Chief Marketing Officer Manuel Beaudroit. Bantotal is a core banking service…

Celestia, the modular blockchain that claims to scale with more users, has struggled to wrangle much of a market share in its first week, with less than 350,000 transactions registered in the four days following its release.Data from Mintscan shows that current transactions per second (TPS) on Celestia is 0.19. This doesn't necessarily translate to

Shaurya is the Deputy Managing Editor for the Data & Tokens team, focusing on decentralized finance, markets, on-chain data, and governance across all major and minor blockchains.Dogecoin's daily transaction volume rose tenfold from the average daily earlier this week to set a lifetime peak following the launch of a new mechanism that now allows the…

Bison Trails already partnered with Coinbase through its custody service.Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong(CoinDesk archives)Jan 19, 2021 at 8:18 p.m. UTCUpdated Jan 19, 2021 at 8:22 p.m. UTCCoinbase Buys Blockchain Infrastructure Startup Bison TrailsCryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced it’s buying blockchain infrastructure company Bison Trails.Bison Trials, which builds cross-blockchain integration tools that link disparate protocols, will become…

Leor Tasman, SettleBit CEO speaking at DIA Amsterdam 2017, courtesy of SettleBitA new institutional settlement solution that allows clients to trade directly from their custodial accounts has completed its first transaction.Digital asset trading infrastructure provider SettleBit announced this week that it had successfully transferred $100,000 in bitcoin from Prycto Digital to CMT Digital in roughly…

The Bitcoin network hashrate is now back to pre-halving levels, the report said. The bank noted that U.S.-listed miners' share of the network hashrate increased for the fifth straight month to a new record. The fall in the hashprice, coupled with seasonal trends, could limit hashrate growth in the near term, JPMorgan said. Bitcoin (BTC)