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Hedera Hashgraph chose Google Cloud Platform as its preferred cloud provider for deploying its public networks. A Feb 11. post on Google blogs commends Hedera for the choice, while revealing that it is taking an active stake in the project’s governance.Hedera is set to use Google Cloud to host its public testnets and Hedera Consensus…

Ethereum 2.0 developers formalized the date of the first community-run testnet on August 4. 3244 Total views 5 Total shares The Ethereum 2.0 team has formalized the launch date of the first full testnet designed to simulate mainnet conditions.Called Medalla, the new multi-client testnet is set to be the last one before mainnet launch occurs.…

Bitcoin (BTC) can hit $26,000 in just two months thanks to a bullish event that previously triggered 170% price gains.As noted by Cointelegraph Markets analyst, Keith Wareing, on Feb. 18, this week saw Bitcoin’s ascending 50-day moving average cross over its 200-day moving average.Bitcoin 1-year price chart with 50 and 200-day moving average. Source: TradingView Known…

Changpeng Zhao, known as CZ — the man behind Binance, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world — took part in Cointelegraph China HUB, an online interview column started by Cointelegraph China.Cointelegraph：The markets are currently seeing high volatility, which has challenged Bitcoin’s role as a safe haven and sparked a crisis of faith…

“When businesses can use smart contracts to gain a competitive advantage, they will. The chains that realize this will survive,” according to Mark Cuban. 356 Total views 4 Total shares Billionaire investor Mark Cuban has tipped commercial smart contract adoption as the next catalyst to drive the crypto and blockchain sector. The Dallas Mavericks owner…

The Swiss National Bank integrated wholesale CBDC in banking systems with five commercial banks as part of the second phase of Project Helvetia. 354 Total views 22 Total shares Switzerland took another step to clarify the roadmap for integrating central bank digital currencies (CBDC) into the current financial system. The Swiss National Bank (SNB), the country's…

On the heels of PayPal announcing its decision to enter the crypto sector early next year, Bitcoin (BTC) has continued its strong performance and has been hovering around the $13,500 mark for nearly a week now. In this regard, the payment giant’s foray into the crypto market has been hailed as a game changer, especially…

Wallet provider Lohko has launched gold-backed NFTs offering carbon offsets. 2208 Total views 4 Total shares Digital asset wallet provider Lohko and London-based tech firm Mattereum have teamed up to launch nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, that are backed by gold and have carbon offsets attached.According to a May 26 announcement the tokens represent ownership over…

The lawyer representing the alleged former operator of now-defunct crypto exchange BTC-e, Alexander Vinnik, has accused the Greek Supreme Court of “grossly violating” his rights, major Russian state-owned news agency TASS reported Nov. 19.39-year old Russian national Vinnik, a.k.a “Mr. Bitcoin,” was indicted by U.S. authorities and detained in Greece on July 25, 2017 on…