Bitcoin News Roundup for March 13, 2020

Dec 30, 2019 at 10:17 UTCAI For Everyone: Super-Smart Systems That Reward Data CreatorsThis post is part of CoinDesk's 2019 Year in Review, a collection of 100 op-eds, interviews and takes on the state of blockchain and the world. Ben Goertzel is founder and CEO of SingularityNET, a blockchain-based AI marketplace project.As AI rapidly pervades…

opinion Hunter Hillman is the head of growth at Connext. Steven McKie is a co-founder of Amentum Capital. Eric Olszewski is an ethereum developer. Over the past few months, we have noticed a significant number of articles proclaiming the imminent failure and collapse of the ethereum platform due to its inability to scale and its…

The Bittensor blockchain was temporarily halted after an attack on several user wallets, causing a 15% drop in TAO prices. Investigations are ongoing into the attack, which is suspected to have been caused by a private key leakage, and Bittensor has been put into "safe mode" to prevent further transactions until more information is available.

The crypto services firm is connecting high-frequency traders who use electronic trading platforms to crypto exchanges. Feb 17, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. UTCDiginex Connects Crypto Exchanges and Electronic Trading Firms With New PlatformCrypto services firm Diginex has partnered with electronic trading firm Itiviti to let institutions trade crypto and equities under one roof. The new…

Investment management giant BlackRock (BLK) has created a fund called the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund, according to a document filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).The fund, incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, will be launched in partnership with asset tokenization firm Securitize.The filing does not reveal what assets the fund

Mar 11, 2020 at 03:00 UTCEric Ervin, CEO of Blockforce CapitalIn the first two months of 2020, Blockforce Capital’s multi-strategy master fund saw a 16.8 percent return compared to a 19.5 percent return in bitcoin, the company announced in a note to accredited investors. Blockforce is a seasoned ETF issuer which specializes in alternative investment vehicles…

The Brazilian central bank will oversee 11 projects while the local Securities and Exchange Commission will supervise two. Visa was selected to optimize the foreign exchange market, while Santander plans to work on a project involving automobile operations. Brazil's central bank (BCB) selected on Wednesday 13 participants for the second part of the pilot of

NEWS Oct 30, 2018 at 12:34 UTC U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange has just announced $300 million in new funding. According to a blog post, Tuesday, the firm said that the Series E equity round was led by Tiger Global Management, while Y Combinator Continuity, Wellington Management, Andreessen Horowitz, Polychain and more also particpated. By its own…

A large chunk of the gains had retraced by mid morning, however. (CoinDesk archives)Jan 28, 2021 at 4:40 p.m. UTCUpdated Jan 28, 2021 at 5:30 p.m. UTCWho Let the DOGE Out? Meme-Based Cryptocurrency Soars 250% to Record HighDogecoin (DOGE) surged over 250% Thursday morning to above $0.027, giving the meme-based cryptocurrency a total market value…