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The World Economic Forum has recognized six blockchain companies on its list of 100 Technology Pioneers for 2020. 1688 Total views 44 Total shares The World Economic Forum (WEF) has recognized six blockchain firms on its list of 100 ‘early to growth-stage’ companies as Technology Pioneers for 2020.According to the WEF’s website, the blockchain and…

In the last few days, Bitcoin (BTC) price has underperformed Ether (ETH) by almost 20%. Even though BTC seems to be struggling to break the $18,800 barrier, both cryptocurrencies display the same bullishness according to derivatives markets data.BTC/USD and ETH/USD at Bitstamp. Source: Digital Assets DataEther is entering a parabolic rally as its Eth2 network…

Decentralized prediction market platform Augur has completed its v2 upgrade, introducing a host of DeFi features onto the platform. Decentralized predictive betting market platform Augur (REP) has announced the successful deployment of its v2 upgrade.The upgrade is intended to address bugs and vulnerabilities identified with the existing platform and its rules surrounding betting markets, to…

Former Goldman Sachs exec Breanne Madigan has left her position at crypto wallet provider Blockchain.com to join Ripple, crypto media outlet The Block reported on May 28.Madigan, a Wall Street veteran with about 14 years of experience at major global investment bank Goldman Sachs, has reportedly left Blockchain.com after serving there as Head Institutional Sales…

Bitcoin’s (BTC) market capitalization topped $889 billion on Feb. 9, pushing BTC above the value of Tesla and the Russian ruble, according to data from AssetDash.The current rally is longer limited to Bitcoin as several altcoins have been surging in the past few days. This shows the buying interest is broad-based and today the total…

Former Goldman Sachs partner NYDIG partook in Bottlepay’s seed funding round in March 2021. 744 Total views 5 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) investment firm New York Digital Investment Group, or NYDIG, has announced the acquisition of United Kingdom-based micropayment service Bottlepay for an estimated fee between $280 million and $300 million.NYDIG previously participated in the…

Crypto fraudsters, especially scammers, prey on naive buyers in the physical world by reading the fine print in contracts. Understandably, crypto heists pique the public's interest. The first consideration is the massive amount of money to be stolen—legacy financial organizations are rarely robbed of such large sums of money. Second, because cryptocurrencies have only lately…

Dogecoin’s (DOGE) massive rally to $0.45 propelled it to a market capitalization of over $54 billion to make it the fifth most valuable cryptocurrency by market cap. This lofty market cap comes as a surprise to many since the project has no active developers and is only a meme coin, thus the current rally brings back…