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“I think a new investor could put 5% into Bitcoin. Bitcoin’s not going back to zero.” 1617 Total views 9 Total shares Galaxy Digital founder and CEO Mike Novogratz is encouraging investors to devote a larger percentage of their portfolios to crypto.In an interview with CNN’s Julia Chatterley today, Novogratz said he had “changed his…

Bitcoin and Ether will bring the next step of Sotheby’s crypto adoption after the firm debuted NFTs earlier this year, its CEO said. 1835 Total views 12 Total shares Sotheby’s, one of the world’s oldest and biggest auction houses, has announced that it will be accepting major cryptocurrencies as a new payment method at an…

Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed a new smart contract creation function dubbed “Create2.” This function reportedly introduces a new attack vector to the platform, according to a post on the Ethereum developers forum Ethereum Magicians published on Feb. 8.According to a Medium post by software developer Tim Cotten, the original create function creates…

One of Spain's busiest ports based in the city of Valencia has announced the creation of a "smart port" which will use blockchain and big data technologies. The news was revealed in a release published Wednesday, Oct. 3, on the port’s official website.Jose Garcia De La Guia, who is responsible for implementing new technologies in…

The British Overseas Territory is making steps towards bringing blockchain adoption into the mainstream. 567 Total views 14 Total shares The Government of Gibraltar has announced its official appointment as an observing member of the Global Blockchain Business Council, or GBBC. It will be working alongside blockchain industry leaders from more than 50 countries.According to…

Strategic investor Lyn Alden says the 2020 macroeconomic environment is extremely favorable to Bitcoin. 625 Total views 13 Total shares Strategic investor Lyn Alden believes Bitcoin’s growing network effect coupled with favorable macroeconomic factors may bring its market capitalization to $1 trillion in the next few years. Back in 2017, Alden was skeptical toward Bitcoin (BTC),…

Bitcoin (BTC) may be struggling to hit $10,000, but its progress is right on track, new stock-to-flow data confirms.Adding a new update to his model on July 1, stock-to-flow model creator PlanB showed that Bitcoin is behaving exactly as its bullish history demands.Bitcoin adds second “red dot”The BTC S2F Cross Asset Model (S2FX) uses color-coded…

Blockchain startup Vega has launched the testnet for its protocol, which allows parties to build trading products on a decentralized network. Over the last two years, Vega has been “working on building a protocol that allows people to deploy and run networks that can trade decentralized derivatives effectively,” Vega co-founder Barney Mannerings told Cointelegraph in an…

Homeowners don’t check the price of their homes while drunk at a party, so why check the price of Bitcoin in that way, Michael Saylor joked. 388 Total views 4 Total shares First-time bear market? It’s also the first Bitcoin (BTC) bear market for Michael Saylor, one of the world’s biggest Bitcoin bulls. Executive chairman of…