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To close out Virtual Blockchain Week, best-selling technology author and co-founder of the Blockchain Research Institute (BRI), Don Tapscott, delivered a presentation articulating what he describes as the shift from the internet of information to the internet of value.In his presentation titled ‘Blockchain Revolution: The State of The Union,’ Tapscott argued that blockchain comprises the…

Stablecoin Tether (USDT) is gaining popularity as a payment method, with some analysts seeing it catching up with Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH).As Bloomberg reported on Oct. 25, cryptocurrency payments processor CoinPayments registered the rapid increasing of popularity of Tether — a stablecoin pegged 1:1 to a United States dollar — as a means of…

When NFTs and crowdfunding meet, game developers and players can both win 649 Total views 7 Total shares On December 6th, just two days after the start of a NFT-backed “card pack” sale for their blockchain-based video game Alien Worlds, the 15-man team behind development studio Dacoco sold out of packs after having successfully raised…

Difficulty follows the hash rate to hit levels never seen before, underscoring miners’ faith in long-term profitability. 2172 Total views 11 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) may have tanked to six-month lows this week, but under the hood, the network is now verifiably stronger than ever.Data from on-chain monitoring resources including Glassnode and BTC.com confirms that…

Tari Labs, who bought the suit against the project has faced backlash from the crypto community with some suggesting the lawsuit was “frivolous.” 206 Total views 2 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTBitcoin (BTC) software firm Lightning Labs and blockchain startup Tari Labs have agreed to convert a…

Bitcoin is still going strong as it heads towards its third halving event… unlike the first website to declare it dead, which is sadly no longer with us. As the top-rated cryptocurrency by market cap Bitcoin (BTC) pushes onwards towards $10,000, it continues to prove wrong those naysayers who have falsely proclaimed its imminent demise.In…

Kraken is reportedly in talks with top investment firms including Fidelity and Tribe Capital for a fundraising round that could value the company at $10 billion or more. 372 Total views 4 Total shares Major U.S.-based crypto exchange Kraken is reportedly in talks for a new funding round that could double the company’s valuation to…

The Taiwan-based subsidiary of hacked crypto exchange Bitpoint Japan will file a $9.4 million damages suit as it claims to have been overbilled by the parent exchange.Overbilling is ‘clearly’ erroneousBitpoint Taiwan reportedly found that total funds it collected from local clients have been short by 500 million yen ($4.7 million) due to overbilling by parent…

Ripple’s Xpring and Blockchain Finance Fund have invested $1.5 million in Seattle-based crypto ATM startup Coinme.Coinme secures $1.5 million in fundingOn Sept. 12, Coinme, a global leader in cryptocurrency ATMs, announced that it had secured $1.5 million in funding from Ripple’s Xpring and the Blockchain Finance Fund to further develop its cryptocurrency ATM network in…