Bitcoin News Roundup for May 19, 2020

Unlike bank deposits, a digital euro issued by the EU's central bank is a safe asset, former Bank of Spain Governor Miguel Fernández Ordóñez told a European Parliament committee.Such a currency could help end economic crises, and even help deregulate banks, he said.EU plans for a digital euro released earlier this year have faced backlash

May 7, 2020 at 16:47 UTCUpdated May 7, 2020 at 16:48 UTCThe Schlesisches Tor U-Bahn station in Berlin (Credit: Phaeton1 / Wikimedia Commons)Schlesi Testnet Is Latest Step in Long Road Toward Eth 2.0Another Eth 2.0 testnet, Schlesi, is live in what amounts to one more step in the trek toward the Proof-of-Stake (PoS) Eth 2.0,…

news Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini announced Monday that it has added “full” support for segregated witness (SegWit), an important bitcoin code change that paves the way for scaling improvements. While many bitcoin companies have adopted SegWit to some degree, Gemini is unique in it’s the largest bitcoin exchange thus far to roll out support for “native…

With all due respect to Molly Jane Zuckerman and Jeff Albus, the co-authors of a recent Blockworks column discounting the idea of voting for pro-crypto politicians in the upcoming election in the U.S., voting your conscience is a good thing. Despite the headline (“Only a fool would vote on crypto alone”), the piece was fairly

South Korea is making crypto and other asset holdings of approximately 5,800 public officials available to the public under new legislation aimed at increasing transparency.Starting next year, public officials will be provided with an integrated asset disclosure service, South Korea's Ethics Policy Division said in a post on Wednesday. While asset disclosures are currently reported

Jun 15, 2020 at 16:36 UTCBlockchain Bites: JPMorgan on Bitcoin, South Korea on CBDCs and the Porn Industry on CryptoTop ShelfView From the BanksIn an investor note, JPMorgan Chase & Co. analysts noted bitcoin’s success in outperforming traditional assets in March on a volatility-adjusted basis, and also found liquidity on major bitcoin exchanges was more resilient…

news Vitalik Buterin, the creator of ethereum, has just donated $300,000 in cryptocurrency to three blockchain startups – apparently making the decision in response to a Twitter thread. The three projects receiving the 1,000 ETH grants are Prysmatic Labs, ChainSafe Systems and Sigma Prime. All are projects working to build the blockchain network’s next iteration, ethereum…

Three years ago, Microsoft Azure was the first to bring blockchain to the cloud. Now it's connecting the technology to just about everything else. The software giant has quietly been building bridges between its blockchain services and other, widely used infrastructure and platforms, such as Office 365 Outlook, SharePoint Online, Salesforce, Dynamics 365 CRM Online, SAP,…

Dec 12, 2019 at 12:00 UTCUpdated Dec 12, 2019 at 13:23 UTCBinance has teamed up with peer-to-peer bitcoin exchange Paxful to add new ways to purchase bitcoin.Announced Thursday, Paxful’s Virtual Bitcoin Kiosk will exclusively serve Binance as an additional fiat-to-crypto on-ramp for its users, joining services such as Koinal and Simplex. Through the kiosk, Paxful can…