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news The Klaytn blockchain from the fold of South Korean messaging app giant Kakao has just gone live. Kakao’s blockchain arm Ground X announced the mainnet launch Thursday in an emailed press release, saying that Klaytn aimed to bring about mass adoption of blockchain services and to “substantiate the value and utility of blockchain technology.” The firm touts…

news CU Ledger, a consortium of U.S. credit unions that’s been experimenting with a range of private blockchains, has added one more to the list: IBM’s Hyperledger Fabric solution. The consortium will use IBM’s tech to create “an immutable audit trail that can be used to create new business models and transform existing business processes for…

Sep 30, 2020 at 17:22 UTCUpdated Sep 30, 2020 at 17:36 UTCBitFlyer Europe is giving its European bitcoin traders direct access to the Tokyo-based parent exchange’s Japanese liquidity.Announced Wednesday, the cross-border initiative opens Japan's high-volume bitcoin markets to European traders courting the bitcoin/Japanese yen trading pair.BitFlyer said in a press statement the new approach eases…

Sep 23, 2020 at 20:52 UTCNew York (Gareth Lowndes/Shutterstock)A prospective U.S. private equity investments shop called Valentus Capital Management is hoping to raise its first $50 million by tokenizing itself and offering the tokens for sale.According to Reuters, the yet-to-be-registered asset manager hopes to sell digital securities called VAL1 that gives its holders a stake…

The staggering amount of BRC-20 tokens minted via the Ordinals protocol, which clogged the Bitcoin network and sent transaction fees sky-high, has sparked a debate among developers of the blockchain over how to tame the on-chain frenzy.The debate is playing out on the bitcoin-dev mailing list, which hosts discussions about Bitcoin development. Opinion is divided…

news MOSCOW – If you’re looking to hide money from the authorities, don’t choose Binance, says CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ). The cryptocurrency exchange mogul sat down to talk with CoinDesk’s Anna Baydakova during his recent visit to Russia. Our conversation – over 80 minutes long – touched on everything from custody to security to the crypto exchange’s plans…

markets View Bitcoin has created a rising wedge pattern on the 4-hour chart. A wedge breakdown, if confirmed, could yield a drop to levels below $10,000. Bitcoin’s recent recovery from $9,467 lacked high-volume support, so a rising wedge breakdown looks likely. The weekly chart is also flashing bearish signals. A high-volume move above $11,000 would…

The former governor of China’s central bank, Zhou Xiaochuan, helped pave the way for China’s national digital currency (DC/EP), which is poised to have a major impact on both China and the global economy. A number of experts believe the digital yuan could challenge the supremacy of the U.S. dollar, disrupt China’s well-developed mobile payment industry…