Public Bitcoin miners secured $2B in financing ahead of halving

The crypto community is rallying around the charge to fight COVID-19, with a variety of initiatives raising money to fight the pandemic and support charities on the front lines of the battle. The most recent: an online poker tournament, open to anyone and featuring a host of well-known crypto faces.The Giving Block has partnered with…

Australian startup Meld Gold will launch a blockchain-based platform for tokenized gold trading in the third quarter of 2020.Meld Gold said the platform will offer a digital method to buy and sell physical gold that is more efficient and transparent than traditional gold markets.Unlike other gold-backed tokens, the issuer doesn’t have a stash of gold…

Among the panel of experts that met with President Arif Alvi was Bitcoin Association founding president and Bitcoin SV advocate Jimmy Nguyen. 500 Total views 8 Total shares Arif Alvi, currently serving as the president of Pakistan, called for additional training in emerging technologies including blockchain, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity while meeting with a delegation…

It was the first time the Celo mainnet had gone down in more than two years. 65 Total views 1 Total shares Proof-of-stake-based blockchain Celo has been suffering from an on-and-off network outage lasting 24 hours, though the blockchain appears to be up and running again now. Celo is an open-source blockchain that enables users with…

BTC dominance hits 58% as the cryptocurrency market suffers a 17% drop, leading to a market cap of $1.76 trillion.

The privacy-based browser is adding anti-phishing solutions from PhishFort. According to a Sept. 8 tweet from Brave, the privacy-based browser has incorporated open source solutions from cybersecurity firm PhishFort. The aim is to help prevent phishing attacks — a scam that usually involves tricking a victim into giving up personal information with a fake email…

Ivan Turogin and Sergei Potapenko are suspected in a $575 million fraud case, but they can’t be exposed to U.S. detention conditions. 132 Total views 1 Total shares Ivan Turogin and Sergei Potapenko, co-founders of Bitcoin cloud miner HashFlare, have successfully appealed their extradition from Estonia to the United States, where the two face 18